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Hairstylist Ursula Goff knows how to look beautiful and how to take stunning Instagram photos, but she recently decided to show the hard truth behind those shots.
"Social media can make it easy to feel like everyone else is awesome and perfect all the time, but that's never really true," Goff wrote on Facebook. "We should keep in mind that behind every pretty face or perfect lifestyle is a regular person."
Goff posted some before and after pictures of herself and her amazing rainbow hair, and said, "I didn't edit these photos, but they were taken just a few days apart. I think it's important to note that lighting, angles, facial expression, and makeup make a huge difference in photography and presentation."
The Kansas-based Goff said on her Instagram, "In reality, nothing is perfect, life is messy and people are flawed. So the best way to be happy with yourself is to cultivate YOURSELF, vs cultivating an IMAGE, or comparing yourself to everyone else. Do the things you want to do, find the things you love, figure out what and who you want to be, and then set out to do that stuff."
If you look at Goff's work in the area of hair color, it seems as if she's also saying to not be afraid to express yourself in non-traditional and bold ways. Her hair colors are outside the box, vibrant and joyous. These colors make a bold statement, and they demand that you notice the wear.
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1. Ursula Goff before and after
She's all about promoting self-confidence. Plus, she has some KILLER hair!
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2. Rainbow fishtail braid
You KNOW you could rock this multi-colored fishtail braid.
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3. Hair inspired by glaciers
A new look for Queen Elsa of Frozen?
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4. Resembling a midnight fire
Burn it up with this hair.
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5. Rainbow floppy bun
You can wear your rainbow hair loose or put it in a floppy bun. Either way, it will always look amazing.
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6. Fifty shades of amazing
Even her eye shadow is rainbow!
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7. Colorful ice cream sundae hair
The creativity on these colors is off the chart.
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8. Switching up color schemes
Once you get comfortable with having such bright hair colors, you can go from one color pattern to another. This time, she went from warm pastels to cool jewel tones.
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9. Perfect peacock color
Strut your stuff with your peacock hair colors.
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10. Sherbet sunset colors
Mixing natural colors with vivid colors has a stunning effect.
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11. Awesome pinwheel pattern
Try putting the colors into different shapes and patterns, and you'll get this fabulous look.
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12. Bold, beautiful, and vibrant
You won't go unnoticed with this hair.
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13. The ultimate rainbow color scheme
Go big or go home.
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14. Kaleidoscope of color
How could you not feel deliriously happy with this hair?
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15. Color melt in a braid
The colors seem to melt together in this unique and fantastic way.
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