BEAUTY

Lara Bingle’s Hair Evolution

What happened before the Bingle Bob
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Long and loose, 2003

At just 16 years old, Lara had locks longer than our legs and had already mastered the undone-and-totally-natural beach look that probably actually took a hair stylist and about two hours to perfect. Worth every minute.

Half-up princess curls, 2006

That bow may be small, but not enough so that we saw past it. This half-up tousled do needs to be archived under “forget”.

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Voluminous waves, 2008

In 2008, the sunkissed local beauty gave every Australian everywhere voluminous wave envy.

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Textured lob, 2010

Before the bob came the textured lob, Lara’s bespoke ’do until that infamous crop happened.

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Ballerina bun, 2010

Why do glossy curls on the red carpet when you can do a scraped-back ballerina bun in a quarter of the time. Lara’s queen of the laid-back look.

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Brunette, 2011

Remember when Lara went brunette for about five minutes in 2011? We prefer her blonde, but the sleek centre part more than made up for it.

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Front twists, 2012

Can we just take a moment to thank Lara for digging out the old bleach after her brunette stage? Taking cues from the ’50s with a side part and gentle twists.

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Balayage, 2013

Leading the balayage movement with a warm base and frosted tips in 2013.

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Off the face, 2014

Slicked-back and sultry on the red carpet.

Lob, 2014

She went from beach babe to luxe lady when hair stylist Travis Balcke came at her with a pair of scissors. Suddenly everyone was heading to their hairdressers with pictures, begging for a Lara lob.

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Crop, 2016

She took things to new heights with a soft crop and fringe most recently. 

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