Tomorrow, Fort Greene’s Commodore Barry Park will host the eleventh annual Afropunk festival, a weekend-long celebration of alternative music, art, and the nonconformists who make it. Case in point, the iconoclastic lineup of performers who are as recognized for their sonic contributions as they are for their distinctive beauty choices, capturing the insurgent spirit of punk with an asymmetrical undercut, smattering of face paint, or unexpected dye job.
In the way of danceable beats and towering curls, there is Lion Babe’s Jillian Hervey, whose exaggerated golden mane is known to spill out glitter for emphasis as she twirls onstage. Contrary to her signature breathy songs, SZA, too, finds her voice in volume, with her fluffed-up texture arriving in an idiosyncratic shade of rust.
Surely, there will be no shortage of unexpected makeup preferences, care of Oshun’s Thandiwe, who along with bandmate Niambi Sala often daubs bright geometric patterns along her forehead, cheekbones, or eyes in shades of primary whites and yellows. Adia Victoria will likely balance the androgynous charm of her micro bangs and obsidian pixie with darkened eyebrows and a chromatic swipe of lipstick. And the bewitching allure of Kelela’s waist-grazing locks is rivaled only by her kohl-rimmed eyes. This weekend, take a cue from these five Afropunk beauties and cultivate a look that’s all your own.
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