Dua Lipa Went From Dark Brown to Platinum Blonde Just Hours Before the Grammys

CelebrityDua Lipa Went From Dark Brown to Platinum Blonde Just Hours Before the GrammysShe was a brunette literally last night, and then poof — platinum perfection.

By Marci Robin

April 3, 2022

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Remember the massive amounts of shit we lost when Dua Lipa went (mostly) blonde in 2019? The singer went back to dark brown in mid-2020 and has pretty much stuck with it since then. But any of the shit we've found since we originally lost it in 2019 has been re-lost since she showed up at the 2022 Grammy Awards, because Lipa's lovely head is now topped off with super long blonde hair — and we have reason to suspect it's not a wig.

Decked out in black-and-gold Versace, Dua Lipa arrived to present and to impress with a stunning hair transformation. Last seen on Instagram with her long, dark brunette hair seemingly the night before the award show, it appears that hairstylist Chris Appleton turned her into a blonde day of. Not an easy feat, but with someone like Appleton at the helm, you know it'll turn out more than alright — and it did. 

Appleton posted a photo to his Instagram Stories showing the telltale bowl and brush of a bleach job, and Lipa shared a sneak-peek with a super duper closeup in which her hair might have even been damp. Seems like pretty solid evidence that, while she might be wearing extensions to bring her length down to her waist, she actually lightened her hair dramatically. 

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Appleton appears to have left some darkness at Lipa's roots at temples — a perfect match for her brows — while the super straight length is a near-platinum shade of blonde. That Appleton seems to have achieved this gorgeous color in a single sitting is truly spectacular. That said, we hope he sent her home with a seriously reparative deep-conditioning mask.

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Marci Robin is a contributing editor at Allure. She previously served as senior beauty editor at GoodHousekeeping.com, executive editor of xoVain, and senior online editor at NewBeauty; her writing has also appeared in publications such as InStyle, MarthaStewart.com, and Refinery29. She graduated from Florida State University with a degree... Read moreContributing Editor

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