Met Gala Beauty Was All About Goth Glam and Ethereal Fairy Shimmer

Met Gala Beauty Was All About Goth Glam and Ethereal Fairy Shimmer
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Are you team “dark and ominous” or “fresh reawakening”?

Didn’t we tell you that blush is back?! And that the goth renaissance is upon us? If you needed any further proof, the Met Gala 2024 beauty looks should put any lingering skepticism to rest. The “Garden of Time”-themed gala, which accompanied this year’s “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion” exhibition, was full of A-listers who were seemingly split into two different camps when it came to their interpretation of the theme: goth girls and ethereal fairies.

From the blushing beauties who went with a more-is-more approach on the apples of their cheeks to the edgy ingenues who went the dark forest nymph route, we loved seeing how everyone interpreted “The Garden of Time” with their hair and makeup looks.

Read on for our favourite Met Gala 2024 beauty moments, including glowy makeup, whimsically wavy hair, goth glam and cheeky micro-bangs.

The shimmering, blushing fairies

What says ethereal goddess more than a boatload of blush and shimmery, glowing highlighter that can be seen from space? Everyone from veteran Met guests like Kylie Jenner to Jennifer Lopez to first-timer Ayo Edebiri went for glowing makeup, and we loved every second of it. The below celebs transformed into real-life angels with their Met Gala 2024 beauty.

Ariana Grande

Did you expect anything less from the industry’s reigning fairy queen? Grande’s longtime makeup artist Michael Anthony created the stunning look using all R.E.M Beauty products. Her look was finished with custom petal wing appliqués by Daniel Vi Le glued onto the outer edges of her eyes.

Tyla

Photography by Getty Images, courtesy of Pat McGrath Labs

“We wanted Tyla glowing from head to toe,” writes makeup artist Pat McGrath. “The inspiration behind her overall look was the ‘sands of time,’ so her makeup was based all around sparkling sepia and brown tones.” The legendary makeup artist used Pat McGrath…

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