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In 2011, we rooted for our favorite spokesbeauties and welcomed new, exciting campaigns starring some of the world's most stunning faces. Behold, a look at some of the year's best hair and beauty ads:

JOURDAN DUNN for YVES SAINT LAURENT

Featuring Yves Saint Laurent's most iconic product, "magic wand" Touche Éclat, this elegant ad marked model mama Jourdan Dunn's first solo beauty campaign. It was also her first major partnership with a beauty brand.

GATE MAYA HAILE for FASHION FAIR

Gate Maya Haile may have intially studied nursing but now she's killing us with her flawless good looks and delicious bronze skin. Starring in Fashion Fair's stunning holiday ad with makeup by Creative Director and makeup master Sam Fine, there's no way we can resist her "Siren Call." [...]

Editor's note: In celebration of the new year, many of 2011's most popular posts will be rewritten and updated in order to attract a new host of readers. In the meantime, enjoy! Check out last year's top ten list of popular posts.

Ever since I bit the bullet and bought an iPhone earlier this month (the iPhone 4S was sold out and I was already impatient), I couldn't seem to tear myself away as I'm having too much fun! It is one of the best purchases I've made in 2011! I've downloaded apps (newest one is Nicki Minaj's Pink Friday app), checked in with Foursquare, uploaded pics to Instagram and vibed to my favorite stations on Pandora. Keep up with me when I'm not delivering the latest tea, babes!

But since 2012 is on the horizon, it's back to work. I've compiled the top five popular posts of 2011 on Blaq Vixen Beauty:[...]