These Are the Best Beauty Looks from the 2016 CFDA Awards

Updos and nude lips for summer.

By Andrea Navarro

June 6, 2016

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The CFDA awards bring out your favorite celebrities and models, alongside their fashion designer friends. The star studded event may focus on fashion, but the beauty looks are usually just as amazing. This year, we expect to see a lot of updos and heat-proof hairstyles, along with bronzy summer makeup. The CFDA awards are basically the kickoff event for summer beauty inspiration. Take down notes and click through to see some of our favorite looks from the red carpet..
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Karlie Kloss
Karlie swapped her short waves for a towering topknot with face-framing layers.

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Jasmine Tookes
Jasmine Tookes made sure her sparkly dress had a glitter smoky eye to match.
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Martha Hunt
Martha Hunt kept the flyaways at bay with her middle-parted half-updo.

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Olivia Culpo
Olivia Culpo took a natural approach with her nude lips and slicked back hair.
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Lauren Conrad
Lauren stepped out of her comfort zone and wore a dark eggplant lip on the red carpet.

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Alexa Chung
Alexa Chung chose smoldering eyeliner to complement her edgy leather dress.
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Ciara
Ciara dyed her hair a few shades lighter and added some tousled waves.

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Doutzen Kroes
Doutzen Kroes went for it with a wet hair look. Leave it to a supermodel to pull this one off.
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Rosie Huntington-Whiteley
Rosie kept it casual with her straight 'do, and a mauve-colored lip on her iconic pout.

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Adriana Lima
Adriana also wore the wet look for the night, and deep maroon lipstick for a vampier vibe.
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Olivia Palermo
Olivia Palermo switched things up with a half-up style for the big event.

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Joan Smalls
Joan Smalls wore a short black wig with sharp bangs, making the ultimate statement.
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Jourdan Dunn
Jourdan Dunn's smoky eye was the center of attention for her look tonight.

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Shanina Shaik
Shanina was a classic summer beauty in her all natural makeup look.
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Josephine Skriver
Josephine added to tonight's tradition of wearing wet hair on the red carpet, but paired it with bare-faced makeup.

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Elsa Hosk
Elsa's side-swept retro waves matched her signature bombshell look.
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