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Top 10: Makeup Moments of the Week, 1-18-2013

Bright lips, sparkly lids and more top trends.
By Nicole Marie Melton · Updated October 28, 2020
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01
Thandie Newton

Where: The 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California

Why: Newton’s bright pink lip is the perfect pop of color to her neutral makeup palette.

Top 10: Week's Makeup Moments
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02
Halle Berry

Where: The 2013 Golden Globe Awards

Why: Berry upped the glam in a sparkly smokey eye paired with peach blush and a matte nude lip.

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03
Gabrielle Union

Where: The BET Honors pre-dinner at the Library of Congress in Washington, D. C.

Why: Union sported a charcoal gray smokey eye with dewy, fresh-looking skin.

Top 10: Week's Makeup Moments
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04
Angela Simmons

Where: The 2nd Annual Good Awards at Lavo NYC

Why: Simmons sported a pretty princess beauty look complete with pink cheeks and lips and silvery eyeshadow.

Top 10: Week's Makeup Moments
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05
Niecy Nash

Where: The 17th Annual Urban Wheel Awards at the Motor City Casino Hotel in Detroit

Why: Nash glowed in a rich smokey eye, bright rose blush and creamy nude lipstick.

Top 10: Week's Makeup Moments
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06
Keri Hilson

Where: The Gillette ‘Kiss & Tell’ Experiment on the Santa Monica Pier in Santa Monica, California

Why: Hilson is the queen of colorful eye makeup. This purple hue really makes her peepers pop!

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07
Alesha Dixon

Where: The first day of judges auditions for Britain’s Got Talent at Millenium Centre in Cardiff, Wales

Why: Dixon made a flawless makeup statement in a rich, cranberry lipstick and mile-long, wispy lashes.

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08
Jill Scott

Where: HBO’s post Golden Globe Awards party at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California

Why: Scott looked radiant in a wine lip, full brows and dreamy, wow-worthy lashes.

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09
Kat Graham

Where: The 2013 BET Honors at Warner Theatre in Washington, D. C.

Why: Graham looked smoking hot in a fiery red lip and deep, mystifying eyes.

Top 10: Week's Makeup Moments
Paul Morigi/Getty Images for BET
10
Tatyana Ali

Where: BET Networks New York premiere of Real Husbands of Hollywood and Second Generation Wayans

Why: Ali’s sparkly green smokey eye and nude lips were a perfect 10.

Top 10: Week's Makeup Moments
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