The first of two glam moments from Met Monday, Zendaya’s sleepy-eyed shadow, razor-thin brows and wilted-red rose lip painted by Raoul Alejandre gave peak garden goddess glam. With ‘I woke up like this’ hair styled by Ursula Stephen using Dyson’s Supersonic r Professional Hairdryer, she was a sleeping beauty indeed. Hang this work of art in the museum, stat.

As if just plucked from the pages of a fairytale, Sarah Jessica Parker’s signature blonde locks, styled by Serge Normant, were swept back into a voluminous high pony that trailed down her back at extreme lengths. Beneath her headpiece, makeup artist Elaine Offers used Charlotte Tilbury makeup and brushes to craft a timeless soft glam look, locked in for a long night ahead with the Airbrush Flawless Setting Spray.

There’s method dressing, and then there’s method makeup. Paying homage to her role as Glinda the Good Witch in her upcoming film Wicked, Ariana Grande’s soft-hued Met glam by Michael Anthony using Grande’s own r.e.m beauty range was giving total garden fairy—with custom petal wing appliqués placed just above her cheekbones for an ethereal touch.

Going the historical route per the “reawakening fashion” concept, Chloë Sevigny’s braided hairdo, executed by Mustafa Yanaz, was an intricate feast for the eyes. “We’re incorporating a lot of hair and an homage to the Victorians, and in the Victorian era, how they celebrated their loved ones who passed away by making ornaments and jewelry out of their dead or loved one’s hair,” she told Vogue.

Kendall Jenner’s remarkably long lengths had an air of regality that we’re still dreaming about the morning after the big night. In contrast to her archival Givenchy gown, the L’Oréal Paris global ambassador kept her glam glowy yet subdued with a petal pink pout, courtesy of MUA extraordinaire Mary Phillips.

There’s something about statement pink blush that screams “flower power,” as though the pigment is blooming from your cheeks. Case in point: Cynthia Erivo’s makeup look. After prepping the skin with the Lyma x Joanna Czech Pre-Red Carpet facial treatment, the Wicked actress complimented her spidery lash look with metallic fuchsia blush placed high on the cheekbones and up onto the temples.

From the front, it appeared Kim Kardashian’s whimsical cascade of platinum waves brought to life by Chris Appleton using Color Wow products and Shark Beauty tools stopped there. But, as the reality TV star turned for the cameras, a deliberately messy, slept-in fishtail braid was revealed.

“Upon glimpsing the dress during the fitting, I immediately envisioned embracing an ethereal, classical, glam aesthetic. Radiant, luxury skin accentuated by a sort of glassy, mesmerizing eye look, very flashy and complemented by a nude lip,” says MUA Keita Moore, who painted Janelle Monáe’s other-worldly makeup using Guerlain products like the Terracotta Le Teint Foundation. As for hair, stylist Nikki Nelms prepped for this “soft sculpted crop” using Olaplex’s Bond Maintenance shampoo and conditioner duo.

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