Nicole Kidman made a red carpet appearance last night as the face (or wrist) of Omega. Nicole donned a figure-hugging, long-sleeve, mandarin-collar black dress with a sexy front slit. I actually love the dress – Nicole wears a lot of black, but she usually tries different silhouettes with it, which is cool. What I didn’t like? Whatever is going on with Nicole’s face. Do you think we’re the only ones to notice how… tight her face looks? Although Nicole has always said she’s all-natural, most people claim (and have claimed for awhile) that she is doing something really hardcore with her face. Like, constant Botoxing or really unnatural-looking plastic surgery. The Daily Mail has a theory for last night’s tight, waxy appearance too – they think Nicole’s hair may just be really, really tight:

She continues to deny claims she uses Botox, but Nicole Kidman opted for another trick for ironing out unwanted wrinkles last night – the Croydon Facelift.

The pencil-thin Oscar-winning actress modelled the infamous hairstyle at a party held at the Omega flagship store in New York.

Her ginger mane was tied back so tightly back [sic] that the features on her face were pulled even more tautly than usual.

The term Croydon Facelift was coined several years ago – around the time ‘chavs’ began to emerge – and Little Britain’s Vicky Pollard and Catherine Tate’s teen Lauren are both fans. However, the look is also occasionally popular among the A-list, with Kate Moss, Sienna Miller and Victoria Beckham all parading the distinctive ponytail in recent times.

Nicole has always maintained that her remarkably youthful appearance is ‘completely natural’.

The 42-year-old mother of Sunday Rose has said: ‘I have nothing in my face or anything.’

But many beg to differ, including Dr Martin Braun, who runs the biggest Botox clinic in Canada. He famously told a told a conference of medical experts in 2008 that Nicole was so ‘over-Botoxed’ she was giving the industry a bad name.

[From the Daily Mail]

Well, I do think Nicole’s penchant for really tight hairstyles can be partially blamed for her “severe” look at times. But! I’m pretty sure (like 99% positive) that Nicole is Botoxing the hell out of her face. In the pictures where she’s smiling, her face looks so tight she’s about to wince in pain. Her forehead is like marble. It’s such a shame too – I loved Nicole back in the day, she was so gorgeous. Oh well. At least she’s back to red hair – that blonde style she had for too long was bumming me out.

Here’s Nicole at the Omega party last night in New York City. Images thanks to WENN.com .