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It might be the flip flops or the long weekends at the beach, but there's something about summer that tells us to relax and take it easy. Everything loosens up—and that's what makes this prime time to experiment with your hair color. Feel free to turn up the pink in your rose-gold hair or add blond highlights to your natural red. Once you've got the cut and hair color of your dreams, take it for a test-drive with these easy summer hairstyles. Click through to find your new summer hair color.

This story originally appeared on Glamour.

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