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11 celebrities who’ve rocked the bronde trend

The lazy girl’s answer to low-maintenance hair colour

By Briar Clark

BEAUTYcrew Beauty Editor / July 22 2021

The bronde hair trend is still going strong in 2021 and with good reason.

The blonde and brunette hybrid hair colour is the low-maintenance answer to regular (not to mention lengthy) salon visits, because let’s be real, the threat of infecting ourselves with COVID-19 is enough to make anyone reconsider whether highlights are in fact an essential. And look, as much as we love our colourists, we will always love our bank accounts more.

Follow the lead of these 11 bronde celebs; ditch your next round of highlights and opt for a glossy touch-up as needed (or whenever you’re allowed to leave your government-mandated house arrest) with this easy, breezy answer to blonde strands.

Hailey Bieber

Hey, if bronde is good enough for California cool girls like Hailey Bieber, then it’s good enough for us.

Image credit: @haileybieber

Gigi Hadid

Gigi Hadid used bronde as a transitional colour from her momentary stint as a redhead to her natural shade of blonde, and we’re not mad about it either.

Image credit: @gigihadid

Beyonce

She’s been all shades of blonde since her days as one third of Destiny’s Child but we love this modern shade of bronde with deep roots on the superstar.

Image credit: @beyonce

Elizabeth Olsen

At this point we have no idea whether Olsen’s hair is naturally blonde, brunette or Scarlet Witch red; all we know is the actor wears the hell out of this gingery shade of bronde.

Image credit: @patidubroff

Cara Delevingne

Laidback and ready for what looks like a day at the beach, Delevingne’s very much giving us peak bronde vibes ATM.

Image credit: @caradelevingne

Barbara Palvin

The Hungarian model just so happens to be naturally bronde and boy does she know how to work it. The Giorgio Armani makeup ambassador styled her abundant tresses in glamorous loose curls for a recent photoshoot with the brand.

Image credit: @realbarbarapalvin

Lily Rose Depp

Given that Depp’s mother has a reputation as a French cool-girl, it’s no surprise that the young model and actress likes to keep her hair looking Paris runway-ready at all times with subtly waved bronde colour.

Image credit: Getty

Josephine Skriver

Another natural bronde, Skriver appears to be sporting some grown out highlights toward the ends of her hair for an unintentional (but very welcome) ombre moment.

Image credit: @josephineskriver

Olivia Palermo

Palermo has intelligently had her blonde highlights applied by hand to create a natural face-framing effect that will grow out with ease in-between salon visits. No chunky regrowth here, folks.

Image credit: @oliviapalermo

Riley Keough

Delivering us a salivating delicious shade of auburn-leaning bronde, Keough (who is a hair colour chameleon in her own right TBH) demonstrates that your hair can still look polished when in transition between colours. Just lean into it, babe.

Image credit: @rileykeough

Jadé Tunchy

Aussie babe Jadé Tunchy grew out her highlights and bared those deep roots for a darker interpretation of bronde that is to die for.

Image credit: @jadetunchy

After a brighter hue? ‘Coconut candy blonde’ is the latest hair trend with a built-in halo effect.

Main image credit: @beyonce, @haileybieber and @rileykeough

Briar Clark

Briar Clark got her start in the media industry in 2017, as an intern for Marie Claire and InStyle. Since then, her keen interest in fashion and beauty has landed her gigs as a Digital Content Producer and Beauty Editor with titles like Girlfriend, Refinery29, BEAUTYcrew and beautyheaven. She loves the way seemingly innocuous topics like skin care and style have the ability to put a smile on people’s faces or make them think about themselves a little differently. A big believer in self love and experimentation, Briar has made a point of becoming the Australian beauty industry’s unofficial guinea pig for unusual treatments and daring hair trends. When she’s not testing out the latest beauty launches, Briar is big on broadening her horizons, mostly in the form of food but she’s also partial to travelling to new destinations both near and far (and of course, allocating an extra bag to bring their best beauty offerings home with her).