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Since Lisa Bonet, who turns 55 today, first entered living rooms everywhere as the free-spirited Denise Huxtable, she s enchanted men and women alike with her salt-of-the-earth beauty.
In the 80s, Bonet, whipping through a dizzying lineup of bohemian getups, played up her natural texture, framing her enviably-pronounced bone structure with coiled bangs and a halo of voluminous ringlets. And instead of defaulting to the de facto vivid makeup of the time, she heralded the no-makeup makeup look with a totally bare face and brushed-up brows. Easing into the 90s, and her high-profile relationship with rocker Lenny Kravitz, she wore waist-length locs and embraced the decade s moody milieu with nude lips and lids swathed in dark jewel tones, such as violet and burgundy. And from the early aughts through today, she s complemented her proclivity for dark, romantic silhouettes with flicks of eyeliner (oft courtesy of her go-to sparkly black Sisley Paris Phyto khol liner) and cheekbone-defining swirls of bronzer.
The fact is, Bonet relishes getting experimental with her look—and it s a trait she s passed down to her doppelgänger daughter Zoë Kravitz, who she regularly swaps tried-and-true products with, such as the Rhonda Allison Pumpkin cleanser or Yves Saint Laurent s famed Touche Éclat. “My mom and I are constantly sending each other things that we like,” Kravitz told Vogue during her religiously studied Beauty Secrets video.
Here, a look back at how Lisa Bonet s iconic insouciant beauty has evolved over the years.
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