Like her hit songs’ quick climb to stardom, Chappell Roan’s makeup has attracted an audience of its own with many replicating her style. She is now a sight to behold on whatever red carpet event she is anticipated to attend, such as the Grammy Awards tonight.
Roan has gotten a lot of attention for her cosmetics throughout the years. She appeared in the Hulu miniseries Faces of Music from Sephora. She was appointed an ambassador by MAC, along with a campaign showcasing her trademark cosmetic look.
If you’re a dedicated fan, you undoubtedly already know what inspired Roan’s style. But ICYMI, let’s break it down. In her Faces of Music segment, she explained that she opted to paint her face white after hearing people in her high school call LGBT people clowns. The blue eyeshadow she regularly wears is motivated by the stigmas of promiscuousness that come with it due to its link with sex workers and drag makeup. Roan has also underlined how she’s been inspired by drag queens and has reproduced their looks like her homage to Divine at Kentuckiana Pride or her Coachella makeup. At a time when LGBTQ+ rights are being threatened, Roan using cosmetics as a means to symbolize and communicate about community is all the more vital.
See Chappell Roan’s makeup looks and the sources of inspiration she has shared this year below.
Roan gave us the viral song “Pink Pony Club” and its style, a floral take on Western-inspired clothing, on her debut album The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess. Matching her glittery pink cowboy hat, Roan wore tons of sparkly pink makeup, complete with gemstones on her bridge, like a piercing.
Roan brought her “Good Luck, Babe!” gaze to the red carpet of a Grammys 2024 after-party. And yeah, she fully committed to the bit with the prosthetic nose.
For her Coachella look, Roan donned a thought black eyeliner complete with rhinestones outlining her eyelids. The design was inspired by Boy George, ’80s punks, and Violet Chachki, as Roan and cosmetics artist Donni Davy said to Vogue.
