Best Hair Color Ideas To Start Off 2020 With a Fresh Look

Get inspired by your favorite celebs to try a new color this year.

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At the beginning of each year, most people are always looking for new ways to start fresh. Well, nothing says change like a brand new hair color. Whether you want to simply add highlights to your natural hair color or want to completely change it up, these hair color ideas will really have you saying: "New Year, New Me."

Take a look at these trending hair color ideas and get inspired to try something new. You can add some dimension to your hair by adding babylights, you can change it up completely and go platinum blonde, or you can finally make the decision to dye your hair pastel pink. And if you can’t make up your mind, you can try a half and half look that’ll make you look more fabulous than Cruella De Vil in 101 Dalmations.

Here are a few hair color ideas rocked by our favorite celebrities, from Zendaya and Chrissy Teigen to Kesha and Halsey.

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Babylights — Jennifer Lopez

Babylights are the perfect way to add dimension to your hair without going full blonde, says Glamour. Here, J.Lo added light to her features by using face-framing babylights.

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Babylights — Sofia Vergara

Similarly to J.Lo, Sofia Vergara focused on the front of her hair. But, her hair is longer which means there's a lot more room to play.

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Babylights — Miranda Kerr

Babylights don't have to be blonde. Like Miranda, if your hair is darker, you can opt for light brown highlights.

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Babylights — Gisele Bundchen

Gisele Bundchen's hair always has this lightness and airiness to it and it's all thanks to babylights. Her babylights also compliment her skin tone and make her look sunkissed.

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Babylights — Jennifer Aniston

Jennifer Aniston's babylights are far from what she used to sport back in the 90s as Rachel Greene in Friends. These babylights also compliment her complexion.

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Buttercream Blonde — Khloe Kardashian

Khloe Kardashian has always stood out as the blonde Kardashian. But this buttercream blonde, which PopSugar says is totally on trend this year, added brown highlights to her hair and made her eyes stand out.

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Buttercream Blonde — Blake Lively

Blake Lively's hair color is the definition of buttercream blonde. It's the perfect blend between light brown and blonde. She never strays too far from this hair color.

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Buttercream Blonde — Perrie Edwards

Perrie Edwards channeled her dark side with this hair color. Although she kept the roots dark, it's the lightness of her curls that show off this color play.

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Buttercream Blonde — Nicole Richie

Buttercream blonde is also a good color for women who like to rock their hair short and wavy. Nicole Richie has stuck by this color for years because it compliments her skin tone and honey-colored eyes.

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Buttercream Blonde — Gigi Hadid

Gigi Hadid sports her buttercream hair color most of the time in a blowout. The long length adds to her youthful look and makes her look like she just stepped out of the beach.

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Cinnamon Swirl — Camila Cabello

Camila Cabello's hair is naturally dark, but the subtle highlights at the end of her hair add a pop of color when the light is just right, according to PopSugar. She wears her cinnamon-colored hair long, creating a mermaid look without any of the crazy colors.

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Cinnamon Swirl — Chrissy Teigen

When Chrissy Teigen wears her hair dark, she often opts for a toasted type of look. The use of babylights on the inside of her hair are what add dimension to her complexion.

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Cinnamon Swirl — Dakota Johnson

Dakota Johnson's hair technique is similar to that of Chrissy Teigen, where she adds babylights around her face to bring light to her features. However, she keeps the rest of it dark to make her eyes stand out.

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Cinnamon Swirl — Selena Gomez

Let's take a moment to admire this hair color that Selena Gomez recently adopted. The face-framing chocolate highlights at the ends of her hair and around her face are the true definition of what it means to have cinnamon swirl hair.

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Cinnamon Swirl — Priyanka Chopra

Priyanka Chopra's hair is very similar to Selena's in the fact that they both have highlights towards the ends of their hair. And although this curled look doesn't frame the face like Selena's, it does add some dimension to the curls and creates an optical illusion of volume.

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Copper — Madelaine Petsch

You might remember Madelaine Petsch's hair a more strawberry color in the show Riverdale. But her natural hair color is more copper than strawberry, and it can even look brown in darker light. According to Allure, this is another great color to try this upcoming year.

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Copper — Halsey

Halsey is the type of person who can rock any hair color. And it's not just because of her complexion (though it helps), but it's because she shows off each hair color with confidence and it's not any different when it comes to this hair color.

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Copper — Lana Del Rey

Lana Del Rey's staple look is being a brunette. However, she often plays it up by adding a little bit of red to her usually chestnut color to make it look more copper. The subtle difference makes her skin look more creamy white, especially when she wears it long.

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Copper — Debra Messing

Debra Messing has never strayed away from her usual copper hair color. The color amps up her hazel eyes and unlike the others, her skin is much more sunkissed, which means that you don't have to be pale in order to be a redhead.

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Copper — Meghan Trainor

Meghan Trainor looks like a completely different person as a redhead. Although she keeps it darker towards her root, she's added some highlights at the ends to add a pop of color and dimension.

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Half and Half — Kesha

According to Glamour, half and halfs are going to be super trendy this year. This look is for the people who are daring, want to try something new, or simply can't choose what color to dye their hair. There are several ways to do the half and half. You can do it like Kesha who did two pastel colors while keeping her roots dark. You can also see darker highlights and blonde highlights peeking through.

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Half and Half — Billie Eilish

Billie Eilish is a role model and her hair is no exception. She opted to add a pop of neon to her roots while maintaining the rest of her hair dark and we don't hate it at all.

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Half and Half — Melanie Martinez

If you'd much rather get inspired by Cruella De Vil, you can do a high contrast half and half hair color. You can choose to go a sandy blonde on one side and jet black on the other.

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Half and Half — Nicki Minaj

Similarly to Kesha's half and half, you can choose a pastel color while keeping the other half of your hair blonde. Just remember that you have to be committed and wear it parted down the middle to really show off the colors.

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Half and Half — Hayley Williams

Hayley Williams was ahead of her time when she started doing the half and half look in the early 2010s. Rather than choosing two pastel colors, you can choose two complimenting neon colors like orange and pink, or blue and purple.

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Icy Blonde — Ashley Benson

There are several ways to sport an icy blonde hair color — a trend Allure says will take over 2020. You can do it like Ashley Benson and keep your dark roots while adding some dimension to the blonde with highlights.

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Icy Blonde — Brittany Snow

Or you can do it like Brittany Snow who did a one-dimensional look from roots to ends. Her blunt haircut also adds fierceness to her look. If you want to opt for this option, you have to remember to maintain it properly.

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Icy Blonde — Kim Kardashian

Kim Kardashian is better known for her darker hair color, but this ashy blonde/platinum hair color makes her look like a magazine model. This cool-toned hair color also creates a contrast with her warm-toned skin.

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Icy Blonde — Kristen Stewart

Let's all take a moment to remember Kristen Stewart's chestnut hair color during her Twilight days. This icy blonde hair color turns her into a punk-rock princess rather than the damsel in distress we all remember Bella to be.

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Icy Blonde — Justin Bieber

Justin Bieber has always been a blonde, but this icy blonde paired with dark eyebrows creates a clean-cut look. It also kind of reminds us of Ken, Barbie's boyfriend. Icy blonde is a great color for guys who want to try something completely different.

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