Sydney Sweeney Unveils A Short Bleached Bob

On Saturday night, Sydney Sweeney continued her press run for her upcoming biopic, Christy, with a premiere in Los Angeles. In honour of the exciting moment, the star chose to do something drastic – chop and dye her waist-skimming locks. Of course, her go-to hair team, colourist Jacob Schwartz and hairstylist Glen Coco, were on hand for the transformation.

“Sydney was looking for a change and wanted to have a big hair moment for the red carpet to support her new movie, Christy,” says Schwartz, who worked with Schwarzkopf Professional products to do the colour transformation in a single day. “It felt like the perfect time to do something bold.”

And bold it was. Schwartz described Sweeney’s hair before as a “dark suede blonde” – natural and rooty. This look is much more monochromatic and overall a much brighter blonde than before. “It’s more of an icy blonde,” Schwartz adds. “The colour really makes her eyes and features pop and complements the cut so well.”

In the film, Sweeney’s character goes through her own hair transformations, including a brunette curly mullet, a shaggy pixie, and blonde box braids. But when it comes to real life, Sweeney chose to join Team Bob (other fans include Zoë Kravitz and Pamela Anderson).

“This is a transformation,” Coco says of the blunt, chin-skimming haircut, adding that it’s the shortest that her hair has ever been. “Christy has a lot of underlying tones of resilience, transformation and power. Sydney herself transformed herself for this role, and I wanted to morph her into this updated version of herself in real life. Something new and fresh to close out the rest of the year.”

Sydney Sweeney’s hair through the years

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