This year’s Met Gala dress code, “Fashion Is Art,” merged the worlds of couture and canvas, and the beauty looks followed suit. Makeup took on a painterly aesthetic, with stars turning their faces into the ultimate medium for the night’s biggest beauty trend: watercolor blush.
Skin moonlighted as the paper and pigment as the paint, with sheer washes swept across the cheeks in diffused, watercolor-esque layers. Celebrity beauty muses like Beyoncé and Gigi Hadid leaned into the look, with soft, flushed-from-within finishes. Veils of color created an elevated, high-fashion take on the skinimalist, clean girl glam that’s been dominating as of late, resulting in beats that felt like living portraits.
Ahead, all the best watercolor blush beauty moments from this year’s Met Gala carpet.
Gigi Hadid
Beyoncé
Joey King
Laufey
Madonna
Laura Harrier
Jisoo
Angela Bassett
Maude Apatow
Suki Waterhouse
Hunter Schaefer
Camila Morrone
Angel Reese
Karlie Kloss
Jasmine Hyman is the Assistant Beauty Editor at Cosmopolitan, where she writes about the latest beauty trends and must-have products. Her most prized beauty possessions are a meticulous skincare routine and salon blowouts. You’ll also likely find her in bed reading a good book or endlessly scrolling TikTok (spoiler: it’s usually the latter) while listening to Harry Styles’ entire discography on repeat. Follow her on Insta to be inundated with pictures of her meals.
