Roan, the singer of the hit song "Good Luck, Babe!" was the winner of Best New Artist and performed the song. The knight in shining armor's costume was full of chain mail, and the place was set on fire. The actress's auburn locks were beautifully braided into two long trails. However, the historical costume was utterly absurd as it ended above the neck area. Roan's face was like a white wall.
Her brows were perfectly shaped, and this look was achieved by using two thread-like pencils. Roan, on the other hand, had on theatrical smoky-eye makeup. It was created with a mix of iridescent colors like blue, purple, and gold. The eye makeup was the same as the brow bone.
The artist stressed that it was a "very romantic" style. This was said by him in a video call to CNN from New York. It was a few days before the awards show. "But of course, dark romantic. Very heavy on the eyes and the skin being glowy," he said.
Roan collaborated with Dahling for her red carpet look. Nonetheless, the approach was a little less direct. The singer's face was matte. It was soft and blurry. The eyes got bigger. This was achieved with the help of the white liner. A golden dab was the last thing to come out.
Out of the soft, round, and peachy faces, Dahling drew his inspiration. Painters of women from the Renaissance and Baroque periods showed them in oil paintings. "I love if I can get something from artists and painters," he said. "Their viewpoint gets you to see the world differently. That's not something a makeup artist would do."
Dahling said, "She has such a strong vision." He talked about Roan and how she has this version of herself in mind that is a larger-than-life superstar. He said, "Creativity is the only rule in her makeup." In her style, the typical social media-ready look has the least influence.
"It's all about creating a new face," Davy quoted. He said, "You are blocking the brows. This means gluing them down. You then put concealer over them. This is all to create a more intense shape. It's about carving out cheekbones. It's doing an exaggerated lip shape and contouring the nose. Then it's the big, dramatic eye look. It's about donning characters that you switch into. I don't think it conforms to gender."
Dahling is adamant about it. "Nothing is forbidden here," he said. "There is a certain lightness to it. Perfect is not alive. It's very much a Do-It-Yourself project." Although he insists, "the messier, the better," Dahling does enforce one rule that fans must follow if they want to achieve the Roan look: their now-signature Venetian White Foundation. "No patchiness with the base," he laughs.