Olivia Rodrigo is turning 21, which is just crazy because it seems like just yesterday that she was "so tired of 17" and just getting her driver's license. Where is the time going? And speaking of time, the 90s supermodel updo that Olivia chose to don for her early birthday celebrations is literally from before her time, having been born in 2003.
Playfully captioning the photos "Today is my last day of being able to underage drink (hypothetically) !!!!", Olivia posted snaps from the celebration to her Instagram, sporting a centre-parted updo that sweeps down the sides of her head before blooming out into a piecey messy bun at the back. And, of course, we can't not mention that one long tendril. The final touch.
Worn with a winged eyeliner and a red lip, the look is somehow nostalgic, timeless and current all at the same time. Touché.
While the hairstyle is characterised by the supermodels that wore it at the time, it of course spread beyond off-duty models and reminds us of teen movie cheerleaders and pop stars on MTV on a Saturday morning. A hefty dose of nostalgia for a time a lot of us probably don't actually remember...
Swiping through the carousel, it seems the updo didn't last long though, as by the time she's blowing her candles out, Olivia's enviable long, glossy brunette hair is tumbling down her back. And if we had that head of hair... we'd be wearing it down too.
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Elena Chabo is Cosmopolitan UK's former beauty writer, working on everything from buzzy celeb news and trending beauty, to sincere first-person reviews and engaging video content for social media. She also creates meatier features and expert-led how-to guides, for print and online. Her passion for Black beauty, textured hair, and the ways beauty interacts with culture, society, identity and relationships, quickly took over her writing career and led her into beauty journalism. Following an MA in Magazine Journalism in 2017, she cut her teeth across various roles at Stylist Magazine, before taking on a Digital Writer role at Good Housekeeping. It was here that beauty took centre stage and she launched and ran the site's first stand-alone beauty section. Remaining at Hearst, she joined the Cosmo beauty team in 2022. Find her on LinkedIn.
