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Alicia Vikander's Best Beauty Looks

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Alicia Vikander may be the new ambassador of French cool-girl beauty — never mind that she’s Swedish. During the past four years, the Academy Award winner has stood out in Hollywood by nailing the attainable-meets-aspirational look — and ignoring the rules of red-carpet beauty. Where other stars step and repeat with statement lips, smoky eyes, and other high-glam staples, Vikander turns it up with lightly coated lashes and rose-bitten lips. She bypasses high-plane highlighting and wows us with dewy, lit-from-within skin (secret weapon: RMS Living Luminizer). Her brows aren’t perfectly groomed — or even fastidiously plucked, for that matter. And her hair is real — no extensions, no falls, just a little second-day texture, often worn neatly tucked behind her ears.

Not since Lupita Nyong'o have we been so enamoured with a Hollywood newcomer’s beauty look; Vikander’s is so different from what we expect from high-glam Hollywood. But the best part of Alicia’s beauty is that it’s perfectly attainable — and a little messy. This is the antithesis of the #flawless painted face. Get inspired with her best beauty moments, ahead.

This 2012 look knocks everyday beauty out of the park, thanks to the feathered brows and chic flyaways.

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Graphic liner makes a rare appearance on the actress at the 2013 British Academy Film Awards. Though it's a departure from her standard style, she keeps the rest of her features within her makeup comfort zone with lightly coated lashes and rose-bitten lips.

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The Swedish beauty’s sweet makeup look is toughened up with strong, defined brows.

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Though we love when Alicia’s hair is neatly tucked behind the ears, this free-falling look, worn at the BAFTAs in 2014, creates extra allure.

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We told you in June 2015 that Vikander was bound to blow up. And not just thanks to her myriad movie releases, but also due to her outstanding beauty looks, including this slicked-back hairstyle worn at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.

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The contrast of super-slick and fluffy textures make this '70s-inspired hair look — which is secured at the sides with exposed bobby pins — a keeper. (The monochrome makeup ain't bad either.)

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We called it back in the fall of 2015: The lash envy is real with this clumpy look. To create it yourself, layer mascara onto lash tips and keep the rest of the face clean and simple, says Chanel makeup artist Rachel Goodwin.

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It’s rare to see the Ex Machina star without her signature soft-hued lips. But we’re loving the play on pink worn here at a 2016 event in Palm Springs.

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Here, Vikander nails French-girl beauty with understated lips and lashes, and less-than-perfect brows and hair.

Photo: Mike Windle/BAFTA LA/Getty Images.

We were stoked to get a behind-the-scenes peek at this makeup look created by Charlotte Tilbury for the 2016 Golden Globes. Also inspiring: her twisted hairstyle, which was pinned into an easy bun at the nape of the neck.

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Vikander scored loads of attention with her sequinned Louis Vuitton dress here. But for us, the actress's beauty look shone even brighter: Straight hair tucked behind the ears and gold-kissed lids are an easy way to pull off the golden-goddess vibe.

Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images.

Most celebs would pair this edgy leather dress with a strong smoky eye. But Vikander does the unexpected by wearing minimal mascara and a touch of liner instead.

Photo: Karwai Tang/Getty Images.

At a Los Angeles event in February 2016, Vikander punched up her typically low-key beauty look with bright, berry lips and wavy tresses.

Photo: Karwai Tang/Getty Images.

If there’s ever a time to go for all-out glam, it’s when you’re nominated for an Academy Award. But The Danish Girl actress stayed true to her beauty roots, wearing complexion-lifting makeup in barely there shades, a look that was recognised as one of the freshest of the evening.

Photo: Gregg DeGuire/Getty Images.

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