‘Wow unreal' cry fans as Irish Love Islander Andrada reveals major hair transformation after villa stint
The Balbriggan beauty
the Mallorca villa alongside OG Islander Ben
Holbrough.
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Andrada appeared on this year's Love Island UK
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Andrada has switched up her look since leaving the villa
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Andrada has dyed her hair back brown
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Andrada appeared on this season of
The 27-year-old travelled to Blanchardstown yesterday to get beautified by Hair By Hilda.
Andrada documented the process and shared clips of before and after her hair do on her Instagram.
The reality star's hairdresser first removed her old extensions and put the pigment back in her hair - which actually turned it ginger for a short time.
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Andrada then got her hair dyed to a deep chocolate brown colour and got long luscious bonded hair extensions put in.
The Dubliner was chuffed with her fresh new look as she pulled her best poses to the camera while flicking her hair back.
Andrada captioned her post: "
I did a thing…
@hairbyhilda_."
Her friends and fans all loved the new look and raced to the comment section with compliments.
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Influencer Ellie Kelly said: "Oh I loveeee it!"
Hariharan commented: "Omg I love it."
Love Island Andrada Pop opens up on villa experience
Rachel wrote: "Wow u look absolutely unreal, dark for sure baby girl."
Carrie remarked: "Wow unreal."
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Andrada's other half in the villa, Ben, was criticised by viewers for his run-ins with a few of the Love Islanders whilst on the show.
ISLE SAY!
However, Ben shared how he's had a "reality check" just days after his exit on podcast
He said: "We had Yasmin, Toni, Shakira - I had my run-ins with them. The thing is, it was all such silly things as well.
"Not using it as an excuse, but feelings and emotions are just so heightened. It's the littlest things that can trigger you."
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Ben and Andrada have been continuing to get to know each other outside of the villa.
The Balbriggan beauty
'DRAG YOU DOWN'
"Like telling Yasmin that she's irrelevant, that the audience are kind of sitting there going, 'Hold on a second, dude, this is… what are you up to?'.
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"And you're kind of stuck in that situation... with him then, like, because he can kind of drag you down."
Andrada understood where Muireann was coming from but made sure to clear things up.
She said: "When the producers were calling, [asking], 'Who's your top three?', Ben was there at the very start, and then I kind of took him off after that [incident].
"But he's very different in there, that's what I mean. It's like, what you see on TV, it's only 45 minutes out of the day, do you know what I mean?
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"So, there's a lot more that goes on."
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