A Moodboard of Salma Hayek Pinault's Best Beauty Looks From the '90s
The actor's beauty looks, from skinny brows to red lips, dominated in the '90s and still provide inspiration today.
Salma Hayek Pinault is a forced to be reckoned with.
From her days starring in Mexican telenovelas to the decades she has left her mark on Hollywood, her extraordinary talent as an actor and her goddess-like beauty have both captivated audiences at a global scale. Hayek Pinault, who is of Mexican-Lebanese descent, broke barriers in the industry during the '90s and early 2000s. The then-breakout star also set trends in beauty.
To this day, beauty trends from the '90s are some of the most enduring. Hayek Pinault not only embraced them, but mastered each look while adding her own spin. The actor donned bold makeup, like sultry, smokey eyeshadow that complemented her dark brown eyes and bold lipstick that created a focal point to her look. She also experimented with blue eyeshadow and toyed with clumped lashes. Still, soft and more natural makeup was also high in her repertoire. Some of Hayek Pinault's best looks include nude lips and barely-there eyeshadow. In hair, she evidently adored the Old Hollywood aesthetic based on how she channeled its glam on red carpets through polished updos. She also oscillated between blown out tresses, a crimped mane, and waves.
Hayek Pinault made her telenovela debut in the the 1989 drama Teresa before embarking on the journey that would launch her career in Hollywood. Some of her filmography includes career-defining pictures like Desperado (1995), From Dusk Till Dawn (1996), and, more recently, House of Gucci (2021). She was the first Mexican actress to be nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress in a Leading Role in 2003, when se was nominated for her performance in the 2002 biopic Frida. From romantic comedies to vampire gore films, Hayek Pinault can do it all.
Keep scrolling to see Hayek Pinault's best beauty looks from the '90s, featuring some L'OFFICIEL favorites.