Camila Cabello reflects on her decision to go blonde.
During a conversation with Dave Grutman at the Tribeca Festival at Art Basel Miami Beach Live Conversation with Camila Cabello at the Miami Beach Bandshell event on Dec. 8, the ‘Havana’ singer reflected on her experience with platinum hair. Cabello, who currently has dark brunette hair, went blonde earlier in 2024.
“In the beginning, I liked being blonde. U beginning,” said the star, who was in attendance to support her new album C, XOXO. “But that s*** is starting to look like a rope very quickly – like a horse is going to bite, like a salad. It’s starting to dry.”
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David Grutman and Camila Cabello’s conversation during the Tribeca Festival at Art Basel Miami Beach concludes with a live conversation with Camila Cabello in Miami on December 8th.
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Cabello, who is known for her ultra-dark locks, says she didn’t know she couldn’t change the color all the time, so going blonde would only be feasible for a few months.
The singer, 27, also said she wished someone had told her about the harmful effects of long-term bleaching on dark hair like hers.
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“There’s a maximum of three shades, so you can be three shades lighter or three shades darker, and that’s fine for your hair. Anything more than that, you can’t do it for more than a few months. It’s fried,” she said, adding: “It’s going to take a long time to get my beautiful, beautiful hair back.”
When Cabello first went platinum, she hid her hair under a wig until her big reveal. It “was painful,” she told Grutman. As for the current state of her hair, when told that her hair “looks great now,” she replied: “It’s a lot of tricks! But, it’s been fun.”
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Camila Cabello’s blonde hair.
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The former Fifth Harmony member originally revealed her platinum hair on February 1st. Her hair colorist, Nikki Lee, shared some insights with Hey! News to a big change of singers.
“Camila wanted a big moment for 2024, and what’s a bigger moment than going platinum blonde?” Lee said. “A color she’s never had before. We promised each other we could do it, but only if we kept her hair as healthy as possible.”
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Lee said Cabello’s new hairstyle required three appointments.
Cabello later debuted another big change — a sharp, shoulder-length bob with side-swept bangs — during Paris Fashion Week in late September.
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