Ariana Grande’s Incredible Beauty Evolution from Nickelodeon Star to Pop Princess
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Ariana Grande isn’t exactly known as a beauty risk-taker. In her decade in the spotlight, the 25-year-old singer has only changed her hair a handful of times, sticking mainly to the signature brunette hair and high ponytail that made her a household name. But that doesn’t mean that she hasn’t had interesting looks over the years. From her natural curly locks to her neon-red hair phrase to her recent stint with platinum silver tresses, when Grande experiments, she goes big.
To show her evolution from a wide-eyed Nickelodeon star to her reign as one of music’s current pop princesses, we’ve rounded up some of Grande’s most memorable looks over the years. Though not all of her beauty choices were successes (the over-eager self-tanner has to go), a lot of her makeup and hair is worth copying. See how much Grande has transformed ahead.
October 2008
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Walter McBride/Corbis via Getty Images.
October 2009
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December 2009
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Gregg DeGuire/FilmMagic/Getty Images.
May 2010
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Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic/Getty Images.
October 2010
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Frazer Harrison/Getty Images.
February 2011
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Jason Merritt/Getty Images.
February 2011
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Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic/Getty Images.
July 2011
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Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images.
July 2011
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Michael Loccisano/Getty Images.
December 2011
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Joe Kohen/Getty Images.
September 2012
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Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic/Getty Images.
November 2012
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Steve Granitz/WireImage/Getty Images.
December 2012
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Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic/Getty Images.
April 2013
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Gregg DeGuire/WireImage/Getty Images.
October 2013
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Ben A. Pruchnie/Getty Images for Nickelodeon.
November 2013
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Gregg DeGuire/WireImage/Getty Images.
January 2014
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Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic/Getty Images.
November 2014
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Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic/Getty Images.
February 2015
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Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic/Getty Images.
August 2015
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Gabriel Olsen/FilmMagic/Getty Images.
November 2015
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Stuart C. Wilson/Getty Images.
November 2015
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Steve Granitz/WireImage/Getty Images.
February 2016
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Jason Merritt/Getty Images.
August 2016
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Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images.
August 2016
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C Flanigan/FilmMagic/Getty Images.
November 2016
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Steve Granitz/WireImage/Getty Images.
November 2016
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Kevin Mazur/AMA2016/WireImage/Getty Images.
June 2017
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Getty Images/Dave Hogan for One Love Manchester.
March 2018
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Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images.
May 2018
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John Shearer/Getty Images for The Hollywood Reporter.
June 2018
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Kevin Winter/Getty Images for iHeartMedia.
June 2018
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Gotham/GC Images/Getty Images.