Beyonce's Changing Looks

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1996

Beyonce - Transformation - Beauty — Yearbook Library

The freshman at the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Houston was already a part of Destiny's Child.

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1998

Beyonce Knowles - Transformation - beauty — Michael Schreiber/Retna

The Destiny's Child lead took beauty cues from her mother: "She made sure we had our lip gloss or blush in our purses. She made us pay attention to the details."

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2000

While on tour with Destiny's Child, Knowles joined the ranks of blond bombshells like her idol Marilyn Monroe.

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2001

For Destiny's Child's Survivor, the braided beauty wrote the song that changed the English language forever: "Look, I'm proud that [bootylicious] is in the dictionary, but it drives me nuts," she has said. "Change it to 'beautylicious.'"

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2002

She went big, bold and two-toned for her first movie role, as Foxxy Cleopatra in Austin Powers in Goldmember.

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2003

"My favorite look on her is bone-straight," hairstylist Kimberly Kimble has said of the Dangerously in Love singer.

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2004

At Grammys for the last time as a member of Destiny's Child, she wore her caramel curls in a loose chignon.

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2005

Beyonce - Transformation - Beauty - Celebrity Before and After — Allende/NY Post/Splash

Beyoncé launched her new fragrance, True Star Gold, wearing her hair in lush waves.

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2005

She walked the red carpet at the Academy Awards with an Old Hollywood-inspired bouffant ponytail and dramatic liquid liner and lashes.

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2006

For the premiere of The Pink Panther, Beyonce chose romantic finger waves and appropriately rosy lips.

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2007

Beyonce - Transformation — Frank Micelotta/Getty Images

Making a rare switch from blond, she partied in Las Vegas with ebony waves softened by brunet highlights.

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2008

Beyoncé rocked a center part and mega curls at a NYC club opening.

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2008

Beyoncé had stick-straight locks on the cover of the November issue of InStyle.

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2009

When it came to promoting her double album I Am...Sasha Fierce, Beyonce went for an understated coif: "I've had so many hairstyles and I don't want this project to be about my hair."

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2010

Beyoncé rocked tinsel highlights at this year's Grammys.

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2010

Gorgeous and philanthropic, she opened the Beyoncé Cosmetology Center at the Phoenix House Residential Rehab Clinic in Brooklyn rocking trendy ombre locks.

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2011

She flaunted a major mane of bouncy curls at a Harlem event.

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2011

Beyonce Knowles - Transformation - Beauty - Celebrity Before and After — Roger Wong/INFevents.com

The mama-to-be sported a sexy side-braid at the launch of her Pulse fragrance.

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2012

Beyonce - Transformation - Hair - Celebrity Before and After — Janet Mayer / Splash News

Blue Ivy's mama chose sleek, swept-back hair and a persimmon lip color for her visit to the Costume Institute Gala.

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2012

Beyonce debuted bangs and a new hue at a Brooklyn Nets game. "It took me a few hours to get her to that butterscotch color and keep it healthy, that was my goal," colorist Rita Hazan told fashion.appleentcentre.com. "It's warm, but beige-y-I call it a beautiful Beyonce blonde!"

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2013

In 2013, Bey stepped out with an asymmetrical bob for a concert in Philadelphia.

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2014

That was fast! The singer returned to her signature long mane after briefly experimenting with shorter hairstyles.

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2015

Queen Bey debuted a chic, new look at the 2015 Vanity Fair Oscar party—proving, once again, that she can do no wrong.

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2016

To attend the Met Gala, which was themed "Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology," Beyoncé rocked hip-length pin-straight strands with striking highlights and a seriously bold smoky eye.

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