Simone Ashley is pretty high up on our list of hair envy. Her covetable mane of full, volumised, shiny dark tresses makes us swoon on a regular basis, but it seems the star has snipped it short in a dramatic hair transformation.
Simone arrived at The Fashion Awards in London, wearing her hair in a striking, wet-look long bob. It's fresh-out-the-shower-hair meets The Little Mermaid – which is fitting, as Simone is playing one of Ariel's singing sisters in the upcoming live action remake of the Disney classic. If you don't know, now you know.
The wet'n'wavy look was created by stylist Peter Lux and was a perfect accompaniment to her ethereal gown, which was covered in gemstones and worn with a matching bejewelled veil. The shorter, minimal volume hairstyle allowed the veil to hang freely, while still creating an other-worldly effect, befitting of the outfit.
At first we thought her long hair might be cleverly tied in a bun at the nape of her neck, hidden by the veil and creating a faux hair cut with her shorter layers. But snooping has led us to this shoot where we can see it does indeed appear to be her new real hair length.
But if you're enjoying Simone's mermaid-y look, please may I direct you to Rita Ora wearing life-like gills. Maybe 2023 is set to be the year of chic sea creatures?
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Elena Chabo is Cosmopolitan UK's former beauty writer, working on everything from buzzy celeb news and trending beauty, to sincere first-person reviews and engaging video content for social media. She also creates meatier features and expert-led how-to guides, for print and online. Her passion for Black beauty, textured hair, and the ways beauty interacts with culture, society, identity and relationships, quickly took over her writing career and led her into beauty journalism. Following an MA in Magazine Journalism in 2017, she cut her teeth across various roles at Stylist Magazine, before taking on a Digital Writer role at Good Housekeeping. It was here that beauty took centre stage and she launched and ran the site's first stand-alone beauty section. Remaining at Hearst, she joined the Cosmo beauty team in 2022. Find her on LinkedIn.
