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The Secrets Behind Blake Lively's Hair Transformations in The Rhythm Section


This story contains spoilers for The Rhythm Section. You’ve been warned.

When the trailer for Blake Lively‘s new movie, The Rhythm Section, first dropped I barely recognized her. I’ve spent almost 15 years since I first cried my way through The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants in complete fascination of Lively’s hair. Obviously, my admiration has only grown in the time since, through the Gossip Girl years and Lively’s continued big screen career and myriad red carpet appearances.

And yet, those famous long blond waves are distinctly missing from The Rhythm Section, along with her American accent. Instead, Lively sports a number of different looks in the film as her character, Stephanie Patrick, transforms herself from a tortured young woman to an undercover assassin seeking revenge. Yes, it’s quite the narrative, and one that required hair and makeup designer Siân Grigg to oversee an entire team dedicated to handling Lively’s wigs for the film. “She had so many different looks, and they were really important because you absolutely have to believe them,” Grigg says. “Otherwise, it blows her cover.”

Grigg and her team also knew that some of the wigs they chose were supposed to look somewhat fake, as if the character had bought them herself. “We still wanted them to look good, because she was obviously a smart girl and would not put something on her head that looked ridiculous,” she says. “But, also, we had to play that line that it’s a wig she’s bought in a shop.”

Here are the other secrets from set you should know.

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Lively Was Very Involved in the Process—and She Wasn’t Vain About It

“Blake was super collaborative and really loves playing around with ideas,” Grigg says, which isn’t always the case when it comes to on-set hair and makeup. “She didn’t care if she looked terrible and didn’t mind how much time it took. She wanted to look absolutely right for the part.” She says the actor is one of those people who can pull off pretty much any color, which she does in the movie. “She’s just a lucky person like that—she’s quite a chameleon, so you can do a lot with her,” Griggs adds.

They luckily had a wig shop in Ireland (where some of the filming took place) that was willing to loan the production about 40 wigs to play with. “We tried so many different types—straight, curly, long, short,” Grigg says. “We had a lot to choose from.”

The First Look Was the Hardest to Nail

The character is in a really rough place in her life at the start of The Rhythm Section and that grounds her journey through the rest of the film. “You really had to believe that she’s completely given up on herself. She was almost like a non-human,” Grigg says. “She was just going through the motions, but she wasn’t really alive. She was just getting through it, really.”



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All the Beauty Secrets Behind 'Once Upon A Time In Hollywood'


Between classic sports cars and go-go boots, there’s a lot of eye candy in Once Upon A Time In Hollywood. But Quentin Tarantino’s love letter to the L.A. of his youth also perfectly encapsulates an incredibly polarizing time in American history, when the ’50s and its mainstream values started to give way to a youth-lead counterculture.

This tension is embodied, in part, by relative old timer Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio), an actor who has built a rugged onscreen image, but who is made utterly fragile by the threat of the new guard. He sheds tears over his fading relevance, seems unnerved at the sight of hippies, and is scared to retire his trademark pompadour. Meanwhile, Margot Robbie floats through the film as the fearless Sharon Tate, with confidence and ease to spare. Tate dances like no one’s watching while on Pan Am planes and at the Playboy mansion, picks up hitchhikers and self-advocates for recognition (and a free movie ticket) at a theater playing her film.

“She wasn’t terrified of being a modern woman at all,” says the film’s hair department head, Janine Thompson. The same can be said of the girls of the Manson Family who run Spawn Ranch, who flexed their confidence with a dusted-up look that said they wanted no part of traditional beauty standards. Sure, the film is a buddy movie between Rick and his sidekick, Cliff (Brad Pitt). But it’s also a sharp look at old-school American culture (represented by Dalton and his ilk) being made passé by a new wave of thinkers, dreamers, and fighters (as shown by Tate and the Manson girls). If anything, the film shows the future is female—and much of it is reinforced through beauty looks.

To get in on the hair and makeup secrets behind 1969 Los Angeles’s sun-drenched sea change, Glamour talked with Thompson and the film’s makeup department head, Heba Thorisdottir. Ahead, see how characters’ hairstyle and makeup choices help enunciate the clash between mainstream American culture that felt stuck in the fifties (embodied by Dalton) and a rising counterculture that targets Tate and the Manson family girls as the society’s next influencers.

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“Sharon was very fashion forward,” says Thorisdottir. “In 1969, because of her pregnancy and because she had spent a lot of time in England, she was moving toward what we think of as new bohemian.” Sure, her hippie-leaning look is a stark contrast to the buttoned-up Old Hollywood stars, but even more, it’s the new technology it required that shows how progressive the actress really was.





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5 Secrets to Creating the Perfect Holiday Outfit, According to 'Real Housewife' Erika Jayne


Erika Jayne needs only one word to describe her dream holiday party outfit: sparkles. “I think you should be like a human Christmas tree and sparkle as much as possible,” she says. “This is a time when you can really sparkle. Holiday parties are meant for sparkles, liquor, and having a good time.”

If anyone knows how to dress for an event, it’s Erika: The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star/dance club queen seems to always embody what only can only be described as a lewk, whether it’s for a black-tie charity function with husband Tom Girardi or for an on-stage performance. It was this latter side that I saw at Atlantic City’s Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa—during the roughly hour-long set, she changed four times by my count, each outfit more sparkly than the last. I grabbed a few minutes with Erika backstage to get her advice on how to channel all this extra-ness for the hardest season to dress for: the holidays.

“I really do think the holidays are a great time to pull out all the tricks,” she says. “You can have a lot of good personality and have fun. This is the season to have a good time. If you feel like sticking an ornament in your hair, do it!”

In terms of creating your holiday wish lists, Erika has some ideas: “Christmas, Hanukkah, the holiday season is the time you hit ’em up for the high-ticket items. That coat you’ve always wanted. That designer purse. Maybe that Louboutin shoe. Fill in the blank with whatever you want. Now is the time to get it because you’ve been a good girl all year long.” Copy that.

Ahead, Erika breaks down holiday party dressing, from color palettes to footwear choices. See and shop her advice.



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All the Secrets Behind Amy Adams' Hair in Sharp Objects


There’s a scene in the fifth episode of Sharp Objects before the population of Wind Gap, Missouri, celebrates Calhoun Day, a grotesque backyard gathering that honors the town’s Confederate history. Brittle reporter Camille Preaker—played by Amy Adams—is forced to go shopping for a dress by her zonk-eyed mother, a wonderfully over-the-top Patricia Clarkson. Most of the episode is blindingly bright, a rarity for the unrelentingly dark series, and the mood is taut. This ends up being a crucial point in the story during which Camille’s bodily harm is revealed to the women in her family. It’s a wonderful scene with much to its credit. Yet the only thing I was able to really focus on was Camille’s hair. The day’s stifling humidity was palpable, even through my television. And she’s wearing heavy black jeans, a dark sweatshirt, and boots. So how did her waves stay so damn flat?

It’s a recurring thought I’d had since watching the very first scene in the HBO series, adapted from Gillian Flynn’s 2006 novel. As far as her backstory is concerned, Preaker is as damaged as they come, but man does she have the best hair I’ve ever seen.

Typical “Hollywood hair” this is not: Camille has long waves, but not barrel waves, not beach waves, not trendy fuzzy Studio 54 waves. These are flat waves with an imperfect side part, and a few unassuming layers. It’s lived-in hair; hair that looks like it’s been air-dried after a keratin treatment—a good one filled with all the chemicals, not the natural shit that still requires a blow dry. It also appears to withstand pouring rain, angry sex, open car windows, midwestern haze, and Adams’ assumed sky-high body temperature given her heavy wardrobe and constant stream of vodka and whiskey. It’s hair I’ve spent a considerable fraction of my adult life trying to achieve.

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So when I tracked down the show’s lead hairstylist, Patti DeHaney, I had a long list of questions, including ones about her entire product arsenal, the name and model of her preferred hair dryer, whether she prefers brushes with boar or nylon bristles, and the circumference of the curling wand she surely used to achieve Camille’s perfectly unkempt look.

But then I found out what I’ve been obsessing over for the past two months isn’t an illusion created by hot tools, but Amy’s completely natural hair texture. Wait, what?

“Amy has beautiful naturally wavy hair that she’s never really worn in a movie, so that’s the direction we decided to go in,” DeHaney told me over the phone, politely ignoring my huffs and puffs of envy.

She did, however, fill me on a few choice products, as well as the vision behind how the complicated character’s look came to be, below.

Glamour: Tell me about the planning process for Camille’s hair.

Patti DeHaney: It all started with [director] Jean Marc [Vallée’s] vision of the character, and how he really wanted her to have a natural look. We played around with her natural waves and manipulated them a little bit to take advantage, and it responded so nicely that it [became] the look he approved. To be able to actually use [an actress’] natural wave was kind of a dream come true for us.

Glamour: When you say manipulate, I assume you mean with product?

PD: The important thing about [working with] natural waves is really about hydration, and we used some pretty basic products that always work for me, including Redken All Soft shampoo and conditioner, Bumble and Bumble Texture Hair Un-Dressing Creme, and a little bit of Paul Mitchell products—I like their whole moisture line. The trick is to just leave it. I combed through the products and didn’t touch it. You can’t play around with natural hair too much. If you stretch it out, you’ll have a heck of a time getting that wave back in.

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Glamour: So no hot tools at all? Not even a waving wand? Or a hair dryer for her roots?

PD: Nope, no hot tools at all. I know, I know!—I can’t take credit for how beautiful Amy’s hair is. We didn’t want her hair to get too pretty, so we made sure it wasn’t glamorous looking—too full, too soft, too much volume. Camille washes her hair, walks out and that’s it.

Glamour: Were there challenges of letting your star’s hair just dry naturally, with no consistent control?

PD: We always do a camera test and we were happy with the way it came out. But we did the test in L.A., then we were in different locations so [we had] different water in different environments. We were up in northern California which has a way different [climate], then we were in Georgia where it was hot and humid and I’d have to make sure it didn’t start to get frizzy and fuzzy. I had to keep manipulating it to the environment.

Glamour: Anything you found that worked well to take some of the humid-air fuzzies out?

PD: The Bumble Un-Dressing Creme. I’d spray some Evian on my hands and add a tiny bit of that creme and rub my palms together and lightly touch over the hair.

Glamour: What’s with the Evian? Won’t water make the hair frizz more?

PD: The water distributes the cream a little, making it a little lighter so I can [easily] work with it.

Glamour: Was Amy OK with wearing her hair natural during the entire series?

PD: Oh absolutely; super happy because she didn’t have to have her hair blown dry and flat ironed or curled. It was a nice break for her. Plus, she’d had beautiful color done, so [going natural] really saved it. One thing I learned in this industry is it isn’t always about “pretty” hair— it’s about telling a story and portraying that character. Sometimes it’s a challenge to say, “OK, let’s let nature take this.”

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Glamour: All the other women in the show are so much more “done” than Camille—was it a choice to use her hair as a way to separate her from the “ladylike” women of Wind Gap?

PD: Yes. With all the challenges Camille is dealing with, beauty isn’t a big part of [her life]. She had to borrow a dress from her mother and it kills her to even have to put the dress on. Even when she wears the dress, we left her hair a little disheveled-looking instead of making it pretty and perfect, because that’s not Camille. She’s not trying to impress any of those people—and she wasn’t going to do anything to please her mother. [The character] is drinking a lot, and her hair wasn’t going to look like she took time with it at all.

Glamour: What’s next for you?

PD: Amy and I are working together again in an Adam McKay-directed movie. Amy is playing Lynne Cheney, so we’ll have five different decades of looks. There will be a lot of wig work in that one.

Stream Sharp Objects on HBO NOW and HBO GO, or download the full season at iTunes, Google Play and other retailers.

This interview has been edited and condensed for length and clarity.

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Shay Mitchell on the Secrets Behind Her Great Skin


Of all the batshit-crazy things on Pretty Little Liars that make no sense, there’s one above all that’s always bugged me: How can so many teen girls have such incredible skin? Like, is the water in Rosewood secretly filtered with salicylic acid and benzoyl peroxide? Is “A” rubbing down their faces with a makeup wipe when they pass out after a long night of scheming? The designer clothing I can rationalize: It’s a pretty wealthy town, and the girls’ parents have money. But with all the pressure of trying not to be murdered and still graduate high school, you’d think at least one of them would get a stress zit.

The reason, along with many of the show’s greatest mysteries, will probably never be answered. But at a recent event to celebrate Bioré’s new Citrus Crush Pore Strips, which hit stores this month, Shay Mitchell (who’s been a longtime face of the brand) was at least able to share the secrets behind her personal skin care routine. Being close up with her, I can attest that there’s no post-production trickery happening when you see her on TV—her skin really is that good. Here, she answers our Big Beauty Questions, a rapid-fire assortment of beauty-related things you never knew you wanted to know.

What beauty rule do you think is bullshit?

Honestly, I think they’re all kind of true! Going to sleep, taking off your makeup, drinking a lot of water. They really make a difference.

What’s one beauty rule you always swear by?

Having a routine is key. Be sure to wash your face off—all your makeup, gone—completely every night. I love the Bioré Charcoal Cleanser. It’s my go-to. And then I make sure to exfoliate at least once a week. It doesn’t matter how much makeup you have on top, you need to start with a good clean canvas. Oh, and wear sunscreen all the time. You need it whether you’re inside or outside!

Fill in the blank: I love my skin __________.

I love my skin right before I go to bed. It just feels so clean and rested. Plus, I don’t have to put on makeup. I have to wear so much of it for work [that] it’s refreshing at night and in the morning to have nothing on.

What is one beauty trend you love but would never try?

I don’t really know if there’s any that I wouldn’t try to be honest. I’m kind of down to try whatever. I loved when people were accentuating their freckles. I heard the new skin care thing to do is “glass skin“—I’ve been reading about it on different blogs. K-beauty is really on point with trends. Eyebrow makeup is also cool. I’m game to do anything that isn’t permanent.

What’s one beauty trend you wish you’d never tried?

Going completely blond. It damaged my hair so much, and getting back from it took forever. I think it was also out of insecurity at the time. I was still in high school and wanted to look exactly like my friends—you know, blond hair, blue eyes. Now my lesson is accentuate what you were born with. Or have fun with wigs! There are so many options you can use now, like, why would I [dye my hair]? You can get an instant color change and don’t have to make a commitment.

What’s your favorite color to wear on your nails right now?

I don’t have it on right now, but I’m going to the beach soon, so I’m going to do a very bright, vibrant orange color—something bright, for sure. That’s just summer! It looks great in pool shots and with a tan. It’s just fun.

You have $20 and free rein of a drugstore. What do you buy?

Pore strips, coconut oil, a nail file, and gum—the mintier, the better.

What is your favorite way to take a moment for yourself?

Go to the gym, hands down. Boxing is my favorite thing. I have my own custom ShayButtah gloves! I’ve been doing it for a pretty long time, but I mostly love it because you’re forced to be in the moment. I’m also into spin classes.

What’s your go-to getting ready song?

Pretty much anything by Beyoncé, so right now it’s her [and Jay Z’s] new album. I can’t help it. The music video? Don’t even get me started. It’s so good.

What is your best travel skin care advice?

No makeup on the plane. When you’re flying, the air isn’t as clean and it’s dehydrating, so I keep my cleanser in my bag and take my makeup off right before I get on-board. I’ll usually put it back on before we land—I’ll set up a little mirror situation—or I’ll just wait until I get to where I’m going.

It’s Self-Care Sunday! What’s your routine?

I love to have my own at-home spa day. I’ll start by steaming my skin over a big bowl of hot water with lemon. I’ll throw a towel over my head. Then I’ll do a one-minute self-heat mask. I set the environment so it feels like I’m re-creating a spa at my house, too. I’ll light candles, spritz a little bit of lavender in the air, and make my space feel warm and cozy to be in. It’s a lot cheaper. It’s easier to get to. Sometimes I’ll have some friends over, have a little wine, and I’m good to go.

What’s your favorite emoji?

The salsa girl dancing or the pizza emoji. Those are the two I use the most because I’m always happy when I get pizza. I basically do that exact same dance.

Screw, Marry, Kill: Pore strips, bubble masks, zit cream. Which do you choose?

Marry pore strips. With all the makeup, dirt, and oil, and all that gross stuff from even being outside, they’re a must. Kill bubble masks, and screw zit cream.

What is the last beauty-related thing you Googled or searched on YouTube?

Witch hazel. I used it back in the day, but it’s popping up in products again. [Editor’s note: Bioré has new witch hazel pore strips coming out this fall.] It’s been a top-searched ingredient for a while now. I wanted to brush up on what the benefits of it are, which now I know! It decreases redness and helps give an overall clean feel.

If there were one thing you could change about beauty perceptions in Hollywood, what would it be?

If I could change one thing about Hollywood beauty perceptions, it’s that women have to be perfect. All the filters on social media we use, everybody is so concerned about looking like that in real life. I think those are fun, but let’s all realize that they’re filters. It’s actually beautiful when you can see lines and different things that set us apart. Having everybody be themselves is something that should be celebrated.

This interview has been edited and condensed.





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All the Secrets Behind the Hair in 'Dear White People' Season 2


Warning: This post contains spoilers.

We’ve waited over a year, but Dear White People is finally back. The acclaimed film turned Netflix series centers around the lives of African-American students as they come face-to-face with microaggressions at the fictional predominately white, Ivy League Winchester University. Based on its popularity and scope of a “post-racial” America on a college campus, the show was renewed for a second season—and rightfully so. The situations Winchester students find themselves in feel all too familiar for women of color.

Aside from the drama and brilliant commentary on “wokeness,” while binge-watching the first season of Dear White People, I couldn’t seem to take my eyes off the amazing hair looks that I so desperately wanted to re-create. From lead character Samantha White’s (played by Logan Browning) textured pompadour, to Joelle Brooks’ (Ashley Blaine) waist-length box braids, it was truly refreshing to see the versatility of natural hair flawlessly depicted in the series. More than that, the show captures the complicated relationship black women have with their hair—and, for so many of us, how it ties into our identities.

With the show returning to Netflix this weekend, I caught up with head hairstylist Dontay Savoy to learn more about how the characters’ hairstyles play a role this season. Savoy is an advocate of the natural hair movement, which is why he wanted the styles this season to be reflective of that. “It was extremely important to show that it’s okay for black women to embrace their natural curl patterns,” he tells Glamour. “For a long time, women have been kept hostage of owning what exactly that their own natural hair does by straightening it with relaxers, chemicals, and combs.”

This, if you remember from last season, was a big plot point for Colandrea ‘Coco’ Conners (played Antoinette Robertson). Episode four dove into her painful quest to cover up her impoverished upbringing and fit in with the beauty standards of her white counterparts. She ditched her natural hair for sew-in extensions and then moved on to wigs. “Her character is kind of glamorous, but we’ve got to keep in mind, she’s still a college student,” says Savoy. “She comes from poverty, but she’s trying to make it look like she’s the glam girl, the pretty girl who’s always been it. She doesn’t want anybody to know she’s ever been poor or had to struggle.”

Now, as black women are continuing to break free from the constraints of Eurocentric beauty ideals, Savoy says it was important this was also reflected in the characters on the show—especially Coco, who’s struggled with this part of her identity for so long. For the opening scene of season two, Savoy ditched Coco’s usual loose waves and curls for a more audacious look. “I gave her this long, 45-inch ponytail with blunt-cut bangs,” he says. “That was one of my favorite hairstyles for Coco, because it was different. You never saw her hair pulled away from her face, so you were able to see how beautiful she really is.” From the get-go, we see her interacting with her hair in a way she usually doesn’t—she’s seen stroking her ponytail and even whips her hair at Sam—conveying the strength and confidence she’s built up over time. “Her hair is an accessory to her shadiness [this season],” says Savoy.

Meanwhile, Joelle Brooks’ box-braids made their return, but Savoy decided to diversify the way they were styled. “For season two, I made sure I sent her to the best braider,” he says. “A lot of people think that when you wear braids, you just have one or two styles and that’s it. I wanted to show we could treat braids just like they’re regular hair.” One of his favorite styles? “We put four or five cornrows in her braids, and it just turned out magnificent,” he says.

While Joelle didn’t make a drastic hair change, the change in her styling added to the shift in personality to her character. “Joelle comes to learn more about herself this season,” says Savoy. “She realizes that she has more than just brains. She starts to pretty herself up and add hair jewelry for a pop.” For example, in episode two, Joelle is shown with her hair in braided ponytails and gold-detailed beading singing Erykah Badu’s “Tyrone” during an open mic segment after realizing she has feelings for Reggie. It was no coincidence that Brooks paid homage to Badu, who’s long worn a plethora of natural hairstyles.

And then, of course, there’s Sam—who’s pinned-up, crown-like pompadour is central to how she wants the world to see her. As a social activist and agent for racial equality, her hair mimics the styles worn by other historical black feminists like Madam C.J Walker and Ida B. Wells. In season two, Savoy wanted to add a twist to Sam’s signature ‘do by giving it more of her natural texture (which he used Eco Styler Moroccan Argan Oil Styling Gel to keep in place for hours).

Sam’s hair also symbolizes some of the personal hardships she endures this season—a visual signifier of her breakdown. Where for other characters, this is often shown as haircut, for Sam, it’s shown in the loss of her “crown.”

“There are moments where you see Sam starts to wear all of her hair down in curly styles that are no longer structured,” says Savoy. “They’re not held together with pins or anything. She’s just wearing it loose.” One of these moments Savoy refers to specifically speaks to a scene episode nine, when Sam finds out that her dad has died. As she heads home to be with her family, her hair is completely down and in its seemingly natural state. “Sam was tired of fighting, so the bold, structured, crowned hairstyles started to diminish,” says Savoy. “The man of her life passed away, and at that point, she had nothing more to prove with her hair.” She wore that hairstyle in school to show her tough exterior, and this episode shows Sam in her most vulnerable state, as she is filled with grief and regret.

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Whether a sign of strength or loss of it, what Dear White People does so well once again this season, is capture the nuance and complexities of black hair in 2018. We all have our crowns—and this shows us the infinite ways we can wear them.

Dear White People Volume II is now available on Netflix.

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