Drew Barrymore's hair: A love letter.
Drew Barrymore's hair. Is there a hit squad of hairdressers and stylists trailing around her flashing new trends, balayage colour charts hairdryers, tongs and spray to curtail the slightest hair, quite literally out of place? Or, is she one of those women who just have bloody amazing hair? Like SJP – we think it’s the latter. She’s grown up before our eyes in the movies since she was 8 years old, and while her life has been something of a roller-coaster, her hair, we maintain has always kept its cool. So let’s look back at over 30 years of Drew’s style, from short to long, black, brown, red and blonde, curly and straight and of course the colour trend she quite simply owns, balayage (which she is rocking in Netflix's new zom-com series, Santa Clarita Diet). So - Drew's hair - this is for you.
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Those pigtails! Drew was just about the cutest little girl EVER when she starred in E.T
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At just ten years old, Drew Blyth Barrymore was already a Hollywood household name after starring in E.T. Cute, natural blonde hair, like any 10 year-old should have.
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The teenage years see Drew sporting an 80s classic - the curly high ponytail, with a slight quiff at the front. Back then, this was very cool.
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By fifteen emancipated from her Hollywood heavyweight parents and moved into her own apartment. Her hair goes super blonde - maybe a touch of the grunge kicking in.
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Rocking the ‘90s grunge/hippie chic – eighteen-year-old Drew was becoming a (legal) regular on the LA party scene and notorious ‘wild child’. This particular look reminds us of Madonna's early 90s foray into super short blonde hair.
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By the following year, Drew was an all-out Goth girl, with a raven black crop and heavily powdered, milky white skin.
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Flaunting her ‘bad girl’ credentials with 90s queen of grunge Courtney Love – and looking dare we say pretty darn cool with her black satin prom dress, platinum bob, Goth girl make-up and conflicting, cutesy, daisy hair accessories. LOVE that hair.
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A new Drew. Still loving those daisy hair slides but becoming more of a glossy, polished starlet than a red carpet rebel. By this point, Drew had made a successful Hollywood comeback following years of her personal life making the headlines more than her acting. A cameo in teen horror flick Scream was followed by a starring role in hugely successful rom-com The Wedding Singer and, bang, Barrymore was ‘bankable’ again.
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Looking like butter wouldn’t melt on the red carpet with soft curls and natural make-up, Drew was by now in the producing game – the co-founder of Hollywood production company, Flower Films – and in the process of funding a big-screen remake of 70s show Charlie’s Angels…
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With her on-trend copper waves, red lips and California tan, Drew was the critics’ darling once again. Charlie’s Angel became a HUGE box office success and suddenly the former wild child was one of Hollywood’s biggest players. Go, Drew!
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Wowing with rich auburn locks and bold, blue mascara on the red carpet, Drew’s career was on the up but her love-life was still troubled. In July this year, she married oddball comedian and Charlie’s Angels co-star Tom Green, only to split five months later, making her a double-divorcee at 26.
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Following a role in cult flick, Donnie Darko, which her company produced, Drew reprised her role as ass-kicking Dylan Sanders for Charlie’s Angels 2: Full Throttle. Now embracing her natural curls and colour, Drew was rocking red carpets with carefully dishevelled locks and edgy, smoky eyes.
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Never the wallflower, we love that Drew isn’t afraid to break the rules when it comes to her style. Now looking to the catwalks for inspiration, Drew showed off her new lengthy blonde waves and this too-cool explosion of sunny yellow eyeshadow at the Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle press conference.
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Wowing on the red carpet at the LA premiere of Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle, Drew went rock chic with tousled locks and edgy, heavy-kohled eyes. And why not? The starlet was by now a fully fledged rock chick, in the first flushes of love with hot Strokes’ drummer Fabrizio Moretti.
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Still looking to the catwalks for beauty inspiration, Drew boldly sported ethereal splashes of white shadow across her eyes, temples and hairline for a Hollywood event.
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Rocking the front row at Marc Jacobs for Fashion Week with body-beautiful, tousled tresses, on-trend metallic shadow and bags of attitude.
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Trying out rich, chocolaty brunette for the first time, Drew looked stunning at the 2005 Oscars ceremony with a body-beautiful up-do, porcelain skin and smoky eyes.
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Are you team blonde Drew or team brunette Drew?
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Looking naturally pretty with gorgeous brunette locks and minimal makeup at the world premiere of her animated flick, Curious George.
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The beginning of her famous two-tone hair and an on-trend pony for a red carpet event in LA.
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Looking tanned and confident on the Golden Globes red carpet, despite splitting with boyfriend of five years Fabrizio that week. The newly-single Drew took along the perfect single gal’s red carpet accessory – BFF Cameron Diaz. The pair walked the red carpet hand-in-hand.
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Sporting gorgeous copper-red waves and rosebud cheeks, the starlet looked relaxed and blissfully happy on the arm of her new beau and He’s Just Not That Into You co-star, the equally cute Justin Long.
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Channelling old-school Hollywood with silver-screen siren waves and red lips for her appearance on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno.
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BOOM. Dividing the critics at the Golden Globes ceremony with BIG hair and the ‘80s-inspired make-up combo of icy blue shadow and pink lips. At least you can always rely on Drew to break the red carpet norm.
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Channeling Bardot with body-beautiful blonde locks and sex kitten eyes for the LA premiere of her new TV show Grey Gardens in April.
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Ever on-trend, Drew rocked a slick-back braided bun and Hollywood red lips for her appearance on The Late Show With David Letterman.
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Could she be any cooler? Drew rocks retro at a Hollywood party with a 20s-style, pin-curled bob, ruby red lips and a beaded, floral/veil accessory for a New York event.
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Teased and tousled locks with rock-chick body, secured with an on-trend feathered accessory and teamed with denim blue eyeshadow – 2009 was officially the year that Drew reignited our style crush – fact.
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Clearly watching those catwalks closely, Drew teamed on-trend black kohled eyes with bubblegum pink lipgloss and two-tone ‘dipped’ hair for the Whip It premier – her directorial debut. The look’s not for everyone, but we applaud her boldness once more.
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Peachy pink perfection! Drew amped up the high-octane glamour for the Emmy Awards with dreamy skin, coral lips and her red carpet do du jour.
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Stunning with an on-trend, tousled bob and nude make-up tones for the Film Institute Benefit screening of Everybody’s Fine with Robert De Niro.
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If there's a fresh-faced makeup you should aspire to master, it is this one.
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Making fashion headlines and bagging style column inches for her red carpet look at the 2010 Screen Actors Guild awards. The actress sported this 60s-inspired beehive and nude lips for her moment in the spotlight, which saw her bag the TV Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor award for her role in Grey Gardens. She also nabbed the Golden Globe trophy the week before.
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Drew attended the Late Show With David Letterman with new darker roots and flawless natural makeup
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Pale face and dark red pout, Drew attended the Going The Distance World premiere giving some gothic vibes.
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We need to know her secret for this super-shinny hair...
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Drew stepped out in West Hollywood looking more boho than ever, and showing off a new hair colour that didn't last for long.
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We told you, not long after she went back to her brunette roots looking like Beverly Hills royalty in a Bvlgari event.
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Romantic hair with bold makeup, the duo that never fails.
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Drew has two go-to beauty looks, classic or fresh-faced. Here she attends the Women's Leadership Award with one of her favourites, classic red pout and winged eyeliner.
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Perfect pout, not glossy not super matte. Take note, this is how it's done.
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Drew launches her book 'Find It In Everything' and stepped out for the signing looking like a classical beauty in a red lipstick that matched her outfit.
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For Safe Kids Day in West Hollywood she embraced the Cali-girl look with wavy hair and fresh makeup.
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For the European premiere of 'Miss You Already' she was giving us major braid goals with this messy do'.
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Stunning. Drew stepped out for an event in New York City pulling off super long blonde locks.
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Drew looked like a real-life Rapunzel at the Children's Hospital 'Once Upon a Time' Gala, in LA.
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Wow Drew! That's how you pull off a 'straight off the runway' VS model look.
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Drew shows off her gorgeous balayage in a simple hair-do' and natural makeup, at the premiere of her new Netflix's series Santa Clarita Diet.
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Drew debuted a new haircut at the GLAMOUR Awards. The actress has chopped off her long strands and it also looks like she went a little lighter on the colour. We love it though, she looks gorge!
