• Camila Mendes got a short haircut for spring and dyed it chocolate brown. Yes, this is important news.
  • Camila just showed off her new hair on her Instagram Stories this morning.

Picture, for a moment, Camila Mendes—what comes to mind (other than her killer acting skills on The Perfect Date and her body-positive Instagram)? I’m gonna go ahead and guess it’s her trademark hair: inky black, super sleek, and crazy-shiny. I mean, it’s Veronica Lodge’s calling card, after all.

But the Riverdale star just reminded the world she’s a real human being with her own autonomous body choices (read: not just a character on your favorite TV show) by chopping off her hair into a shaggy lob (a long bob, for the hair illiterate) and dyeing it a soft brunette shade. I know—hard-hitting news, but I’m still here for it, K?

Camila posted a photo of her new haircut to her Insta stories just an hour ago, writing “7 hrs later” above a selfie with colorist Matt Rez and hairstylist Buddy Porter. “Back to brown à la @ColorByMattRez” reads one caption, while another reads “with a fresh cut à la @BuddyWPorter.”

Porter also posted a pic to his Instagram, writing, “If I’m in a salon until midnight, I’m glad it’s with these two.” I mean, who doesn’t get their hair done at midnight?

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And if seven hours sounds like an insanely long time for a cut and color, here’s a quick reminder: To go lighter, you have to strategically strip your hair of its color before dyeing it a lighter shade. And to make sure the process doesn’t completely destroy your hair, you need to work slowly and carefully.

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Basically, beauty is pain—and a full day at the salon.

This makes the 400th time Camila has been in the news this week, thanks to her new movie The Perfect Date that just dropped on Netflix. The rom-com features your boyfriend Noah Centineo and your girlfriend Camila for the perfect combination of happiness and why-the-f*ck-doesn’t-this-happen-to-me sadness.

So even if celeb haircuts aren’t your thing, you can sit the heck down…and watch Camila in another adorable teen rom-com instead.

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Chloe Metzger
Deputy Beauty Director

Chloe Metzger is the deputy beauty director at Cosmopolitan, overseeing the editorial content and growth strategy of the hair, makeup, and skin space on digital, while also obsessively writing about the best hair products for every hair type (curly girl here; whattup), and the skincare routines that really, truly work (follow her on Instagram to see behind-the-scenes pics of that magazine life). She brings nearly a decade of writing and editing expertise, and her work has appeared in Allure, Health, Fitness, Marie Claire, StyleCaster, and Parents. She also has an unhealthy adoration for Tom Hanks and would like to please meet him one day, if you could arrange that. Thanks.