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Nobody does reinvention like Madonna.
Since she first broke out in 1982 with the hit Everybody, the beauty chameleon has experimented with just about every look under the sun.
From ’80s club kid, to punk through various highly-sexed sirens, to geishas and megawatt Hollywood glamour, Madge has managed to effortlessly channel her rebellious rock star status into many a magical makeup moment.
As the founder of her own cosmetics line, MDNA Skin, the beauty chameleon always has a flawless alabaster complexion as the starting point for her look. Her signature style is to then offset this with a punchy red lip, a slick of liquid eyeliner and high-impact falsies, but over the years she’s also rocked glowing skin and lip glossed glamour, shimmering pink eye shadows and, of course, that signature beauty spot.
Madonna – In pictures
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Madonna on the cover of her ‘Like a Virgin’ hit album in 1982
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Madonna performs ‘Don’t Cry for Me Argentina’ from the Oscar nominated movie ‘Evita’ during the 69th Academy Awards in 1997
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Madonna looks down at her son Rocco held by Guy Ritchie as they leave Dornoch Cathedral on 21st December 2000. The couple christened their four-month-old son, Rocco one day ahead of their wedding in nearby Skibo Castle
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Madonna stumbles and falls during her performance at the BRIT Awards in 2015
Reuters
5/60 1984
Madonna poses at the MTV Video Music Awards
AP
6/60 1985
Madonna on the cover of Playboy Magazine
Playboy
7/60 1985
Rosanna Arquette and Madonna star in ‘Desperately Seeking Susan’
Rex
8/60 1986
Madonna with Sean Penn
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9/60 1987
Madonna features on the cover of Rolling Stone Magazine
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Madonna stars in ‘Who’s that Girl?’
11/60 1987
Madonna performs on stage as part of her ‘Who’s That Girl World Tour’ at Roundhay Park, Leeds
PA
12/60 1987
Madonna performs at a one-off concert in Sceaux, a suburb south of Paris
AFP/Getty Images
13/60 1989
Madonna’s ‘Like A Prayer’ video
PA
14/60 1990
Madonna stars with Warren Beatty in ‘Dick Tracy’
15/60 1990
Madonna ‘Blonde Ambition’ tour at Wembley Stadium, London wearing her famous gold corset
Rex
16/60 1991
Madonna Performing at the Oscar Ceremony singing ‘Sooner or later’ from the film ‘Dick Tracy’ which won the Oscar for ‘Best Original Song’
17/60 1992
Madonna in ‘A League of their Own’
18/60 1993
Madonna performs during her ‘Girlie Show in Bercy Omnisport Palace, Paris
AFP/Getty Images
19/60 1995
Madonna. at BRIT Awards
PA
20/60 1996
Madonna accepts a lifetime achievement award at the Billboard Music Awards
AFP/Getty Images
21/60 1997
Madonna with Director Alan Parker during shottong for ‘Evita’
Getty Images
22/60 1998
Elton John and Madonna perform during the ninth annual Rainforest Benefit Concert in New York’s Carnegie Hall
Reuters
23/60 1999
Madonna and Rupert Everett arrive at the Statue of Liberty in New York for the ‘Talk Magazine’ launch party
AFP/Getty Images
24/60 1999
Madonna receives the Grammy for the Best Pop Album of the Year at the 41st Grammy Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles
AFP/Getty Images
25/60 2000
American singer Madonna with the Best Female award at the MTV Europe Music Awards held at the Globe Arena in Stockholm
PA
26/60 2002
Madonna portrays a fencing instructor in ‘Die Another Day’
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Madonna meets The Queen at the premiere of ‘Die Another Day’ at the Royal Albert Hall
AP
28/60 2003
Madonna kisses Britney Spears at the MTV Video Music Awards in New York
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29/60 2003
Madonna kisses Christina Aguilera at the MTV Video Music Awards in New York
AFP/Getty Images
30/60 2004
Madonna’s ‘The re-Invention Tour’
Reuters
31/60 2005
Madonna performs on stage at the 12th annual MTV Europe Music Awards in Lisobon, Portugal
Getty Images
32/60 2005
Madoona shhoting a scene from the set of her ‘Hung Up’ video
PA
33/60 2006
Madonna poses with the award for International Female Solo Artist at The Brit Awards
Getty Images
34/60 2006
Madonna performs the opening number during the 48th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles
Reuters
35/60 2006
Madonna continues to perform to a sold out crowd in her third night at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Her tour is named ‘Confessions On The Dance Floor’
Splash News
36/60 2007
Madonna, her husband and British Film Director Guy Ritchie and children, Rocco and Lourdes arrive at the British Premiere of animated film “Arthur and the Invisibles”. Madonna provided the voice for one of the film’s characters
AFP/Getty Images
37/60 2007
Madonna holds her son David Banda in her arms as she poses for photographers with her daughter Lourdes, at the Home of Hope orphanage in Mchinji, Malawi
AP
38/60 2008
Madonna performs at the MGM Grand Garden Arena November in Las Vegas, Nevada
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39/60 2009
Gallery workers putting the finishing touches to the Madonna Nudes 30th Anniversary Exhibition
PA
40/60 2009
Lady Gaga and Madonna in a sketch for Saturday Night Live
Splash News
41/60 2009
Madonna out and about with Jesus Luz in New York
Getty Images
42/60 2009
Madonna visiting the ancient Roman-era city carved out in red stone of Petra, south of Jordan,
AP
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Madonna walks with her adopted children, David and Mercy at the Mphandula Child Care Centre, about 47 km (29 miles) west of Lilongwe,
Reuters
44/60 2012
Madonna performs during the halftime show in the NFL Super Bowl XLVI football game in Indianapolis, Indiana
Reuters
45/60 2014
Madonna arrives at the 56th annual Grammy Awards wearing a mouth grill
Reuters
46/60 2014
Madonna performs with Miley Cyrus in a special duet for ‘MTV Unplugged’
AP
47/60 2014
Madonna and son David Banda Mwale Ciccone Ritchie attend the 56th Grammy Awards
Getty Images
48/60 2015
Madonna and Taylor Swift perform during the iHeartRadio Music Awards in Los Angeles, California
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49/60 2015
Madonna kisses Drake kiss during Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in Indio, California
Getty Images
50/60 2015
Madonna performs at the BRIT Awards
Dave Benett
51/60 2015
Madonna attending The 57th Annual Grammy Awards
Getty Images
52/60 2016
Madonna attends the “Manus x Machina: Fashion In An Age Of Technology” Costume Institute Gala at Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York
Getty Images
53/60 2016
Madonna and Kate Moss attend Edward Enninful’s OBE dinner at Mark’s Club in London
Dave Benett
54/60 2016
Madonna performs a tribute to Prince during the 2016 Billboard Music Awards at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada
Getty Images
55/60 2016
Madonna performs ‘Vogue’ on Carpool Karaoke with James Corden
CBS
56/60 2017
Madonna on stage during the Women’s March rally in Washington
AP
57/60 2017
‘Overjoyed’: Madonna with her new daughters
Madonna
58/60 2017
Kylie Jenner and Madonna attend the Philipp Plein collection during, New York Fashion Week: The Shows at New York Public Library
Getty Images
59/60 2018
Madonna shares an image of herself on Instagram with the word Love on her right hand
Madonna
60/60 2018
Madonna attends the Heavenly Bodies: Fashion & The Catholic Imagination Costume Institute Gala at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City
Getty Images
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Madonna on the cover of her ‘Like a Virgin’ hit album in 1982
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Madonna performs ‘Don’t Cry for Me Argentina’ from the Oscar nominated movie ‘Evita’ during the 69th Academy Awards in 1997
Getty Images
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Madonna looks down at her son Rocco held by Guy Ritchie as they leave Dornoch Cathedral on 21st December 2000. The couple christened their four-month-old son, Rocco one day ahead of their wedding in nearby Skibo Castle
AFP/Getty Images
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Madonna stumbles and falls during her performance at the BRIT Awards in 2015
Reuters
5/60 1984
Madonna poses at the MTV Video Music Awards
AP
6/60 1985
Madonna on the cover of Playboy Magazine
Playboy
7/60 1985
Rosanna Arquette and Madonna star in ‘Desperately Seeking Susan’
Rex
8/60 1986
Madonna with Sean Penn
Getty Images
9/60 1987
Madonna features on the cover of Rolling Stone Magazine
10/60 1987
Madonna stars in ‘Who’s that Girl?’
11/60 1987
Madonna performs on stage as part of her ‘Who’s That Girl World Tour’ at Roundhay Park, Leeds
PA
12/60 1987
Madonna performs at a one-off concert in Sceaux, a suburb south of Paris
AFP/Getty Images
13/60 1989
Madonna’s ‘Like A Prayer’ video
PA
14/60 1990
Madonna stars with Warren Beatty in ‘Dick Tracy’
15/60 1990
Madonna ‘Blonde Ambition’ tour at Wembley Stadium, London wearing her famous gold corset
Rex
16/60 1991
Madonna Performing at the Oscar Ceremony singing ‘Sooner or later’ from the film ‘Dick Tracy’ which won the Oscar for ‘Best Original Song’
17/60 1992
Madonna in ‘A League of their Own’
18/60 1993
Madonna performs during her ‘Girlie Show in Bercy Omnisport Palace, Paris
AFP/Getty Images
19/60 1995
Madonna. at BRIT Awards
PA
20/60 1996
Madonna accepts a lifetime achievement award at the Billboard Music Awards
AFP/Getty Images
21/60 1997
Madonna with Director Alan Parker during shottong for ‘Evita’
Getty Images
22/60 1998
Elton John and Madonna perform during the ninth annual Rainforest Benefit Concert in New York’s Carnegie Hall
Reuters
23/60 1999
Madonna and Rupert Everett arrive at the Statue of Liberty in New York for the ‘Talk Magazine’ launch party
AFP/Getty Images
24/60 1999
Madonna receives the Grammy for the Best Pop Album of the Year at the 41st Grammy Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles
AFP/Getty Images
25/60 2000
American singer Madonna with the Best Female award at the MTV Europe Music Awards held at the Globe Arena in Stockholm
PA
26/60 2002
Madonna portrays a fencing instructor in ‘Die Another Day’
27/60 2002
Madonna meets The Queen at the premiere of ‘Die Another Day’ at the Royal Albert Hall
AP
28/60 2003
Madonna kisses Britney Spears at the MTV Video Music Awards in New York
Getty Images
29/60 2003
Madonna kisses Christina Aguilera at the MTV Video Music Awards in New York
AFP/Getty Images
30/60 2004
Madonna’s ‘The re-Invention Tour’
Reuters
31/60 2005
Madonna performs on stage at the 12th annual MTV Europe Music Awards in Lisobon, Portugal
Getty Images
32/60 2005
Madoona shhoting a scene from the set of her ‘Hung Up’ video
PA
33/60 2006
Madonna poses with the award for International Female Solo Artist at The Brit Awards
Getty Images
34/60 2006
Madonna performs the opening number during the 48th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles
Reuters
35/60 2006
Madonna continues to perform to a sold out crowd in her third night at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Her tour is named ‘Confessions On The Dance Floor’
Splash News
36/60 2007
Madonna, her husband and British Film Director Guy Ritchie and children, Rocco and Lourdes arrive at the British Premiere of animated film “Arthur and the Invisibles”. Madonna provided the voice for one of the film’s characters
AFP/Getty Images
37/60 2007
Madonna holds her son David Banda in her arms as she poses for photographers with her daughter Lourdes, at the Home of Hope orphanage in Mchinji, Malawi
AP
38/60 2008
Madonna performs at the MGM Grand Garden Arena November in Las Vegas, Nevada
Getty Images
39/60 2009
Gallery workers putting the finishing touches to the Madonna Nudes 30th Anniversary Exhibition
PA
40/60 2009
Lady Gaga and Madonna in a sketch for Saturday Night Live
Splash News
41/60 2009
Madonna out and about with Jesus Luz in New York
Getty Images
42/60 2009
Madonna visiting the ancient Roman-era city carved out in red stone of Petra, south of Jordan,
AP
43/60 2009
Madonna walks with her adopted children, David and Mercy at the Mphandula Child Care Centre, about 47 km (29 miles) west of Lilongwe,
Reuters
44/60 2012
Madonna performs during the halftime show in the NFL Super Bowl XLVI football game in Indianapolis, Indiana
Reuters
45/60 2014
Madonna arrives at the 56th annual Grammy Awards wearing a mouth grill
Reuters
46/60 2014
Madonna performs with Miley Cyrus in a special duet for ‘MTV Unplugged’
AP
47/60 2014
Madonna and son David Banda Mwale Ciccone Ritchie attend the 56th Grammy Awards
Getty Images
48/60 2015
Madonna and Taylor Swift perform during the iHeartRadio Music Awards in Los Angeles, California
Getty Images
49/60 2015
Madonna kisses Drake kiss during Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in Indio, California
Getty Images
50/60 2015
Madonna performs at the BRIT Awards
Dave Benett
51/60 2015
Madonna attending The 57th Annual Grammy Awards
Getty Images
52/60 2016
Madonna attends the “Manus x Machina: Fashion In An Age Of Technology” Costume Institute Gala at Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York
Getty Images
53/60 2016
Madonna and Kate Moss attend Edward Enninful’s OBE dinner at Mark’s Club in London
Dave Benett
54/60 2016
Madonna performs a tribute to Prince during the 2016 Billboard Music Awards at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada
Getty Images
55/60 2016
Madonna performs ‘Vogue’ on Carpool Karaoke with James Corden
CBS
56/60 2017
Madonna on stage during the Women’s March rally in Washington
AP
57/60 2017
‘Overjoyed’: Madonna with her new daughters
Madonna
58/60 2017
Kylie Jenner and Madonna attend the Philipp Plein collection during, New York Fashion Week: The Shows at New York Public Library
Getty Images
59/60 2018
Madonna shares an image of herself on Instagram with the word Love on her right hand
Madonna
60/60 2018
Madonna attends the Heavenly Bodies: Fashion & The Catholic Imagination Costume Institute Gala at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City
Getty Images
When it comes to her locks, the OG queen of pop has pulled off platinum blonde, brunette, jet-black, redhead, curly, straight and cropped with equal amounts of panache.
Known for her insistence on growing older on her own terms, the mother-of-six’s best beauty moment has got to be the gold and diamond-encrusted grillz, which she rocked back in 2013.
As she celebrates her 61st birthday today, we salute the superstar’s ever adventurous, high-octane approach to beauty.
You’re totally badass Madonna, happy birthday.
Scroll through the gallery above for Madonna’s most notable hair and beauty moments.
