Lindsay Lohan Opted for Old Hollywood Glamour at the 'Mean Girls' Premiere
Smoky eyes and shiny, voluminous hair.


Last night marked the debut of the new Mean Girls movie, which is an adaptation of the Broadway musical (which is, in turn, an adaptation of the 2004 Mean Girls film, which was based on Rosalind Wiseman’s book Queen Bees and Wannabees). The film stars contemporary pop darling Reneé Rapp, along with Angourice Rice and Chris Briney. And while all eyes were certainly on these rising mega-stars, one Mean Girls veteran captured everyone’s attention when she took to the red carpet: Lindsay Lohan.
Lohan, who recently re-entered show business after a several-year break from acting, starred as Cady Heron in the 2004 version of the film. Her iconic role cemented her place in pop culture, making her surprise appearance last night all the more exciting. She even posed with Tina Fey, who wrote and acted in both versions of the film.
In terms of her beauty look, Lohan channeled Old Hollywood glam with her high-shine look. Her distinctive long, red hair was worn in gentle waves and a dramatic side part that tumbled down to her waist, with 1940s-esque volume at the top. Meanwhile, she sported dramatic cat eye eyeliner with heavy, swooping black lashes. Because her smoky eye was so dramatic, the rest of her makeup was subdued, with subtle pink blush climbing up the apples of her cheeks complementing delicate peach-pink lipstick.
Lohan’s makeup was in line with the current peach trend brought on by Pantone’s 2024 peach fuzz color of the year prediction, which has ushered in a deluge of pink makeup, skincare, and fashion. Her style last night also adhered to one of my personal beauty principles: Stick with one statement makeup look at a time. In other words, if I’m wearing heavy eye makeup, I never go with bold lips, and vice versa—unless I’m going for a monochrome look.
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Gabrielle Ulubay is a Beauty Writer at Marie Claire. She has also written about sexual wellness, politics, culture, and fashion at Marie Claire and at publications including The New York Times, HuffPost Personal, Bustle, Alma, Muskrat Magazine, O'Bheal, and elsewhere. Her personal essay in The New York Times' Modern Love column kickstarted her professional writing career in 2018, and that piece has since been printed in the 2019 revised edition of the Modern Love book. Having studied history, international relations, and film, she has made films on politics and gender equity in addition to writing about cinema for Film Ireland, University College Cork, and on her personal blog, gabrielleulubay.medium.com. Before working with Marie Claire, Gabrielle worked in local government, higher education, and sales, and has resided in four countries and counting. She has worked extensively in the e-commerce and sales spaces since 2020, and spent two years at Drizly, where she developed an expertise in finding the best, highest quality goods and experiences money can buy.
Deeply political, she believes that skincare, haircare, and sexual wellness are central tenets to one's overall health and fights for them to be taken seriously, especially for people of color. She also loves studying makeup as a means of artistic expression, drawing on her experience as an artist in her analysis of beauty trends. She's based in New York City, where she can be found watching movies or running her art business when she isn't writing. Find her on Twitter at @GabrielleUlubay or on Instagram at @gabrielle.ulubay, or follow her art at @suburban.graffiti.art
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