Ariana Grande attends the 83rd Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton on January 11, 2026 in Beverly Hills, California
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After several years of bleach blonde, Ariana Grande showed her natural curls in a video posted on Wednesday.
The Wicked actress went makeup-free in the video, highlighting her 21 favorite lip products.
Grande previously called her natural hair a “humongous curly poof,” noting it’s “who I am privately.”
Ariana Grande has officially put her Glinda alter ego to rest, bringing back her Sweetener-era dark brown hair. Furthering the nostalgic hair vibes, the pop star even resurrected her signature high ponytail at the 2026 Golden Globes in January. On Wednesday, the Wicked actress took fans back even further, to the earliest days of her career, when she showed her rarely-seen natural curls in a makeup-free video.
Ariana Grande shows off her natural curls in a makeup-free video
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For the laid-back Instagram video, posted on March 4, Grande traded out her pin-straight blowout for dark, collarbone-length brown ringlets, which she pulled back with a nude headband. The “Thank U, Next” singer gave her followers a glimpse of her unwinding routine, forgoing her camera-ready glam in favor of a white sheet mask. Grande walked viewers through some of her go-to makeup products. Though the star was mostly pared down, she did wear a pair of pearl stud earrings on each lobe.
Ariana Grande from the Broadway Cast of “13” visits Planet Hollywood on October 30, 2008
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Grande was dressed in a white “Focker” sweater—an apparent nod to the Ben Stiller film franchise—as she dissected her favorite lip combos. “How many lip glosses are too many? The limit does not exist,” she wrote in the caption, referencing the 21 glosses, treatments, and lipsticks she pulled out of her bag during the clip.
Ariana Grande attends The 2024 Met Gala Celebrating “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion” at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 6, 2024
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Back in 2014, Grande admitted that she first adopted her signature high ponytail to hide the damage her hair underwent while playing red-headed Cat in Victorious. In 2020, the “7 Rings” star posted another photo of her natural curls, noting that they were finally “coming in strong.”
“My real hair—which is this humongous curly poof—so few people get to see it. It’s cute and it reminds me of me as a kid,” she said on the Zach Sang Show. Grande called the style “who I am privately,” adding: “The curls are definitely something that I don’t bring around much.”
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