Home Great Beauty: RHOA star Kandi Burruss Great Beauty: RHOA star Kandi Burruss By Essence · Updated October 28, 2020 01 1995, Off the Hook Here, Kandi Burruss sports a deep plum lip on the cover of Xscape’s 1995 album, “Off The Hook.” 02 1998, Lipstick Love On the cover of Xscape’s 1998 album, “Traces of My Lipstick,” Kandi rocked neutral eyeshadow and lush, coppery-brown lips (so Nineties!). 03 2000, Metallic Mama For her first solo album, “Hey Kandi,” Burruss switched up her look with super-long extensions and pale, metallic makeup. 04 2007, Girl Next Door At a magazine awards show in 2007, Kandi looks girl-next-door gorgeous in little more than defined brows, a hint of eyeliner and clear gloss. 05 2009, The Real Teal At Bow Wow’s “FAST LIFE” album release party, Burruss rocked deep teal eye pencil and a soft pink lip. 06 2009, Berry Nice At the 2009 Soul Train Awards, Burruss looked gorgeous in taupe eyeshadow, rosy cheeks and a sheer berry lipglaze. 07 2010, Raspberry Beret At Bravo’s 2010 Upfront Party, Burruss turned heads in a sultry, raspberry shimmer lipgloss. 08 2010, Maroon Five During a radio appearance, Kandi looked stunning in gray eyeshadow and pinky-maroon lipstick. 09 2010, Red Alert At the BET Awards, Kandi kept her makeup simple — pale pink lids and lips — to let her two-toned hair stand out! 10 2010, Think Pink Burruss hit the 2010 Ween Awards rocking a gorgeous silvery shadow and bold fuschia lips. 11 2010, Winged Glory On her “Leave You” video shoot, Kandi steamed things up with ultra-dramatic winged eyeshadow and a come-hither, electric pink pout. 12 2011, Emerald City At the Bedroom Kandi launch party, Burruss brightened up her look with lush emerald eyeshadow and a bronzey lipgloss. 13 2011, Purple Haze At the 2011 Bravo Upfronts, Kandi got colorful with a strong purple shadow, aqua eyeliner and berry lipgloss. 14 2011, Frankly Scarlet At the ASCAP Rhythm & Soul ATL Legends dinner, Kandi was so seductive in flirty faux lashes and matte crimson lips.