From bronze lids to just-bitten lips, this year’s Met Gala served up an abundance of insanely stunning beauty looks.

But there’s one make-up trend that was completely impossible to ignore at the hotly anticipated event: Crystal tears.

We know what you’re thinking. Tears and make-up? That’s a recipe for disaster, right? But hear us out.

The theme of the evening was ‘Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination’, which saw celebrities such as Lily Collins and Sza reference the weeping Madonna - a motif prevalent in Catholicism.

Not content with a fierce feline flick or a smoky eye, they took their red carpet make-up game to new heights, adorning their cheeks and under eyes with a smattering of embellished tear drops that caught the light at every opportunity.

Who needs highlighter?

The unusual beauty trend that took this year’s Met Gala by storm