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Marie Claire
Marie Claire
Lifestyle
Lottie Winter

Lisa Eldridge, Sam McKnight, Bobbi Brown and Adam Reed on Beauty’s Most Iconic Moments

Vintage images of Sam McKnight, Adam Reed, Lisa Eldridge and Bobbi Brown on shoots and with models.

When it comes to throwback beauty trends, these makeup and hair doyennes don’t just remember them—they pioneered them, sculpting decade-defining looks we continue to emulate today. Having spent years commanding the industry's front line, they’ve witnessed trends surge, collapse, and resurface, sometimes repeatedly. Here, we posed four simple but definitive questions to them about the moments that revolutionised beauty—and the ones we may soon find ourselves longing for.

Sam McKnight MBE, Hairstylist and Founder, Hair by Sam McKnight

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