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Charli XCX Switches Up Her Beauty Looks As Frequently As Her Sound<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n
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A true pop chameleon.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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by Eden Stuart<\/a><\/address>\n
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Charli XCX doesn\u2019t just have eras; she wholly embodies them. Over the years, the singer has regularly switched up her brand of pop, from the new-wave-inflected pop punk of Sucker<\/em> to the hyperpop of Charli<\/a>, and, eventually, the clubby synth vibes of Brat<\/em>. And with the change of sound usually comes a change of aesthetics \u2014 making her beauty evolution more striking than that of many of her contemporaries.<\/p>\n

The young girl from Essex began making a name for herself in music at an early age, posting songs to Myspace and playing raves in East London while still in her teens. (Fun fact: Her stage name is derived from her MSN Messenger handle.) After years of high-profile features \u2014 such as Icona Pop\u2019s 2012 hit \u201cI Love It,\u201d which she also wrote, and Iggy Azalea\u2019s \u201cFancy\u201d in 2014 \u2014 and critically lauded, IYKYK albums and mix tapes, her career reached new heights with 2024\u2019s Brat<\/em>. The album became a veritable movement, to the point that \u201cBrat Summer<\/a>\u201d has its own Wikipedia page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

During this time, her beauty, like her music, has maintained a strong through-thread \u2014 in this case, artfully messy and anti-polished \u2014 but with striking differences from year to year. In the early days, she leaned into era-appropriate staples like matte lipstick, colorful eyeliner, and deep side parts. In more recent years, she\u2019s gravitated toward looks that are a little less colorful, but no less rock and roll.<\/p>\n

Scroll on to see how Charli\u2019s beauty has shifted as dramatically as her sound.<\/p>\n

Matte Lips & Deep Side Part, 2014 <\/h2>\n
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With a deep side part and matte red lipstick, the singer served up the platonic ideal of a 2010s beauty look at the 2014 American Music Awards, where she performed \u201cBoom Clap,\u201d \u201cBreak the Rules,\u201d and, with Iggy Azalea, \u201cFancy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Graphic Blue Eyeliner, 2015 <\/h2>\n
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While the singer often goes bare-lipped these days, toward the beginning of her career, she usually wore bold or bright lip colors. She made an exception for a 2015 appearance, opting instead to pair her bold blue graphic eyeliner with \u201cconcealer lips<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sleek Backcomb, 2016<\/h2>\n
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.s1806695356{padding-top:150%}@media(min-width:768px){.s1806695356{padding-top:150%}}\"Charli<\/div>
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\u201cSleek\u201d and \u201cbackcombed bouffant\u201d are not descriptors you expect to see in the same sentence, but Charli\u2019s hair was exactly that at amfAR Milano 2016. She paired the bold hairstyle with equally bold makeup, wearing a berry matte red lip, frosty red eyeshadow, and plenty of lashes.<\/p>\n

Blunt Cut & Bangs, 2017 <\/h2>\n
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.s-205407587{padding-top:125.6732%}@media(min-width:768px){.s-205407587{padding-top:125.6732%}}\"Charli<\/div>
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In 2017 \u2014 the year she gave the world \u201cBoys\u201d and its incredible accompanying music video \u2014 Charli hit the GQ Men of the Year Party with curtain bangs and a blunt-cut lob. It was a style that would make Elizabeth Taylor\u2019s Cleopatra proud.<\/p>\n

Dip-Dyed Ends, 2018 <\/h2>\n
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The following year, she kept the cut and bangs, but chopped off a few inches and added pink dip-dyed tips.<\/p>\n

Half Bouffant, 2019 <\/h2>\n
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In 2019, Charli released her third studio album \u2014 succinctly named Charli <\/em>\u2014 which was chock-full of hyperpop jams. That same year, she hit up the Fashion Awards in a teased half-bouffant, with subtle pink blush and not-so-subtle winged eyeliner.<\/p>\n

Sleek High Ponytail, 2021 <\/h2>\n
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The only thing more snatched than this sleek, super-long high ponytail? The accompanying razor-sharp eyeshadow look, swept so far back it almost touches her temples.<\/p>\n

Blonde Money Piece, 2022 <\/h2>\n
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During her Crash<\/em> era, Charli briefly strayed from her signature, color-drenched dark hair, rocking a trendy blonde-and-yellow money piece.<\/p>\n

\u201880s Energy, 2023 <\/h2>\n
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The \u201cSpeed Drive\u201d singer attended Mugler\u2019s Spring\/Summer 2023 Couture show in a cool-toned smoky eye, heavy liner, and orange lipstick. The overall look was giving Patrick Nagel<\/a> illustration (highly<\/em> complimentary).<\/p>\n

Mermaid Waves, 2024 <\/h2>\n
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2024 was the year of Brat<\/em>, yes; but for Charli, it was also the year of mermaid waves \u2014 see: The Brit Awards<\/a>, Billboard Women in Music<\/a>, and the LACMA Art+Film Gala<\/a>. For Warner Music Group\u2019s pre-Grammy party, she slicked the waves back into a sleek ponytail, with bubblegum pink blush swept over the top of her cheekbones and just under her eyes.<\/p>\n

Frosted Lips, 2025 <\/h2>\n
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Frosted makeup<\/a> made a triumphant return toward the end of 2025 \u2014 and Charli, ever the innovator, was an early adopter. For the BRIT Awards, the singer wore frosted copper lipstick with smudgy, smoked-out eyes.<\/p>\n

Pared-Back Beauty, 2026 <\/h2>\n
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As she read the Brat<\/em> era its last rites \u2014 giving it a triumphant send off with her not-a-tour film, The Moment<\/a><\/em> \u2014 Charli pared down her makeup look, with subtler liner and barely-there neutrals on the lips and cheeks. Perhaps creating a blank slate upon which the \u201cRock Music\u201d era can be etched?<\/p>\n