Lady Gaga Looks Back On Her Best Beauty Moments From Over The Years

“I was really inspired by the John Paul Gaultier fashion shows where there were hair sculptures. While on the set for the Poker Face video I thought, “I wonder if there’s a way to wear a hair sculpture that’s easy to make at home.” So I took a big block of hair extensions and I just made a bow myself and pinned it to my head. I thought it was cute but still had an edge—really, a pop edge—because it was a bow made of hair. ”

“This was a custom outfit by Azzedine Alaïa that came with these incredible that everybody called a fashion mistake, but I loved. I sang the Sound of Music. We went for a lighter brow because I wanted my eyes to really pop—personally, I think a blonder, lighter brow is more of a fashion look.”

“Makeup artist Sarah Tanno designed the crystals on my face in collaboration with Face Lace—and that lip is actually a drugstore lip! We got specifically because of the way that you apply it: there’s a separate top coat that makes sure that that red is not going to move because I was literally flying through the air and flipping around and I didn’t want lipstick on my teeth.”

“I was very inspired by this Valentino dress, which was periwinkle. The makeup is a very sultry eye, which I thought was appropriate because I wanted to take the look into more of a fashion direction and away from a sweet Cinderella-type moment, we wanted to go more like punk-Cinderella. Hairstylist Frederic Aspiras is a genius. He made this beautiful bow crown, but at the last second we were having this debate about my hair… and I just looked at him and said “I know what you want to do. Just do it.” So he hand painted my hair that color, it’s not dye.

“This was a very high stakes day. One of the most meaningful performances of my entire career. The hair and makeup was inspired by my bulletproof Schiaparelli gown.

It was Frederic’s idea to put the silk ribbon in my hair, and Sarah’s to have the red lip to echo off of the skirt. We went for a very bold beauty look because it was a very bold day. The inspiration was the Italian Renaissance to honor my heritage and the French revolution to honor really incredible classical artwork.”