Barbara Palvin Critiques 10 of Her Most Memorable Beauty Looks

“This has to be one of my favorite red carpet looks, ever, for myself. We wanted to go for something a touch Italian—with a bow at the back. I actually tried on a necklace but we didn’t need it because the makeup and the hair themselves were just so beautiful. The hair took three hours.”

“I always loved bangs. I had them when I was little, from the ages of eight to twelve, and then I grew it out. For this event, Diane von Furstenberg told me to show up, ‘feeling as confident as you can’ and ‘just be yourself.’ Maybe with the bangs I was bringing back the child in me.”

“This is faux bob, but everyone seemed to love it so, I actually cut my hair after this event. Owen Gould did this—it was an old Hollywood vibe. There are pink and blue details in the dress, so that’s why we did a little blue on the eye and pink lips.”

“I think I cut my hair a week before that event! It was a daytime look, so I wanted to go with something super natural. It was summertime, so we obviously wanted to be sun-kissed. To bring out my eye color, we used black because I was wearing a baby blue suit.”

“I like when I don’t have to touch my hair. If you have nice curls and you touch it, it goes flat because you keep touching it. With this look, you don’t have to worry! It’s just there and you look pretty. For the makeup, I just wanted to look sexy. It was for Sports Illustrated, so I wanted to be on brand: very full lips. And a cat eye—kind of like an I’m-checking-you-out eye.”

“Here we had sparkles [on the eyes] because we brought back details from the dress.”

“Here we focused on the eyes and not the hair—I never really do both. You see, I’m always careful with a smoky eye because it can be harsh. My eyes got red—you don’t see it, but I see it. That’s why I’m always careful with smoky if it’s on for too long. I gotta be careful with that.”

“This hair color was for a hair color photo shoot. I loved it, too. I felt a little more rock and roll—the whole red carpet look made me feel like a James Bond girl.”

“We just wanted to do something [colorful] because my dress was simple and black. So, we were like let’s pick a color, and this happened! [To pull off a bright eye shadow], don’t do anything else. If the eye is a very strong color, you don’t want to add a strong lip or a very confusing dress. You want to keep it simple and chic.”

“This is one of my favorite looks. I’m actually just wearing a ton of mascara—that’s it. It looks like there’s much more. We actually did a different hair style at first—more like a bowl or something—and I was like, ‘I want it more masculine because I’m wearing a suit on a carpet.’ That’s why we slicked it back.”