Beauty moments of the week: Lizzie McGuire goes green + is Bieber the new Leto?
1. Hilary Duff has blue hair now because she’s a grown-ass woman
A lot can happen in seven days. That’s why every Friday, we’re going to take time to look at three beauty moments we had feelings about that week, and discuss them accordingly.
The alternate title for Hilary Duff’s cover story in Cosmo should’ve been “Hilary Duff is an adult now, so quit referencing Lizzie Maguire.” (Sorry, but we can’t.) However to maintain her M.O. as a grown-ass woman and/or mother, Duff broke from her traditional beach-blonde aesthetic and dyed her hair green (blue?) this week.
“@Ambahhh turned me into a mermaid last night,” Duff captioned alongside an Instagram photo of stylist Amber Maynard treating said tresses at Nine Zero One salon. And congratulations to us all. Here’s why this rules: first, Hilary Duff is doing her in the realest of ways. She’s epitomizing “IDGAF” and it’s wonderful. Second, she’s walking proof that adulthood doesn’t mean you have to buckle down and live your best suburban life. In this case, she’s a cool mom and a regular mom. She’s promoting self expression via punk-ass hair and taking her son on beach trips. She’s the mom Regina George’s wishes she was. (Though if you can read this, Hilary, make sure you avoid the swamp green phase we all experienced at the hands of Manic Panic in high school.)
2. Lena Dunham is a pixie
Wig from Scandal aside (and even then — it wasn’t horrible or her fault), Lena Dunham can pull off basically any hairstyle. Seriously: she’s gone from a bob, to a lob, to a pixie, to bleached hair, to green hair, and now, back to a pixie. The Girls star/creator shared the image via Instagram first, bragging about the “zero prep required with [her] new ‘do by [her] hair’s soulmate @rheannawhite” — which of course made me think she meant Rihanna, because I believe what I want to believe. (And the idea of Rihanna cutting Lena Dunham’s hair is kind of amazing.)
But what “Rheanna White” cut and created is amazing, too. Not everyone can pull off a pixie (and I’m thinking of myself exclusively here), but short hair on Dunham looks straight-up boss. And worst case, if she gets tired of it, there’s always Scandal’s wig department.
3. Is Bieber the next Jared Leto?
According to images of Justin Bieber released this week, the wee tiny boy is growing his hair into a blonde version of his original look. At his Comedy Central roast taping we saw it slicked back-ish and looking a bit un-kept, while his 21st birthday in Vegas (I honestly can’t believe he isn’t 42) delivered the swoop. The swoop. The swoop that launched a billion YouTube hits. That one.
So what does it mean? Well, aside from it being point proof that it is, indeed, a new haircut, I hope for two options. The first: that with Jared Leto’s hair now being confined to bleach and shortness, Justin is stepping up to grow out the second coming of Christ(-like length), officially re-branding himself as a true artiste.
The second? So desperate to get back into our good books, Biebs is clinging to youth by regressing into an adult version of the tween he once was. We’ll know for sure if we see him in a purple hoodie. But in the meantime, Justin Bieber, we are watching you.
 on Mar 19, 2015 at 2:18pm PDT
1. Hilary Duff has blue hair now because she’s a grown-ass woman
A lot can happen in seven days. That’s why every Friday, we’re going to take time to look at three beauty moments we had feelings about that week, and discuss them accordingly.
The alternate title for Hilary Duff’s cover story in Cosmo should’ve been “Hilary Duff is an adult now, so quit referencing Lizzie Maguire." (Sorry, but we can't.) However to maintain her M.O. as a grown-ass woman and/or mother, Duff broke from her traditional beach-blonde aesthetic and dyed her hair green (blue?) this week.
"@Ambahhh turned me into a mermaid last night,” Duff captioned alongside an Instagram photo of stylist Amber Maynard treating said tresses at Nine Zero One salon. And congratulations to us all. Here’s why this rules: first, Hilary Duff is doing her in the realest of ways. She’s epitomizing “IDGAF” and it’s wonderful. Second, she’s walking proof that adulthood doesn’t mean you have to buckle down and live your best suburban life. In this case, she’s a cool mom and a regular mom. She’s promoting self expression via punk-ass hair and taking her son on beach trips. She’s the mom Regina George’s wishes she was. (Though if you can read this, Hilary, make sure you avoid the swamp green phase we all experienced at the hands of Manic Panic in high school.)
A photo posted by Lena Dunham (@lenadunham) on Mar 19, 2015 at 7:36am PDT
2. Lena Dunham is a pixie
Wig from Scandal aside (and even then -- it wasn’t horrible or her fault), Lena Dunham can pull off basically any hairstyle. Seriously: she's gone from a bob, to a lob, to a pixie, to bleached hair, to green hair, and now, back to a pixie. The Girls star/creator shared the image via Instagram first, bragging about the “zero prep required with [her] new ‘do by [her] hair’s soulmate @rheannawhite” -- which of course made me think she meant Rihanna, because I believe what I want to believe. (And the idea of Rihanna cutting Lena Dunham’s hair is kind of amazing.)
But what "Rheanna White" cut and created is amazing, too. Not everyone can pull off a pixie (and I’m thinking of myself exclusively here), but short hair on Dunham looks straight-up boss. And worst case, if she gets tired of it, there’s always Scandal’s wig department.
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3. Is Bieber the next Jared Leto?
According to images of Justin Bieber released this week, the wee tiny boy is growing his hair into a blonde version of his original look. At his Comedy Central roast taping we saw it slicked back-ish and looking a bit un-kept, while his 21st birthday in Vegas (I honestly can’t believe he isn’t 42) delivered the swoop. The swoop. The swoop that launched a billion YouTube hits. That one.
So what does it mean? Well, aside from it being point proof that it is, indeed, a new haircut, I hope for two options. The first: that with Jared Leto’s hair now being confined to bleach and shortness, Justin is stepping up to grow out the second coming of Christ(-like length), officially re-branding himself as a true artiste.
The second? So desperate to get back into our good books, Biebs is clinging to youth by regressing into an adult version of the tween he once was. We’ll know for sure if we see him in a purple hoodie. But in the meantime, Justin Bieber, we are watching you.){kind=link}