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Rachel McAdams @ 2010 Oscars – Makeup & Dress Photos

Sunday, March 7th, 2010

2010 Oscars

Rachel McAdams @ 2010 Oscars

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.

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Rachel McAdams @ 2010 Oscars

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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 :)

Rachel was stunning! Out of the "younger" set, she and Carey Mulligan were my favorites!

Yeah, she is gorgeous as usual!!!!!! :) Love!

i love the dress. she looks so beautiful in it :)

Oh wow, I literally got goosebumps! I love that dress!! It would look fabulous shorter too.

wow... look like a fairy ....I love it; makeup is gorg.

She is so pretty... but I like her better as a brunette.

She looks stunning..and he makeup is just right so it doesn't overshadow the dress

Very spring-y. Love, love, love.

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. :)

So ethereal and just gorgeous.

she looks stunning...my fav of all

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.

Not loving the dress but the face and hair is ravishing.

Dress, hair, jewelry...love everything! She looks gorgeous.

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 :)

Rachel looked so lovely on stage. Her smile is so winning.

aww she looks beautiful and the shape of her dress is nice, but the art deco style on it looks like a hotel blanket!

Very pretty, but I bet her ears are killing her.

I adore her. She is so beautiful.

She is stunning, printed chiffon gowns are very in this season! so fresh and flowing!

hands down best dress of the night

she makes it look so effortless...gorgeous!

she was definitely my favorite other than cameron diaz, who was number one for me.

This dress is a little too Dixie Cupp. So thumbs downnnn. But I ADORE the earrings!

Oh my lord, her dress is amazing! I would totally love an above the knee cocktail version of this for the summer.

Super super feminine dress. Great choice for Rachel McAdams. She always looks amazing!

She looks amazing in Elie Saab...

Love the dress. Everyone has the same hairstyle tonight.

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!

I love Rachael. She always looks fresh and feminine, a strong woman..One of ours! (Canada!)

she looks like a water painting

She looks dead. The color of the dress definitely doesn't match her skin tone. She should have tried a brighter face or dress.

Speechless! That dress is stunning!!

oh my gosh, this is my favorite look. so pretty!