Keeping it real! Lupita Nyong’o, Amandla Stenberg, Solange Knowles and Willow Smith
all rocked natural ‘dos at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume
Institute Gala 2016 this year, letting their tresses and their dresses
do the talking.
One look that was on everyone’s lips? Lupita Nyong’o’s, which featured gravity-defying updo. The 12 Years a Slave star, 33, had longtime hairstylist Vernon Francois fashion her locks into a bun that went above and beyond. “I didn’t use any products,” Francois told Us Weekly.
“It was more about molding with my hands using a bit of oil, hair spray
and a blow dryer … and I used my own products that I’m launching later
on this year. Bobby pins were used to help hold the look together, but
Lupita’s hair is very versatile.”
Nyong’o, who wore a sequined
jade-green Calvin Klein Collection gown, explained that her inspiration
came from more than one place. It stemmed from “the sculptural hairdos
from all around the continent,” she told Vogue. She also noted that her ‘do was a nod to Nina Simone.
Stenberg, 17, also chose Calvin Klein
Collection for the gala, wearing a merlot evening jacket, a bandeau and
trousers. But her hairstyle, decked with silver accessories, was a
direct nod to the Manus x Machina theme of the evening. Her hairstylist,
Lacy Redway, tells Us that she
aimed to keep Stenberg’s look “cool, fresh and youthful, very much like
her personality.” Redway used Devacurl DevaCare Arc AnGel gel ($19.95, ulta.com)
to sculpt, and diffused with her Harry Josh Pro blowdryer. Stenberg
tilted her hair back to volumize her curls. Shea Moisture Yucca and
Plantain Firm Hold Gel Cream ($9.95, target.com) smoothed her hairline before Redway put on the Glossy Ball Chain Wide headband ($220, modaoperandi.com) and the Squared Pearl headband ($215, modaoperandi.com) from Lelet NY. Oribe Anti Humidity Spray kept everything in order for the night.
Elsewhere, Knowles wore a structured afro that
complemented her bright yellow David LaPort dress with accordion
pleats. In a May 2 Instagram caption, the 29-year-old singer thanked her
hairstylist Nikki Nelms for
giving her “that shareefa bang” … a nod to a Def Jam recording artist.
And Smith, 15, swept her dreadlocks into an intricate bun. Her
hairstylist, Marcia Hamilton,
posted a May 3 Instagram snap of the look and said that she “had an
absolute blast creating this ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’ Lock Revamp” using
KeraCare styling products. Smith, a Chanel ambassador, wore a black
satin bustier, sequin and rhinestone-embroidered jacket, cropped pants
and shoes from the fashion house.
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