From fire- and sand art-inspired hair to "bronde" and opal colors -- we thought we'd seen it all. Then we met galaxy hair.
People are not only copying the colors of distant galaxies with hair dye, they're posting photos comparing just how accurate to space they got.
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Jenny Regec, owner and lead colorist at The Paint Box, a color-based salon in Brooklyn, calls it "fantasy-colored hair." She tells Mashable the look involves "multi tonal hair color flowing from blues, purples, greens, sometimes reds as well as silver tones -- typically more pigmented and less pastel."
The three- to four-hour process involves stripping out natural color with lightener and applying a variety of colors fading into each other, Regec explains.
With all hair dye -- especially multi-color situations like this -- maintenance is key.
"Visiting the salon every few weeks to re-gloss any areas that may have faded from the hair [is required]," says Cassandra Cuccia, colorist at the Marie Robinson Salon. "It's also important to be gentle and use minimal heat after this process is done because the hair will be sensitized from all of the lightening."
And don't be fooled by Photoshop. Some of the "galaxy hair" photos surfacing online are probably edited, fake or actually nebulas, a cloud of dust and gasses sometimes found in a galaxy, but not a galaxy itself. Even then, the color in many nebula photos are edited for scientific purposes.
Regardless of the authenticity, these photos are mesmerizing and make us want to run to the nearest hair salon for a dye job.
Another view of @jst4funsies' hair cause I can't stop staring #galaxyhair #behindthechair A photo posted by @kristi.coleman on Oct 4, 2015 at 2:44pm PDT
From #firehair to #galaxyhair. Next change, we do #waterhair. #tapestrysalon #tapestrysaloncentereach #menshair #mensstyle #hairdressershit A photo posted by Lady Fingerz (@sarahjuddnelson) on Oct 12, 2015 at 8:58am PDT
Prep work ***7 DAYS TO GO*** @unityhair #unityhair #unityhairshow #fashionshow #fundraisingfashionshow #globalsessons #pravana #pravanavivids #galaxyhair @pravana @pravanaaustralia @evolvehairconcepts @frolicgirls A photo posted by Shannon O'neill (@meowwface) on Oct 10, 2015 at 1:58am PDT
looking back over my day and I'm still so excited about this! #comeseeme #peacockhair #galaxyhair #oilslick #ombre #pravanavividslockedin #unite #btc @behindthechair_com @pravana @unite_hair A photo posted by Brittany Melcher (@brittanymelcher) on Oct 10, 2015 at 3:39pm PDT
Posting a lot more selfies now just cause I love my hair #PLURMAID #MermaidHair #UnicornHair #GalaxyHair #GirlsWithRadHair #TeamUnicorn #BlueHairDontCare #PurpleHairDontCare #CosmicHair A photo posted by Rave Babe Lidia (@plur.doll.lidz) on Oct 9, 2015 at 1:07pm PDT
Finalmente meu galaxy By: @goncalveshairstylist ❤️ #galaxyhair #hairstyle #hairdye #bluehair #purplehair #pinkhair #greenhair #turquiosehair A photo posted by Paulinha ⚓ (@paulasouzasolai) on Oct 7, 2015 at 6:26am PDT
And one more #SpaceHair. #lyssdidmyhair #galaxyhair #bluehair A photo posted by Alyssa Wiener (@lysseon) on Oct 6, 2015 at 4:22am PDT