12 reasons to love hair painting

Charlize attended the photo call for Kubo and the Two Strings with a neck-sweeping cut, and blonde locks starting about half an inch from her roots.

Cara offset her dark brows and outfit with medium blonde mid-lengths and ends.

Our homegrown favourite Margot Robbie attended the Suicide Squad Wynwood Block Party with her new hair colour braided on one side only, to bring even more attention to her dark brown roots.

At the 2016 ESPYS, Ciara stole the show with her gorgeous medium-length hair with sharp contrasting black to light blonde highlights.

Rachel attended the Sonic Sea New York screening with her distinct dark to light hair in casual loose waves that complemented her pretty pink makeup.

If you’ve got dark brows and eyes, take inspiration from Emma Roberts and go for lots of highlights and babylights painted on a few centimetres from your roots.

As Julianne’s base colour is a light brown, her platinum foils really brightened her face in comparison.

One of our favourite beauty girls, Lauren Conrad, signed copies of her new book with her dark to light coloured locks in a braided style.

British-American beauty Sienna Miller attended the Serpentine Gallery Summer Party in London with medium brown to dark blonde foils - a subtle take on the trend.

Supermodel Heidi Klum went with loose waves to accentuate her dark brown to blonde hair.

JLo shows off a more contrasting look at FOX's American Idol Finale, with her light blonde hair straight around two inches from her roots.

To soften the contrast between dark and blonde, Kate Hudson went for a simply blow-dry set into a simply wavy style.