If you’re well-versed in pop culture history, you probably know plenty about Mischa Barton, and how she inspired a generation of girls with her iconic beauty looks.
Name a makeup or hair trend, and the 37-year-old has likely sampled it at some point. Over the years, she’s championed dark hair, short hair, bangs, dewy makeup, and balayage, and was one of the very first stars to make us all attempt winged eyeliner (often with dire results).
Before the star returns to the screen (for Australian soap Neighbours, no less) we’ve accumulated her best-ever beauty looks, from the beginning of her career until now.
Scroll down for every single one.
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2003, with The OC co-star Rachel Bilson.
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2020.
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2023
