Selena Gomez’s Wedding Manicure Is an Iridescent Instant Classic
Few Instagram posts can garner more than two million likes in a mere half hour, but if anything can do it, it’s Selena Gomez‘s wedding carousel. Rumors about the Only Murders in the Building star’s nuptials with Benny Blanco being this weekend turned out to be 100-percent true, and as soon as a few beautiful photos of the cute couple were green-lighted to be shared with the eager public, fans were double-tapping with tears in their eyes. And when we wiped away our own, we couldn’t help but immediately focus on all of the gorgeous elements of her bridal beauty, from a fanciful spin on a classic manicure to her decision to pass on the traditional wedding updo.
Gomez shared 15 slides—both soft-focus photos and and charmingly stylized videos—showing the happy couple in their wedding attire: Blanco in a handsome tux (is that a pastel blue shirt we see?) and the beautiful bride in a lacy high-neck halter gown.
Although the filtering of the photo doesn’t allow for the clearest close-ups of the details, a few shots let us see that the Best of Beauty cover star opted for pearly, off-white polish on an elegant oval shape. The color is a quintessential bridal look, but the seemingly iridescent touch gives it just the right amount of modernity and whimsy. And from what we can tell, it seems she may have gotten a pedicure to match.
Nail artist Tom Bachik used custom-fit Aprés Nail Gel-X Medium Length Coffin Tips topped off with Light & Shadow Sheer Gel Couleur in When It Hits, his own Cosmic Chrome Powder in Angel, and his Click Colors in Super Clear.
Instead of a bun or twist, as so many brides wear on their wedding days, Gomez decided to wear her long bob down in a style not unlike how she wore it to the Oscars in March. (What a genius test run!) The deeply side-parted style was a smooth as can be, curving into a voluminous wave at the ends.
Hairstylist Renato Campora applied Joico JoiWhip Design Foam from roots to ends before blow-drying with a large round brush and pinning to set and cool. “I continued this technique across the entire head to achieve a voluminous and polished base,” he said in a statement. He then sprayed with Joico Heat Hero Glossing Thermal Protector, and, using a three-quarter-inch spring curling iron, created a marcel wave pattern. “After all curls have cooled for 20 minutes, I removed the pins and gently brushed through each section to blend the waves together,” giving special attention to the face-framing pieces.
As for that rich color, Nine Zero One salon co-owner, Nikki Lee, did a custom gloss with Wella Shinefinity “to create a warm, elegant tone with mirror-like shine,” Lee says.
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Gomez’s wedding makeup was as timeless as it gets: soft, cool-brown shadow, lush lashes, and rosy lips and cheeks in shades that look made for her. And just as we suspected, she not only wore Rare Beauty, she launched a kit so other brides (and people who just want to look gorgeous whenever) can recreate the look.
Makeup artist Hung Vanngo used Soft Pinch Tinted Lip Oil in Happy, Kind Words Matte Lip Liner in Committed, and Soft Pinch Liquid Blush in Smitten, which are available together now as the Something Rosy Lip & Cheek Set. Vanngo also threw in a couple of his own new products into the look, like the Color Story Eyeshadow Palette in New Neutral and the Soft Focus Blurring Matte Powder Bronzer in Positivity.
Photos continue to come out—brides do tend to spend a good year or two sharing their wedding photos on social media, after all—and I don’t think we’ll ever tire of seeing every possible angle of this instantly iconic bridal look.
More on Selena Gomez:
- Selena Gomez’s Silk Slip Nails Are Like Lingerie For Your Hands
- Selena Gomez Has Hair Down to Her Butt on Allure’s Best of Beauty Issue
- Selena Gomez’s Toasted Pumpkin Nail Polish Marks the Unofficial Start of Fall
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