Blake Lively is human sunshine, and we are counting down the minutes – no, seconds – until she wins the Met Gala red carpet again on Monday. Not just by literally matching the carpet (I know you've seen those memes), but by always. nailing. the brief. There's a theme, people! And it seems understanding the assignment doesn't come but once a year, because Blake just said to the world: "Oh, Barbiecore? Watch thissss."
The Barbie Movie tour is underway and everything has gone pink, blonde, and apparently even blue contact lens sales are up (too far people). But as someone who had all the ingredients to work with already, Blake Lively's doll transformation is spectacular.
The actress was attending a formal celebration with friends and recruited hair stylist Jennifer Yepez to create the most incredible XXL curly half-up hairstyle, and yes I'm starting back to front but just look!
It sails all the way down to her waist and in Jennifer's own words: "Definitely real life Barbie 🎀".
The makeup was matched by Carolina Gonzales, who gave Blake a frosty eye look to make her blue eyes even icier, and that cool toned pink blush and lip that's booming thanks to Barbiecore beauty.
Blake said the pair had her looking like a 'Human Facetune' and while that's not something we'd tend to celebrate, we can get on board for a Barbie moment. She is plastic after-all.
Everyone's clicking on...
Now, all we're wondering is how she made £££ Manolo Blahnik's remind us of plastic Barbie shoes?
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Elena Chabo is Cosmopolitan UK's former beauty writer, working on everything from buzzy celeb news and trending beauty, to sincere first-person reviews and engaging video content for social media. She also creates meatier features and expert-led how-to guides, for print and online. Her passion for Black beauty, textured hair, and the ways beauty interacts with culture, society, identity and relationships, quickly took over her writing career and led her into beauty journalism. Following an MA in Magazine Journalism in 2017, she cut her teeth across various roles at Stylist Magazine, before taking on a Digital Writer role at Good Housekeeping. It was here that beauty took centre stage and she launched and ran the site's first stand-alone beauty section. Remaining at Hearst, she joined the Cosmo beauty team in 2022. Find her on LinkedIn.
