Selena Gomez is one of those stars that can go from glamazon to cool girl grunge to preppy princess, all in a week, and yet each seems authentic. Maybe it's just because she hasn't boxed herself in and clearly loves experimenting? All we know is, we're here for the versatility.
Visiting Paris with Rare Beauty, she's done exactly what we would do and totally leant into that Parisian chic, with an extra preppy dose that keeps a subtle American touch. An American in Paris, if you will. Our favourite of these Dior and Chanel filled looks has to be the preppiest of half-up hairsyles by stylist Daya Ruci.
Pulling the top layer up into a neat half-up ponytail, Selena's hair is adorned with the most adorable black bejewelled Chanel bow, sitting a-top the elevated school girl style. It's giving Blair Waldorf which is always a win.
Despite the half-up, the lower layers look so thick, luscious and glossy in their soft curls, we just want to reach through the screen and touch them (with permission of course).
One of our fave's Hung Vanngo, was the genius behind the makeup for the look. His client list would make you feel feint, and he delivered an edge on the preppy look with an exaggerated dark liner on the otherwise pretty peachy glam. Thanks to Hung, we also know that lip she's so chicly applying is a combo of Rare Beauty lip liner in 'Wise' (currently sold out) and their lipstick in 'Creative'.
Worn with a silky white blouse and what looks to be black pleated skirt, this is what I thought I looked like in school in my Gossip Girl era (I didn't go in without a bow for at least two years), but photos can confirm otherwise.
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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.
