How Margot Robbie Got Ready for the 2021 Oscars, From Fresh Bangs to Romantic Makeup

Margot Robbie’s beauty moments are often a study in goddess-like glamour that feel fine-tuned for each occasion. Her look at this evening’s Oscars—which she attended alongside nominated Promising Young Woman producer Josey McNamara, Robbie’s partner at LuckyChap Entertainment—was no exception, communicating a sense of siren-call softness effortless in its allure. That was makeup artist Pati Dubroff’s goal, after all: to offset the striking drama of the producer’s custom Chanel Haute Couture gown, a slinky black mermaid silhouette bedecked in silver-foiled floral, selected after Robbie spotted a similar fabric at the Fall-Winter 2019/20 Haute Couture show in Paris.

“It was really not about doing anything tough or hard,” says Dubroff, who helped Robbie get ready at the Edition West Hollywood hotel. “I just kept thinking ‘open optimism and sunshine-y days.’ And Margot is like a ray of sunshine, so it was really leaning into that.” Along with a fresh set of fringe and a low and loose golden tie-back (executed by hairstylist Bryce Scarlett), Robbie’s naturally romantic look was defined by an assemblage of Chanel makeup, with Dubroff relying heavily on the Palette Essentielle in Caramel. “It s kind of like an everything palette—and that was what I used on her cheeks, as a bronzer, as a sneaky contour, and around her eyes,” says Dubroff, who suggests using the same warming bronze on tone on cheeks and eyes for those desirous of a similar harmony in their own sun-kissed aesthetic.

A gaze-framing coat of Inimitable Mascara offered a bit of elevation, along with a covert application of tightliner for some added depth. But ultimately, the above-neck styling was a pared-down affair. “It was really about pure beauty—just keeping it simple,” says Dubroff. “I think that maybe that’s something that we all came out of this time appreciating: simplicity.”

Here, Robbie shares a look at more details from her pre-Oscars prep.