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Here’s what I saw atAveda Congress: Models in stilettos and sunglasses riding hoverboards.

collage of creative hairstyles from the 2023 aveda congress hair show

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An up close and personal view of my scalp, complete with surprising flakiness.

A chamber orchestra dressed like woodland elves.

Iris van Herpen gowns fluttering down the runway, looking alive as thehairstylesthemselves.

A model is photographed from behind wearing her hair in braids with beads.

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And a whole lot more.

The meaning goes way deeper than the braid itself."

There’s a very clear message.

A model is photographed from behind wearing her hair in braids.

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It’s challenging the audience to think very differently about the history of Black people," Gadar toldAllure.

Ignoring doesn’t help us do that, she said.

“I want them to find a more easeful approach to do that.

A model laughs wearing her hair in a platinum blonde bowl cut bob.

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Beenders’s best advice to anyone wanting to go short?

(TheScalp Solutions Overnight Scalp Renewal Serumsnagged a Best of Beauty win this year.)

(Could it be theBarbieeffect?)

Two models pose with their hair dyed in bright colors. They wear sunglasses.

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This tracks, given that beige blonde has been gaining popularity on the color wheel.

It’s a bigfavorite in Koreaand is also referred to as milk beige or maple beige.

Diamante

Take yourEuphoriarhinestones off your face and put them in your hair!

A model appears backstage in a blue outfit. She has a pop of blue in her short hair.

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For the holidays or you know, whenever why not add a whole lot of sparkle with diamante?

It’s very glamorous, she explained.

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Two models pose backstage in pink and orange dresses. One has pale blonde hair with pink the other has curly hair with…

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