Holiday Makeup Inspiration

BET Beauty Lounge: It's holiday event time, so prepare with beauty tips from our guest make-up artist.

Holiday Beauty Exclusive - The wicked cold front sweeping the nation presents the perfect opportunity to play around with rich makeup looks that complement this frosty season. Several of our favorite celebs debuted some gorgeous looks and we’ve recruited makeup artist A.J. Crimson to give us tips to achieve at-home holiday glam.

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Holiday Beauty Exclusive - The wicked cold front sweeping the nation presents the perfect opportunity to play around with rich makeup looks that complement this frosty season. Several of our favorite celebs debuted some gorgeous looks and we’ve recruited makeup artist A.J. Crimson to give us tips to achieve at-home holiday glam.

Play Around - This season, embrace change. Makeup is fun and it’s meant to be an enhancing tool. It’s okay if you mess up. Just wash it off and start again.

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Play Around - This season, embrace change. Makeup is fun and it’s meant to be an enhancing tool. It’s okay if you mess up. Just wash it off and start again.

Fab Face: Rihanna - Rihanna’s mesmerizing gold eyeshadow at the 2010 American Music Awards had just a touch of emerald; perfect for the girl who’s anything but predictable. Her deep maroon tresses stole the show but left a little shine for her classic pale pink lip and rose-kissed cheeks.

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Fab Face: Rihanna - Rihanna’s mesmerizing gold eyeshadow at the 2010 American Music Awards had just a touch of emerald; perfect for the girl who’s anything but predictable. Her deep maroon tresses stole the show but left a little shine for her classic pale pink lip and rose-kissed cheeks.

Smooth Skin Tricks - If your skin is splotchy, apply a lighter shade of foundation first, and then finish off with your natural shade.

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Smooth Skin Tricks - If your skin is splotchy, apply a lighter shade of foundation first, and then finish off with your natural shade.

Fab Face: Raven-Symoné - Tyra Banks may have coined the term “smise” (smile with your eyes), but Raven-Symoné has perfected it. Of course her to-die-for smoky eyes added some extra definition.

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Fab Face: Raven-Symoné - Tyra Banks may have coined the term “smise” (smile with your eyes), but Raven-Symoné has perfected it. Of course her to-die-for smoky eyes added some extra definition.

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Brow-tacular - Natural brows are in! It’s about embracing it, shaping it, being yourself and letting the things that make you shine, shine brighter, so forget those over-tweezed looks. Damone Roberts makes some great brow products.

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Brow-tacular - Natural brows are in! It’s about embracing it, shaping it, being yourself and letting the things that make you shine, shine brighter, so forget those over-tweezed looks. Damone Roberts makes some great brow products.

Fab Face: Janelle Monáe - We loved Janelle Monáe’s old Hollywood look at Glamour Magazine’s 20th annual Women of the Year Awards. Her bold, retro lashes and bubble gum pink pout were the perfect touches of color and class.

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Fab Face: Janelle Monáe - We loved Janelle Monáe’s old Hollywood look at Glamour Magazine’s 20th annual Women of the Year Awards. Her bold, retro lashes and bubble gum pink pout were the perfect touches of color and class.

Lash Blast - The quick fix to short eyelashes is just a great strip. If they won't grow, just glue some on! A great friend of mine is Jamaal Buster and he has a great line of lashes.

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Lash Blast - The quick fix to short eyelashes is just a great strip. If they won't grow, just glue some on! A great friend of mine is Jamaal Buster and he has a great line of lashes.

Fab Face: Beyoncé - Nobody bares it all better than Beyoncé. As official hostess of Lorraine Schwartz’s “2BHappy Collection” jewelry launch, Mrs. Knowles-Carter proved that less is more with her sparkling taupe eyeshadow and iridescent glow.

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Fab Face: Beyoncé - Nobody bares it all better than Beyoncé. As official hostess of Lorraine Schwartz’s “2BHappy Collection” jewelry launch, Mrs. Knowles-Carter proved that less is more with her sparkling taupe eyeshadow and iridescent glow.

Red Hot - Play with reds. They’re great for the lips. Kissable Couture makes an amazing lip gloss called Fantasies. You can get it online and at select boutiques across the country.

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Red Hot - Play with reds. They’re great for the lips. Kissable Couture makes an amazing lip gloss called Fantasies. You can get it online and at select boutiques across the country.

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Fab Face: Chrisette Michele - Chrisette Michele recently showed up at the Carol’s Daughter store in Harlem rocking this scorching red lip and perfectly polished face. Her warm-hued blush looked absolutely amazing.

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Fab Face: Chrisette Michele - Chrisette Michele recently showed up at the Carol’s Daughter store in Harlem rocking this scorching red lip and perfectly polished face. Her warm-hued blush looked absolutely amazing.

Do You - Makeup is so different today than it was years ago. There used to be a specific look for winter, like a berry lip or a creased eye. But now I feel like makeup is just where you are in the moment and what you want to be. It’s almost like anything goes.

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Do You - Makeup is so different today than it was years ago. There used to be a specific look for winter, like a berry lip or a creased eye. But now I feel like makeup is just where you are in the moment and what you want to be. It’s almost like anything goes.