If there’s one beauty mantra to be gleaned from the week’s best beauty looks, it’s that once a good hair situation is sorted, makeup can be the proverbial cherry on top.
Made-the-effort holiday polish permeated every carefully crafted ringlet (Penélope Cruz) and well-behaved set of bangs (Felicity Jones)—even Kendall Jenner’s air-dried waves had the kind of high-sheen finish that takes more than a wash-and-go hair routine.
Makeup was a desk-to-dinner warrior’s delight: Upgraded nudes abounded, whether by way of a flick of metallic eyeliner (Poppy Delevingne); glossy bronzed lids (Anna Cleveland); or, in the case of Sarah Jessica Parker, smoked eyes supercharged with a stroke of blackest kohl. But if you’re more of a lip person, take a page from the Brazilian bombshell faction: Lais Ribeiro and Alessandra Ambrosio’s pressed-on ruby stains proved that an end-of-work application of your favorite shade of red promises to fade into a stellar holiday beauty solution—no touch-ups necessary.
