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Ruby Rose Critiques 10 of Her Most Dramatic Beauty Looks

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Ruby Rose is the ultimate beauty chameleon. She can pull off anything, changes her look up nearly weekly, and is never one to shy away from bold colors both in her hair and her makeup. For example, when we meet her in L.A. for the launch of the Urban Decay x Jean-Michel Basquiat collection (out today) she's wearing neon green eye shadow. After waxing poetic about Basquiat, to whom she dedicated two of her tattoos ("I just fell in love with all of his art...and really felt some fascination and inspiration because he's so authentic, so original."), Ruby mused on her own originality. Here, she talks us through eight years of her wildest transformations.

1

2009 - Platinum-ish

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"That was me in 2009 going 'I want platinum blonde hair!' and them going 'Your hair is black. It might take a while.' I'm like, 'No, I need it by tonight. I have an event at 7pm and it was, like, 5.' We can't just do it. So, [I] got all chemical burns and terrible fringe. And look how bad my makeup is!"

2

2010 - Black and Long

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"That's a wig. My hair was shaved. And it went with this Miu Miu dress with all these flowers and I was obsessed. When a [magazine] does a transformation of then and now this is always the photo of "then." I've never taken my look seriously.I've never compromised how I feel–if I didn't want to wear Miu Miu, if I didn't want to wear purple eyeliner, and eye shadow, and a wig , I wouldn't have done it. But, I really love the idea of shocking people on the carpet at that event. And so I did. That color was great."

3

2010 - Silver Fingerwaves

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"That was for a really glamorous event called the Logies. This was when Annie Lenox and Sinéad O'Connor were my icons for sure! It's basically all shaved. I felt like I was limited with how short my hair was because it really was so shaved, so we did beautiful makeup and I think the only way I felt like I could really give the makeup and the gown the right look was with a little bit of the finger wave curl."

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4

2011 - Red Fauxhawk

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"I looked like Chuckie. That was also when I was dying my own hair–it doesn't look so bad now but it probably wasn't the best idea. I knew my [gender fluid] identity, but I didn't know how to execute it like I do now. We would go to events and be told it's black tie or cocktail or whatever and I would be like 'Oh, cocktail means cocktail dress.'  I didn't know how I could just turn up. So, every time, I am wearing a lot of makeup with that kind of hair. I am like, that looks weird. I didn't know I had the freedom to do whatever.

5

2012 - Faux Long Hair

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"My hair was super short then–that was just a hair piece, which always makes me laugh because so many magazines do this thing like, 'You'll NEVER believe the transformation of Ruby Rose!' And it's like, that's clip-ins! Extensions! Those sew-in things. I was going for a–gosh, I look like I'm going for a carnival look, really–but it was meant to be fun and edgy. At that time people were dressing in costumes [on the red carpet], not like glamorous outfits."

6

2013 - Lavender Bob

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"This was clearly when I thought it was okay to dye my own hair, considering I have blonde roots and purple blue and other colors. But, the beauty look is nice. I have a lot of lashes, dark brows. I'm very much about the brow. I don't have to do much, which is lucky because when I was young, I plucked them to be like Christina Aguilera and Mariah Carey. Then, I every day prayed to be like Brooke Shields instead. Now, I have eyebrows again. That was a fun color. I think I've tried all colors and styles. It's fun because every time I do a different color, you have to change everything you wear and all your makeup."



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7

2015 - Bowl Cut

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"This [haircut] everyone hated! Everybody hated it! I loved it! I loved it even more when people hated it. That was also pre- me even knowing how to do my own makeup."

8

2016 - Green Braids

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"I went through a braid stage because I was growing my hair out and there really wasn't much [I could do]. I love having my hair off my face. That's why I love short hair. We did a really sparkly gold eye and we did lots of lashes, we did a lip, we did brows, we kept it neutral colored because you don't want to clash with the green hair."

9

2017 - Neon Pink

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"I had neon green hair for xXx for four months and I was like, I just need to do something different. I only had this hair for three weeks. It was just to go home for Christmas, spend Christmas with my family, and I just wanted to feel fun and light and easy."

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10

2017 - Black Pixie

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"I love this look. It was daring and I was a little bit frightened, but I have an amazing makeup artist and hair team. I remember being like, 'I don't know if I can get away with this,' and with the lip being such a bold statement and the eye being so understated–I was a bit scared because for me, the natural inclination is to do a bold eye and much less on the lip. Or at least have some good lashes! But, we barely used a tiny bit of mascara. I really enjoyed the look. It felt powerful, it felt bold.The lip being metallic–killer."

From: ELLE US
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