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Lady Gaga’s Makeup and Hair Moments Through the Years
Image Credit: Toronto Star via Getty Images Lady Gaga styles yellow hair at the ACC Sunday night in Toronto in 2005.
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Lady Gaga’s Makeup and Hair Moments Through the Years
Image Credit: WireImage Lady Gaga opts for chocolate brown hair at Lollapalooza 2007 in Grant Park.
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Lady Gaga’s Makeup and Hair Moments Through the Years
Image Credit: Patrick McMullan via Getty Image Lady Gaga dons choppy bangs and black bolts on her cheeks to attend the Dylan George Launch Party at AREA in 2008.
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Lady Gaga’s Makeup and Hair Moments Through the Years
Image Credit: FilmMagic Lady Gaga dons her signature bleach-blond bangs and feather lashes at Interscope Geffen A&M Records Host American Music Awards after party in 2008.
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Lady Gaga’s Makeup and Hair Moments Through the Years
Image Credit: Getty Images Lady Gaga colors black liner in her waterline backstage during MTV’s Total Request Live in 2008.
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Lady Gaga’s Makeup and Hair Moments Through the Years
Image Credit: Getty Images Lady Gaga opts for bouncy curls at the Party from “Monster Cable” in the tube station in Berlin.
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Lady Gaga’s Makeup and Hair Moments Through the Years
Image Credit: Getty Images Lady Gaga styles an abstract hair design inspired by the sun at the launch of V61 hosted by V Magazine, Marc Jacobs and Belvedere Vodka in 2009.
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Lady Gaga’s Makeup and Hair Moments Through the Years
Image Credit: WireImage Lady Gaga slicks her blond hair with pink dye into a frizzy bob onstage during the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards.
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Lady Gaga’s Makeup and Hair Moments Through the Years
Image Credit: Getty Images Lady Gaga evokes early 1800s royalty with bird’s nest hair at the Brit Awards 2010.
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Lady Gaga’s Makeup and Hair Moments Through the Years
Image Credit: NBC Newswire/NBCUniversal via Ge Lady Gaga chops her hair into a bob and dresses her lips in ruby red for her performance on NBC News’ “Today” show.
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Lady Gaga’s Makeup and Hair Moments Through the Years
Image Credit: NBCUniversal via Getty Images Lady Gaga bleaches her eyebrows and dons gothic glam during an interview with Jay Leno in 2011.
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Lady Gaga’s Makeup and Hair Moments Through the Years
Image Credit: Getty Images Lady Gaga dips her silver hair in blue dye at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards.
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Lady Gaga’s Makeup and Hair Moments Through the Years
Image Credit: WireImage Lady Gaga partners her metallic chainmail dress with a side ponytail, green eyebrows and shimmery blue lipstick at the MTV Europe Music Awards 2011.
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Lady Gaga’s Makeup and Hair Moments Through the Years
Image Credit: Getty Images Lady Gaga switches to strawberry-brown hair color to attend the launch of her new fragrance Fame in 2012.
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Lady Gaga’s Makeup and Hair Moments Through the Years
Image Credit: WireImage Lady Gaga opts for a dramatic updo with medium brown bangs and heavy shadow at the Fame eau de parfum launch at Macy’s Herald Square in 2012.
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Lady Gaga’s Makeup and Hair Moments Through the Years
Image Credit: Corbis via Getty Images Lady Gaga reverts to her platinum blond and faded eyebrows at the Billboard Women in Music 2015.
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Lady Gaga’s Makeup and Hair Moments Through the Years
Image Credit: Getty Images Lady Gaga slicks her hair in a twisted updo and paints her lips in hot pink for Entertainment Weekly’s Must List Party in 2018.
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Lady Gaga’s Makeup and Hair Moments Through the Years
Image Credit: NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Lady Gaga adds blue streaks in her hair and on her eyelids for the 76th Annual Golden Globe Awards.
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Lady Gaga’s Makeup and Hair Moments Through the Years
Image Credit: Getty Images Lady Gaga chops her hair into a chin-length bob with shadow up to her brow bone at the Los Angeles special screening of “House of Gucci” in 2021.
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Lady Gaga’s Makeup and Hair Moments Through the Years
Image Credit: WireImage Lady Gaga channels Marilyn Monroe with soft glam and wide curls at the EE British Academy Film Awards in 2022.
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Lady Gaga’s Makeup and Hair Moments Through the Years
Image Credit: Getty Images Lady Gaga opts for cherry red hair and bleached brows at the Los Angeles premiere of “Joker: Folie a Deux” in 2024.
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Lady Gaga’s Makeup and Hair Moments Through the Years
Image Credit: Courtesy of Netflix Lady Gage teases her hair and piles on burgundy shadow at Tudum in 2025.
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Lady Gaga’s Makeup and Hair Moments Through the Years
Image Credit: Getty Lady Gaga makes a dramatic change, chopping her hair and dying it black at a 2025 Sephora Pride Month event.
With theatrical prowess and a renewed commitment to never donning the same look twice, Lady Gaga has managed to serve a palette of diverse beauty throughout her career. From platinum blond bangs to copious amounts of black eyeliner, the 39-year-old Grammy winner, born Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, is not a fan of natural beauty. In fact, until recently, she opted for anything but.
The early years of Lady Gaga saw the performer rely on dark makeup and eclectic hairstyles to embellish her persona, on and off the stage. She became renowned for having stark blond hair, finely-chopped forehead bangs and faux eyelashes. Her eyes were often colored in black shadow, and nude or red lipstick dressed her lips. But while certain facets of her visage remained consistent, the styling techniques were always different. There was no aesthetic too out-of-the-ordinary or far-fetched for her. Green eyebrows and blue lips? She’d do it all.
Now, the singer has, in part, matured her aesthetic. She’s pared back her makeup, bleached her eyebrows and ditched the platinum hair for inky coloring. The “You and I” vocalist has reverted to her Y2K beauty a few times in the last few months, but her red carpet and concert look has mostly settled on 1990s grunge glam. Her performance at the MTV Video Music Awards, for instance, saw her evolve her character into a Queen of Hearts doppelgänger.
Here, see photos of Lady Gaga’s beauty spanning 20 years.