11 Split Hair Looks That Will Inspire You To Turn Your Back On Ombre Forever

Forget Ombre, Split Hair Is The Two Tone Trend We're Coveting Now
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Two tone hair has stepped up a notch this season.

The subtle colour blending of highlighted or ombre styles has been jostled out of our affections by an altogether tougher, more dramatic look: The split dye.

This 'half and half' hair technique involves dyeing the hair on either side of your head two different colours.

The roots (sorry couldn't resist) of this trend can be traced back to that timeless style icon, the villainous Cruella de Vil, but we have to say the results are far from scary, as the gorgeous gals of Instagram prove...

Black and white makes for the ultimate bold contrast.

Use Vaseline along your parting while applying the dye to prevent colour bleed.

This is a trend that looks equally chic on curly and straight hair.

It works just as well with a side parting as with a centre one.

Go one step further with matching nails and contacts.

Or combine with the rainbow brow trend.

For a softer take on the look try pastel shades.

Split hair works particularly well with a fringe.

Make plaits pop by weaving two different colours together.

Buns become far more fabulous.

As an alternative to two contrasting colours, use different shades of blue.

Weird Hair Secrets From Celebs
Ketchup(01 of05)
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“I've also had pink hair - when trying to dye it red - and green hair, when trying to dye it brown. That was awful actually, I used henna, thinking I was being all organic and clever, and it was totally impenetrable - I just couldn't get it back to normal. The only thing that made any difference was ketchup, so for about a year-and-a-half I had to put tomato ketchup on my hair under heat until it went back to normal.” -- Sienna Miller, Vogue UK (credit:Frazer Harrison/Getty Images & Scott Eells/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Coca-Cola(02 of05)
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"I don't like my hair when it's washed — it's fine and limp — but Coca-Cola makes it tousled, like I've gone through the Amazon or something." --Suki Waterhouse, US Weekly (credit:Ben A. Prunch/Getty Images & Lionel Bonaventure/AFP/Getty Images)
Olive Oil(03 of05)
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"On tour, we would have to put it up in a ponytail super fast, and snatch it up from being down in extensions [in between songs on stage], so the best thing we used was olive oil. It’s crazy. Because it was cheap, we would just pour it on, slick grease it back, and then stick the whole long extension and all the rubber bands in, and so a lot of times we’d get right on the tour bus, and I would just wrap it up in a bun, throw a scarf on or a shower cap when I got in my bunk, and sleep in it—wash your hair the next day, and it’s like silk." -- Fergie, Byrdie (credit:Mark Davis/Getty Images for SXSW & Bill Hogan/Chicago Tribune/MCT via Getty Images)
Mayonnaise(04 of05)
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“She gave us a book she bought at a garage sale about natural beauty remedies and we used to look up everything, like how to make masks out of oatmeal or give our hair highlights using henna tea or even rum. Once a year, we all still get together and put mayonnaise in our hair for old times sake.” -- Zoe Saldana, talking about her mother, Allure (credit:Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images & Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Laundry Detergent(05 of05)
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“And seeing photos of my mother from the ’60s and ’70s, she was a total rebel with her style. She had extremely fine hair and washed it with detergent to coarsen it up and had this amazing Afro.” -- Solange Knowles, New York Times (credit:Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage for Gabrielle's Angel Foundation & Joe Raedle/Getty Images)