Britney Spears says she looks 'waaaaay younger' after giving herself bangs in lockdown

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Britney Spears has said that she looks "waaaaay younger" after giving herself bangs in lockdown.

This comes after Nicole Scherzingercut herself quarantine bangs, completely transforming her look, and Bella Hadid did the same thing, with incredible results.

Earlier in lockdown, Spears confessed to accidentally burning down her own gym: 

"I did it I finally cut bangs!!!!!!" Spears, 37, captioned two photos on Instagram that showed off her new side-swept fringe as she posed on the beach in a pink leopard print bikini.

And it wasn't long before the singer's 24.5 million followers flooded the comments section with compliments about her new hairstyle.

One fan wrote: "You look beautiful. The fringe/bangs really emphasises your eyes. So pretty!"

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A second simply wrote: "Queen of bangs!", which was a sentiment repeated exactly by a lot of other commenters.

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Meanwhile, a third compared her to Brigitte Bardot, writing: "Baby Bridget Bardot [sic]! #bombshell."

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The 'Toxic' hitmaker went on to share a further two snaps showing off her new side fringe on Instagram where she is wearing a white crop top.

This comes after the 38-year-old shared a picture of her bangs last month and a lengthy Instagram caption about what they meant to her, writing: "I know I need bangs !!!!! Who would have thought bangs could make you look waaaaay younger ?!?!"

Spears said that as a child, she felt like "an ugly duckling" and "never felt pretty enough" to have bangs.

"I stopped having bangs in the 3rd grade and I remember like it was yesterday," the singer said. "It was such a big deal to expose my forehead …. only pretty people in the south could do that and I never felt pretty enough to pull it off. All the beauty pageant girls did it but I never felt beauty pageants were my thing … I had bad teeth and felt like an ugly duckling."

She said "people choose different ways to protect themselves", and now she feels protected with her bangs.

Spears wrote: "When I pull my bangs in front of my head I feel like I'm protected ... almost like I'm in 3rd grade again !!!"