Making her mark in the '00s on The Simple Life, Nicole Richie stepped into the Hollywood spotlight with a beauty routine that was totally her own. Take a look back at some of her most memorable looks, ahead.
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2004
For much of the early '00s, Richie had long blonde hair that she often added colorful highlights to.
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2004
Richie wore soft curls with a dark, dramatic lip.
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2005
The Simple Life star debuted honey-colored hair and a short curly bob.
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2007
Switching up shades, Richie went platinum blonde, and added blunt bangs that were parted to the side.
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2009
Making a drastic change in hair color, Richie swapped out her usually lighter hair for a brunette coloring.
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2010
Back to blonde, Richie cut off much of her hair for this choppy, textured cut.
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2011
Richie went old Hollywood for this routine, wearing tight, spiral curls.
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2013
Richie embraced a temporary dye job, wearing white hair, alongside burgundy lips to the Met Gala.
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2014
Resuming her experiments with creative hair coloring, Richie wore lavender hair with matching glittery eyeshadow.
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2015
2015 brought about one of her shortest styles ever. Richie played up her pixie cut with pink coloring.
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2017
Leaning into the more length, Richie's hair saw a honey blonde coloring.
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2018
Richie began wearing her hair naturally curled, often adding a statement headband into the mix.
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2020
Richie added a punk-inspired headband to this updo, which featured a messy curly bun.
