Another day, another Willow Smith hairstyle we can’t stop thinking about. The musician, who recently released her album empathogen, was there to support her dad Will Smith at the premiere of his new movie Bad Boys: Ride or Die, looking like a ’70s-esque dream in a picture perfect Afro paired with a long, plaid print jacket over matching trousers and platform heels.
Smith’s hair, styled by her longtime collaborator Vernon François, was shaped into a high Afro that was the perfect balance of round and oval, adding several inches to her height and softly brushing her forehead and brows to beautifully frame her face. “IN ❤️ WITH THIS SHAPE,” François wrote on Instagram. Um, same.
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Makeup artist Francie Tomalonis applied a delicately shimmery base shadow to Smith’s lids, then added the prettiest pop of molten gold at the inner corners of her hazel eyes, defining them with tightlined black liner on both the upper lashline and lower waterline. Tomalonis brushed up the star’s brows for a full, feathery look, then finished with a super subtle neutral lip.
Smith has always been one of our favorite hair chameleons. In 2021, she shaved her head onstage while performing a rock version of her song “Whip My Hair,” infusing the performance with a deeper meaning. Smith has shaved her head many times—starting in 2012—but we’ve also seen her in beaded cornrows, a braided bob, and braids so long they didn’t even fit in her selfie, not to mention the incredible structural styles she wore on her Allure cover, also created by François. Last year, the musician shared a pic of her teeny tiny Afro and showed off her natural hair growth. For the 2024 Met Gala, Smith and François paid homage to the women of the Mangbetu tribe with her cylindrical updo.
