Britney Spears just settled the age-old question of whether or not to get bangs (the answer is yes). Last month, Spears took to Instagram to tell the story of her relationship with fringe as a child–and how she missed the hairstyle dearly. The singer delivered on her promise and just debuted the perfect set of wispy curtain bangs.
“I did it I finally cut bangs 🌹💋💋💋🌸🌸🌸🙊 !!!!!!" Spears captioned the selfie. Fans flooded her comments with love for her new look. She styled her new haircut with a pink bikini and a black choker necklace. Spears then posted a second selfie showing off her new hairstyle, this time with the same necklace and a white polka dot crop top.
Back in May, the singer noted that bangs are her best anti-aging hair hack. "Who would have thought bangs could make you look waaaaay younger ?!?!" she wrote. "I stopped having bangs in the 3rd grade and I remember like it was yesterday .... it was such a big deal to expose my forehead …. only pretty people in the south could do that and I never felt pretty enough to pull it off."
Wearing bangs, Spears says, makes her feel confident. "People choose different ways to protect themselves …. when I pull my bangs in front of my head I feel like I’m protected ... almost like I’m in 3rd grade again ⭐️💖🌸 !!!" Even the biggest pop star in the world can't deny the self-love powers of a fresh hairstyle.
Spears isn't the only celebrity to debut a new hairstyle during quarantine. Supermodel Bella Hadid recently cut her own wispy bangs, and singer Miley Cyrus let her mom snip her hair into a retro-chic shag. Celebrities like Khloe Kardashian, Dua Lipa, and Megan Thee Stallion have also showed off her hair colors on Instagram in recent weeks.
Jenna Rosenstein is the Beauty Director at Harper's BAZAAR across both print and digital. While attending NYU, she held internships at Women’s Wear Daily, Bloomingdale’s, Harper’s BAZAAR, and Allure, the latter of which she parlayed into her first job as the Beauty Assistant. She left Allure three years later as the Senior Beauty Editor. She spent a few months at Refinery29 overseeing branded content in the same title, before finally landing back at BAZAAR to manage all beauty content. When she's not testing every lipstick known to mankind, getting zapped by new lasers, or interviewing experts and celebrities, you can find Rosenstein at home in New Jersey with her son, husband, and black cat named Maddie.
