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Yes, we all like to see the dresses, but style prep for that Met Gala starts way before that stage.
Hair, makeup and skin are simply as important as the beautiful gowns and suits, with beauty regimes taking place hours – if not days – prior to the event itself.
So, while you could spend hours perusing the looks for inspiration, area of the fun is knowing what the celebrities actually used.
Designer dresses are easy to pick out, but the exact shade of lipstick utilized on an actress can be difficult to figure out.
If you fancy replicating a hairstyle, makeup look or skincare regime from the Met Gala, keep reading as we take a dive into what continued before the celebrities set foot around the red carpet:
Makeup
Billie is made up by artist Robert Rumsey, who used Charlotte Tilbury Beauty products.
He says: 'The inspiration behind Billie's makeup look was old Hollywood glamour meets rockstar.
'We paired an abundant, smoldering smokey eye along with a nude lip by having an illuminating highlighter for the ultimate Hollywood glass-like glow.'
With heavier eyeliner at the base lashes (that has been less fashionable for a while towards bolder top lashes), Robert used the Rock 'n' Kohl Pencil in Bedroom Black for definition.
He also used two eyeshadow palettes, the Luxury Palette in The Sophisticate and Golden Goddess, then finished with heavy mascara.
The other standout part of her look is her sultry lip shade, which is in a burnished rose.
For that Robert lined her lips with Lip Cheat in Iconic Nude, then used K.I.S.S.I.N.G Lipstick in Runway Royalty.
As it is a full face of Charlotte Tilbury, he also used Light Wonder Foundation, Magic Away Concealer, Super Nudes Face Palette in Nudegasm and Cheek to Chic Blush in Pillow Talk.
'Old Hollywood glamour meets rockstar' it's.
Neon sounds scary, especially when green.
But makeup artist Kelsey Deenihan managed to get extremely wearable on Emma Chamberlain by surrounding the colour with black liner for definition.
From a distance, it's subtle and actually serves to brighten Emma's eyes.
The neon under consideration is the shade Syren from Byredo's Eyeshadow 5 Colour Palette.
Byredo was the brand preferred by Barbie too, as MUA Kali Kennedy told Hypebae.
She used Byredo Colour Stick in Purple Stinger and the Sciomancer Palette, focusing on the shade Electric Love.
Then still around the eyes, she purposefully clumped Barbie's lashes together using mascara, then the brand's liquid eyeliner for a graphic line.
Kali also used a technique referred to as blush draping, that is whenever you apply blush higher up, almost connected to the eyes to give a lifted effect.
Model Anja Rubik found her perfect 'my lips but better shade' through makeup artist Georgi Sandev.
He said: 'I find the lipstick
