Elvis Presley's Best Beauty Looks

Some say that Cara Delevingne set off this brow-naissance of today, but make no mistake: Presley was a pioneer of the look.

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Blue steel, black eyeliner.

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Smudged liner doesn't always mean you forgot to wear setting spray. Case in point: Presley's purposefully faded, three-day-old rocker waterline.

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If you can manage to pull your eyes north from his pretty enviable bone structure, you'll see a wee bit of highlight on Presley's upper cheek. (Maybe it's just camera flash, but we'd like to think he's wearing a super early prototype of Pat McGrath's Skin Fetish.)

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Fifty million Elvis fans can't be wrong: the man had the best boy brows to exist.

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The face people make when they realise they forgot to turn off the hair straightener. It's also the face Presley made while smouldering in out-to-there lashes.

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While posing with actress Barbara Lang (who seemed to have no chill about the encounter — would you?), Presley's eyes were completely lined with a stylish black smudge.

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In 1964, Presley had noticeably thinner brows than he would in later years, but the dramatic liner remained.

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We've got some body highlighter in the house. Rihanna would be so proud. Here's hoping Presley would be a Fenty fan if he were alive today.

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During the social protests of the late '60s, men started growing their hair longer. Even Presley followed suit, with long, patchy sideburns, a five o'clock shadow, and the start of a handlebar mustache.

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This is the kind of cheek highlight that would make Instagram influencers jealous. Also, to anyone who has pimples, you're in good company — so did the King.

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