The Beauty Looks That Slayed the 2020 Golden Globes Red Carpet

Welcome to award season 2020. It's time to wake from our winter slumber, and there's no better way to do it than with the excitement of the first award show of the New Year, the 77th Golden Globes.

Not only does this glamorous evening mark the first gathering of the Hollywood elite to celebrate the phenomenal TV and movie offerings from the past year, but it's also a fresh opportunity for the stars to set the tone for the red carpet season ahead (and collect their first round of statuettes, of course)—no pressure or anything.

It should come as a surprise to absolutely no one that our faves showed up with some incredible beauty looks for the affair. From stunning makeup to swoon-worthy hairstyles, everyone from Jennifer Lopez to Cynthia Erivo, Jennifer Aniston, Margot Robbie, and so many more of the best actors in the game gave us all the beauty inspo we'll need for a fierce 2020. Check out our favourite looks, ahead.

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Joey King
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This metallic smoky eye is the perfect look to kick off red carpet season.

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Bel Powley
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This pink-stained monochrome is a vibe.

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Greta Gerwig
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That sleek middle part and bubblegum-pink lip are the perfect additions to an otherwise subdued look.

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Dakota Fanning
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Fanning is giving us angel-on-earth vibes with her signature soft glam.

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Ana de Armas
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A bold red lip is always a good idea.

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Naomi Watts
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Soft waves and a bold lip capture Old Hollywood glam at its finest.

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Cynthia Erivo
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Yes, lashes! Yes, silver natural! Yes, smoldering stare!

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Winnie Harlow
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Blue eyeliner will be a staple in our 2020 makeup repertoire. 

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Olivia Colman
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Colman is giving us fresh skin and feathered brows—a winning combo in our book. We're also living for her cropped haircut, which is so timeless and elegant. 

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Tiffany Haddish
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Shimmering, silver shadow seems to be a trend tonight, and we're so here for it.

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Gugu Mbatha-Raw
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Whoever said orangey-red lipstick was only appropriate during the summer clearly never saw this shade on Mbatha-Raw.

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Margot Robbie
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Beachy waves are clearly Robbie's best friend, but that subtle lilac hue on her eyelid is something new. We're into it.

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Jodie Comer
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This slick, deep side part is so simple yet so sophisticated.

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Jennifer Aniston
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Aniston is proof that you don't have to do the most on the red carpet to totally shut it down.

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Michelle Williams
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It's no secret that we love a bob, and this old-school waved look is a gorgeous style on such a short cut.

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Phoebe Waller-Bridge
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We're loving the rock-and-roll vibe of Waller-Bridge's cascading bouffant. 

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Cate Blanchett
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This undone updo is effortlessly chic. And don't even get us started on that skin.

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Kirsten Dunst
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Offbeat red lips had a moment on the carpet too.

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Ansel Elgort
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It looks like the guys got the silver eye shadow memo too. More men in makeup this award season, please.

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Helen Mirren
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Leave it to this Dame to remind the girls that a cranberry lip stain always adds a little something special.

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Jennifer Lopez
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She's beauty, and she's grace. That J.Lo glow was on level one million this evening.

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Saoirse Ronan
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This simple look is just angelic.

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Kerry Washington
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Yes to everything happening here, but especially the shimmery gunmetal hue swept across Washington's lids. 

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Charlize Theron
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It looks like Theron cropped the dark bowl cut she had earlier this year back to her signature blonde pixie cut. She really is a hair chameleon.

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Zoë Kravitz
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Kravitz also brought a pixie cut to the party. The more, the merrier.

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Gwyneth Paltrow
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Paltrow was all about showing a little skin on the carpet, and the theme extended to her super-soft glam. She's proof that a strip of lashes and an impeccable skincare routine can really take you places.

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Shailene Woodley
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So here for the dull drama of Woodley's eye makeup.

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Taylor Swift
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Oh, and Taylor Swift was there.

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Priyanka Chopra
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Our 2020 mantra: shiny hair, full brows, can't lose.

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Reese Witherspoon
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Witherspoon showed us that a little bit of gel can take you from bob to boom, just like that.

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Lucy Boynton
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Lucy Boynton is no stranger to pushing the envelope with her edgy eye makeup, and tonight was no different. Kudos to the actress for really going for it, even when everyone else is keeping it low-key.

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Rachel Brosnahan
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Here we have another case for updated Old Hollywood glam, and we think it's a great idea.

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Nicole Kidman
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Another fresh face for the books. And that bold lip? Yes.

Up next, every striking look from the Golden Globes red carpet.

This piece originally appeared on Who What Wear U.S. 

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Courtney Higgs is a Cancer sun, Libra rising beauty enthusiast with about six years of experience in the editorial space. She was previously Who What Wear's associate beauty editor after spending many years working on the West Coast edit team at InStyle Magazine. She graduated from California State University, Northridge, with a BA in communication studies and pivoted to editorial after spending her college years working in the legal field. Her beauty philosophy is simple: She believes there are no wrong answers and that discovering our favorite beauty products and rituals is a journey, not a sprint. When she's not geeking out over products, she can be found adventuring around L.A. with her fiancé; watching reality TV with their French bulldog, Bernie Mac; or relating way too hard to astrology memes.