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Janelle Monáe, Adut Akech, Mya And Other Celebrity Beauty Slays Of The Week

From their Super Tuesday beats to Paris Fashion Week front-row dos, these ladies brought their beauty A-game.
Janelle Monáe, Adut Akech, Mya And Other Celebrity Beauty Slays Of The Week
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By Shalwah Evans · Updated December 6, 2020

As Paris Fashion Week wrapped up and our favorite Tinseltown cuties hit vacation, premieres, and various red carpets, we continued to beauty watch. Better than people watching, beauty watching both entertains and serves us. And we’re eating it all up.

Yara Shahidi tapped into ’60s mod style overseas at Paris Fashion Week, and Danileigh had us staring at her flawlessly clear armpits during her vacation in Punta Cana. While some of us were worried about whether the coronavirus was zeroing in on our hometowns, these ladies were being beautiful and unbothered.

Check out the celebrities who didn’t let a pandemic effect their hair and makeup slays for the week.

01
Joan Smalls
Joan can wear a topknot, or a shag, or a bob and still ooze sex appeal.
Janelle Monáe, Adut Akech, Mya And Other Celebrity Beauty Slays Of The Week
Instagram/@joansmalls
02
Tracee Ellis Ross
Tracee might have kept the beauty subtle for Super Tuesday but she still didn’t skimp on the pink lipstick.
Janelle Monáe, Adut Akech, Mya And Other Celebrity Beauty Slays Of The Week
Instagram/@traceeellisross
03
Adut Akech
Adut’s glow comes from foundation and highlight, but mostly from her inner beauty.
Janelle Monáe, Adut Akech, Mya And Other Celebrity Beauty Slays Of The Week
Instagram/adutakech
04
Robin Thede
Robin’s matching her eyelids, cheeks, lips, and spirit. They’re all rosy and sweet.
Janelle Monáe, Adut Akech, Mya And Other Celebrity Beauty Slays Of The Week
Instagram/@robinthede
05
Yara Shahidi
Yara’s Bantu knotted faux locs and throwback mod eyes are a Paris Fashion week do.
Janelle Monáe, Adut Akech, Mya And Other Celebrity Beauty Slays Of The Week
Instagram/@yarashahidi
06
Grace Carter
Get into Grace’s glossy orange eyelids.
Janelle Monáe, Adut Akech, Mya And Other Celebrity Beauty Slays Of The Week
Instagram/@gracecarter
07
Angela Bassett
Angela is the baddest; she doesn’t sweat, she glows.
Janelle Monáe, Adut Akech, Mya And Other Celebrity Beauty Slays Of The Week
Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images
08
Mya
Mya makes sure she hits those touch ups between performances.
Janelle Monáe, Adut Akech, Mya And Other Celebrity Beauty Slays Of The Week
Instagram/@myaplanet9
09
Halima Aden
If we could catch even the smallest bit of Halima’s drip we’d be good to go for the entire weekend.
Janelle Monáe, Adut Akech, Mya And Other Celebrity Beauty Slays Of The Week
Instagram/@kilprity
10
Lupita Nyong’o
Lupita landed on the Louis Vuitton show like a lightning bolt with pops of vibrant blue.
Janelle Monáe, Adut Akech, Mya And Other Celebrity Beauty Slays Of The Week
Jacopo Raule/Getty Images
11
Pearl Thusi
Pearl can try to cover up those beautifully dramatic eyes, but between her hair, nails, and radiant shoulders, we’re still looking.
Janelle Monáe, Adut Akech, Mya And Other Celebrity Beauty Slays Of The Week
Instagram/@pearlthusi/@jordanmilton1
12
Jasmine Tookes
Jasmine’s berry cheeks are the bake-job of a treasured hand.
Janelle Monáe, Adut Akech, Mya And Other Celebrity Beauty Slays Of The Week
Instagram/@jasminetookes
13
Mélie Tiacoh
Sometimes you have to just close your eyes and let the sun go to work on that skin, like Mélie.
Janelle Monáe, Adut Akech, Mya And Other Celebrity Beauty Slays Of The Week
Instagram/@meelietiacoh
14
Rachel Roy and Ava Dash
Rachel Roy and Ava Dash are ageless beauties with the best eye sparkle.
Janelle Monáe, Adut Akech, Mya And Other Celebrity Beauty Slays Of The Week
Albert L. Ortega/Getty Images
15
Brittney Elena
Brittney understands the importance of matching your baby hair to your lip gloss: popping.
Janelle Monáe, Adut Akech, Mya And Other Celebrity Beauty Slays Of The Week
Amy Sussman/Getty Images
16
Nene Leakes
Bye wig? Not today. Nene’s blond body wave was everything on WWHL.
Janelle Monáe, Adut Akech, Mya And Other Celebrity Beauty Slays Of The Week
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17
Danileigh
Danileigh’s golden box braids look great but it’s her immaculate armpits that have us gagging.
Janelle Monáe, Adut Akech, Mya And Other Celebrity Beauty Slays Of The Week
Instagram/@iamdanileigh
18
Nakai
Whoever said you shouldn’t do dramatic red lips with dramatic cat-eyes clearly hasn’t seen Nakai’s beat.
Janelle Monáe, Adut Akech, Mya And Other Celebrity Beauty Slays Of The Week
Instagram/@nakai
19
Nia Long
Nia is, and forever will be, our beauty crush with her schoolgirl freckles and cheeks.
Janelle Monáe, Adut Akech, Mya And Other Celebrity Beauty Slays Of The Week
Instagram/@iamnialong
20
Janelle Monáe
Janelle beautifully rocked the white eyeliner trend for the Chanel show at Paris Fashion Week.
Janelle Monáe, Adut Akech, Mya And Other Celebrity Beauty Slays Of The Week
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