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What is opal hair and why is everyone going on about it?
IT SEEMS LIKE you can’t move but for a new hair trend taking over salons and fashion media around the world – and it’s happening again.
The latest is the opal colour – the replacement for the more extravagant rainbow, apparently.
Here’s what it looks like
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Cosmo declared the rainbow colour to be over this week, heralding the opal as its rightful heir
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And explained the charms of opal within:
The opal is a fairly unique blend of pastels and the Instagram crowd are lapping it up
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Under #opalhair, you can see how many people are jumping on this trend
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It’s everywhere. Articles about opal have been popping up all over the place too
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So much opal, so little time.
Elite Daily says the opal is a toned down version of the rainbow:
It’s certainly a toned down version, as this is one version of the rainbow in all its glory
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Compared to the opal here
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People can make up their own minds on the subtlety.
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