What's Her Best Makeup?

From lips to eyes, changing makeup styles is all in a day's work for stars. Vote on their best looks

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JESSICA ALBA

JESSICA ALBA
Bauer-Griffin; Stephane Cardinale/People Avenue/Corbis

Changing her makeup as often as her outfits during Paris Couture Fashion Week, the shifts from dark eyes and light lips at the Christian Dior show to black liner and ruby lips at Chanel the next day.

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KATE HUDSON

KATE HUDSON
Alexander Tamargo/WireImage; Peter Kramer/AP

A little lipstick and liner take the from laid-back beauty to Hollywood glamour girl.

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GISELE BÜNDCHEN

GISELE BÜNDCHEN
Frederic Nebinger/Abaca; Peter Kramer/AP

In true supermodel style, the trades a natural eye for dramatic angular eye shadow.

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EVA LONGORIA PARKER

EVA LONGORIA PARKER
Rune Hellestad/Landov; Brian Zak/Sipa

After pairing black liner and red ruby lipstick at one event, the left her lips nude but added a twinkle to her eyes with icy blue shadow.

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JANUARY JONES

JANUARY JONES
Fernando Allende/UOL/Broadimage; Evan Agostini/AP

Red lips and black top liner let the Mad Men star show off her classic side earlier this year – but she went all-out with smoky ebony shadow at the Met Gala.

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KATE WALSH

KATE WALSH
Kyle Rover/Startraks; Demis Maryannakis/Splash News Online

Equally comfortable glamorous or natural, brings both to the red carpet, rocking smoked-out shimmer shadow early in the year and a barely-there look at a recent movie event.

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SELENA GOMEZ

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PA Photos/Landov, KCSPresse/Splash News Online

The Wizards of Waverly Place brews up a bewitching look with scarlet lips at a red carpet event before switching back into a freshly-scrubbed teen at the launch of her juniors clothing line.

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KIRSTEN DUNST

KIRSTEN DUNST
Rabbani and Solimene Photography/WireImage; Evan Agostini/AP

The usually sticks to a neutral beauty palette, but she boldly debuted persimmon lipstick at the Tribeca Film Fest.

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SANDRA BULLOCK

SANDRA BULLOCK
Jeffrey Mayer/WireImage; Dan MacMedan/WireImage

After softly smoking-out navy shadow and adding taupe lips at the NAACP Image Awards, shifted to muted liner and a hot-pink pout to take home her Oscar.

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ZOE SALDANA

ZOE SALDANA
Frezza La Fata/Startraks; Gregg DeGuire/PictureGroup

Avon’s newest fragrance face, shows no trace of her vibrant blue Avatar palette, shifting from nude lips at an event in Milan to crimson at a luncheon in Beverly Hills.

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CAREY MULLIGAN

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Jim Smeal/BEImages; Steve Granitz/WireImage

The Oscar contender hit the nominees luncheon with dramatic matte red lips – but when it came to the big night, she polished them with nude gloss instead.

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CAMILLA BELLE

CAMILLA BELLE
Michael Williams/Startraks; Jason Merritt/Getty

Camilla shows off her luminous skin to perfection with a softly smoky eye and clear gloss before spotlighting her lips at a pre-Oscars party with fuchsia lipstick.

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MICHELLE TRACHTENBERG

MICHELLE TRACHTENBERG
Amanda Schwab/Starpix/Startraks; Michael Loccisano/WireImage

The Gossip Girl schemer plays up her porcelain complexion with nude lips one night, then a glossy red pout the next.

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LEIGHTON MEESTER

LEIGHTON MEESTER
Ramey; ANG/Fame

The Gossip Girl is fresh-faced near the Musée D’Orsay in Paris, then turns up the glamour several days later with deep coral lips and precisely lined eyes.

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DIANE KRUGER

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Billy Farrell/Patrick McMullan/Sipa; Bauer-Griffin

The former model looks equally chic with dark lips and smoky eyes as with a nearly makeup-free face.

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SCARLETT JOHANSSON

SCARLETT JOHANSSON
Evan Agostini/PictureGroup; Charles Sykes/AP

The of Dolce & Gabbana The Makeup, rocks a fresh look at one event before pairing two of summer’s top beauty trends: jade shadow and coral lips.

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SARAH JESSICA PARKER

SARAH JESSICA PARKER
Virginia Sherwood/NBC; PA Photos/Landov

ups the wattage of her gaze by shifting from a soft, neutral eye to electric blue shadow.

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CATHERINE ZETA JONES

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Will Ragozzino/Sipa; Charles Sykes/Rex

From sugar-plum fairy to ice queen! The Broadway smoked out her eyes with deep purple shadow before dusting frosty shadow from lash-line to brow-bone.

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JESSICA SZOHR

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Jamie McCarthy/WireImage; Neilson Barnard/WireImage

The day after dressing her lips in bright red, the Gossip Girl went completely nude – with her lipstick!

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GWYNETH PALTROW

GWYNETH PALTROW
Fernando Leon/Elevation/PictureGroup; Johns-Maryannakis/Splash News Online

After rocking a sexy smoky eye at the CFDA Awards, the makes her skin the focus with a fresh-faced look at friend Stella McCartney’s fashion presentation.

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WHITNEY PORT

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Amanda Schwab/Startraks; Evan Agostini/Elevation/PictureGroup

The reality goes from girl-next-door to glamour-girl with top liner and metallic shadow.

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ASHLEY GREENE

ASHLEY GREENE
Frezza La Fata/Startraks; Jeff Vespa/WireImage

The Twilight was in the mood for a romance when she paired berry lips with light eyes, a look she traded for all-out glamour at another event by smoking out her lids from lash-line to brow-bone.

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RIHANNA

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Splash News Online; Flynet

The adds a wild touch to her iridescent shadow with feathered false lashes for a night out in London, before playing up a leopard-print dress with wild-cat eyeliner and ruby lips in Dublin.

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KATE HUDSON

KATE HUDSON
Johns PkI/Splash News; Luis Guerra/Ramey

The club-hopped in N.Y.C. with a pared-back palette – but for her first official event as the face of Almay, she played up her eyes with shimmery chestnut tones.

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DEMI LOVATO

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Jordan Strauss/WireImage (2)

Dewy cheeks and pink lips create a soft-focus glamour, while matte skin and nude lips give a high-drama look.

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SELENA GOMEZ

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Jeff Christensen/AP; Jesus Aparicio/BuzzFoto

The transforms from fresh-faced teen to glamour girl with just a stroke of red lipstick.

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SIENNA MILLER

SIENNA MILLER
KCSPresse/Splash News Online; Pascal Le Segretain/Getty

Clothes aren’t the only way changes up her look, trying scarlet lipstick at one event before swapping it out for bare lips days later.

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HILARY SWANK

HILARY SWANK
Tony DiMaio/Abaca; Charles Eshelman/FilmMagic

After making Hollywood’s ice-princess trend her own with a shimmer of blue shadow, the actress warmed up to a neutral eye.

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BLAKE LIVELY

BLAKE LIVELY
George Pimentel/WireImage; JPI

Her ruby red lips were the talk of The Town at the movie’s Toronto Film Festival debut, but made a quieter statement at the film’s Boston premiere with a whisper-soft pink pout.

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RACHEL BILSON

RACHEL BILSON
Jennifer Polixenni Brankin/Everett; Michael Bowles/Startraks

Letting her eyes smolder at one event, set her lips ablaze at another with a hot pink hue.

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DAKOTA FANNING

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Jason Merritt/Getty; Slaven Vlasic/Getty

The mixes up her metals, changing from gilded lids at a premiere to silver shadow to attend Fashion’s Night Out at the Prada store.

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EMILY BLUNT

EMILY BLUNT
PA Photos/Landov; Byron Purvis/AdMedia

After painting her lips ruby for a charity function, the makes the Emmys all about the eyes with a dusting of platinum shadow.

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JANUARY JONES

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Alex J. Berliner/BEImages; Jeff Vespa/WireImage

The Mad Men star gives modern kohl liner a go before swapping the look for a ’60s cat eye at the Emmys.

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WHITNEY PORT

WHITNEY PORT
AJM/Press Association Images/Abaca; Vivien Killilea/WireImage

Freshly scrubbed skin gives way to ebony shadow as the takes her look from one end of the beauty spectrum to the other.

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JESSICA BIEL

JESSICA BIEL
Flynet; James Coldrey/FilmMagic

The brings the A-Team to Berlin, rocking a scarlet pout one day and a slick of sheer gloss the next.

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MISCHA BARTON

MISCHA BARTON
INF; Jon Furniss/WireImage

The goes from paring back her look to adding an angular sweep of top liner.
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