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How Your Favorite Celebrities Got Ready For The Met Gala
Sometimes it’s about the party *before* the party.
Sometimes the best part of the night is when you’re getting ready for the night. Start a party playlist, watch yourself transform via the magic of skincare, makeup, and hair, and it’s hard not to get pumped up. Well, stars– They’re just like us! They too, enjoy the art of getting ready. Although in celebrity world, the pre-event glam is a far more extensive and intense process and it often involves three–or more– key artists. An unexpected consequence of the drawn-out party prep is that a new genre of event Instagram posts have emerged: The behind the scenes “getting ready” post. For the 2021 Met Gala, the pre-party content did not disappoint.
Aside from the celebrities’ personal Instagrams, hairstylists’, makeup artists’, and manicurists’ accounts are the treasure troves of the best celebrity behind the scenes content. That’s where you can see the most up close and personal looks at the elaborate hair dos, makeup details, or fine point nail art, that are often too hard to see from across the red carpet.
For your viewing pleasure, we’ve rounded up some of our favorite hair, makeup, and nail images from before the 2021 Met Gala.
You can tell Pete Davidson takes self care very seriously, wearing his Staycoolnyc throw back tee shirt and indulging in a sheet mask (among other things).
Although her Met Gala look covered her entire face in opaque black fabric, Kim still got a full face beat by Mario Dedivanovic and wore an over-six-fit-long ponytail devised by Chris Appleton.
Emma Chamberlain took time to vlog during her session with makeup artist Kelsey Deenihan and hairstylist Laura Polko.
Barbie Ferreira’s pearly 3D manicure by Natalie Minerva definitely deserves its own moment on the grid.
Lupita Nyong’o and her longtime makeup artist Nick Barose wore matching denim for the party before the party.
Grimes’ sword, pink ponytail, and metal face mask might have taken some attention away from her makeup, but the pearls, rhinestones, and swooping winged liner was an equally dramatic part of her overall look.
Hairstylist Lacy Redway finished smoothing Hunter Schafer’s hair before makeup artist Sandy Ganzer affixed the final spooky accessories.
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