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Rihanna Teased Her Super Bowl Performance In a Full-Blown Hair Sculpture

Is it February 12 yet?
Rihanna poses in a black top with cutouts lace pants layered necklaces. She wears her hair long and straight with bangs.
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Is it February 12 yet? Rihanna's hotly anticipated Super Bowl Halftime Show is just around the corner, and the Fenty Beauty founder is teasing what's to come with a new sneak video — and a full-blown hair sculpture.

RiRi shared a teaser video to Instagram, paired with the "Shh!" emoji to really drive home the point that something big is on the horizon. In the video, she stalks a runway in an acid-green furry coat as news soundbites about her career and her long absence from music play in the background. The coat is cool for sure, especially when paired with a black jumpsuit, oversized hoop earrings, and a plethora of layered necklaces, but it's her intricate updo that is the real center of attention here.

Rihanna's hair is sculpted into twists and turns; certain sections are braided and twisted up, likely with wire to hold them aloft, while a piece near her face is tied in a bubble braid. A small section of her hair is pulled up into a topknot and spiked out to match the textural look of the hair sculpture. "RiRi, where have you been?" we hear a fan yell in the background. Clearly, she's been hard at work crafting what we know will be a jaw-dropping Halftime Show, not to mention this beauty look. It reminds us a bit of Gabrielle Union's recent hair sculpture but with Rihanna's signature high-fashion, badass edge.

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Rihanna's eye makeup is just as attention-grabbing. She plays off the green theme of her coat with a jewel-toned turquoise shimmery shadow all over her lids, bright pink blush, a glossy magenta lip, and a matching hot pink manicure. If this teaser look is any indication, Rihanna's Halftime Show is going to be all about color and glamour, though we are hoping for a wink to her "Umbrella" era, too. Regardless of the theme of her show, it's going to be packed with look after look after look.


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