Vogue cover star Sabrina Carpenter has arrived at the 2025 MTV VMAs, and we’re begging for a beauty tour. Dressed in a semi-sheer red lace Valentino dress, her arms wrapped in a lilac marabou boa, the singer had us in “Tears”—in a good way.
As for the details behind her look? When it comes to glam, Carpenter’s team is elite. Carolina Gonzalez on makeup, Evanie Frausto on hair, and Zola Ganzorigt—the woman behind this summer’s polka dot nail craze—on nails.
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Ganzorigt confirms that for the VMAs, just any old French manicure wouldn’t do. Instead, she started with the “’90s deep French”—a style she brought back earlier this summer on Kylie Jenner. The inspiration? An issue of Nails magazine from June 1997. From there, the nail artist placed multicolored rhinestones to cover up the smile line (a.k.a. the white part of a traditional French manicure), taking it from bonjour to bijou.
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