The TOWIE star shocked the nation back in the summer when he rocked up on Love Island as the first ever celeb bombshell. But it wasn’t just the fact Joey Essex sauntered into the villa and stole Samantha Kenny right out from under Sam Taylor’s muscled, inked arms, it was also the fact that he looked totally different.
Gone were the chocolate Essex locks as Joey was rocking a buzz cut - and let's not lie, he looked hot af.
Joey and his buzz cut soon became the talk of the summer as he caused major havoc in the season eleven Love Island house. From having his head turned by every beautiful blonde bombshell that strolled in to the villa, #secretmissiongate Joey was one hell of a bombshell.
Now that he is out of the villa, he’s up to his old tricks, from spending time stateside with cousin and House of Sims queen, Chloe Sims, to chatting on every available podcast, Joey is back and so is his hair.
Taking to social media, Joey shared a hair update and sorry, he looks like a COMPLETELY different person; now we understand why no one ever knew Clark Kent was Superman.
How on earth has his hair grown so damn quickly in just a few months? We could try every hair growth vitamin, the fanciest hair oil round and STILL wouldn't be able to have a barnet as fluffy and luxurious as Joey's in such a short space of time.
Back in the day when Joey first joined TOWIE, his hair was coiffed and styled to perfection with a level of shine we could only aspire to have and no one could believe it, least of all us, when he shaved it all off.
But it looks as though Joey is returning to his old TOWIE roots, if his Instagram story is anything to go by that is, and we can't decide what we prefer.
When Joey originally shared pics of his shorn head and facial hair on social media back in February we were gobsmacked (in a good way); but now it's all long and shaggy, we're loving the softer look.
Not many people can make any hair style suit them; hats off to Joey Essex.
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Emily Vierke is a digital writer for heat and Closer Online who enjoys stalking The Love Island girlies for fashion inspo especially Indiyah Polack and Grace Jackson. Emily has a soft spot for TOWIE OGs Amy and Harry, mainly because she was also not aware that the capital of India was New Delhi she DID, however, know that know it wasn't France.