5 Times Tweet Gave Us Beauty Inspiration
By India Espy-Jones ·Updated May 31, 2024 < /> R&B sensation Tweet is reclaiming the stage at this year’s 30th ESSENCE Festival. Featured on Missy Elliott’s platinum-selling third album, Miss E… So Addictive, Tweet’s vocals are behind some of the most hard-hitting albums of our time. This includes Ja Rule’s Pain Is Love and Petey Pablo’s Diary of a Sinner: 1st Entry. Throughout the early 2000s, rising with her close friend Missy Elliott, Tweet influenced not only the music scene but the iconic beauty trends that still resonate today. To prove our point, just after releasing her debut solo single “Oops (Oh My)”, the singer took the stage at the 16th Annual Soul Train Music Awards in a tiered, flipped hairdo parted straight down the middle. This look– paired with a glazed lip and mic-gripping French tips– just scrapes the surface of her influence in beauty. A few months later, she followed up with a similar look at the 2nd Annual BET Awards. That time with bumped ends, purple shadow, and signature glossy lips.Fast forward to 2003, Tweet sat front row at the Luca Luca Spring/Summer 2004 Fashion Show stunting lusciously large curls with a no-makeup and no-nicure look (just an oversized lime purse across her lap). The return to neutral tones carried her through to the end of that year, making appearances both at Playboy’s 50th Anniversary and the MAC AIDS Fund VIVA Glam V parties. However, her hair decoding="async" src="https://www.essence.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/GettyImages-104809079-scaled.jpg" alt="5 Times Tweet Gave Us Beauty Inspiration" width="400" height="638" />Tweet performs at the 16th Annual Soul Train Music Awards at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena March 20. (Photo by Steve Grayson/WireImage) 2nd Annual BET Awards, 2002Almost the opposite of her Soul Train look, she attended the BET Awards in bumped ends and purple eyeshadow, adding a touch of color to her neutral-toned makeup. Tweet during The 2nd Annual BET Awards – Gallery at The Kodak Theater in Hollywood, California, United States. (Photo by L. Cohen/WireImage) Luca Luca Spring/Summer 2004 Fashion Show, 2003Tweet pulled looks whether she was on-stage or front row. At the Luca Luca show, she rocked luscious curls,no-makeup makeup and a no-nicure look that we see trending today. NEW YORK -SEPTEMBER 14:Singer Tweet attends the Luca Luca Spring/Summer 2004 Fashion Show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Bryant Park, September 14, 2003 in New York City. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Getty Images) Playboy’s 50th Anniversary Party, 2003Similar to her Luca Luca look, a naked face with shimmer-kissed lips speaks volumes next to silky barrel curls. NEW YORK – DECEMBER 4:Singer Tweet at the Playboy 50th Anniversary celebration December 4, 2003 in New York City.(Photo by Peter Kramer/Getty Images) MAC AIDS Fund VIVA Glam V After Party, 2003Her slept-in curls (and groomed eyebrows and lashes) were the center-point of her MAC AIDS after party look. Meanwhile, she served up no-nonsense neutrals on a silver platter. Tweet during MAC AIDS Fund VIVA Glam V – After Party at Ace Gallery, 275 Hudson in New York City, New York, United States. (Photo by KMazur/WireImage)TOPICS: 2024 ESSENCE Festival of Culture celebrity beauty looks TweetThe post 5 Times Tweet Gave Us Beauty Inspiration appeared first on Essence.
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