Another day, another celebrity taking lockdown boredom out on their hair.
First there was the pink obsession (Dua Lipa was the latest A-List to reach for the candy-floss-coloured dye). Hilary Duff went Smurf Blue and looked really quite stunning. Then everyone started taking to their hair with scissors, so Kim Kardashian’s hair stylist waded in to talk people through cutting a DIY fringe the right way.
It’s been intense, to say the least.
And now eighteen-year-old American model and actress Kaia Gerber has caused hair experts around the world to take a communal gasp of horror.
That’s right, she BLEACHED her own hair. And we’re not even talking box dye, people...
In a recent interview, Kaia talked about how she was keeping busy during lockdown, a list that included fostering puppies, taking online classes and reading. She then moved on to her risqué hair transformation:
"I recently posted a video on Instagram of Audrey Hepburn cutting her own bangs because I got to the point in quarantine where I was like, I'm either going to cut my hair or dye it," she told Refinery29. "I knew something was going to happen, so I decided to give myself at-home highlights."
And what exactly did she use to lighten her brunette bob?
"I don't know if I'd recommend this, but I just used hydrogen peroxide, a random DIY thing I saw online somewhere," she admitted. "I literally put the straight peroxide on my hair and then dried it with a blowdryer — just to hit it with heat — and it definitely lightened my color a shade or two, just a subtle change."
Ok, you got away with it this time, Kaia, but our advice to anyone who gets the urge to reach for the bleach mid-way through deep cleaning their bathroom ... don't!
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