What makes Rihanna so universally captivating? It’s because, as shocking and avant-garde an artist as she can be, she somehow manages to stay relatable. We put her songs on repeat because they speak to us—from the forlorn ballad “Stay” to the power anthem “Bitch Better Have My Money,” RiRi serves up a single to match each and every emotion.
It’s really no surprise, then, that her beauty looks show just as much range. The ultimate hair-and-makeup chameleon can slip into baby-girl-next-door mode, an angelic performance she put on at the 2015 Grammys. Dressed in a confection of a pink multitiered dress, she buffed her skin to a supernatural glow, contouring gently with skin tone–warming neutrals and pulling her hair back into a wispy ballerina bun.
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As a general rule of thumb, the darker the lipstick, the closer the singer looks to “FourFiveSeconds from wildin.’ ” Paired with a polished updo, it’s a nonverbal commitment to keeping it professional, no matter the issue at hand. Meanwhile, Bantu buns and voluminous ringlets communicate that all bets are off. As a liberating move, smoky lids and an allover sparkle lend an ethereal effect to the freest of nipples, but when RiRi is really ready to throw it up with her friends, she piles her curls on top of her head and swipes on a mischievous shade of lipstick for the kind of look that we’d imagine she was wearing while penning the lyrics to “Higher.”
For reaching true bad-gal heights, though, Rihanna leans on a slick obsidian bob and no-nonsense dab of lip balm peeking out from beneath an even darker oversize hoodie (one that belies the need for pants, we might add)—because the kind of beauty equation you look for when you’re really up to no good leaves no trace. Each Rihanna outing reveals another part of ourselves, because, as proven above, Rihanna has a look for every mood. To dress for your own, find the sliding scale of inspiration from good girl to bad gal, above.
What if Rihanna and Anna Wintour texted? It would probably look something like this:
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