We do our fair share of reporting on the lipstick colors your favorite celebs wear, but no one does a great lip look better than Jessica Alba. Thanks to a risk-taking attitude and working with makeup artists like Lauren Andersen, Monika Blunder, and Fiona Stiles, the colors and textures she wears are always inspiring. Here are our favorites!
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Hands down one of our favorite looks Alba has ever sported, here she is at the Golden Globes last year.
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Alba wears Hourglass’ Opaque Rouge Liquid Lipstick ($28) in Riviera.
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For a Nylon magazine party earlier this month, Blunder gave Alba a pale nude pout.
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Alba wears Charlotte Tilbury’s Lipstick ($23) in Nude Kate.
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At an event for Stand Up to Cancer, Alba wears an inky red lip courtesy of Andersen.
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Alba wears Chanel’s Precision Lip Definer ($29) in Vamp under Chanel Rouge Allure Velvet Lipstick ($34) in L’Exquise.
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Alba was one of the first to try the orange lip trend, this time for the Spike Awards in 2012.
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Stiles gave Alba her bright orange pout with Armani’s Lip Maestro ($33) in Tibetan Orange.
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Another perfectly pale lip by Blunder, this time for the 2014 People Choice Awards.
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Alba wears Lancome’s Rouge in Love Lipstick ($29) in 343B Fall in Rose.
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For the Kenzo fashion show in Paris, makeup artist Daniel Martin gave Alba a glossy red lip.
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Martin used Nars’ Lipliner Pencil ($24) in Jungle Red under Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics’ Stained Gloss ($18) Meta.
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Makeup artist Beau Nelson gave Alba her bubblegum pink pout for a book signing in Texas.
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Nelson used Nars’ Satin Lip Pencil ($25) in Yu on Alba.
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Andersen gave Alba a deep wine pout for a Piperlime event last year.
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Andersen used Avon’s Ultra Color Lipstick ($8) in Perfect Red.
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The perfect purple hue Alba wore to a Power of Women event in Los Angeles came courtesy of Blunder.
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Alba wears Nars’ Pure Matte Lipstick ($26) in La Paz.