Every time Charlize Theron hits the carpet, I am prepared to be overwhelmed by her beauty. Who can forget her dramatic black hairdo (opens in new tab) at last year's Academy Awards, when she wore her hair in a dramatic black hairdo (opens in new tab)? Or when she casually wore a Tiffany & Co. necklace in her hair (opens in new tab) at the SAG Awards a few weeks ago. Or when she made a bowl cut look cool (opens in new tab). Unreal. (Show us how Charlize does it.)

The same goes for tonight's 2020 Oscars. Unsurprisingly, the actress looked like an absolute vision in a bright blonde pixie cut paired with a thigh-slit Dior dress. (Open in new tab) Her hair, which appears to be styled in a simple slicked-back style, is actually partying in the back. Extra points if you've already spotted her hidden hair accessories.

Her cut from the front:

And her longtime stylist Adil Abergel revealed it from the back:

"Hair detail with Charlize Theron for the Oscars," he captioned the Instagram photo, and the look shared that he used Virtue Labs products (opens in new tab) to perfect it.

This subtle addition elevated her style so much. How Abergele wove this seamlessly into Theron's cut is unclear, but it is best to say that he did a great job.

Here's another angle of this sort of secret hair accessory of Theron chatting with Margot Robbie:

I've come to accept the fact that I'm forever fawning over Theron.

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