Her Gossip Girl co-star Blake Lively may have came out on top in our recent Best 'Sleb Hairstyles poll, but I think that the usually-can't-put-a-foot-wrong Leighton Meester is really letting the GG side down with this look. Strong eyes plus strong lips is perhaps the classic beauty no-no, and while I'm normally all for pushing beauty boundaries and trying new things and experimenting with looks and colours and textures, but I just don't think this beauty ensemble meshes well at all at all.
The individual elements are ok in their own right - the cherry red pout could work well, if the deathly pallor of her pale cheeks was warmed up with a daycent sweep of blusher. And I quite like the dusty purple smoky eye with gold highlights, even if it is a bit messy, zombie-who-got-punched-in-the-sockets looking.
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Other beauty editors have been falling over themselves to congratulate Leighton for her beauty bravery in chanelling the '80s with this look, but what do you make of it?
