Now the weather is finally warming up, so is our hair – and Brittany Mahomes is leading the charge.
The WAG extraordinaire, who’s best known and beloved for her long, luscious, and creamy blonde hair, debuted a shocking hair colour transformation via Instagram: The 28-year-old, blonde for as long as we can remember, is now – gasp – a redhead!
And we don’t mean she got red highlights, went strawberry blonde, or chose a shade of auburn so discrete you can’t really tell it’s red without certain lighting.
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No, Brittany Mahomes is committed to the redhead lifestyle. This red-hot take on the shade is the perfect blend of cowboy copper and hot taki red: bold, bright, and a total one-eighty from her usual look. And honestly, it looks amazing.
“Feeling spicy🔥🌶️🤭,” Brittany captioned a photo carousel in which she showed off her bold new shade. “Leave em on RED,” replied her hairstylist, Laurabeth Cabbott, who styled her hair for the photoshoot the former soccer player shared.
Brittany’s followers are loving the new look. Many conveyed surprise and disbelief—“WAIT, WHO IS SHE?”; “Is this real life?!”—but most were simply gobsmacked at how amazing Brittany looks as a redhead.
“Whoa I had to do a double take while on a walk with my pup!!!” another Instagram user wrote in a comment. “If this doesn’t make your eyes pop anymore than they already do….wowzas! Beautiful girl!!”
After dropping her new look, Brittany took to Instagram Stories to share additional photos of the shade, snapping a sweet picture posing alongside her three-year-old daughter, Sterling Skye, in the mirror, followed by a Boomerang selfie.
In case you’re feeling inspired to go red ahead of summertime, you’re far from alone (BRB, texting my colourist). Fortunately, we do have some intel on how to get the look.
Brittany’s shade is clearly tinged with hot taki red. Lauren Mildice, a colourist at Chicago’s Maxine Salon, who coined the name, says it’s a colour you can personalise to your liking: “It gives off a different type of flare. With a murky volcanic blaze, your colour will be soft yet powerful.”
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Lauren also says that hot taki red is trending since it’s not as “strong” and neon-looking as a standard red or copper.
To get the look, Lauren suggests "telling your colourist you want more of a dusty volcanic colour,” and staying away from neons. “The only thing about this colour that you have to upkeep is the outgrowth,” she says. “You should be getting your colour touched up every four to six weeks with this look.”
For a still warm but slightly more muted and auburn-inspired shade—otherwise known as cowboy copper—Shvonne Perkins, master colourist and lead educator at Madison Reed, suggests asking for a golden, copper toner without a brown base.
“This shade looks best when it’s allowed to build off your natural dimension and just act as a tinted topcoat for the hair,” Shvonne says.
Finally, remember that the best way to ensure sure you and your colourist are on the same page about your dye-job is to bring inspiration photos, says Lauren. Fortunately, Brittany Mahomes gave us plenty to work with.
A version of this article originally appeared on Glamour US.
