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Nicole Richie’s Beauty Evolution, From “Simple Life” To Fashion Executive

The very best of the '00s ahead.

by Lauren Rearick

Making her mark in the '00s on The Simple Life, Nicole Richie stepped into the Hollywood spotlight with a beauty routine that was totally her own. Take a look back at some of her most memorable looks, ahead.

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2004

For much of the early '00s, Richie had long blonde hair that she often added colorful highlights to.

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2004

Richie wore soft curls with a dark, dramatic lip.

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2005

The Simple Life star debuted honey-colored hair and a short curly bob.

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2007

Switching up shades, Richie went platinum blonde, and added blunt bangs that were parted to the side.

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2009

Making a drastic change in hair color, Richie swapped out her usually lighter hair for a brunette coloring.

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2010

Back to blonde, Richie cut off much of her hair for this choppy, textured cut.

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2011

Richie went old Hollywood for this routine, wearing tight, spiral curls.

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2013

Richie embraced a temporary dye job, wearing white hair, alongside burgundy lips to the Met Gala.

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2014

Resuming her experiments with creative hair coloring, Richie wore lavender hair with matching glittery eyeshadow.

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2015

2015 brought about one of her shortest styles ever. Richie played up her pixie cut with pink coloring.

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2017

Leaning into the more length, Richie's hair saw a honey blonde coloring.

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2018

Richie began wearing her hair naturally curled, often adding a statement headband into the mix.

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2020

Richie added a punk-inspired headband to this updo, which featured a messy curly bun.