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After closing Afropunk Festival last night in mic-drop fashion, FKA Twigs arrived at the 2019 VMAS looking nothing short of entrancing.
In a look crafted by her stylist Matthew Josephs, the singer wore a custom waist-cinching Ed Marler dress with crystal chainmail, a blue chiffon sash, and a black silk taffeta train. And her beauty proved to be just as much of a visual mash-up. "It s Pre-Raphaelite with hint of punk," says celebrity hairstylist Jillian Halouska of Twigs s undone updo. After her newly atomic orange lengths were curled into soft ringlets and misted with OGX Locking + Coconut Curls Finishing Mist, her hair was pulled back into a loose ponytail and topped off with a black ribbon at the base. "Her dress has a lot of layers and texture, so we wanted to bring the long ribbons of the dress up for an overall cohesive look," explained Halouska.
Furthering the Pre-Raphaelite mood was makeup artist Kabuki. The editorial pro smoked out Twigs s lids using deep bronze shadow Blood Moon 005 from the new Pat McGrath Labs Mothership VI: Midnight Sun palette, creating a dimensional gaze that was all the more impactful against her face-framing neon coils. Then for more "edge," he traced on a 90s-inspired mouth with bold visible lip liner using McGrath s Ultra Lip Pencil in rich red brown Manhattan. "Twigs is so original, we didn t want to try and recreate something retro," explains Kabuki. "We ran with the romantic [vibe], and added a bit of toughness with the 90s lip. It offset all the dreaminess of the outfit." Leave it to Twigs to make a cross-century collision of worlds look effortless.
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