After her ill-famed Met Gala ego - tanner fail , Selena Gomez " was like , ' This is going to be painful because I ’m run low to get eaten live about this . ' "
I’m sure most of us have at least one hair or makeup look we seriously regret. Now, imagine if there had been red carpet cameras around to capture it!
Here are 15 major red carpet beauty regrets celebs shared:
1.In 2024,Holly MadisontoldWomen’s Healththat she “liked the idea behind” her Princess Leia buns at an AFI dinner honoringGeorge Lucasbecause she’s “a nerd,” but she regretted its execution. She said, “What I hate about it is they put extensions in my hair to make the buns, and the extensions didn’t match my hair.”
2.In 2019,Taylor SwifttoldElle, “If you don’t look back at pictures of some of your old looks and cringe, you’re doing it wrong. See: Bleachella.”
3.In 2019,Scarlett JohanssontoldPeoplethat, for the 2004 Tony Awards, she “wanted a hairstyle that looked like Jean Harlow’s,” but it ended up looking “electrical socket crazy.”
4.At the 2018 Met Gala,Selena Gomez’s self-tanner progressively darkened over the course of the evening. In 2021, she toldVogue, “I’m at the Met Gala — basically one of the most prestige, beautiful events and I’m walking, trying to look all beautiful…[Later] I look at a photo of myself when I sit down, and I am completely orange
5.In 2023,Kaley CuocotoldPeoplethat, looking back, she thinks wearing clip-in bangs to the 2013 SAG Awards “was the worst decision [she has] ever made.”
6.In 2015, Sarah Jessica Parker toldYahoo Stylethat she disliked the curly bob she had at theWonder of the Worldpremiere in 2001 after her hairstylist, Serge Normant, “cut it off forSex and the City.” She said it wasn’t a good representation of his work.
7.In 2018, Mandy Moore shared some pictures from the 2001 red carpet premiere ofOriginal SinonInstagram, captioning the post, “Rolling into the weekend like….. #fbf #dontdyeyoureyebrows #2001.”
8.In a 2017poston her website, Kim Kardashian said, “Mario [Dedivanovic, my makeup artist] and I used to do really heavy baking. Back in 2009 or 2010, having a super light under-eye was the thing to do, and I absolutely loved it at the time. But looking back, sometimes I looked a little crazy — especially with the camera flashes.”
9.In 2016, Gigi Hadid toldGlamourthat her biggest-ever beauty mistake was “wearing way too much makeup on a red carpet.” She said, “I didn’t do it myself; it was before I was aware of how I liked my red carpet makeup.”
10.In 2019, Ashley Benson toldW magazinethat her “biggest fashion regret” was “probably [her] style on every red carpet when [she] was younger” — specifically beforePretty Little Liars.
11.In 2023, Charlize Theron reportedly toldInStylethat her biggest beauty regret was “hands down, the thin eyebrows in the 1990s.”
12.In 2022, Heidi Klum expressed regret over her hairstyle from the 2008 Oscars. She told E! News’Daily Pop, “[John] Galliano, he made this for me. I love this dress. What I don’t love is my gigantic bun.”
13.In 2017, Nicole Kidman expressed regret over striaghtening her hair so much. She toldWhomagazine, “I really wanted to have that suntanned skin and long blonde hair. I wanted to conform and be the Aussie beach girl. And I was never going to be that.”
14.In 2016, Lea Michele toldAOL, “There was one time I went to an upfront in New York forGlee, and I had this massive bun on the top of my head — but it was all me.”
15.And finally, in 2016, Demi Lovato toldRefinery29, “My ultimate beauty regret is the many shapes and forms my eyebrows have come in.”
