There could be a hundred people in the room, but only Lady Gaga could give us pop culture-defining moments that could last for more than a decade. From cult-classic hits, landmark tours, and roles in award-nominated film and television to iconic fashion and beauty looks (who could ever forget the meat dress from the 2012 VMAS), Gaga has cemented herself as music royalty. With little monsters across Asia flying into town to see Mother Monster herself for her four-night extravaganza, as well as the upcoming launch of Haus Labs at Sephora, we rounded up some of Gaga's beauty looks from her career. From Coachella to the Oscars, here's the best looks from her career so far.
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Gagachella
For two nights across two weekends in the middle of the Colorado desert, Gaga stole the show with her two-hour set at Coachella last month. Switching between several avant-garde ensembles and two hairstyles (a short black bob with bangs and an undercut and her signature platinum tresses), she went with a flawless base and cool-toned bronzer on the eyes and contours of the cheeks. Opting out of blush, she pulled focus to her eyes and lips with fluttery lashes and a bold crimson lip.
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An Icon Is Born
The world of pop culture tilted on its axis when Gaga performed "Paparazzi" at the 2009 VMAS. She had a voluminous curly platinum bob with face-framing pink tips, bejewelled hair clip, smoky eyes, fake blood, and a mission to create one of the most talked about moments of the night—and we still do till this day.
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Slicked Back
For the 2022 Chromatica Ball tour, Gaga took to the stage with a slicked-back blonde lob and bleached brows to match. For her eyes, she sported double-winged eyeliner that curved above her eyelids and white shadow on the lid and mid-lower lashline. Her face was perfectly sculpted with contour powder, and her lips were adorned with a glossy red lipstick.
Gothic Rapunzel
This gothic Rapunzel look caught our eyes in the "Abracadabra" music video. Ethereal and otherworldly, Gaga enhanced her complexion with a satin base and a light dusting of mauve pink blush (it was also dabbed on to her lips for a matte blurred effect). To enhance her eyes, bronzer was applied to the contours of the lids, and white matte liner was applied to the waterline. For her hair, she channelled her inner Cersei Lannister with a half-up braided hairstyle.
The Mother Bowl
Lady Gaga turned up the star power for her 2017 Super Bowl Halftime performance with diamond-studded eyes in a mask-like shape and fluttery false lashes. She paired the look with a matte base, cool-toned contour along the hollows of her cheeks, and a bold red lip.
Lady Fawcett
Gaga swapped her signature platinum hue in favour of strawberry blonde for the "Die With A Smile" music video. Styled in loose waves and a Farrah Fawcett flip along the face framing pieces, the hairdo was complemented by a '60s-inspired make-up look. With sky blue shadow, bold winged liner, and lengthening mascara on the top and lower lashes, she kept the face glowy with cream highlighter, a light dusting of bronzer and blush, and finished it off with a mauve pink glossy lip.
Born This Way
Gaga's Born This Way album was accompanied by a plethora of iconic looks, but the grungy, messy aesthetic was perfectly encapsulated with her choppy mini bangs. With the rest of her locks in textured waves or straight tresses, she paired them with double-winged eyeliner covering the entire lid space, and switched between a bold or nude lipstick.
Camp!
When you have four ensembles in one, you need one make-up look that's just as bold. Lady Gaga pulled focus to her eyes with some gold metallic falsies on top of her already voluminous lashes, enhanced by a double wing using both black and white liner. With a matte base, bronzer and a mauve blush were applied to add colour and sculpt her visage. For the lips, she opted for a bold hot pink to match her first ensemble. She further enhanced the look with red nails and a lob with tiny hair bows to accessorise.
Bad Romance
With an iconic song like "Bad Romance", the make-up needed to be just as memorable. Gaga had a grey smoky eye with tons of mascara and liner on the top and lower waterline. Keeping the complexion neutral, she wore a nude lip and had her hair in waves.
Pink Chromatica
It was pink monochromatic mania when it came to the Chromatica visuals. With a pink-hued hairdo, Gaga enhanced the look with a dark pink cream shadow all around the inner corner of the eyes, blending with a lighter pink on the lids, and topped it with white liner on the waterline and falsies. She added metallic face decals for that futuristic, alien-esce visage and tied it together with a dark pink lipstick.
Gaga In Paris
For the opening of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, Gaga was a vision of Parisian chic. With her hair pulled back in an updo, she wore a classic cat eye and voluminous lashes alongside a flawless matte base, rosy blush, and glossy red lipstick.
Lady Ziggy
At the 2016 Grammys, Gaga channelled her inner Ziggy Stardust. Emulating the late star's iconic look, she had flaming orange hair, Blue eyeshadow with matching rhinestones, pink blush, and pink lip gloss on the red carpet. For the David Bowie tribute performance, she switched to an orange mullet and added Bowie's iconic lightning face paint.
Oscar Gold
For the 2023 Academy Awards, Lady Gaga swapped her bold onstage look for Hollywood glamour. Wearing her hair in a sculpted chignon, the singer kept the make-up simple with a matte visage, a hint of blush on the cheeks and contour to sculpt her cheekbones, and a nude lip. For a hint of colour, she added blue liner on the lids.
Ally
For A Star Is Born, Gaga was absolutely unrecognisable in the role of Ally, a singer-songwriter discovered by Bradley Cooper's Jackson Maine. With undone moussy brown locks, her make-up was scaled back with a skin-like matte base, a light coat of mascara, and lip balm.
The Fame
We end it off where Lady Gaga began with the "Just Dance" music video. With straight, mid length platinum hair and bangs, a bright blue lightning bolt adorns the lower half of her right eye. With coats of volumising mascara, she keeps the rest of the make-up simple with a nude gloss and fishnet nails.