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The Best In Beauty From The 71st Primetime Emmy Awards

The small screen A-listers kicked off awards season with these covetable beauty looks.
The Best In Beauty From The 71st Primetime Emmy Awards
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By Shalwah Evans · Updated December 6, 2020
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Fall red carpet season kicked off tonight with the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles. While many get excited about awards season for the ostentatious gowns and handful of over the top menswear looks, we’re here for the flawless beats and the hairstyles to match.

And with the recent heatwave in L.A. (the high today reached nearly 90 degrees) it’s a feat to keep makeup from budging and strands from flying when you have to walk a red carpet under dozens of lights and cameras. But the melanin gods and goddesses of the small screen are used to keeping it together under all kinds of pressure.

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And at tonight’s Emmy Awards they further proved that, showing off covetable artistic faces and ‘dos that held up through the night. These looks were so standout, they might need to host an awards tonight for the makeup artists and hairstylists that created them. It’s the season for shimmery shoulders accented by off-the-shoulder gowns, Euphoria inspired makeup with blinged out hair accessories, and all our favorite trends we just saw on the runway.

Check out some of the best in beauty from the red carpet below.

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Julissa Bermudez
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Ashley Nicole Black
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Dascha Polanco
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Faithe Herman
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Ryan Michelle Bathe
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Indya Moore
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Halsey
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Lyric Ross
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Eris Baker
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Susan Kelechi Watson
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Laverne Cox
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Kerry Washington
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Zendaya
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Angela Bassett
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Mj Rodriguez
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Niecy Nash
Taraji P. Henson, Regina King And More Slay Bob Hairstyles At The Emmys
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Marsha Stephanie Blake
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Ryan Jamaal Swain
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Maya Rudolph
Maya Rudolph wins outstanding character voice-over performance for her role as Connie the Hormone Monstress in Big Mouth’s episode How To Have An Orgasm (Netflix)
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Regina King
Taraji P. Henson, Regina King And More Slay Bob Hairstyles At The Emmys
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Ava Duvernay
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Taraji P. Henson
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Viola Davis
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TOPICS:  Emmy Awards Red Carpet Beauty Red Carpet Hair