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    5 best beauty looks from the Billboard Awards 2016

    From Ciara's blunt fringe to Jessica Alba's creative top knot, these are the best hair and make-up looks from the Billboard Awards 2016

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    Published 23 May 2016 In Buying Guides

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    From Ciara's blunt fringe to Jessica Alba's creative top knot, these are the best hair and make-up looks from the Billboard Awards 2016

    There s something about a music awards red carpet. Each year we wait with baited breath to see who will be most creative with their look and who will completely unleash their wild side - and the Billboard Music Awards 2016 were no different. And like every year before it, this one didn t disappoint, showcasing amazing top knots, fabulous fringes, graphic lids and matching lipstick and eyeshadow.

    Setting the stakes high was Ciara, who proved that an hour in the stylist s chair isn t needed to look effortlessly chic. Her long hair was simply pulled back into a chic loop-knot, allowing her heavy bangs to take centre stage creating the perfect face-framing tendrils to show off her glowing complexion and subtle smokey eyes.

    Zendaya, meanwhile, stepped out with a super sleek style (she recently rocked an ace bowl cut at the Met Gala), complemented by soft pink, tonal make-up to suit her dusty pink two-piece ensemble, while Keke Palmer totally blew us away, managing to pull off the sexy latex look on the red carpet and combined two favourite looks of the night a top knot and blunt fringe teaming her partly shaved do with a plum lipstick and matching eyeshadow.

    Also on the scene was the ever beautiful, Mila Kunis, who proved that a little bit of eye shadow can go a long way, adding a touch of metallic lilac to her lids for a soft-yet-modern look and Jessica Alba, who left her staple romantic make-up and do at home, unleashing her inner rock chick with a sharp top knot and royal blue graphic eye all balanced perfectly with a delicate ear cuff.

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    Click through to see all the best beauty looks from the Billboard Awards 2016...

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    Click through to see all the best beauty looks from the Billboard Awards 2016...

    Zendaya

    Zendaya

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    Zendaya has become a red carpet favourite and we loved her low-key make-up look which let her killer outfit really do the talking.

    Keke Palmer

    Keke Palmer

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    Keke Palmer rocked her partly shaved head with a voluminous top knot and short blunt bangs - complemented by a plum lipstick and matching eyeshadow. 

    Mila Kunis

    Mila Kunis

    Mila Kunis
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    Mila Kunis added a touch of metallic lilac eyeshadow to her lids for a soft, yet modern look. 

    Jessica Alba

    Jessica Alba

    Jessica Alba
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    Jessica Alba ditched her standard beachy waves and romantic make-up for an edgier, sharp topknot and royal blue graphic eye.

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