Emma Roberts Clued Me in on the "Controversial" Beauty Trends She's Fully Embracing

This likely goes without saying, but just to cover my bases here: Beauty trends come and go at breakneck speed. What may seem cringey now will soon come back en vogue (frosted eye shadow, skinny brows, I'm looking at both of you!), so you should really follow whatever beauty regimen you damn please, as long as it makes you feel comfortable and beautiful. Emma Roberts wholeheartedly agrees. "There's no such thing as something being uncool, in my opinion," she says while lounging on a velvet couch at New York's timeless Bowery Hotel, the perfect setting to celebrate her equally iconic campaign with Italian beauty brand Kiko Milano. "I love seeing people doing different and 'weird' stuff that they feel confident in, [things] that maybe I don't get but love on them."

Now that being said, Roberts does endorse some "controversial" beauty tendencies of her own—trends that might have fallen out of favor but she predicts will be hot in the zeitgeist very soon. First up: a sharp, accentuated Cupid's bow.

"The 'thing' now is to erase it—people want a round-top lip—but I love a Cupid's bow," she shares. I agree! Using lip liner to soften the Cupid's bow has been a popular trick for the past few years, but I suspect the trend will flip on its head with people choosing to play up the curve.

And, trust, your lip color can still appear soft and diffused without erasing the natural divot. "I think there is something to be said about lining the lips—not making it look like you're wearing lip liner, but just shaping the lip, blending that in, and then putting lipstick over [it]," Roberts adds. Currently, she's donning Kiko Milano's Unlimited Double Touch in the shade 104 (a deep mauve), which absolutely nails a bright yet matte finish. "It doesn't move, which I love," she says. "In the summer, I hate when I look so good and then two hours into a barbecue, I look in the mirror and everything's melted."

As for other upcoming beauty trends she's excited about, Roberts is quick to bring up the (very heated) hair-part debate. "I'm glad that a side part is coming back because I was a major side-part girl, and then all of a sudden it was only middle parts," she notes (a jump scare for many millennials indeed). "I feel like side's coming back, so I'm slowly alternating between a middle and side part." She's definitely not wrong—chic side parts were all over the Oscars red carpet this past year.

No matter how she decides to style her locks, Roberts will apply Divi's Scalp Serum to maintain her lengths. "I'm always trying to get my hair to be longer," she shares. "My hair takes forever to grow, and especially after pregnancy, my hair was just such a mess. I use the scalp serum, and I'm really, really loving it."

Roberts has long been a beauty muse of mine, so of course I had to ask about her go-tos for glowing, summer skin. Keep scrolling for more of her beauty must-haves plus the skincare essentials she swears by for a long day on set.

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