What Was Her Best Look?
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JENNIFER LOPEZ
The singer trades her signature smoky eye for lots of liner and glossy red lips to launch her new men’s fragrance in N.Y.C.
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FERGIE
The singer went ’80s glam with slicked-back hair and hot pink lips for a pre-Grammy party – only to stick to soft curls and soft makeup the next night.
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LAUREN CONRAD
For a Vegas event, The Hills star veered away from her signature pale lips and cat-eyes for an ultra-glam look complete with dark red lips.
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LEANN RIMES
The country singer ditched her usual natural makeup for a dramatic ’20s-inspired look at the CMT Awards that took her four hours to complete!
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KATIE HOLMES
The actress amps up the volume on her usually subdued makeup for the Metropolitan Museum Costume Institute Gala with dramatic red eyeshadow.
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TAYLOR MOMSEN
Gossip Girl’s youngest star goes from pretty to punk for the show’s second-season premiere party in N.Y.C., swapping soft curls and subdued liner for stick-straight hair and loads of sparkling shadow.
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KIM KARDASHIAN
The reality star goes for old Hollywood glamour with ruby red lips at the Teen Choice Awards – but it’s back to her signature nude palette a few weeks later while performing with the Pussycat Dolls in Las Vegas.
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MISCHA BARTON
Soft and subtle one day, bright and bold another! The star pairs her purple hippie headband with heavy black shadow and pale lips for a charity event in London.
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PARIS HILTON
Never afraid to change up her look, the reality star goes for a glam genie look with a platinum high ponytail and shiny red lips – plus lots of liner and shimmering eyeshadow.
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JESSICA BIEL
The actress casts off her red-carpet sparkle in favor of a fresh-faced look at an Obama rally this past weekend.
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VANESSA HUDGENS
The usually light-lipped star keeps it casual for a Black Friday outing in Santa Monica – but adds a dash of glamour with bright and shiny red lips.
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COURTENEY COX ARQUETTE
Forgetting her signature natural look for the evening, the actress tries out bright red lips for a launch party in L.A.
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RIHANNA
The star’s style evolution continues as she ditches the neutral makeup palette she wore earlier in the year for cotton-candy lips and exaggerated cat’s eyes at Z100’s Jingle Ball concert in N.Y.C.
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JESSICA ALBA
She’s been all about the glam recently, showing off bold red lips and smoky eyes on the red carpet, but the actress celebrated the opening of new L.A. Club the Conga Room with a clean, makeup-free look.
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SARAH MICHELLE GELLAR
The actress usually goes for a soft, natural look, but went seriously glam with smoky bronze eyes and pale lips this week.
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NAOMI WATTS
The new mom kept it clean for a Fashion Week event but went for all-out smoky eyes at the Toronto Film Festival.
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HAYDEN PANETTIERE
The young star switches between natural makeup and high drama looks like these heavy eyelashes and glossy red lips.
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KATHERINE HEIGL
Forget all the old sayings about girls in glasses – this newlywed occasionally sets off her classic beauty with sleek geometric frames.
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VICTORIA BECKHAM
The Spice Girl usually favors a sleek, straight bob and glossy lips – but on New Year’s Eve she stepped out with red lips, heavy smoky eyes and a headband over her updo.
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SCARLETT JOHANSSON
Red alert! The actress makes her pout the priority with bold red lipstick and just a touch of eye makeup at the Paris premiere of The Spirit after rocking bold black liner and pale lips at a charity gala the previous month.
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CHRISTINA AGUILERA
One night, two pouts. The singer tries out deep red at the American Music Awards, but switches to hot pink for Target’s Night of Music event after the show.
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MADONNA
It’s all about the glamour as the star heads to Gucci’s UNICEF dinner in red lips and classic liquid eye-liner – a departure from the heavy liner paired with subtle lips that she wore at a screening of Filth and Wisdom.
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MICHELLE TRACHTENBERG
The Gossip Girl star amps up the glamour with a sweep of crimson lipstick for a restaurant opening in Hollywood, then returns to her signature paler lip the next week for a gala in N.Y.C.
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QUEEN LATIFAH
The Secret Life of Bees makes her pout the focus with deep blackberry gloss-topped lips for the new film’s L.A. premiere – but it was all about her eyes at the Oscars earlier in the year.
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KATE WALSH
The Private Practice star goes for high glamour on the Emmys red carpet with lipstick in a chic shade of scarlet – but earlier this summer she went for a more down-to-earth tone at a Beverly Hills charity event.
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JOY BRYANT
The model turned actress can either keep it simple with a nude face or turn up the volume for premieres with a golden look.