Amanda Seyfried's Gray Hair Is the Best Jaw-Dropper of the 2024 Met Gala
How her beauty look stood apart from her contemporaries.
Tonight's Met Gala included some of the best beauty looks we've seen on any red carpet in ages, including gothic makeup, towering updos, and dewy, spring-inspired faces. But every year, we witness a handful of stars transcend trends, sporting unique looks that even the most seasoned beauty experts couldn't predict. This year, one of those celebrities is Amanda Seyfried, who wore her hair in shiny, slick ringlets dyed metallic silver for the occasion.
Seyfried's updo matched her silver dress and leafy tiara, giving her an all-over chrome look that channeled both the Met Gala's garden theme and a sense of futurism. At the front, Seyfried's hair was shaped with gel into a thick, ornate ringlet that snaked down the side of her forehead, with hints of other curls peeking out from under her tiara.
Seyfried's look comes courtesy of celebrity hairstylist Renato Campora, who has styled Seyfried before and has also worked with the likes of Kate Winslet, Eiza Gonzalez, Emily Blunt, and more. To achieve the style, he used Kristin Ess hot tools to smooth and style Seyfried's hair.
The dress code of this year's Met Gala was "The Garden of Time," which sparked the majority of attendees to appear in florals and dewy, spring-like looks. Seyfried's interpretation of the theme brought a modern element to the conception, leaning into the futuristic elements of "time" rather than the more literal idea of being in a garden. Her hairpiece and regal updo may also allude to "Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion," which is the exhibition that this year's gala is set to support.
Regardless of Seyfried and Campora's inspiration, the gray hair look is one of our favorites and we're hoping it sparks a new trend.
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Gabrielle Ulubay is a Beauty Writer at Marie Claire. She has also written about sexual wellness, politics, culture, and fashion at Marie Claire and at publications including The New York Times, HuffPost Personal, Bustle, Alma, Muskrat Magazine, O'Bheal, and elsewhere. Her personal essay in The New York Times' Modern Love column kickstarted her professional writing career in 2018, and that piece has since been printed in the 2019 revised edition of the Modern Love book. Having studied history, international relations, and film, she has made films on politics and gender equity in addition to writing about cinema for Film Ireland, University College Cork, and on her personal blog, gabrielleulubay.medium.com. Before working with Marie Claire, Gabrielle worked in local government, higher education, and sales, and has resided in four countries and counting. She has worked extensively in the e-commerce and sales spaces since 2020, and spent two years at Drizly, where she developed an expertise in finding the best, highest quality goods and experiences money can buy.
Deeply political, she believes that skincare, haircare, and sexual wellness are central tenets to one's overall health and fights for them to be taken seriously, especially for people of color. She also loves studying makeup as a means of artistic expression, drawing on her experience as an artist in her analysis of beauty trends. She's based in New York City, where she can be found watching movies or running her art business when she isn't writing. Find her on Twitter at @GabrielleUlubay or on Instagram at @gabrielle.ulubay, or follow her art at @suburban.graffiti.art
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