The key to cracking the code to Aishwarya Rai Bachchan’s stellar beauty game, other than hoping that you wake up as her in the morning, is knowing how to pack in a punch. As an actor, as part of one of the most powerful families in Bollywood and as a mother to an energetic six-year-old, her public appearances are numbered; but when the stunning 44-year-old does appear in front of the lens, she leaves a trail of jaw drops in her wake.
With her usual roster of Cannes appearances and a slew of red carpet commitments, Bachchan has had a busy year to write home about. When you have a beautiful canvas to work with, the classic beauty staples may come easy, but 2017 will go down in history as the year that she ditched the usual red-carpet suspects in favour of paying individual attention to her finer features—let’s not forget the reveal of her fiery hair colour. As the year draws to a close, here’s looking at the best gems from her beauty rulebook.
Glamour central
Perfectly coiffed blowout, gentle winged eye and pastel lip colours: Bachchan kicked off the year quietly with her usual beauty staples, before building up to a crescendo. The summer called for oversized glares framing her thinly arched brows and red mattes to keep up with the bright weather outside. She slowly picked up pace and treated us to a riot of colours at her annual stroll down Cannes. Starting out with a citrus pout, she kept her experimental spirit alive with blue-lined lids and a camera-friendly update to her last year’s tryst with purple lips. Her main walk down the red carpet had her channeling her inner Cinderella with a princess-perfect gown, silky locks and a rain check on the kohl.
Bold movesBack on the home front, she returned to what she does best, allowing her mid-length tresses to frame her face naturally in the second half of the year. When off-duty, she remained a matte fiend, complementing her scarlet pout with an even-toned finish—an aesthetic that she carried forward for her daughter Aaradhya’s birthday blowout in November. Before you accuse her of playing it safe, Bachchan took the leap of faith this month and treated her hair to a refreshed colour job—hello, layered tresses set in the hue of mulled wine. The 44-year-old cashed in on her makeover and has since proceeded to style her new tresses in a series of curls and defined waves, marking a decided departure from her usual pin-straight locks.
Bachchan doesn’t always steer away from the classics often, but when she does, she swears by the ‘go big or go home’ mantra—and that’s the beauty resolution we’ll be carrying with us into 2018. In the meantime, flip through the gallery above to follow her best looks this year.
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