Rihanna stepped out in Los Angeles with a Y2K-inspired blowout featuring long, espresso-colored hair, a deep side part, and soft waves flowing down her back. The look included subtle crown volume behind a side swoop, resembling a micro "bump it" without the exaggerated lift. The hairstyle presented a grown-up update on the early-aughts half-up, half-down trend. Makeup completed the throwback aesthetic with peachy blush and a high-contrast lip liner-and-lipstick combination, reinforcing the nod to early-2000s beauty while maintaining a modern, refined sensibility.
Everything Rihanna touches turns to cool. Maternity wear? It was drab and lame until her first pregnancy, when she singlehandedly made embracing the bump a Thing. Toe rings? They were passé for over a decade until she wore one - topped with a $600,000 diamond. A Smurfs movie? Oh yeah, RiRi - who voices Smurfette in the film - is making that a hot ticket this year.
It was like a micro version of a "bump it," aka the half-up, half-down hairstyle defined by the hill of volume on top of the head (remember the Bumpit infomercials?). Of course, Rihanna put her own spin on it: While certainly voluminous, her hairstyle didn't have the dramatic crown-of-the-head lift that some might consider cheugy. Call it a grown-up take on the bump it.
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