Rihanna looked like a work of art from head to toe at the Golden Globes on 10 Jan. The multihyphenate star made her surprise debut [1] at the award show wearing an updo as head-turning as her dramatic puff-sleeved Schiaparelli gown [2]. Hairstylist Yusef Williams [3] styled her hair into two structural buns she described as "Princess-Leia-meets-Hollywood-meets-Wakanda," he told Vogue [4].
To achieve the regal look, Williams wove wires through two braids to maintain the desired shape and then layered twisted hair on top of each braid to create a smooth finish. "At first she was like, 'OK, I don't wanna look like Princess Leia,' but in the end, we were like, 'But what's wrong with Princess Leia? She was f*cking fierce,'" he said. The finishing touch? A thin sliver of bangs curved into a C shape à la the late Hollywood icon Josephine Baker. We wouldn't be surprised if this hairstyle becomes A Thing™ this award season.
Rihanna, whose "Black Panther [5]: Wakanda Forever" track "Lift Me Up" was nominated for the best original song award [6], went subtle with the rest of her Golden Globes beauty look. Makeup artists Priscilla Ono [7] and Yvette Evora [8] gave the new mom a glowy look with light pink eyeshadow, blush along her cheekbones, and rosy lip gloss — using all Fenty Beauty products, naturally.
Other standout beauty moments of the night included Natasha Lyonne's edgy "jellyfish" ponytail [9], Emma D'Arcy's new midnight-blue hair colour, and the many "balletcore" buns [10] worn by stars like Li Jun Li, Bailey Bass, and Kaley Cuoco. Read ahead for an all-angles look at Rihanna's gravity-defying updo at the show.
