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DESPITE all her recent public pratfalls, Cheryl Cole seems determined to take the unusual step of washing that man right back into her hair with a brand new cut and colour.

While the rest of the female populace groan at the very thought of letting love rat Ashley back over the threshold, Cheryl’s new dirty blonde ‘do seems to have firmly turned her head and the romance is apparently back on.

She’s not the only celebrity throwing hair-based caution to the wind. Katy Perry’s dealing with persistent tabloid rumours of a marriage in crisis by literally going back to her roots. The raven-haired singer is a natural blonde but it takes time to lighten hair so many shades and she’s having to transition through an awkward half-tone stage before she can take her platinum gong.