diff --git a/Podfile b/Podfile
index 76242c36..410fcf5c 100644
--- a/Podfile
+++ b/Podfile
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ source 'https://github.com/CocoaPods/Specs.git'
 platform :ios, '8.0'
 use_frameworks!
 
+pod 'FXBlurView'
 pod 'Kingfisher'
 pod 'WebViewJavascriptBridge'
 pod 'pop'
diff --git a/Podfile.lock b/Podfile.lock
index 82b618fd..1e0f5634 100644
--- a/Podfile.lock
+++ b/Podfile.lock
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ PODS:
     - AFNetworking/NSURLConnection
     - AFNetworking/NSURLSession
   - Base64 (1.0.1)
+  - FXBlurView (1.6.3)
   - Kingfisher (1.4.1)
   - MZFayeClient (1.0.0):
     - Base64 (~> 1.0.1)
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ PODS:
 
 DEPENDENCIES:
   - AFNetworking
+  - FXBlurView
   - Kingfisher
   - MZFayeClient (from `../CatchLib-iOS/MZFayeClient/`)
   - pop
@@ -49,6 +51,7 @@ EXTERNAL SOURCES:
 SPEC CHECKSUMS:
   AFNetworking: 05edc0ac4c4c8cf57bcf4b84be5b0744b6d8e71e
   Base64: 4924bf3ca6fa559a5161ef717291bd450eb7bd1a
+  FXBlurView: c6d23f3d35af2c6282296a2930f61c6e2c788d01
   Kingfisher: 962a21cdc2a7b0fa63be3b2c45ea6f180feda535
   MZFayeClient: 19df756a4c86c8f414668e6edc54fccfee54adbb
   pop: 628ffc631644601567ee8bfaaaea493ebd7d0923
diff --git a/Yep/ViewControllers/Profile/ProfileViewController.swift b/Yep/ViewControllers/Profile/ProfileViewController.swift
index 94a7970f..b1368776 100644
--- a/Yep/ViewControllers/Profile/ProfileViewController.swift
+++ b/Yep/ViewControllers/Profile/ProfileViewController.swift
@@ -219,6 +219,7 @@ class ProfileViewController: UIViewController {
             let indexPath = NSIndexPath(forItem: 0, inSection: ProfileSection.Header.rawValue)
             if let coverCell = self.profileCollectionView.cellForItemAtIndexPath(indexPath) as? ProfileHeaderCell {
                 coverCell.locationLabel.alpha = progress > 0.5 ? 0 : (1.0 - progress * 2)
+                coverCell.avatarBlurImageView.alpha = progress
             }
         }
         
diff --git a/Yep/Views/Cells/ProfileHeader/ProfileHeaderCell.swift b/Yep/Views/Cells/ProfileHeader/ProfileHeaderCell.swift
index 0227d010..ae230e10 100644
--- a/Yep/Views/Cells/ProfileHeader/ProfileHeaderCell.swift
+++ b/Yep/Views/Cells/ProfileHeader/ProfileHeaderCell.swift
@@ -8,10 +8,12 @@
 
 import UIKit
 import CoreLocation
+import FXBlurView
 
 class ProfileHeaderCell: UICollectionViewCell {
 
     @IBOutlet weak var avatarImageView: UIImageView!
+    @IBOutlet weak var avatarBlurImageView: UIImageView!
     @IBOutlet weak var locationLabel: UILabel!
 
     deinit {
@@ -59,12 +61,29 @@ class ProfileHeaderCell: UICollectionViewCell {
         // TODO: User Location
     }
 
+
+    func blurImage(image: UIImage, completion: UIImage -> Void) {
+        dispatch_async(dispatch_get_global_queue(DISPATCH_QUEUE_PRIORITY_DEFAULT, 0)) {
+            let blurredImage = image.blurredImageWithRadius(10, iterations: 20, tintColor: UIColor.clearColor())
+
+            completion(blurredImage)
+        }
+    }
+
     func updateAvatarWithAvatarURLString(avatarURLString: String) {
         if avatarImageView.image == nil {
             avatarImageView.alpha = 0
+            avatarBlurImageView.alpha = 0
         }
 
         AvatarCache.sharedInstance.avatarFromURL(NSURL(string: avatarURLString)!) { image in
+
+            self.blurImage(image) { blurredImage in
+                dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue()) {
+                    self.avatarBlurImageView.image = blurredImage
+                }
+            }
+
             dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue()) {
                 self.avatarImageView.image = image
 
diff --git a/Yep/Views/Cells/ProfileHeader/ProfileHeaderCell.xib b/Yep/Views/Cells/ProfileHeader/ProfileHeaderCell.xib
index e6d021a3..650a5ad6 100644
--- a/Yep/Views/Cells/ProfileHeader/ProfileHeaderCell.xib
+++ b/Yep/Views/Cells/ProfileHeader/ProfileHeaderCell.xib
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
-<document type="com.apple.InterfaceBuilder3.CocoaTouch.XIB" version="3.0" toolsVersion="7702" systemVersion="14D136" targetRuntime="iOS.CocoaTouch" propertyAccessControl="none" useAutolayout="YES" useTraitCollections="YES">
+<document type="com.apple.InterfaceBuilder3.CocoaTouch.XIB" version="3.0" toolsVersion="7706" systemVersion="14D136" targetRuntime="iOS.CocoaTouch" propertyAccessControl="none" useAutolayout="YES" useTraitCollections="YES">
     <dependencies>
-        <plugIn identifier="com.apple.InterfaceBuilder.IBCocoaTouchPlugin" version="7701"/>
+        <plugIn identifier="com.apple.InterfaceBuilder.IBCocoaTouchPlugin" version="7703"/>
     </dependencies>
     <objects>
         <placeholder placeholderIdentifier="IBFilesOwner" id="-1" userLabel="File's Owner"/>
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
                     <imageView userInteractionEnabled="NO" contentMode="scaleAspectFill" horizontalHuggingPriority="251" verticalHuggingPriority="251" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="9iO-cK-3UB" userLabel="Avatar Image View">
                         <rect key="frame" x="0.0" y="0.0" width="393" height="254"/>
                     </imageView>
+                    <imageView userInteractionEnabled="NO" contentMode="scaleAspectFill" horizontalHuggingPriority="251" verticalHuggingPriority="251" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="IZi-rr-4EQ" userLabel="Avatar Blur Image View">
+                        <rect key="frame" x="0.0" y="0.0" width="393" height="254"/>
+                    </imageView>
                     <label opaque="NO" userInteractionEnabled="NO" contentMode="left" horizontalHuggingPriority="251" verticalHuggingPriority="251" text="广州市" textAlignment="center" lineBreakMode="tailTruncation" baselineAdjustment="alignBaselines" adjustsFontSizeToFit="NO" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="O8h-bQ-ZK8" userLabel="Location Label">
                         <rect key="frame" x="178" y="219" width="36" height="15"/>
                         <fontDescription key="fontDescription" type="system" weight="thin" pointSize="12"/>
@@ -26,14 +29,19 @@
             </view>
             <constraints>
                 <constraint firstItem="9iO-cK-3UB" firstAttribute="top" secondItem="gTV-IL-0wX" secondAttribute="top" id="0GC-5l-kfn"/>
+                <constraint firstItem="IZi-rr-4EQ" firstAttribute="top" secondItem="9iO-cK-3UB" secondAttribute="top" id="8h3-ze-qd4"/>
                 <constraint firstAttribute="centerX" secondItem="O8h-bQ-ZK8" secondAttribute="centerX" constant="0.5" id="AQb-AI-JHu"/>
                 <constraint firstAttribute="bottom" secondItem="O8h-bQ-ZK8" secondAttribute="bottom" constant="20" id="INr-hz-CLg"/>
                 <constraint firstAttribute="trailing" secondItem="9iO-cK-3UB" secondAttribute="trailing" id="Ykz-Gm-skT"/>
                 <constraint firstAttribute="bottom" secondItem="9iO-cK-3UB" secondAttribute="bottom" id="ZaW-Gv-rm4"/>
+                <constraint firstItem="IZi-rr-4EQ" firstAttribute="leading" secondItem="9iO-cK-3UB" secondAttribute="leading" id="bYp-3i-1lM"/>
                 <constraint firstItem="9iO-cK-3UB" firstAttribute="leading" secondItem="gTV-IL-0wX" secondAttribute="leading" id="sHm-q3-PrJ"/>
+                <constraint firstItem="IZi-rr-4EQ" firstAttribute="trailing" secondItem="9iO-cK-3UB" secondAttribute="trailing" id="vnA-ga-vcJ"/>
+                <constraint firstItem="IZi-rr-4EQ" firstAttribute="bottom" secondItem="9iO-cK-3UB" secondAttribute="bottom" id="yqn-wG-cQI"/>
             </constraints>
             <size key="customSize" width="393" height="254"/>
             <connections>
+                <outlet property="avatarBlurImageView" destination="IZi-rr-4EQ" id="XQt-hC-Y8v"/>
                 <outlet property="avatarImageView" destination="9iO-cK-3UB" id="EVu-SY-baK"/>
                 <outlet property="locationLabel" destination="O8h-bQ-ZK8" id="KRV-fd-AVq"/>
             </connections>