AI Hairstyle & Hair Color Changer

Try a new haircut or color before you commit. Restyle hair on any photo, instantly.

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Uses 10 credits - earn more free

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Why use Hairstyle Changer?

Try before you cut

Preview a new style or color without any commitment.

Only the hair changes

Your face and background stay untouched for a believable preview.

Cuts & colors

Switch the cut, the length or the color in one tap.

Thinking about a big chop or a bold new color? Try it risk-free first. The Hairstyle Changer restyles the hair in your photo - New cut, length or color - While keeping your face and the rest of the image exactly the same, so you can preview the look before the salon.

How it works

1

Upload a photo

A clear photo where your hairline is visible works best.

2

Pick a look

New cut, a color, or longer hair - Then generate.

3

Download

Compare the styles and save your favourite.

Hairstyle Changer examples

Popular ways to use Hairstyle Changer

Preview a dramatic chop, a new colour, or longer hair before booking the salon. Stylists and clients use it to agree on a look, and shoppers use it to test bold changes risk-free.

Pairs well with our Portrait Enhancer and AI Makeup.

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How to take a photo that restyles cleanly

For the most accurate preview, upload a photo where your full hairline, forehead and ears are visible and your hair is pulled back from your face - it gives the AI clear edges to work with when it reshapes your hair. Front-facing shots in even light work best; harsh side-lighting or a hood, hat or scarf can confuse where your real hair ends. If you're testing a colour change specifically, a neutral background and natural lighting help the new shade read true rather than picking up a colour cast. Starting from a sharp photo also matters, so enhance soft or grainy selfies with our Portrait Enhancer before you experiment.

Plan a salon visit with confidence

Many people use the changer as a conversation tool with their stylist - generate two or three contenders, save them, and bring the images to your appointment so you're both working from the same reference instead of a vague description. Test the extremes you'd never normally risk: a dramatic short crop, a bold colour, or significantly longer hair, all without any commitment. Pair it with a quick AI Makeup pass to preview a complete new look together, since a fresh cut and matching styling read very differently side by side. Compare your favourites at full size before deciding which one is worth booking.

Best photos to use

  • A shot showing your real hair length and density, not scraped into a tight bun, so the AI can judge how much hair it actually has to remove for a crop or extend for a longer look
  • Both ears at least partly visible, because where your hair tucks behind or falls over the ears is what decides whether a bob, lob or pixie sits believably on you
  • Even left-to-right lighting with no strong shadow down one side of the face, since a one-sided shadow tricks the model into rendering the new part-line or fringe heavier on the lit side
  • A resolution high enough that individual strands near the temples are visible, as the tool rebuilds fine flyaways at the new hairline and goes plasticky when it only has a blurry mass to copy
  • For a colour test specifically, a frame that includes a little of your natural skin and eyebrow tone, which gives the AI a reference for how warm or cool the new shade should read against your complexion

What to keep in mind

  • Curl pattern and texture are the hardest things to invent, so asking tight coils for pin-straight hair (or vice versa) often produces a generic wave rather than your true texture restyled
  • Extreme colour jumps (jet black to platinum, or vivid fashion colours) may leave faint dark roots or uneven tone the model couldn't fully repaint
  • The model has no idea how your hair grows, so a buzz cut or slicked-back style can sit at the wrong hairline height and undercuts or shaved sides may come out softer than a real clipper line
  • When new hair falls onto a patterned top or busy background, strands and edges can smear into whatever is behind them instead of staying crisply separated

What you get

You get back the same photo with only the hair reshaped or recoloured: the new cut, length or shade is matched to your original lighting and pasted onto your unchanged face, expression and background. Run it a few times to collect several contenders side by side.

Real ways to use Hairstyle Changer

Sanity-checking a Pinterest cut on your own head
You save a celebrity curtain-bang photo, then generate that same shape on yourself to find out whether it flatters your forehead and face length or only worked on the model's.
Settling a regrowth-vs-restart debate
Someone halfway through growing out a fringe previews both the finished longer length and a clean re-cut, so they can decide whether to push through the awkward months or just book the chop.
Comparing two shades at the exact same angle
Torn between ash blonde and warm copper, you run both on one identical photo and judge them head-to-head in the same lighting rather than against different salon swatches under different bulbs.

The Hairstyle Changer is for trying looks on a casual photo. Once you've locked in a cut and colour you love, feed that result into our AI Headshot Generator to put the chosen style into a clean, professional studio shot for your CV or profile. And because hair carries so much of the visual signal, the Gender Swap relies on the same restyling - send a swapped result here to fine-tune its hair separately.

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Hairstyle Changer FAQ

Will my face change?
No - The tool restyles only the hair and keeps your face and background the same.
Can I change color and cut?
Yes, use the presets for a new cut, a color change, or longer hair, or run more than once.
Is it free?
Yes. It uses 10 credits per run and credits are free to earn.
Can it add a fringe or bangs?
Yes - describe or pick a cut-style preset and the tool reshapes your hairline accordingly while keeping the rest of your face untouched.
Will a bold colour look natural on my photo?
It blends the new shade to match your lighting, so results look realistic; very even, natural lighting in your original photo gives the truest colour.