It's been a while since we wrote anything about Love Island's Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu – not since her rather controversial time on Celebrity Big Brother earlier this year – but we're always keeping a close eye on the Love Island 2022 winner because she's the type of celeb who ALWAYS has something up her sleeve/has a big announcement just around the corner.
She's pretty much the bombiest bombshell that ever bombed and for that reason, she's never too far from our thoughts or editorial meetings.
In 2024, if Ekin-Su – who split from Love Island boyf Davide Sanclimenti in January 2024 – does pop up on our radar it's usually for one of two things: she's either taking part in a new reality series, or she's hard launched a dramatic hairdo.
This time around, the Love Island queen has seemingly returned to the "dark side" by dying her hair black and coupling it with some fresh bangs, in a beauty move that one follower described as "a power move." And we concur.
It's not the summer makeover we were expecting from such a Love Island queen, but it is giving Love Island evil queen, with a dash of revenge, and we're clearly not the only ones who think so...
Legendary villain winter Love Island 2023 star Olivia Hawkins commented, "She’s back on the dark side 😍😍," on Ekin-Su's recent grid post, which Ekin captioned, "Back to Black 🖤."
We can only dream of such villainous validation.
Remember when Ekin-Su was giving blonde bombshell?
Last summer, we reported the confusing news that the Love Island winner has showcased a WILDLY DIFFERENT beauty change – a blonde hair transformation; so wild, in fact, that when we first saw the jaw-dropping snap we thought we were looking at reigning Love Island 2023 champ, Jess Harding. And then after closer inspection, OG Hannah Elizabeth. And then Ekin-Su again; a VERY blonde Ekin-Su.
And tbh, we're really not sure how we feel; we get that blondes allegedly have more fun, but we thought Ekin was kind of living her best life already.
Ekin-Su shared her new platinum blonde hair transformation with her millions of followers who live in her Instagram stories rent free (include us - no shame here), captioning the post, "Imagine a blonde Ekin 🤣."
Imagine?
Yep, we fell for it, so we figured you should, too. F**king AI strikes again – our queen was merely showing us what she would look like if she ever were to become a platinum blonde. And now we know: she would become a Jess Harding/Hanna Elizabeth hybrid.
We'd say we feel lied to, but the truth is more and more celebs are doing this to us these days and it's getting very confusing.
Ekin-Su's ash blonde waves (real ones this time)
Earlier last year, the reality star revealed her new ash blonde waves and, naturally, we are obsessed – oh, and this lewk was real, folks.
Ekin-Su's fans were clearly on the same page as us as they flocked to the comments section to show their adoration for Ekin's new lighter locks.
"Killing it with the stunning hair!!! 🔥," and "Keep the blonde 😍 it looks beautiful," were just some of the compliments the Love Island winner received for her long, blonde waves.
But our absolute favourites include, "Need a new word in the dictionary, 'ekincredible'" and "Icon su is here again."
Take note, heat fans, this is the kind of praise we expect on our social media posts from now on.
Ekin also tagged her hairdresser as she posted a selfie on her Instagram story with the caption, "And she's back 😅 @velatozdamar."
Ekin-Su cuts her own hair
Right at the beginning of last year, Ekin-Su stunned fans with a dramatic hair transformation after opting to give herself a DIY chop.
Fear not, she didn't cut it off. Well, not all of it anyway. Some things are far too serious to joke about and we wouldn't want to cause any hair-related anxiety - especially when it comes to Queen Ekin-Su's trademark locks.
But, taking to her Instagram story, Ekin did give us just a smidge of fear when she announced, "Excuse the sore throat and cold that I've currently got, but I did something crazy and I cut the front of my hair."
PANIC CENTRAL.
But don't worry she's only gave herself a little fringe and we absolutely loved it when she debuted the shorter look on her story Ekin-Su added the caption, "Lol."
All we can say is that we wish our hair looked that good when we took it upon ourselves to chop our fringe rather than giving us flashbacks to being fourteen and thinking we were Lily Allen.
Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu's dark hair
It wasn't that long ago that Queen Ekin-Su debuted a LUSH darker colour and we, obviously, LOVED it. Prior to her Ekin-Su x Oh Polly launch party in London (obsessed) in 2022, Ekin-Su took to her Instagram story to reveal the shiniest brunette locks (it literally looks like sheets of silk) we've ever seen – and we thought Cheryl was worth it.
Yep, Ekin ditched her signature wavy blonde/brunette two-tone locks for a striking brunette look and we couldn't be more here for it – and so are her fans/subjects.
One fan commented, "The dark hair is good on u Ekin!!"
Another wrote, "So pretty 🤎."
A third tweeted, "HER HAIR IS SO SEXY IM ON THE FLOOR."
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Ben Pulsford is a digital writer for Bauer Media, writing for both Closer online and heatworld. When he's not getting paid to gossip about Big Brother, Love Island and The Real Housewives of Cheshire, he's storming the London LGBTQ+ scene as drag queen, Beary Poppins. Both Ben and Beary are awaiting an invite to join The Real Housewives of Cheshire for series 18. The budget's not there, but the drama is 💅