An everyday makeup look is perfect for, well, everyday. When you’ve got just a few minutes to get ready, run out the door, grab breakfast and make that morning meeting in the knick of time, there’s little room left for a 10-step routine. Instead, we often settle for easy-to-apply coverage like a tinted moisturizer, a few swipes of eye-opening mascara and a small pop of color.
But what happens when it’s not just any old day, and you want to bring some heat with your beat? Whether it’s an actual special occasion or you’re just feeling the makeup moment, don’t shy away from going big, bold, and daring. Take your time applying false lashes, sculpting your cheekbones with a contouring kit and drawing a cat eye that for once, isn’t crooked.
Take a note from celebrities who always capitalize on the chance to experiment and have fun with their makeup. For instance, instead of settling for black eyeliner, why not up the ante like Lupita Nyong’o and use jewels to create a cat eye shape?
And if you need a break from wearing bold, statement lipsticks, take Jasmine Sanders’ lead and douse your eyelids in the brightest blue shadow you can find. That’s just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to red carpet beauty worth recreating. We’ve rounded up the most standout makeup moments from celebrities in 2018 and the inspiration is major. We’re talking white-out moments, red hot eyeshadow and bedazzled eyebrows.
See all of our favorites, ahead and take note for your 2019 vision board.
Alicia Vikander
Vikander chose to leave her cat-eyes open instead of filling them in for this silhouette beat from May.
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Amber Heard
Heard altered the classic black-eyeliner-and-red-lip look when she added small diamonds under her eyes in May.
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Andra Day
Who says you can't match your clothes to your makeup? Day pulls off purple eyeshadow and a red lip in January.
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Ashley Graham
We're all about the smokey eye taking on different colors, like Graham did with green back in March.
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Cynthia Erivo
Though technically not makeup, Erivo's bejeweled eyebrows from May couldn't be left out of the list.
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Emily Ratajkowski
In January, Ratajkowski nailed this red eyeshadow look and we love that it's mainly only one pigment.
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Hailey Baldwin
Baldwin stepped out in February with this powerful almost-black lip.
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Joan Smalls
A simple face paired with the neon blue eyeliner is a major mood from Smalls' May look.
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Issa Rae
The pink shadow is killer on Rae's skin, but it's the inner-eye eyeliner that has us cheering on this look from January.
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Jasmine Sanders
Sanders's gray eyes were piercing in June with this electric blue surrounding them.
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Kristen Stewart
Stewart shows how to rock a bold lip and eyes in this green eyeshadow paired with coral lips from May.
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Katherine Langford
The actress show-stopped with a daring blue eyeliner in April.
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Lady Gaga
Gaga let her eyes do the talking with dark colors paired with glitter in January.
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Leomie Anderson
In May, Anderson went blue for this dramatic cat-eye.
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Lily Collins
Aside from the red teardrop, Collins's silver-glitter makeup from May has us swooning.
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Madeline Brewer
A mix of pastel and neon green graced Brewer's eyelids in April.
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Martha Hunt
Hunt proved the saying "Diamonds are a girl's best friend" true in June.
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Morena Baccarin
We're loving the bold green color against Baccarin's brown eyes from this May look.
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Rihanna
It's hard to go all one color, but the singer committed to the eggplant theme in this June beat.
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Ruth Negga
A gold eyeshadow may seem commonplace, but we can't get past how Negga used it only on the inner half of her eye in May.
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Scarlett Johansson
This bold eye look was made even bolder when Johansson chose purple and pink pigments in April.
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Tessa Thompson
In May, Thompson went all white everything with a bold under-eye white liner.
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Frances McDormand
In March, McDormand showed us all no makeup is just as good as any glam.
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Saoirse Ronan
Sometimes a bold lip can look shocking on an otherwise clean face, however, Ronan pulled it off in January.
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Tracee Ellis Ross
Usually people opt for thick eyeliner on top or bottom, but Ellis Ross went with both in this daring look from January.
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Amandla Stenberg
A quick swipe of vibrant yellow across Stenberg’s eyelid from June is enough to make us run out and get a yellow pencil.
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Janelle Monae
We’re all about Monae’s metallic green under-eye eyeliner with a subdued face from January.
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Bella Hadid
Hadid impressed us proving that light blue liner in the crease can make a bold statement with very little.
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Lais Ribeiro
This Victoria’s Secret model wore this graphic shadow to the iHeartRadio Music Festival in September.
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Ciara
Straying away from her usually neutral makeup routine, Ciara rocked a bold red lip and glittery eyes to a red carpet.
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Shay Mitchell
Mitchel proved a little smokey liner can go very far at Revolve’s Second Annual Award Show.
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Jenna Dewan
Dewan attended the Variety and Women in Filmed 2018 Pre- Emmy Celebration with a fresh-faced makeup look paired with a bold fuscia lip.
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Lady Gaga
Contrast is key. Gaga’s shimmery smokey eyes and dark brows contrasted well with her stunning platinum locks.
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Halsey
Halsey wore wings to the 2018 Victoria’s Secret Fashion show in the most untraditional way possible. Avant-garde to the max!
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Katherine Langford
Langford replicated a mini galaxy on her eyes with Swarovski crystals at the 2018 Teen Choice Awards.
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Lily Rose Depp
Depp made a statement with her sharp contour at a Chanel Paris Show at the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art.
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Rihanna
Rihanna, of course, served major looks at her Fenty Beauty Anniversary event this year sporting a frosty gunmetal lip.
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Tracee Ellis Ross
Ross reminds us it’s not a bad thing to toss tangerine into the mix with her look from the 70th Emmy Awards.
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Scarlett Johansson
A little bit of glitter can go a long way.
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Melanie Liburd
Brown-eyed girls take note! This iridescent wisteria eye look will make your eyes pop!
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Zendaya
Complimenting her vibrant purple dress, Zendaya stunned us with a plum smokey eye in September.
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Amandla Stenberg
The actress and activist opted for vibrant orange liner at Equality Now's Annual Make Equality Reality Gala.
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Lupita Nyong'o
In June 2018, the Oscar winner bejeweled her cat eye for the Annual Accessories Council Awards.
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