Yahoo Lifestyle Winning Style: How To Recreate The Best Oscar Hair Looks
Cate Blanchett. Photo by Getty Images.
Cate Blanchett’s retro ripples
1. Wash hair and blot with a towel, then blast with a hairdryer until hair is about 80 per cent dry. Use your hands to speed up the process.
2. Squeeze a tennis ball-sized amount of medium-hold mousse into your palm and work through hair from roots to ends. Go over hair with a wide-tooth comb to distribute the product evenly.
3. Section the front of your hair, from ear to ear, and clip. Divide the lower section in half again and clip the crown area. Using a medium-size round bristle brush and starting with the bottom section, blow-dry, stretching sections in an upwards motion for body, before bevelling the ends under for a polished (instead of poker-straight) look.
4. Unclip the crown section and repeat.
5. When you get to the front section, make a deep, sweeping side part. Start smoothing over hair with the hairdryer, going from the ears up to the part line.
6. Now place about eight medium to large, hot velvet rollers around your face, wrapping the hair up. Allow hair to set until cool.
7. Once hair has cooled down completely, unravel the rollers and glide a brush over the rippled waves. Tuck one side tightly behind your ear and mist the finished style with light hairspray.
Top tip: Don't be in a rush to take your hot rollers out – it’s better to leave them in too long rather than not long enough, as this helps hair maintain the sculpted shape.
Amy Adams. Photo by Getty Images.
Amy Adams’s chic up-do
1. Run a flat iron over hair, straightening from roots to ends.
2. Once complete, mist hair with a light shine spray and brush through to distribute the product evenly.
3. Fashion a precise part and use a brush to create and mould volume in the front peak, then slick back to the opposite side.
4. Tie hair into a pony just below the crown and secure, then brush the tail smooth and wrap into a wide, twisted loop. Secure with pins.
5. Finish with a spritz of extra-hold hairspray and, if you like, more shine spray.
Top tip: Not every hair type needs the highest heat, so look for a flat iron with a temperature control nozzle.
Julia Roberts. Photo by Getty Images.
Julia Roberts’s subtle waves
1. Wash hair with a shine-enhancing shampoo and conditioner to encourage radiance and soft curves.
2. Towel dry hair, then use a blow dryer until hair is about 80 per cent dry.
3. Mist sea salt spray all over to create grip and hold, then rake through with your fingers and divide hair into two sections, from ear to ear. Clip the top section.
4. With an extra-large paddle brush, start drying the bottom section. You don’t want poker-straight hair, but rather hair with a little texture.
5. Repeat with the top section, remembering to place a part in your preferred spot.
6. Once you’ve finished blow-drying, curl 7cm sections of hair around extra-large hot tongs and repeat all over. Brush through the section before wrapping around the tongs and, if time permits, clip each section as this helps hair set better.
7. Rake your fingers through your hair to break up the curl and give it a relaxed feel (rather than a tonged one). Gather all your hair into a low chignon at the nape of the neck and secure with pins.
Top tip: This look is modern and fresh, not debutante ball, so don’t go too crazy with the strong-hold hairspray. If you have loose, floating strands falling around the hairline, that’s perfect!
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