Ariana Grande Just Dyed Her Hair the Coolest Shade of Purple

Leah Prinzivalli

Ariana Grande's been playing a lot with styling her signature ponytail, most recently adding a healthy dose of '60s-era flounce to it. Now, she's gone a step further and changed the color entirely.

The artist's longtime hairstylist Chris Appleton posted a photo of Grande during pre-performance prep on Instagram in which she's sporting a purple skirt, purple tank top, purple fingerless gloves and, yes, purple hair. "Lavender pony’s change lives," he captioned the photo.

Grande makes no secret of her love of hair extensions, but it appears as though her (IRL shoulder-length) hair has actually been dyed a cool lavender-gray. About an inch of brown hair remains at the root, while the rest of her ponytail goes from lavender-gray to lavender-blonde to pure pastel.

If Grande did in fact make the move towards rainbow hair, she's hardly the first celeb to choose Appleton for the job. He's taken Kim Kardashian from pink to brown and back again more times than we can count and just so happens to be the mastermind behind this ice-blue shade.

Fans are fawning over the new look in the comment section, with some already planning to try out purple themselves. "Gorgeous as always!" added one commenter. "Purple perfection," wrote another.

With Grande's career moving at the speed of light, we doubt she has much time to sit around bleaching, coloring, and toning her hair to this pastel shade very often, so it's hard to predict how long this color will stay around. One thing's for sure though: Even when she goes back to brunette, her ponytail is coming with her.

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Originally Appeared on Glamour