Rachel McAdams @ 2010 Oscars – Makeup & Dress Photos
Sunday, March 7th, 2010


Rachel McAdams @ 2010 Academy Awards
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Makeup How-to
“We chose our colour palette based on the water colour look of Rachel’s dress. There was a wash of cool tones in the dress, blue, green, purple, pink so we wanted the eye, cheek and lips to all have this same water colour sheerness to it.” — Kayleen McAdams
For Rachel’s eyes, Kayleen used a combination of grey and pink shades. On the lid, she used CHANEL Fluid Iridescent Eyeshadow in Fountain. She kept the grey on the outer corners of the lid and underneath the eye. She used the rose gold shade in the CHANEL Quadra Eyeshadow in Spices up to the brown bone and along the lid. To finish it off, Kayleen used CHANEL Soft Touch Eye Shadow in Slate in the inner corners of the eye, and followed up with two coats of CHANEL Inimitable Mascara in Noir. She kept the lips very simple with CHANEL Rouge Coco Lip Colour in Rose Comete, a beautiful light pink shade, and a bit of CHANEL Glossimer in Futile to accentuate the lips but keep the focus on the eyes.
Hair How-to
For Hollywood’s biggest night of the year, Sebastian Stylist Design Team Member Thomas Dunkin styled actress Rachel McAdams’ tresses to complement her pastel watercolor-print strapless couture gown. The voluminous texture of Rachel’s bun evoked a spring-time look that is effortlessly chic and breathtakingly beautiful.
- Thomas shares styling tips for recreating Rachel’s red carpet look at home:
Start by applying Sebastian Professional Liquid Gloss to slightly damp hair. - Blow dry hair straight with a large round bristle brush to give hair a smooth, polished base and voluminous texture from which to start styling.
- Brush hair back and put in a ponytail just above the occipital bone. Secure with bobby pins.
- Backcomb the ponytail and start to smooth the hair under using Sebastian Professional Re-Shaper hairspray, securing with bobby pins. Do this until all of the hair is tucked under and secured.
- Apply Sebastian Professional Craft Clay to the top and sides of the head for a textured effect rather than a perfectly-groomed finish.
- Finish the look with Sebastian Professional Re-Shaper hairspray and gently massage the whole look to give it a disheveled, modern feel.
Love it or hate it?
See the dress!

i cant say anything bad about her ever... i've had a huge girl-crush on rachel so i'll love her no matter what :)
i think she would have looked amazing if her hair was that rich brownish red color shes had...either way i love her!
She looks pretty and so fresh and natural. I can say that she must have done something different with her hair. :)
Another lovely close up shot! Her dress is nice, it reminds me of the watercolor paintings I used to do when I was in Kindergarden.
Her dress is one of my favs on the red carpet tonight. I loved the way she looked & her sister did her usual fantastic job on her MU!
LOVE LOVE LOVE Rachel Mcadams! I was so happy to see her there, she's my favourite :) Now if only Ryan Gosling was there too and they were back together...*sigh* The make-up artist who did her make-up, Kayleen McAdams, is actually her sister. Her sister is a make-up artist. Isn't that cute? Her sister did her make-up for the Oscars. I just thought i'd put that fun fact out there if people didn't know :)
aww she looks beautiful and the shape of her dress is nice, but the art deco style on it looks like a hotel blanket!
Oh my lord, her dress is amazing! I would totally love an above the knee cocktail version of this for the summer.
I know! we need some variety! The bodice of the dress is intresting, but the skirt is a little... balloony. I like the water color look!
She looks dead. The color of the dress definitely doesn't match her skin tone. She should have tried a brighter face or dress.

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