Beauty
An extremely powerful decade.
The early 2000s are known for a lot of things, but the iconic beauty trends and cult-favorite teen films they left us with are at the top of the list. Whether they were about navigating high school or coming of age lessons, the best movies of the era serve as a time capsule for '00s beauty — from butterfly clips and blue eyeshadow to colorful chunky highlights and tons of bronzer.
Lindsay Lohan and her bandmates in Freaky Friday deserved their own movie, to be honest. Throughout the film, the trio play up every beauty trend you'd expect from a teenage girl who loves Avril Lavigne: chunky highlights, lots of eyeliner, and purple box dye.
After moving from New York City to New Jersey in the middle of high school, Lindsay Lohan's boho character finds herself stacked against true suburban teens in all of their teeny eyebrow, glassy lip gloss, and wispy bang glory.
This film is a refreshing depiction of a high school friend group with each girl representing a unique aesthetic — from the popular blonde with layered highlights to the Hot Topic regular with chunky blue streaks, and the more subtle takes in between.
This cult favorite movie follows a group of teens in Atlanta where hip-hop and the local rollerskating rink are their common threads. With Lauren London as the female lead — and Kardashian family friends Malika and Khadijah Haqq as her sidekicks — there are tons of nostalgic looks, full of lip gloss, thin brows, honey highlights, and coordinating headscarves.
After four high school girls — Brittany Snow, Sophia Bush, Ashanti, and Arielle Kebbel — realize they’re dating the same guy (at the same school!), they band together to get revenge. And because each girl comes from a different clique, there’s four times the ‘00s style.