Whether it's churning out catchy pop bangers, bringing the house down with live performances, or being at the top of her fashion game, Dua Lipa never misses a beat. When it comes to trying out different hair and makeup looks, we think we can all agree at this point that Lipa has got new rules, and she counts 'em. In fact, the singer-songwriter has been serving us nonstop hairstyle inspiration since the beginning of her career back in 2016. From "Cruella" hair color to bubblegum-pink, Lipa has never shied away from changing up her look — and she's given us an abundance of daring beauty looks to emulate as a result.
Still, because she has mesmerized so many with her seamless transition between various hair colors throughout the years, it's natural to wonder what Lipa's natural hair color really is. Luckily, we have the answer: in 2019, Lipa posted a picture of her younger self on Instagram, showing her dark-brown hair in adorable multiple little pigtails. Over the years, Lipa has shared multiple sneak peeks when sharing throwbacks of her childhood, with pictures of her from when she was a kid showing that she has naturally dark-brown hair.
When Lipa first arrived into the public eye before her smash debut, Dua Lipa, she wore her natural hair color. Then, in 2018, Lipa cut her formerly longer hair in a lob. By the end of 2019, the singer unveiled a light-blond hue as she entered the Future Nostalgia rollout. She's since played around with a mix of hair colors – bleach blond, red, chocolate-brown, and everything in between. Then, most recently, Lipa went a shade darker than her natural brunette hair when she dyed her hair jet-black.
Ahead, check out Lipa's natural hair color as well as all the other cool shades she's tried over the years.
In December 2019, Lipa shared a cute childhood throwback of herself on Instagram.
On the occasion of Women's Day 2020, Lipa posted another picture of her younger self with her brunette hair.
Lipa started out her career in music with her hair au natural, stepping onto the red carpet at the Elle Style Awards with her natural dark-brown hair color in long, loose waves.
Lipa ushered into the Future Nostalgia era with two-toned hair — a mix of honey-blond highlights hidden under jet-black hair — and a blunt bob.
For a period in 2019, Lipa was teetering between her natural brown hair color and bleached-blond — the latter of which she placed in face-framing fashion around her face.
Edging toward the Future Nostalgia release, Lipa once again switched things up by favoring platinum-blond altogether in late January 2020.
In February 2020, Lipa bleached her front hair strips as she chopped herself a baby bang with the rest of her shoulder-grazing hair remaining in her natural brunette shade. (This, she later said, was due to damage from the bleach.)
While at home during lockdown in April 2020, Lipa dyed her hair a bubble-gum pink with a black base.
In May 2020, Lipa shared with the world that she swapped the pink for an even bolder choice — red. (A few months later, she went back to her natural brown hue.)
In September 2020, Lipa made our collective jaws drop by opting for a bright-red shade for the Versace autumn/winter 2021 campaign shoot. While at first glance the fiery hair might look like a wig, designer Donatella Versace revealed the star actually changed up her look for the photo shoot. "She also trusted me when I asked her, she did not hesitate [to dye her hair]," Versace told WWD in an interview.
For the last few months, Lipa has been sticking with a jet-black hair color in various hairstyles — side-swept bangs, sleek middle-partition, eye-skimming bangs, retro cropped bangs, side part with glossy waves, long pigtail braids, and more.