One can’t help but look at Sophie Turner ’s red-carpet beauty style — dotted with romantic loose waves and braided updos — and think she must have grabbed at least a little inspiration from Sansa Stark. Then again, with hair like that, she has no reason not to.
What really separates the actress's look from her on-screen persona's is the way she uses modern makeup to give classic styles a fresh twist. It’s a trick Turner has mastered almost from day one: take what looks good on you — in her case, a rosy complexion that lets her freckles shine, taupe eyeshadows, and lashes doused in mascara — and add a surprising new element, like a show-stopping matte red lip or feline flick of black liner.
The result is a trademark beauty look that feels authentic to Turner, but is never repetitive. See how the star has elevated a natural beauty look to one that matches her growing stardom (and tops wedding Pinterest boards), ahead.
2012
For one of her very first Game of Thrones carpets, Turner chose an understated makeup look made up of mascara, pencil-thin brows, and little else. It's a sort of like a template of the look she still uses today, with "no-makeup" makeup replacing bare skin.
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2013
Just one year later, the actress took the same look and made it more polished. The lower ponytail has a sophisticated vibe, and the makeup is more cohesive yet still natural-looking, thanks to glossy lips, rosy blush, filled-in brows, and golden eyeshadow, which brings out the tones in her hair to accentuate her eyes and complexion.
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2014
By 2014, the pencil-thin brows are gone; Turner has grown them out and shaded them in. But there's even more to love — check the braided updo (a little bit of Sansa there, perhaps?) and pink lipstick, a hue she rarely wears on the red carpet.
Photo: Dominique Charriau/WireImage.
2014
Turner takes a few of her trademarks — long, flowing hair, golden-yellow eyeshadow — and punches them up for the carpet by adding sparkle to the eyes, pin-straight hair, and a knockout matte red lipstick.
Photo: Joe Scarnici/FilmMagic.
2015
Can we talk about that hair? Waves that would make a Disney princess (well, and the rest of us, too) jealous.
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2015
What a difference a change in hair part makes. Here, Turner trades her signature deep part for one cut right down the centre, giving her once-romantic hair an edgier effect.
Photo: Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic.
2016
Barely-there waves pulled to the side, ultra-light lipstick, and jet-black mascara all make for signature Sophie style. But it's the use of greige eyeshadow at the centre of the lids that highlights her metallic dress and pulls the look together.
Photo: Lester Cohen/WireImage.
2016
Monochromatic makeup offset by aubergine shadow and a halo braid straight outta Thrones makes the most of a rare updo on the star.
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2016
Just when we were beginning to think pale-pink monochrome makeup and lob haircuts were played out, the actress turns up in this twist on the on-trend pairing, thanks to a few extra coats of eyeshadow and a faux lob created with braid that starts at the base of the neck.
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2017
How long do you think it takes Turner to hit pan on her go-to eyeshadow that's slightly darker than her skin tone? Not that we're complaining — her signature look just works, especially when paired with a matte crimson lipstick and flowing waves.
Photo: Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic.
2017
The first time we've seen Turner with a graphic cat eye, and we sure hope it isn't the last. Alongside "no-makeup" makeup and her signature S-waves, the look is more than premiere-worthy.
Photo: Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic.
2018
Eyes tightlined in black. Dusty-pink shadow and lips. Natural, freckle-revealing complexion. The gang's all here! But the surprising twist in this look is a big one: The actress's once long locks are reframed as a mid-length chop — a cut we're starting to see all over Hollywood.
Photo: Lars Niki/Getty Images.
2019
For the 2019 Vanity Fair Oscars party, the star gives flat-ironed '90s hair an update, thanks to a touch of curl at the ends.
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