Anne Hathaway had eight amazing hairstyles at the Oscars. Her hairstylist, Adir Abergel, is sharing how he created our favorite look of the night: the low romantic bun she wore on the red carpet. Watch now to see how you can get the same look at home!
Backstage at Proenza Schouler, designers Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCollough chatted with Frederic Fekkai, whose hair care line was being used on the models. Mr. Fekkai wasn't doing hair, but lead stylist Paul Hanlon led a team in creating an undone, tousled updo. "It's a twisted Hitchcock thing," Hanlon explained. "It's cool and sexy, but the designers wanted a maturity to the look." He applied Fekkai Coiff Oceanique Tousled Wave spray throughout hair before finger-combing it dry with a diffuser. After pulling hair into a French twist, he left a few pieces out for what he calls "a feeling that it's fallen." In one unusual but effective move, he wrapped hair with mesh scarves, then set the texture with Fekkai Coiff Sheer Hold hair spray before removing the scarf.
Makeup had a tomboyish quality. "They're much more ladylike than they usually are, but they still wanted a tough edge," makeup artist Diane Kendal said of the designers' vision. Flawless skin and contoured cheekbones (courtesy of MAC Iridescent Powder in Silver Dusk) provided a contrast to the strong eye. Kendal created tomboyish eyebrows by brushing on shadow a shade darker than each model's natural color. The finishing touch: a little bit of foundation dabbed on the lips.
When you want to save money on hair color, there are plenty of good, easy drugstore options. But the hair color aisle can be confusing, and not all box dye is created equal. I've been coloring my own hair since I was in seventh grade, and in that time I've learned a little bit about which products really do what they say. So to see my favorites for changing your hue at home, just keep reading.
The Internet was in a tizzy yesterday after Kristen Stewart debuted a new hair color, a gorgeous coppery shade that the majority of you were loving. Want to get the look? Stewart's main stylist, Adir Abergel, worked with Clairol Celebrity Stylist Marie Robinson to create the new color. To recreate the '50s-inspired hue at home, they recommend Fekkai Salon Color in 6R Copper-Lucy ($30). If you don't think box color can do the trick, look at these before and after photos — you might change your mind.
You never know what kind of look Kristen Stewart will pull out on the red carpet, and that's why we love her. Last night at the Eclipse premiere, she gave a fresh twist to an elegant updo. Her stylist, Adir Abergel, created a soft take on the pompadour, looking to the styles of the 1950s for inspiration. To re-create the look yourself, all you need is five key tools and products: a volumizing whip, a round brush, hair dryer, some pins, and hairspray.
Find out how to get Kristen's updo when you read more.
Last week, we noticed that Kristen Stewart was sporting extensions. But after seeing her hair at the MTV Movie Awards, we've almost forgotten that her length isn't all her own. Fekkai stylist Adir Abergel used extensions to create Kristen's high, textured ponytail for the event. It looked so natural that it was impossible to tell where the extensions began.
Instead of a traditional clip-in hair fall, Kristen is wearing track extensions — just a simple length of hair. Abergel wrapped the track around her own natural ponytail so that her shorter hair wasn't visible, and then pinned the track to the base of her ponytail. He covered the track completely by wrapping a piece of Kristen's hair from underneath around the track and then pinning it. To keep it all in place, he added Fekkai Coiff Sheer Hold hairspray. So whether your hair is all yours, or you're using extensions like Kristen, that's the secret to a neat, perfect ponytail.
If there's one thing New York Fashion Week has taught us, it's that the '90s are back in a big way. At Proenza Schouler, Diane Kendal created a makeup look inspired by the early part of the decade. Dark matte lips and nearly bare skin were a throwback to the days of Singles.
To create this look, Kendal focused on moisturizing the skin instead of fussing with foundation. A dark brown cream base from MAC provided the eye makeup and contour underneath the cheeks. She filled in the eyebrows for depth, leaving the focus on the lip. She used Charred Red and Smoked Purple lipsticks, applying them intensely in the center. "It's not a hard line," she said. "It's quite soft." A dab of black eye shadow in the center created more intensity.
The hair was just as simple. Lead stylist Didier Malige aimed for a relaxed, no-fuss look. "It's about building a texture," he explained. "It has to look kind of static and untouched." To get the look, he worked Fekkai Coiff Bouffant through hair, squeezed it with fingers, and used Fekkai Coiff Bouffant spray gel to provide soft hold and movement. "It's the same feeling as last season," he said. Cue the Mudhoney.
At the posh Frédéric Fekkai salon in Henri Bendel, color treatments start at $135 and skyrocket from there. That's the price you pay for gorgeous, multitonal color. But for those of us who aren't within walking distance to Fifth Avenue, there's Fekkai Salon Color ($30). Created by the legendary stylist, the at-home color is more deluxe than your average drugstore product, but less expensive than heading to a salon.
But how well does it work? A friend of mine offered to try it out and share her findings, roping her fiancé into serving as her assistant. To see the before-and-after hair color, read more
