9-time ESSENCE festival performer Ari Lennox gave us beauty inspiration

Ari Lennox– who will perform on the thirtieth annual ESSENCE festival next month – has been firmly within the music industry since signing with J. Cole’s Dreamville album in 2015. Whether she’s “leaving her curls in the shower” on records like “New Apartment” or blessing us together with her latest singles “Stay Awhile” and “Get Close,” the R&B artist is at all times relatable. Apart from her soulful vocals, Lennox’s beauty also caught our attention.

Just before baring her soul on stage during her “Nostalgia” tour, the artist grabbed her slicked-back locks with short, stiletto nails and let her fringe hang over brown eye shadow. Other behind-the-scenes beauty moments included long, barrel-length curls twisted to mid-back and a center-parted silk press. Meanwhile, her makeup looks at all times give attention to upping the ante with warm metallic shades (think: Fenty Beauty Killawatt highlighter in pink with shine).

For her thirty third birthday, Lennox posed on the beach together with her moisturized texture, brushing strands out of her seductive eyes with pointy French suggestions. We missed her after months of hiatus when she got here back with a more silvery look paired with glassy lips. In her latest post, she debuted the duvet of “Stay Awhile,” replacing the metallic headpiece with a winged cat eye and face-framing features. That said, fellow royalty Ari Lennox is laying claim to the beauty throne as fans can only anticipate her appearance at this 12 months’s festival.

Until then, let’s take a have a look at the 9 hottest beauty inspirations that the ESSENCE Festival performer inspired us with.