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Olivia Pope's Best Beauty Looks From Season 5 of 'Scandal'

Follow us through the journey of Olivia Pope's most effortlessly flawless looks.
By Deena Campbell and Virginia Lowm · Updated October 27, 2020
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Classic Olivia

Olivia and Fitz are back together again and Olivia wears her classic look: a nude lip and dark gray smokey eye. 

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Simply Flawless

Olivia rocks her signature mauvy pink lips, blushed cheeks and voluminous lashes. To recreate her pinky-nude lip try Dolce and Gabbana Classic Cream Lipstick in Petal 135.

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Radiant Beauty

Oliva proves that understated elegance is always best. Here she sports dark shadowed lids with a subtle shimmer in the center paired with dewy skin, rosy cheeks and of course her signature pink lip. Add a little drama to your smokey eye by lining the outter corners of your lower lashline to give eyes an almond shape. Finish the look with your favorite setting spray to give skin a radiant glow.

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Regal Beauty

During a dinner for the Queen, Olivia opts for an elegant smokey eye, her signature pink lips and a rosy flush on the apples of her cheeks.

Olivia Pope's Best Beauty Looks From Season 5
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Oval Office Chic

Her life may be a bit hectic at the moment—guess that’s what happens when the world discover’s you’re the president’s mistress! But, at least she still looks fabulous! Copy Ms. Pop’s beauty look by sporty rose-tinted balmy lips, a subtle nude shadow and 1-2 coats of lengthening mascara.

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Balmy Beauty

For casual days that don’t revolve around ‘fixing’ the lives of the elite, Oliva likes keeps her beauty routine simple— curled lashes with two coats of mascara and balmy lips. If you don’t have full lips you can always fake them by tracing your upper lip with a liner that is one shade darker than your natural flesh tone.

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TOPICS:  Scandal