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"You know when you're getting ready for a big event, and you casually share a joke with your on-call hair stylist, who laughs softly, then tells you to close your eyes while he mists that final touch of hairspray before your perfect red lip is painted on and powdered by your makeup artist who's also your best friend? And then, once everything is finished, your stylist pal helps you slip into your dress and those genius Louboutin shoes and you walk out of the bathroom and everyone just kind of audibly gasps and maybe someone even cries a bit? (Probably the hair stylist, he's emotional today, after all.)\n\nNo? Don't worry. Us either.\n\nBut chances are, that's a more-than-familiar scenario for the ladies who got ready for tonight's spectacular Met Gala. And luckily, those precious and adorable moments are not too sacred for social media, where the beauty teams and celebrities share \"candid\" shots of their experience with the world.\n\nIn true internet spirit, we captured and compiled our favorites for your viewing pleasure. From hotel rooms filled with balloons to close-ups of pedicures, here's your backstage pass to the Oscars of Fashion!\n\n Taylor Swift and Karlie Kloss had a MoTown dance party that apparently finished with a reapplication of lipstick and a selfie! Taylor's lip of choice? It appears to be NARS Velvet Matte Lip Pencil in Cruella!\n\n\n\nShailene Woodley started off the day with a brand new blonde hair color by Tracey Cunningham and a fresh cut by her stylist Keith Carpenter.\n\n\n\nAlexa Chung nervously poses for an Instagram once her hair and makeup are finished!\n\n\n\n Alexa's finished look: An apricot lip and a smoky Eyeko liner by Tamah Krinsky.\n\n\n\n Dree Hemingway demurely poses with her fresh new manicure by Mei Kawajiri.\n\n\n\n\n\n Makeup pro Mai Quynh illustrates that eternal struggle: Which NARS lips should I use today?\n\n\n\n\n\n Then, Lea sits in the hot seat while makeup artist Jake Bailey, hair stylist Christian Marc, and manicurist Gina Edwards go to work.\n\n\n\n Selena Gomez picks out her jewels with mega-designer Lorraine Schwartz.\n\n\n\n Joan Smalls shows off her cute little olood pedicure.\n\n\n\n Kendall Jenner gets a winged liner and a subtle, nude lip!\n\n\n\n ...and a subtle curl.\n\n\n\n Then stepped into this epic Topshop dress with a casual Chopard necklace and looked beyond stunning. (And she paired it with bedhead, which only makes it cooler.)\n\n\n\n Finally, she air-kissed sister Kylie before hopping in the car!\n\n\n\n But the dress was too tight, so she couldn't sit! In a quick moment of improvisation, she laid down in the back of her limo and then selfie-d.\n\n\n\n Meanwhile, Stella McCartney welcomed Cara Delevingne with a hotel room filled with balloons spelling out her name. Jealous!\n\n\n\n Then, Suki Waterhouse left her hotel room in a custom Burberry gown and an olood lip.\n\n\n\n All the while, Lea miraculously draped her towel into a couture-like looking gown and solemnly perched herself on a bathtub. (Looking perfect, of course.)\n\n\n\n Hailee Steinfeld followed suit, but in an actual bathrobe!\n\n\n\n Then, Selena quickly and casually posed with Diane von Furstenberg, Jessica Alba, and Jessica Joffe in her pristine updo and a moody lip before heading out the door.\n\n\n\nLea and fashion designer Joseph Altuzzara take a quick selfie before jumping into their limo.\n\n\n\n Just kidding\u2014one more selfie! This time, with her makeup artist, Jake Bailey.\n\n\n\n Shailene shows off a majorly mod pair of eyes by her makeup guru, Roxy.\n\n\n\n Kristen Stewart gets a final touch-up on her braid by Adir Abergel.\n\n\n\n Cara's glam squad multitasks feverishly before the big event!\n\n\n\n And, in a hotel not too far away, another top model gets the last (Marc Jacobs Beauty) touches on her pout!\n\n\n\n Moments before the carpet, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley poses for a quick picture with Balmain designer Olivier Rousteing.\n\n\n\n Cara, Kate, and Stella McCartney are off to the races! Happy Met Gala!\n\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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