Demi Lovato Just Dyed Her Hair Blonde for Summer 2018

published 19 July 18

Another week, another celebrity hair change, am I right? Recently, Game of Thrones Sophie Turner took her light-blonde hair to platinum-white shades, Kim Kardashian dyed her hair the same color as your pants (spoiler: navy blue), and now, in the heat of July, Demi Lovato has dyed her signature brunette hair blonde. Yes, blonde.

The Details

Sure, Lovato isn’t a stranger to hair changes—she’s tried virtually every shade and style in the beauty world, even chopping off her waves into a bob back in March—but it’s been a few years since she’s made such a drastic color change.

The singer teased her new hair on Instagram stories last night, posting a photo a cropped photo of just the lower-half of her face with definitely lighter, blonder waves. The new color comes from hairstylist Amber Maynard Bolt of Nine Zero One salon in Los Angeles, who told People that Lovato “had not done a change in a while and wanted something new.”

Hair, Face, Blond, Lip, Hairstyle, Long hair, Nose, Brown hair, Eyebrow, Chin,

The shade was, of course, a drastic transition, considering her recent hair color was nearly black. “Usually, she is open and willing to do big changes,” said Maynard Bolt, adding, “She had her short black hair for a while and was growing it out, and when it got longer to play with, she decided to do this change.”

The Process

And if you thought your recent two-hour salon visit was rough, consider this: The entire dyeing process took two days. TWO FREAKING DAYS. “We always make sure clients know that the process can take several hours and/or multiple visits,” said Maynard Bolt to Allure.

7 Best Celebrity-Inspired Highlights to Copy ASAP

THE LOOK: Foil Highlights

Image 1 of 8

Hair, Blond, Hairstyle, Face, Long hair, Eyebrow, Layered hair, Brown hair, Hair coloring, Surfer hair,

Foil highlights, like Gisele Bündchen's, are the traditional O.G. highlights you're probably most familiar with. Foils give your hair an all-over brighter, fresher look, as if you just spent a week vacationing in Hawaii. They typically require touch-ups every eight weeks.

THE LOOK: Foil Highlights

Image 1 of 8

THE LOOK: Balayage Highlights

Image 2 of 8

Hair, Face, Hairstyle, Blond, Chin, Eyebrow, Brown hair, Layered hair, Shoulder, Bangs,

Balayage, a.k.a. hair-painting, is a technique in which the colorist places color only where the sun would hit your hair for a natural, slightly-grown-out effect, like Halle Berry's. The benefit of balayage over traditional highlights is that the brightness is concentrated on the ends, more than on the roots, so it doesn’t require consistent touch-ups as your hair grows out.

THE LOOK: Babylights

Image 3 of 8

Hair, Face, Eyebrow, Hairstyle, Blond, Long hair, Brown hair, Layered hair, Chin, Hair coloring,

Babylights are soft, super-fine highlights that are placed around the hairline and the edges of your face—like Jessica Alba's, here—to mimic the unprocessed highlights you had as a kid who spent time running around outside (some colorists even ask you to bring in a childhood photo). Think of them like tiny strips of bright tinsel, glinting throughout your hair, resulting in a subtle-yet-fresh update.

THE LOOK: Ombré highlights

Image 4 of 8

Hair, Face, Fashion model, Hairstyle, Eyebrow, Fashion, Lip, Beauty, Shoulder, Brown hair,

Ombré hair is the trend that will never die, and for good reason: It’s a drastic hair change that requires no maintenance. Because the look requires only lightening the lower half of your hair while keeping your darker roots intact (see: Joan Smalls), you never need to touch it up. Just grow it out and chop it off when you’re over it.

THE LOOK: Ribbon Highlights

Image 5 of 8

Hair, Face, Eyebrow, Lip, Hairstyle, Long hair, Chin, Beauty, Head, Brown hair,

Unlike babylights, which are placed around your roots and face-framing layers, ribbon highlights are thin strips of contrasting color woven throughout the hair, giving waves and curls subtle-looking depth and brightness. Peep Olivia Munn's itty-bitty caramel highlights for proof.

THE LOOK: Lowlights

Image 6 of 8

If your hair color is feeling blah and monotone, go for some lowlights, like Julianne Hough's. Essentially the opposite of highlights, lowlights add depth to one-note hair shades with strategically placed strips of dye a few shades darker than your natural color. The effect: Incredibly pretty dimension that doesn't feel drastic.

THE LOOK: Sombré highlights

Image 7 of 8

Sombré, which is short for subtle ombré (I know, I know), is exactly what it sounds like: an even softer, less drastic take on the trend. It's especially wearable on darker hair colors, like Beyoncé's, thanks to its ultra-blended effect that obscures any harshness.

Pin These Highlights

Image 8 of 8

Hair, Eyebrow, Hairstyle, Chin, Beauty, Brown hair, Hair coloring, Forehead, Long hair, Lip,

Pin this to your favorite board!

Chloe Metzger

Chloe Metzger is the deputy beauty director at Cosmopolitan, obsessively writing about new makeup launches, the best hair products (curly girl here; whattup), and the skincare formulas that really work for every skin type (follow her on Instagram to see behind-the-scenes pics of that magazine life). She also has an unhealthy adoration for Tom Hanks and would like to please meet him one day, if you could arrange that. Thanks.