Hello, you. Pull out your iPod Nano and queue up some Paramore, because Cardi B is taking us back to 2007! The rapper just threw it back to the emo kid era of soaring choruses, pop-punk guitars, and dip-dyed hair—and the color combo is giving me serious millennial nostalgia.
The look appeared in a very unexpected place: a promo video for the fifth and final season of Netflix’s You, starring Cardi’s internet bestie Penn Badgely. (Google their friendship if you’re not familiar.) Cardi, a fan of the show, teased the trailer wearing a very mid-aughts hair color combo that would’ve been right at home on Hayley Williams or the local skate park. It began with bleached, platinum blonde roots, which then transitioned into a bright red-orange color similar to Williams’s signature shade.
The orange color took up most of Cardi’s mid-lengths, but instead of fading into a lighter ombré color like you might expect, it transformed into a deep sapphire blue for a fun surprise. Orange and blue are on the opposite side of the color wheel, making them complimentary colors, so that’s why they look so striking together. Cardi paired the orange-and-blue hair with equally colorful nails in a neon turquoise hue and thick, fluttery lashes, her dermal piercing sparkling under her eyes.
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