My selfies have often delivered breaking news, revealing to me things I somehow missed in the mirror.

In other, more spine-chilling words, my hair color is inadvertently ombre.

“Simply put, its dark roots and lighter ends.”

Kaia Gerber Beyonce Ana de Armas Hailee Steinfeld on a background of hair

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Because, by today’s hair-color standards, it was… not good.

Actually, you don’t have to imagine how I looked.

Here’s what happened when I asked for ombre in 2010.

Marci Robin touching her curly hair and wearing a plaid jacket

Marci Robin

“This is particularly harsh, and the color is…

It feels like a non-toned color,” Hannam replied when I texted him that photo.

“Like, thats giving raw lift lol.”

Long brown hair with contrasting orangetoned ombr ends

Marci Robin

And I readily admit, its very mockable.

But it is by no means unique for the time.

Gaggles of us were out there with brassy dip-dyes and calling it ombre.

Kendall Jenner wears a sheer shirt and touches her ombre hair

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Did it ever totally go away?

No you’ve got the option to see variations of ithere and there over the last decade.

But recent celebrity evidence points to a trueombrenaissance.

Hailee Steinfeld poses in a denim shirt and ombre hair

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“Now you see a more subtle contrast between the roots and ends.

You’ll also notice it’s more natural-looking and could have a couple of bolder highlights around face.”

Do you like how low the lightness starts?

Ana de Armas poses looking over her shoulder

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Do you like how subtle or high-contrast this is?'"

(Did I mention I added a matching feather extension a few months later?)

Beyonce with ombre hair

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Victoria Beckham with long ombre hair and large sunglasses

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Kaia Gerber poses over her shoulder with ombre hair

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Rita Ora poses with curly ombre hair and wearing a blue and pink jacket

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Eva Longoria smiling with wavy ombre hair

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Alanis Morissette smiles with ombre hair

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Natalie Morales poses with ombre hair and a green jacket

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