Tabloids and fashion magazines are obsessed with celebrity style, and perhaps nothing
gets closer scrutiny than hair.
Coloring, cutting, straightening, curling — if a celebrity changes their hairstyle,
five minutes later it's trending on YouTube.
As interesting as new hairstyles are, though, it's old hairstyles that are the most shocking
for fans.
Don't believe it?
Here are some celebrities who look totally different with their natural hair.
Meghan Markle
Between her acting career and, you know, being Prince Harry's bride, Meghan Markle is photographed
a lot.
But while her long sleek locks have already become iconic, fans like TV host Kamie Crawford
unearthed evidence that Markle has naturally curly hair.
So how does Markle achieve her signature straight look?
She revealed her hair secrets in an interview with Beauty Banter.
"There are two lines I use religiously: Kerastase [...] and Wella, which has a hair oil that
I am obsessed with.
It smells like vacation and makes your hair slippery and touchable."
Sold!
Mandy Moore
Close your eyes and picture Mandy Moore.
You're thinking of Rebecca Pearson from This Is Us, aren't you?
Back in the 90s, though, Moore had a very different look as a teen bubblegum pop icon.
She told Entertainment Weekly that she dyed her hair for the 2002 film A Walk to Remember
and never looked back.
"It was transformative because it came at a time in my life when I was only seen from
the pop music landscape and through that lens.
There was a real significance to coloring my hair."
Zendaya
For years, Zendaya straightened her naturally curly hair to align with her public image
and, per the star herself, it was because she simply wasn't confident wearing her hair
natural.
She told People
"Growing up, I wasn't very confident in my curls.
It wasn't like the hair that girls around me had.
And nobody really knew what to do with my hair."
By 2017, though, the Greatest Showman star was reveling in the return of her original
hair, posting on Instagram,
"When you've spent the past however many years growing your damaged hair back, avoiding heat,
wearing wigs and trying every natural product in the world and you finally see a little
curl pattern [coming] back."
Blake Lively
For many fans, Blake Lively will always be Serena van der Woodsen, who showed off those
beachy blonde waves that hair dreams are made of on Gossip Girl.
But Lively wasn't born blonde.
During her pregnancies, Lively broke the internet when she stopped dyeing her hair and revealed
her true, dark roots.
And if that's not shocking enough, her hair was once even curly!
Is nothing in this world real?!
Gabrielle Union
In March 2017, Gabrielle Union launched her own haircare line called Flawless.
The concept?
To provide quality products that would allow women with textured hair "to have great hair
days."
The move was a long time coming for Union, who opened up to her Instagram followers that
year about coming to terms with her own natural hair.
"Around 25 years old, I stopped using relaxers and slowly grew my natural hair out.
It's been a helluva hair journey."
Chatting with WWD in 2017, Union elaborated on the pressure to style her hair straight
— often with unhealthy consequences.
"I went through a phase where I would leave my relaxer on so long, thinking the longer
I leave this relaxer on, the straighter it's going to be.
Cut to lesions, like open wounds in my scalp, trying to chase something that was unrealistic."
Nicole Kidman
When Nicole Kidman first burst onto the Hollywood scene in the 1990 film Days of Thunder, her
cascade of gingery corkscrew ringlets nearly stole the show.
As the actress' star continued to rise, though, that captivating coif of curls gave way to
hair that was straight and blonde.
And nobody regrets it more than Kidman herself.
The star told PopSugar,
"I wish I had left my hair alone.
Because I kept straightening it I would always be told, 'Your curls are so beautiful' and
I never believed them."
And she revealed to WHO Magazine,
"I wish I had my curls back.
I tortured them to death.
I always say, 'Don't ruin the ringlets!'"
Sanaa Lathan
Stunning Sanaa Lathan isn't afraid to try out new styles when it comes to her hair.
In fact, in 2017, she even shaved her head in preparation for her role in the Netflix
film Nappily Ever After.
But in recent years, Lathan's love for wearing her hair natural has sparked more buzz than
any buzzcut.
She told Hype Hair,
"I've been wearing my hair natural a lot lately.
For me, it's all about changing it up.
In terms of my real life, I'll put it in cornrows and put some conditioner in it and then take
it out and it's really big and wild.
I've been loving that lately."
Emma Stone
She's arguably the most famous redhead in Hollywood, but Oscar winner Emma Stone is
actually a natural blonde.
Yes, it's true.
Even her hairdresser, Tracey Cunningham, sometimes forgets Stone dyes her hair.
Cunningham told People,
"I forget Emma is not a natural red-head — she's a blonde!
She looks like such an authentic red-head with this coloring and her personality!"
Taraji P. Henson
Empire actress Taraji P. Henson is essentially on top of the world - and on top of her head
these days is her real hair, instead of the wigs and weaves she used to wear.
She told The Huffington Post,
"We have shame when it comes to our hair.
What we've been told, '[Your] hair is nappy.'
It's not nappy, it's curly.
That's a curl, that's a coil.
That's energy leading up.
[…] It is a crown that God gave you.
Our hair defies gravity without any products.
Do you know how powerful that is?
That's powerful."
Hey, if Cookie says so, we sure aren't going to argue!
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