Here's What Bella Thorne's Real Hair Looks Like

Bella Thorne has experimented with every hair color under the sun, but her signature look is undoubtedly fire-engine red. It's the only shade truly befitting the chameleonic multi-hyphenate — Thorne is an actor, singer, producer, writer, model, and so much more — but, as is the case with her claret-hued compatriots, like Emma Stone, Thorne's natural hair color is nowhere near the shade for which she's most famous.

Discussing her love of shaking it up, to reference her most famous role, when it comes to hair, the sometimes-controversial starlet told People, "It feels good and I always love funky hair colors. I always wanted blue hair, I wanted green hair, purple hair, so it's just fun to do." Particularly while she doesn't have to adhere to a certain style for work, the former Disney star loves to experiment. No matter which tint she opts for next, however, Thorne's red hair is her calling card.

As the actor revealed in an interview with Allure, she originally dyed her hair all the way back in 2006 for her role as Tancy on the show "Big Love." Featuring the big-name likes of Bill Paxton, Chloë Sevigny, and Amanda Seyfried, the premise surrounded a polygamist, played by Paxton, and his increasingly complicated relationship with his three wives and their growing family. Thorne played one of his children and, as she explained, the role required a major stylistic change.  

The actor acknowledged, "A lot of people don't know I'm not actually a redhead. I'm a blonde. I dyed it for 'Big Love.'" However, when Disney came calling, they wanted Thorne to dye her then deep-red hue back to blonde, which led to a major meltdown on the part of the young star. "I don't know why, but I had a breakdown and so overreacted. I wanted to go back to red," she recalled. Nowadays, it's hard to imagine anybody demanding Thorne dye her hair a certain color.

Although Bella Thorne is most well-known for rocking fiery red locks, over the years, she's dyed her hair every shade from blue to magenta, green, and even mermaid pink. She's kept it red with dip-dyed green tips, utilized some honey-blonde highlights, and even gone full mousey-brown. The Disney alum likes to give her tresses a break in between projects, particularly if wearing extensions has played havoc with her split ends. 

After chopping off a few inches in 2017, "I dyed it blue, just because I felt like it. My sister dyed hers pink and we just like doing it to be matching and coordinated. It was just fun. Her boyfriend did his color too. It was cool," (via People). With so many different shades to choose from, it's tough for Thorne to choose a favorite but we'd wager that red is her go-to since it tends to last much longer than any other color the actor experiments with. As Thorne informed Us Weekly, "I feel at home when I'm a redhead." 

Considering how often she dyes her hair, it's a wonder that Bella Thorne's locks look as healthy and vibrant as they do. In 2019, she shared a since-deleted Instagram post proudly showing off how well her hair had grown after going "bleachless, heatless, and most importantly extensionless!!" (via Allure). The actor chopped her locks off for a role and had serious trouble growing them back, especially after relying heavily on damaging extensions and heat styling. 

As for keeping your hair in tip-top shape while repeatedly dying it, Thorne advised Hello Giggles, "I always say, you gotta go, like, the vegan way. ... Any type of vegan color to put on your hair is just gonna be better than bleaching it." Likewise, "Mainly it's just, like, taking hair and nail vitamins, using products that keep your hair strong, and ALWAYS using [a] heat protectant." The "Famous in Love" star also extolled the virtues of just leaving your hair to do its own thing, rather than forcing a style every day. 

She suggested, "Put it up in a ponytail, put it into braids, put it in a topknot ... Anything with your hair that makes it look different where you don't have to put a curling iron on it." Another of her biggest, and most eccentric, beauty secrets is apparently using beer to naturally lighten her hair, as Thorne demonstrated in an Instagram video. Allure clarified that beer does have some ingredients that promote shine but alcohol can also be drying, so maybe don't try this at home.