In the words of Doja Cat, stars “let their freak flag fly” at the 2026 Met Gala on Monday night in New York City, where hair transformations and melting makeup made for an interesting parade of painted characters on the carpet. Emma Chamberlain Gilbert Flores/Variety Emma Chamberlain, Lena Mahfouf and Jordan Roth were among the A-list entrants who decorated their eyes in watercolor shadow, taking cues from this year’s exhibition theme, “Costume Art.” For Chamberlain’s look, celebrity makeup artist Lilly Keys crafted what she describes as a “surreal, slightly gothic” aesthetic bolstered by ethereal eyes and luminous skin. “Liquid light meets shadow. We kept the skin almost glass-like, then layered mauve, deep plum, and flashes of iridescent yellow so the makeup shifts with the light — like it’s breathing between darkness and glow. Nothing sits on top, everything melts in… prismatic, fluid, a little haunted,” Keys said in an official statement.…