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If you have ever had long hair or haven‘t changed your hairstyle in a hot minute, you might agree that it can become a security blanket, so it‘s often very hard to make that step and spice up things a bit. On the other hand, once you do it, it can be an immediate confidence boost. It‘s probably the main reason why people tend to experiment with their hair after major life changes.

Changing your hairstyle can elevate your looks to another level, but it has to be done by a professional hand—otherwise, it might go really wrong. Just think of all the quarantine hair fails we've seen or even experienced in the past few months of insanity. If you missed them, check out some of the most ridiculous and hilarious fails here and here. A carefully chosen hairstyle and color can complement your skin tone, face shape, and highlight your best features. The artists you‘ll see here definitely know what they are doing.

Scroll down to see some of the best transformations by the world‘s most talented hairstylists. Some of the before-and-afters might blow your mind―it’s amazing how a proper hairstyle can completely change the way a person looks! And feel free to take one look as inspiration next time you go to a salon!

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These amazing transformations are brought to you by #ONESHOT Hair Awards held by Behind The Chair―the largest community in the world for salon professionals to explore education possibilities and draw inspiration. The annual contest has received over 1,000,000 entries in different categories in only 5 years. There are two overall categories hairstylists can submit to: “Big Shot“ for pictures shot in a professional studio setting and “Hot Shot,” which celebrates real and raw hairstyles done behind the chair. To bring it down to Earth, in this post, we have compiled a list of raw before and after pics of contest winners and finalists across the years. These transformations show the hottest hairstyles and color trends that hairstylists masterfully transfer to clients' hair.

Most of us dream of that perfect hairstyle that will turn heads, and it shows. The competition has 118k followers on Instagram while Behind The Chair has 1.7M. Though not everyone is brave enough to rock edgy haircuts and vibrant colors, these accounts throw out so much content every day that anyone can find something they fancy and would find suitable for day-to-day life. Or maybe even inspire you to step out of your comfort zone and try something out of the box? Anyway, if we can take one lesson from the #ONESHOT awards, it would definitely be to put down the kitchen scissors when you are tempted to chop off your heavy locks and look for a professional who will take good care of you.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

She looks great, but why change her fabulous hair color? Now burdened with frequent and expensive appointments.

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A new hairstyle is not only about aesthetics, it’s usually way beyond that―a way of finding self-love and needed confidence. Experimenting with your hair can help you express yourself and it can actually be a lot of fun. But the most important part―it grows back! This is why we love sharing inspiring before and after photos of hair transformations. Find more posts with epic hair makeovers you should look at here, here, here, and here.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That looks really smart. This is proving over and over that long stringy straight hair looks good on NO ONE.

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Katrin P.
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That hair was long, but not stringy. And I love my long hair. I had it at chin length and it was a nightmare for me, always too hot, always in need of styling. Nah, never again.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Great move to cut off the too-long bleached hair. New style is great, but what's with the gray? Why not color her hair its natural black or very dark brown color? Asian women have such beautiful hair.

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Lorelai Kelly
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love all the long to short transformations,thinking I want to do it to my hair

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Elaine Mattingly
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

TRY ON SOME WIGS! PROPERLYY CARED FOR LONG HAIR IS BEAUTIFUL AND CAN BE WORN IN SO MANY DIFFRENT STYLES.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What are you talking about? Long stringy hair looks great!! And she looks good in both pics

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Lee Lauder
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Here we go again....Same, exact hairdo in the "after" photo. That same hairdo I see everywhere: Pinterest, Tumblr, hair style magazines, celebrities, etc. Why does everyone need to look alike?

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I see so many, usually younger women, who have long hair and it looks like they've never had a trim or any kind of style. They keep it long or up in a messy bun. I rarely see short or even medium hair on young women. Just because it's long doesn't always mean it's the "cut" for you.

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Steve Cruz
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Over-processed and heavy-looking. The new cut looks modern and easy.

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Lynita Otero
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Pretty. But her hair would have been nice had she done a good color and some shaping. The new style is alright, but why grey? Geez, I'm 67yrs...you'll have a lot of time to be grey naturally. Look young while you can.

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Bonnie Edwards
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't understand why young women dye their hair grey, and then when they start growing their own grey hair, will do anything to get rid of them.

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Judy Windham Saunders
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Gray, tho? On such a young person? Love the style, it would be beautiful in black.

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Mairlady
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The hair on the left looks horrible, BUT the haircut and colour on the right, wow, I am so jealous that I cant wear that colour, beautiful!

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is a stunning change! Took years and years off of her. She's the winner

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Different hair color and adding definition to the curls. Yes honey!

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Amazing. But I'm worried about her hair's health after adding colour every week, as it didn't look too healthy before. I may be wrong, I hope I am.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Most transformation is the make up here. They look like two different women, both beautiful and interesting.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

She's very beautiful with or without make up and she can do whatever to her hair, she'll look pretty.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Her hair before didn't look very healthy and the fringe suits her nice.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Really stunning- I love all the vibrant and contrasting colours. (Unicorn hair must be an absolute nightmare to maintain though. Do the colours start to bleed together after a while?)

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