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14 Times Joan Smalls Took Us To Beauty School

Other than makeup artists and your favorite ESSENCE editors, who else could school you on must-try beauty looks? How about supermodel beauty, Joan Smalls? The girl's got incredible skin, legs for days and killer beauty looks both on the street and on the red carpet. See our favorites, here!
By Virginia Lowman · Updated October 27, 2020
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Feeling Feline

Channel your inner feline by over extending your liquid liner in the inner corners of your eyes. Pair with lengthy voluminous lashes and you’ve got a look that glamorous and daytime friendly.

14 Times Joan Smalls Took Us To Beauty School
Jamie McCarthy
02
Violet Crush

At the 2014 Met Gala, Joan proved that purple lipstick is red carpet and supermodel approved!

14 Times Joan Smalls Took Us To Beauty School
Dimitrios Kambouris
03
It’s in the Bronze

Joan offers a lesson in metallics at the Studio. W launch in Syndey, Australia. Soften a bold lip with shimmering eyes. Take a cue from Joan and line your lower lash line with a bronzy shadow, highlight your brow bone and the inner corners of your eyes, and coat your lashes with a volumizing mascara.

14 Times Joan Smalls Took Us To Beauty School
Don Arnold
04
Color Me Violet

Joan arrives at the New York Premier of ‘Paper Towns’ dawning a true-red matte lipstick and dark sultry eyes. Copy her look and keep it playful by lining your lower lashline with a shimmery violet hue; finish with two coats of a volumizing mascara.

14 Times Joan Smalls Took Us To Beauty School
Jamie McCarthy
05
Keepin’ It Kohl

At the Vogue Paris Foundation Gala, Joan kept her makeup simple opting for glossy lips and kohl-lined eyes.

14 Times Joan Smalls Took Us To Beauty School
Pierre Suu
06
Little Bit’a Rose

To upgrade your eye look, try switching your black liner for a metallic rosy hue. Line your lower lash line and hit your lashes with a volumizing mascara. 

14 Times Joan Smalls Took Us To Beauty School
Pascal Le Segretain
07
Merlot Kiss

Smalls rocked the red carpet at the amFAR New York Gala sporting simple makeup and a wine-colored lip.

14 Times Joan Smalls Took Us To Beauty School
Jason Kempin
08
Upgrade Your Pout

Zhoosh up your lips by highlighting your cupid’s bow and adding a gloss to the center of your upper and lower lips.

14 Times Joan Smalls Took Us To Beauty School
Jamie McCarthy
09
Line ‘Em Up

Line your lower lash line, drawing the line from the center to the outer corners of your eyes making the line heavier towards the outer lashes.

14 Times Joan Smalls Took Us To Beauty School
Henry S. Dziekan III
10
Super Model Cool

Joan proves that simple makeup is always chich by pairing a shimmer shadow with kohl-lined eyes and glossy nude lips.

14 Times Joan Smalls Took Us To Beauty School
Larry Busacca
11
Loving Lavender

A little bit of lavender shimmer on the eyes is the perfect way to add a bit of romance to your look. Pair with lengthy lashes and you’ve got your new go-to look for the summer.

14 Times Joan Smalls Took Us To Beauty School
Gary Gershoff
12
Berry Is The New Red

Mega Lashes and dark berry lips are a perfect example of classic elegance.

14 Times Joan Smalls Took Us To Beauty School
Noam Galai
13
Orange-ish Is The New Black

Joan Smalls arrives at amFAR’s 22nd Cinema Against AIDS Gala sporting a gorgeous orangey-red lip and bronzed cheeks.

14 Times Joan Smalls Took Us To Beauty School
Anthony Harvey
14
Perfectly Bronzed

Joan was a goddess in bronze at the 69th Annual Tony Awards. The supermodel paired bronzed skin with shimmering eyes, clay-colored lips and voluminous lashes. 

14 Times Joan Smalls Took Us To Beauty School
Jim Spellman