It’s not just about the fashion! Us Weekly Beauty Director Gwen Flamberg shares her picks for the 10 best hair, makeup and nail looks straight off the 2017 Met Gala red carpet.
The Top 10 Best Beauty Looks From the 2017 Met Gala, Ranked — Get the Details!
Red hot! Byrne hit the carpet with boyfriend Bobby Cannavale and a super chic ‘do. The X-Men: Apocalypse actress wore her auburn curls in an elaborate side-parted coif that reminded Us of the last days of disco and our favorite images of Studio 54.
Sometimes subtlety wins. Keough’s makeup pro, Beau Nelson, tells Stylish her Louis Vuitton gown inspired a flawless, natural makeup look that said “cool French girl.” Nelson wanted the brows to be a bold statement, so he darkened the Girlfriend Experience star’s arches with Avon’s True Color Glimmersticks Brow Definer in Brunette and followed with a swipe of Avon True Color Fiber Full Eyebrow Gel in Dark Brown to add heft and set them. Soft pink lips , kissed with Avon True Color Nourishing Lipstick in Peony Blush, offset the strong brows.
Yes, we were obsessed with Washington’s perfectly uneven mini-bangs and the gorgeous wash of mink on her lids (which was from Neutrogena’s Nourishing Long Wear Cocoa Mauve Eyeshadow Palette) but what really sent Us were the Scandal lead’s dark gray nails with a matte finish that added edge to an already fierce look. After base coat, nails were polished in OPI 4 In The Morning with no topcoat for a satin-like matte finish.
The teal hair, those CBGBs in the ‘80s-inspired eyes! Wood served some serious anti-establishment beauty, which we loved. With all that hardness, we loved hearing that her makeup artist, Toby Fleischman, softened the look with a tawny rose lip: Burt’s Bees Lip Crayon in Sedona Sands.
Meow! At once elegant, chic and drop-dead sexy, Depp’s calligraphed liner is a look we wish we could pull off for daily wear. Makeup maestro Kate Lee used two liners by Chanel to create the look. First, she rimmed upper and lower lash lines with Stylo Yeux Long Lasting Waterproof Eyeliner in Noir Intense. Then, she used the brand’s Pinceau Levres Biseauté Angled Lip Brush to draw two very sharp lines of Calligraphie de Chanel Longwear Cream Eyeliner in Hyperblack into the inner corners of the eye, plus a little under, creating a double cat eye that was pointed on the inside and the outside. With such a strong eye, she chose a sweet peach lipstick, Chanel Rouge Coco Ultra Hydrating Lip Colour in Catherine, which Depp apparently loves. “It was actually her own!” Lee says.
An easy, breezy ponytail that works on fashion’s highest red carpet? Yes, please! The supermodel's longtime mane man (and BFF) Harry Josh gathered soft, subtly sultry waves with just enough natural texture into a high ponytail at the crown.
In the pink! “I originally was going to do something very soft on Selena and kept that idea in mind for the most part when deciding on her makeup look. The twist was the bright pink eyeliner,” says the 13 Reasons Why producer’s makeup artist Hung Vanngo. Vanngo thought the shade would be a fun punch of color, without overpowering the look. Right he was! To create the shaded lid, Vanngo drew Marc Jacobs Beauty Highliner Matte Gel Eye Crayon Eyeliner in (Pop)ular 49 along the top lash lines, extending out towards the edge of brows, then used a brush to blend the liner into shape. The finishing touch? A wash of tone-on-tone shadow from the brand’s Stylo Eye-Con No 7 Plush Eyeshadow Palette in The Lover 220.
#Chic! She may be a chameleon when it comes to her hair, but never have we seen as elegant and powerful a look on the entrepreneur. We can’t be sure if it was a snip or a wig (she’s known to wear tons by her pro Tokyo Stylez!) but we can definitively say that the sleek, side-parted bright platinum chin-length bob with sharp edges was a stunner.
In living color! Nyong’o’s multi-colored color-blocked eye shadow gave Us life! The Star Wars: The Last Jedi actress' makeup artist, Nick Barose, smudged a variety of shades and textures “to create a dramatic look in touches of bold fuchsia, purple, blue, peach and yellow.” He used liner and shadows by Lancome including Liqui-Pencils in Cuivre, Pur Brilliant, Brique, Cote D’Azure and Ampoule as well as Color Design Eye Shadows in Miss Sweetheart D, Sapphire Lace, A Touch of Coral, All that Shimmers and Exhibition, using his finger to dab on and blend the edges of color.
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