Celebrities are known for changing up their hair pretty frequently–whether it’s for a new movie, photo shoot, red carpet appearance or just for fun, celebrity hair transformations are nothing new. This year especially, we’ve seen a slew of major mane transformations from some of our favorite stars. Ahead, see the 11 best celebrity hair transformations of 2017 to inspire your next salon appointment.
Kim Kardashian, March 2017
KKW began 2017 with sleek, shiny waist-grazing black locks...
...and is ending it with slightly shorter platinum waves thanks to Mane Master Chris Appleton.
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Ariana Grande, January 2017
Ariana Grande started the year out with her signature honey brown locks but with the addition of blunt bangs.
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Ariana Grande, November 2017
The "Side by Side" singer followed in Kim Kardashian's footsteps and recently traded her signature brunette look in for platinum locks. Maybe blondes really do have more fun.
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Katy Perry, February 2017
Katy Perry is no stranger to hair transformations, especially this year as she started 2017 out with shoulder length wavy locks...
Selena Gomez has gone through quite a few transformations in 2017 but our favorite has to be the transformation from starting the year out with long chocolate brown locks...
Back in February, Alicia Keys was letting her naturally curly locks flow...
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Alicia Keys, October 2017
...but over the next few months started rocking colorful braids like her pink, purple and blue strands seen here.
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Kylie Jenner, January 2017
The youngest Jenner has a thing for constantly changing up her lewk, this year, she started out with an icy blonde bob...
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Kylie Jenner, December 2017
... and is finishing it with a short cut and her natural chocolatey brown color courtesy of Mane Master Andrew Fitzsimmons.
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Rihanna, January 2017
Bad girl Riri was seen rocking a cobalt blue shoulder-length look with bangs back in January of this year.
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Rihanna, December 2017
...and managed to make our list of favorite celebrity hair transformations of 2017 after posting this fiery Instagram sporting voluminous mocha brown locks pulled half up.
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Kate Hudson, January 2017
Making for one of the biggest celebrity hair transformations of the year, Kate Hudson started out 2017 with her signature long blonde locks...
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Kate Hudson, November 2017
...and departed from her signature look and joined the long list of celebrities that buzzed their hair off this year. (Read all about the reasoning behind her hair transformation here.)
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Emily Ratajkowski, January 2017
Emma Ratajkowski posted this Instagram back in January sporting her usual brown textured waves...
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Emily Ratajkowski, November 2017
...and quickly caught the attention of many after posting this image of her new golden locks. While this look wasn't a permanent one for the model, we were definitely a fan of the momentary transformation.
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Cara Delevingne, March 2017
Cara Delevingne made like Kate Hudson and transformed her signature honey locks in 2017.
Rounding out our list of the best celebrity hair transformations of the year, Chrissy Teigen went from golden brown wavy locks back in February of this year...
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Chrissy Teigen, November 2017
...to golden bronze straight locks with blunt bangs come November 2017. The addition of Teigen's bangs are courtesy of none other than resident Mane Master Jen Atkin.
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