Best celebrity colour changes of the season: 7 blonde, red and even grey (!) dye jobs worth trying

Date July 31, 2013

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We’re smack in the middle of the lazy, hazy days of summer and, if you’re anything like us, heat and humidity equal doing as little as possible when it comes to hair and makeup. Which makes it the perfect time to mix things up with a new hair colour—aside from an afternoon spent at the salon (or at the hands of a trusted friend) a new shade is the easiest way to refresh your otherwise low-maintenance look.

In order to inspire a change, we’re taking a look back at some of the best celebrity dye jobs from the past few months. While a number of these looks were all part of the day’s work—like Jennifer Lawrence ditching her Katniss hair colour for honey blonde or Emma Stone returning to her (faux) red roots—other dye jobs seemed to signal a change in personality. There is no doubt, after all, that a new hair colour can make you feel like a new person. (At least, that’s what Miley Cyrus keeps telling us!)

Proving hair colour does indeed transform, Little Miss Sunshine star Abigail Breslin made headlines this weekend thanks to her new platinum-blonde hair. Styled in a bouffant with curly hair flowing down to her shoulders, it’s certainly a grown-up look: platinum is a statement-making colour and quite the change from Breslin’s usual light-brown hair.

Ready to make a hair dye change of your own? Read on to see all the best celebrity colour changes of the season.

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Abigail Breslin blonde hair

Abigail Breslin channels her inner blonde bombshell by going platinum-blonde, a dye job that signals she’s all grown up.

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Rihanna grey hair

Known to make bold choices in the fashion front, a few weeks ago Rihanna said goodbye to her blonde hair for a cooler shade of grey. Via Instagram she stated, “grey is the new black.”

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Emma Stone red hair

Though she’s a natural blonde, Emma Stone goes back to her iconic shade of strawberry-red after filming the sequel of The Amazing Spiderman.

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Demi Lovato blonde hair

Having played with platinum blonde in the past, Demi Lovato switched things up once again this summer by ditching her dark raven hair for a lighter shade of honey-blonde.

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Carly Rae Jepsen red hair

Known for her dark blunt bangs, earlier this summer Carly Rae Jepsen couldn’t wait to share her new red hair via Instagram, exclaiming, “I’ve always wanted to go red!”

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Jennifer Lawrence blonde hair

While her role as Katniss Everdeen calls for dark-brown hair, Jennifer Lawrence went back to blonde—while also chopping her long locks into one of summer’s hottest hairstyles: the lob.

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Anne Hathaway blonde hair

Although it didn’t last long (three weeks to be exact), Anne Hathaway went punk at the 2013 Met Gala with a new and surprising bleached blonde tousled hairstyle.