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Home • Beauty

13 Jaw-Dropping Gorgeous Beauty Looks from the Grammy Awards

From gold-dusted lids to violet brows.
By Virginia Lowman · Updated October 27, 2020
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Just A Little Shimmer

Sultry crooner, Lianne La Havas made us do a double take on the red carpet. A subtle dusting of gold shimmer in the inner corners of her eyes and balmy lips were the perfect compliment to her gorgeous gown.

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Black Beauty

Our girl crush, Zuri Hall looked stunning in all black. The TV host and personality wore a flush of color on her cheeks and voluminous, long lashes.

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Sheer and Shiny

To spruce up a natural makeup look, Vanessa Simmons dusted her lids with a baby pink shadow and applied a glossy lip to match. 

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04
A Touch of Red

Jazmine Sullivan reinforced the idea that proved that black gowns were made for red lips. You know, just in case you forgot what timeless beauty looks like.

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05
Timeless Beauty

Diamond White refreshes a tried and true favorite: matte, wine lips and kohl-lined eyes.

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06
Fifty Shades of Grey

Ciara looks like a dream, sporting gunmetal smoky lids and balmy nude lips.

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07
Warm Glow

Mama-to-be, Chrissy Teigen enhanced her glow with a little highlighter on the high plains of her face and a flush of color on the apples of her cheeks. To complete the look, she warmed up her eye with a chocolate-taupe shadow.

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08
Rockabilly Beauty

Andra Day channels the 50s with her signature beauty look: red lips and cat eye liner. To up the ante on this gorgeous look she opted for an ombré lip and mile high lashes.

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09
Berry Kiss

Fresh faced, Yolanda Adams arrives at the Grammy Awards sporting glowing skin and mauve-berry lips.

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10
Iconic Beauty

MC Lyte wow us on the red carpet. The iconic artist added a little sass to a traditional smoky eye by pairing it with a pink lip.

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11
Vamp and Chic

Empire star, Serayah McNeill kept her beauty look simple and pulled it all together with a vampy lip.

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12
Purple Reign

All eyes were one Grammy winner, Lailah Hathaway, who stole the show with her purple locs, lips and brows.

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13
Classic Beauty

Timeless beauty, Faith Evans made a case for why red lips and lashes with forever be a beauty staple.

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