Elvis Presley: singer, actor, Warhol muse, cultural icon, and eternal beauty inspiration. Though the singer passed away in 1977 at the age of 42, his signature pompadour, swinging cowlick, smudged eyeliner, and occasional pop of highlighter will live on forever. Keep reading to see the OG King of Pop's best hair and makeup moments — just because. Each one will leave you swiveling your hips and curling your lips.
Some say that Cara Delevingne set off this brow-naissance of today, but make no mistake: Presley was a pioneer of the look.
Blue steel, black eyeliner.
Smudged liner doesn't always mean you forgot to wear setting spray. Case in point: Presley's purposefully faded, three-day-old rocker waterline.
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.)
Fifty million Elvis fans can't be wrong: the man had the best boy brows to exist.
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.
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.
In 1964, Presley had noticeably thinner brows than he would in later years, but the dramatic liner remained.
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.
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.
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.
While on the set of Love Me Tender in 1956, Presley and his costar Debra Paget did the whole matching-couple-beauty-look thing so well.
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