The makeup looks at Monday night’s Met Gala was dripping in beauty! From glowing bases to eccentric eye looks; the makeup artists of these starlets came and conquered. Fortunately for the bride-to-be, a lot of these looks are quite attainable with the right products and application methods. So we’ve taken the liberty to develop a list of beauty products you or your bridal MUA can use to re-create our favorite beauty looks of the night.
Check out our curated beauty list below and let us know which was YOUR favorite beauty moment from the 2023 Met Gala using the hashtag #BlackBride1998!
Keke’s Smoldering Smokey
Keke Palmer’s ode to 60’s mod fashion was made complete with her retro-inspired glam. Accompanied by stunningly pouf-ed hair, Keke’s makeup look by Sheika Daley encompassed a smokey eye, blushed cheek, and the most perfect, Brown Girl-friendly pinky-nude lip. This look would be great for the bride that wants something that can easily go from an early evening ceremony to a night reception.
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Rihanna’s Stunna Glam
Rihanna’s floral and pearl-heavy fashions were an absolute show stopper on the Met Gala red carpet, but her makeup look, created by her longtime MUA Priscilla Ono also shined bright! The face featured her signature, bold, red lip, a perfectly contoured cheek, and shimmering brow bone. For a bride looking for an eye-catching option, although seemingly complex, this look is rather easy to achieve with the right products.
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Gabrielle’s Matte Moment
For the matte lovers, Gabrielle Union was a shining example of how to do matte well thanks to her makeup artist, Esther Edeme. Gabrielle’s makeup look was fairly simplistic with nude, cool tones as the guiding hue and a dramatic, black eyeliner as the main attraction. This look exudes sultry and could be a winner for a bachelorette night leading up to the big day.
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Naomi’s Top Model Glow
Glowing and luminous, Naomi’s Met look by beauty world titan Pat McGrath was one for the books. While that skin-like, healthy glow all our favorite models don seems to be a hard look to achieve, this no makeup, makeup look is actually fairly easy to emulate. If you’re a bride that’s looking for a makeup look that highlights your natural beauty this product combination is it!
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Michaela’s Mahogany Flush
Michaela Coel served as a co-chair of the 2023 Met and while her look was overwhelmingly stunning, so was her face card made heavenly by Pat McGrath! From the perfect melanated foundation match highlighted with a flush of color peachy blush-lip combo, this effortless look would be a great beachy bridal option for a destination wedding.
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Yara’s Bronzed Beauty
Warm-toned and glorious, Yara Shahidi’s glam at the Met was one of her best makeup looks yet! Fresh but sophisticated, this 90s-esque beauty look inspired by the glamour of Naomi Campbell and Yasmeen Ghauri was sublimely put on by celebrity MUA Nikki Wolff. This bold bronze look could be a go-to go for a welcome/rehearsal dinner beat.
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Halle’s Ethereal Glimmer
Ethereal and dreamy, Halle Bailey’s 2023 Met Gala glam was one for the books. Crafted by Christiana Cassell, the look was made majestically luminous thanks to the sparkling essences of Halle’s eye look, her highlight, and that radiant body glow. This look is giving bridal goals, soft yet striking no bride could go wrong with this as their bridal glam.
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Written by Fashion Writer, Kennedi LéShea.
