Sabrina Carpenter Debuted an Previous Hollywood Lob on the 2024 VMAs

Please, please, please inform me you noticed Sabrina Carpenter‘s nails on the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards? No worries if you happen to did not, however we’re nonetheless going to speak about them—unsurprisingly, they’re one thing to behold.

A primary-time nominee, the pop star was up for six awards on the September 11 present, together with the extremely prized Track of the Yr for “Espresso” and Artist of the Yr for being her lovely self. Arriving at Lengthy Island’s UBS Area, she wore a white sequin robe with a scalloped, plunging neckline—the identical archival Bob Mackie gown worn by Madonna on the 1991 Oscars—that matched her bedazzled mani. Painted white (I would guess her common nail artist Zola Ganzorigt used OPI’s Alpine Snow) every medium-length, almond-shape nail was embellished with a cluster of glittering gem stones that have been most concentrated towards her cuticle, spreading out as they reached the tip.

As for her make-up, the whole look was the work of superstar make-up artist Carolina Gonzalez. In a earlier interview with Byrdie, the skilled shared that the one phrase she’d use to explain Carpenter’s make-up type is “glowy.” “We simply suppose ‘child’ and glow is what we actually go for,” she defined.

Whereas the glow was positively there, “child” is not the phrase I would use to explain the arguably grown-up make-up type, a nod to outdated Hollywood (and that once-upon-a-time Madonna look!) with a slick, ombre crimson lip and silver eyeshadow. This time round, the imaginative and prescient additionally included mushy blush, cleaning soap brows, and fluffy lashes courtesy of Velour (Gonzalez used the model’s Lash Roller, Lash Applicator, Black Lash Adhesive and—most significantly—Basic Velour Extensions in 10mm and 12mm from the mid to finish of the lash line to get the look).

Renée Rouleau, Carpenter’s esthetician of 10+ years, used her personal assortment for a seven-step facial previous to the occasion to level-up her crimson carpet glow (look carefully, she’s severely shimmering). Guide extractions have been included—a decidedly un short-n’-sweet course of however a necessity nonetheless.

And what else was quick n’ candy? Carpenter’s hair, which was labored into the very bounciest curls that gave the looks of a lob. God bless your mother’s genetics, Sabrina. (And mom Madonna’s affect, obvi.)