Hair-StylingSelena Gomez Is a Y2K Queen in Pin-Straight Tendrils — See Photos

Selena Gomez Is a Y2K Queen in Pin-Straight Tendrils — See Photos


Some of us remember a time before ceramic straightening irons and how obsessed we all became with stick-straight strands once they became readily available in the late ‘90s. Having highly reflective, unbending hair was the cornerstone of Y2K beauty, and nothing was cooler than a style finished off with downright linear tendrils. And Selena Gomez just proved it’s still a cool-girl indicator with her unbelievably sleek look.

Gomez celebrated the launch of Rare Beauty’s new True to Myself Natural Matte Longwear Foundation at an influencer-packed West Hollywood event on Thursday night, and what better way to frame a face made even more flawless with a new complexion product than with two distinctly sleek tendrils?

Photo: Getty Images

Hairstylist Renato Campora gave Gomez a super-slick, mid-height updo, with not a hair out of place as they were tautly pulled back into a twist with loose yet sharp ends adorably poking out. The middle-parted masterpiece’s Y2K key was the two lob-length tendrils flat-ironed within an inch of their lives and shining like the top of the Chrysler Building.

Selena Gomez smiling a sleek updo and pink dress

Photo: Getty Images



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