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Ever since I moved to Florida a few years ago, I've been noticing a hair trend I hadn't seen much elsewhere: A lot of people wear tinsel in their hair. They call it "fairy hair" around here, and it's a styling service often found at county fairs, alongside face painting and airbrushed T-shirts. But Katy Perry just gave the look a major status boost with a Vegas-style take on hair tinsel.
Perry posted a carousel of clips and photos to her Instagram grid earlier this week promoting her upcoming Las Vegas residency, Play. In it, she's wearing a bedazzled white suit à la Elvis Presley, but her hair is even sparklier than the rhinestones.
Having recently returned to her once-signature brunette ways, she's seen wearing rainbow threads of tinsel that stand out against her super straight, super dark, super-duper long hair. It has an almost ombré effect, with the intensity of the tinsel picking up near her chin.
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Perry isn't the first music superstar to try hair tinsel, though it has been quite some time. Back at the 2010 Grammys, Beyoncé wore tinsel in her long, straight, golden-blonde hair.
And the look has definitely had some high-profile moments since then. For example, model Ash Walker shared a gorgeous take on the look in 2019, and K-pop stars brought it back into the spotlight in 2018.
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Even if you don't currently have access to a celebrity stylist or a county fair, you can still try the fairy hair look. A number of brands sell hair tinsel on Amazon, like Dansee, which offers 750 strands of iridescent awesomeness for just $10.
More celebrity hairstyles:
- Worry Not: Lily Collins's New Bangs Don't Hide Her Glorious Eyebrows
- Florence Pugh Swaps Her Long Blonde Hair for Something Entirely Different
- Simone Biles's Beachside Braids Might Be the Longest She's Ever Worn
Now watch Brooke Shields try nine things she's never done before:
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