Watermelon hair is here and it looks pretty darn tasty

I've been drinking watermelon.
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Rachel Thompson
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LONDON -- Sure, galaxy hair was outta this world, but there's a new hair trend in town, and it's pretty delicious. 

Watermelon hair is the refreshing new look that is set to be the hottest hair look for summer. 

Lately we've seen everything from rose gold hair, rainbow cat undercuts and unicorn hair. But, this one is the first food-inspired one we've seen.


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Instagram user @Merpiremusic was the first to rock the look, and since then Instagram has been awash with variations of the watermelon trend.

From green and red dip dye...


To red and green balayage (a form of dip-dying)....

And, subtler versions of the trend.


Via Giphy

Now you can match your hair to your watermelon daiquiri.

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Rachel Thompson
Features Editor

Rachel Thompson is the Features Editor at Mashable. Rachel's second non-fiction book The Love Fix: Reclaiming Intimacy in a Disconnected World is out now, published by Penguin Random House in Jan. 2025. The Love Fix explores why dating feels so hard right now, why we experience difficult emotions in the realm of love, and how we can change our dating culture for the better.

A leading sex and dating writer in the UK, Rachel has written for GQ, The Guardian, The Sunday Times Style, The Telegraph, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Stylist, ELLE, The i Paper, Refinery29, and many more.

Rachel's first book Rough: How Violence Has Found Its Way Into the Bedroom And What We Can Do About It, a non-fiction investigation into sexual violence was published by Penguin Random House in 2021.

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