For you as a red-haired woman with fair skin and freckles, hot summer days can be a nightmare: you spend hours dodging the rays under a floppy hat and applying sunscreen with cartoon characters on the bottle while your friends top up their seemingly effortless tan.
But above all thanks to the ongoing Lindsay Lohan Renaissance we’re so here for, the look is officially on trend. And that means the girls who teased you at school for being a redhead are now discreetly screenshotting your Insta pics to take to the salon. See, your mom was right—they were jealous all along, they just didn’t know it yet!
Although Lohan, 38, has experimented with both her blonde and brunette looks in the past, she is known as a natural redhead – and for now, she is staying true to her roots.
Her latest long, flowing look really highlights the natural reddish tones of her hair, and her hairdresser Dimitris Giannetos has described the style as “churro waves” because of the bendable shape of the loose curls — and of course, because it looks totally cute.
Red hair comes in many shades, from Lohan’s strawberry blonde to Dua Lipa‘s deep and distinctive “Cherry Coke” red and Michaela Fuchs‘s “ginger spice” tone.
And if you prefer a more subtle touch of red, Gigi Hadid‘s recent maroon look and Emily Ratajkowski’The coppery brown tone is warm and versatile and suits different skin tones and moods.
And usually, where there is naturally red hair, there are freckles (or, as your mother continued in her pep talk, “kisses from the sun”). Lohan’s natural demeanor means that, despite being a busy and probably overtired working mother to her one-year-old son, Luai, she always looks young and radiant.
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For those not naturally blessed with freckles, it’s becoming increasingly easier to fake the sun-tanned look, whether by purchasing special products or by doing it yourself. Sienna Miller recently told Harper’s Bazaar that her freckle pen is one of her beauty must-haves. “I get freckles in the sun, but in the winter my freckles fade and I have brown spots, so I like to add some every now and then,” said the 42-year-old actress. “That’s a big secret I’ll let you in – it’s a fake pen that you just stick on.”
With Hailey Bieber also a fan of the freckle pen (apparently this one from Beaubble is her favorite), it definitely sounds more appealing than some of TikTok’s weirder freckle hacks, like applying bronzer with broccoli. Yes, you read that right, broccoli! The good news is that it’s cheap and easy to buy at the grocery store if you’re there without makeup brushes. The bad news is that your face might smell like lettuce.
