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Getting Ready with Kristen Bell for the Golden Globes Is a Lot of Fun

Her stylist, Nicole Chavez, and husband, Dax Shepard, were there, too.

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Tristan Kallas
The Hamilton soundtrack is playing in the background. Through the haze of hairspray, we could make out Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard stuffing hotel napkins into their necklines (Bell’s a deep blush Zuhair Murad V she was protecting from her makeup, and Shepard’s a crisp white collar). They role-played a family dinner at Red Lobster. If you couldn’t deduce it at this point, you should know we’re in a ritzy hotel room in Beverly Hills prepping for the 76th Golden Globe Awards with Bell’s glam team, including longtime stylist Nicole Chavez.

It wasn’t long before Shepard took control of the music—not before chirping his Golden Globe-nominated wife’s musical afinity—switching to rap and hip-hop while hairstylist Jenny Cho touched up the actress’s shiny S-waves and makeup artist Simone Siegel added a few final dustings of finishing powder. Bell, who was nominated for Best Actress in a TV Comedy for her leading role in The Good Place, channeled old-Hollywood glamour in a full-length pleated gown and Brian Atwood heels Chavez had custom-dyed to match the dress perfectly. There was a heavy sprinkling of Harry Winston diamonds to finish off the look. Thank goodness Chavez gave us all the details of Bell’s look (and more) below.

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NC: “It’s usually a family affair [when we’re getting ready]. It’s pretty funny, we both have kids, and so even in fittings she’ll bring her kids over, and they’ll play with my kids. There are always kids running around. For the bigger events, we get ready at a hotel close by the venue. That becomes a bit more of an adult hang where there is a lot of chill time and we all get in our creative zones. It’s nice. There’s not usually music playing—we’re just all there laughing and telling stories, trying to keep everyone’s nerves chill.”

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