Jameela Jamil has had the same distinct hair since, well, forever? I honestly can't recollect ever seeing her with anything other than long dark hair with thick fringe and usually some layers. She's been impervious to the changing trends over the years and stuck to her distinct look. Which might be why it takes so long to wrap your head around this picture of her with flowing auburn hair. If it wasn't from her page, I think people wouldn't even clock it was her.
While it's a similar style to her usual tresses, the shiny deep copper locks are far from her usual raven hue and the shift brings out a whole new undertone to her complexion, with peachy tones coming through her usual golden colouring.
Posting the snap to Instagram, it's safe to say it's a wig, given that she asked in the caption: "Do I dye my hair red?" Adding; "My god complex era😂" which, we assume, is a reference to her giant crown or perhaps her golden star stickers placed carefully along her cheekbones. It's giving pimple patch meets royalty meets primary school sticker chart.
A lot is going on in the pic, so much so, that it took me a while to realise another key factor in why she looks quite so different. Her usually deep brown eyes are blue, and not dark blue, but a light bright distinct blue. Whether they're contact lenses or editing, we think these might be responsible for more of the transformation's impact than the hair.
Though usually a fan of a red lip, for this occasion she's leaning pink with a bitten cherry colour, completing the disguise.
Who is this imposter?
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Elena Chabo is Cosmopolitan UK's beauty writer, working on everything from buzzy celeb news and trending beauty, to sincere first-person reviews and engaging video content for social media. She also creates meatier features and expert-led how-to guides, for print and online. Her passion for Black beauty, textured hair, and the ways beauty interacts with culture, society, identity and relationships, quickly took over her writing career and led her into beauty journalism. Following an MA in Magazine Journalism in 2017, she cut her teeth across various roles at Stylist Magazine, before taking on a Digital Writer role at Good Housekeeping. It was here that beauty took centre stage and she launched and ran the site's first stand-alone beauty section. Remaining at Hearst, she joined the Cosmo beauty team in 2022. Find her on LinkedIn.
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