Hollywood’s biggest night celebrated the 86th Academy Awards tonight and stars showed off glamorous, elegant and chic hairstyles to compliment their red carpet look! Jenny Balding, NYC Cutler/Redken Styling and Grooming Expert, shares her three favorite Oscar styles and steps for how your readers can recreate these looks for their personal red carpet event.
Cate Blanchett, Best Actress Winner – “This beautiful, classic vintage Hollywood style is refreshing as it isn’t a faux bob or very long but it’s just right, at the shoulder. The key to this look is to create the wave just through the front section and throughout the perimeter of the hair.” – Jenny Balding
Create the Look!
- Create a deep side part wherever works best for your face shape and hairline.
- Blow dry smooth and keep to just a natural volume for this look.
- Mist hair with a light and versatile hairspray like Redken fashion work 12
- Use a medium size curling iron and start by creating the front section first as this will set the tone. Create the wave from underneath the cheekbone.
- Hold the iron vertically and wrap from mid-length to the ends.
- Finish by setting the hair with a stronger hold hairspray. Redken control addict 28 is perfect for this as it holds and creates shine.
Olivia Wilde – “This is a stunning, swept up, Brigitte Bardot inspired style and compliments her black and white gown beautifully. Her graphic black eyeliner adds a 60’s inspired feel to the whole ensemble.” – Jenny Balding
Create the Look!
- Start by blow drying hair with a round brush to create body, volume and slight wave to the ends.
- Separate into two sections. Take the crown and front section and pin to one side then leave the underneath section out.
- Sweep the underneath section into a chignon that hugs the curve of the head.
- Take the top section and back brush under the crown area to create padding and volume and twist lightly and secure into chignon.
- Finish by gently loosening some shorter pieces to frame the face and mist with a light hairspray – I love Redken fashion work 12 and it is very versatile and light to work with.
Charlize Theron – “Charlize is simply stunning with her sleek, smooth, grown out pixie which complimented her sleek gown with clean lines. If you have a shorter hairstyle you can style it in so many ways, this, being one of them.” – Jenny Balding
Create the Look!
Charlize has naturally wavy hair so you can also recreate this look with a few simple steps.
- Apply a smoothing, straightening balm, Redken align 12, to clean wet hair.
- Blow dry smooth and wrap the hair back and forward to prevent creating volume.
- Create a deep side part which works best for your face shape and hairline.
- Sweep and tuck behind ears.
- I love Cutler Flyaway stick which is perfect for keeping your strands sleek and glossy all over.