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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Chloe Mac Donnell

From the Met Gala to your Instagram feed: how ugly beauty took over fashion

Doja Cat at the Met Gala in New York in May.
Doja Cat at the Met Gala in New York in May. Photograph: Matt Crossick/PA

When Doja Cat arrived at the Met Gala on Monday night, you’d be forgiven for thinking she had been caught in a downpour. Her dress was soaked and streaks of mascara streamed down her face. The look, which turned out to be the work of makeup artist Pat McGrath, has since gone viral.

The American rapper wasn’t the only one to veer away from traditional red carpet beauty that night. Actor Amanda Seyfried dyed her blond hair grey and, rather than the traditional red, her lips were a lurid purple, the colour of verbena. Zendaya, who walked the carpet not once but twice, wore her eyebrows so pencil-thin that they almost disappeared.

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