Ariana Grande Feels ‘Good’ to Return to Brown Hair After Playing Glinda

Ariana Grande is back in her brunette era.

Grande, 32, dyed her hair brunette after rocking blonde hair for her Wicked character, Glinda. The actress showed off her freshly dyed mane via Instagram on Wednesday, October 29. She posed in front of a mirror and donned a kissy face while debuting chocolate brown strands. Her tresses were parted to the side and styled in voluminous curls, which she tucked behind her ears.

Grande complemented her hair with a full beat, including filled-in brows, winged liner and extra-long lashes. She contoured her cheeks and completed her makeup with glossy lips.

“It’s good to see me, isn’t it? 🫧,” Grande captioned the post, referencing her famous Glinda line. She also tagged her hairstylist who created the look, Francesco De Chiara, and her makeup artist, Michael Anthony. Fans were quick to compliment her new look in the comments section.

“Ahhh brown hair is back!! 🤎😍,” one wrote, while another added, “looove this hair colour on you.” A third commented, “Brownie babyyyyyy😍,” as even more dropped brown heart emojis.

Grande previously had honey blonde locks, which she wore while playing Glinda in Wicked, and Wicked: For Good, which premieres on November 21.

The singer opened up about dyeing her hair blonde for Wicked, even though she was wearing wigs while filming. In September 2024, she told Vogue that she chose to lighten her mane to “deconstruct her pop persona” and bring Glinda to life.

Along with her bright mane, Grande bleached her brows, which she joked about in January while chatting with Variety.

“Glinda required a lot of vocal work for me,” she explained. “Certain things maybe won’t melt away. Some will, but I’m really grateful for the pieces that will stay with us forever. What a beautiful thing to be left with, and to feel the ghost of every day.”

She added, “And, you know, I’m still looking for my eyebrows. I’ll let you know if I find them — I hope I don’t.”

Grande again joked about her brows in September 2023, while sharing her makeup routine in an episode of Vogue’s “Beauty Secrets” series.

“I’m gonna go a little out of order and start to fill in my eyebrows because I’m sure they’re driving you crazy too,” she said with a laugh. “I’m currently, like, half Glinda. I’ve been bleaching my eyebrows for a year now. I definitely need to touch them up.”

Grande then went in with the MAC Eyebrow Styler in the shade Fling and filled her hairs in.

In November, she got candid about her glam while playing Glinda, sharing that she “loves” her character’s look. “Glinda’s makeup kinda made me transform my entire look and my entire relationship to makeup,” she said in an Instagram video at the time.

“There’s no thick eyeliner. There’s no, like, heavy crease. It’s just, like, really warm and open and pretty and the lashes are in cat shape, which still gives you the cat eye lift that I usually love.” Grande added, “It’s also just a more honest representation of what you look like.”