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Beauty Now: The Evolution of Sza

ESSENCE Festival headliner, SZA, has been a source of beauty inspiration since her debut in 2011. A master of low maintenance beauty, the 24-year-old flaunts freckled cheeks, beautiful lips and luxe lashes with ease. Find her best beauty moments here.
By Virginia Lowman · Updated October 27, 2020
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Freckled Cutie

Sza keeps her look simple with glowing skin, balmy lips and voluminous lashes.  

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Brawny Brows

Sza balances the masculinity of full brows by highlighting the inner corners of her eyes and adding a touch of glam with a set of luxe falsies. She tops off the look with bronzed cheeks.

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Festival Chic

Festival season calls for super fresh skin. Sza compliments her pigtails with dewy skin, lengthy lashes and a subtle shadow in the crease of her eyes.

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Cinnamon Summer

Bronzed cheeks and sable brows balance Sza’s fiery red mane, while shimmer shadow and stage-ready lashes brighten her eyes.

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Perfectly Undone

While at the Pitchfork Music Festival, Sza mattified oily skin with translucent powder and lightly filled in her brows. She completed the look with balmy lips and two coats of lengthening mascara.

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Afro Chic

Sza’s contoured cheeks and glowing skin always takes center stage. During fall 2014 fashion shows she lined her lower lash line with a white liner and applied a coat of mascara concentrating on the outer lashes.

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Beautifully Bronzed

For a look that is playful and casual, Sza opts for sculpted cheeks and butterfly lashes for length and volume. Want to copy her killer brows? Define the base of you brow with a brow pencil and brush brows on an upward angle with clear mascara. 

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Feline Flick

Sza schools us on how to rock a casual cat eye: leave upper lashes bare and feather your lower lashes using the brush tip of your favorite lengthening mascara.

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Gorgeous Glow

Your new go-to look for summer? Flushed cheeks and ultra fresh skin. To get Sza’s glow, add a brightening concentrate to your favorite tinted moisturizer. For a natural flush, opt for a gel-based rosy blush.

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Sultry Stare

Sza up’s the ante with this romantic beauty look. The trick? It’s all in the eyes. Incorporate natural hues into your smoke eye and line your lower lash line with a flesh-toned pencil; finish by feathering your upper and lower lashes with lengthening mascara.

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Ombre Influence

Sza spices up her signature balmy lips with a hint of ombre. To get the look, sweep a subtle lip stain on your lower lip and top with a balm. 

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