6 Picks with Amy Adams
“I have long lashes and this mascara makes them full and thick and doesn’t clump.”
“The cucumber is my favorite!”
Cynthia Vincent Knee High Boots. “Most knee high boots make me think ‘naughty’ but these are so versatile and elegant, and maybe just a little bit naughty”
. “I use this at night and I’ve noticed it helps even out my skin texture, I have extremely dry skin.”
Teutonia Stroller. “I’m a new mom and this is a whole traveling system with car seat and stroller. It is all purpose and so amazing, and it is table height!”
Photographer: Don Flood. Hair: Mark Townsend. Make Up: Molly R. Stern. Manicure: Tom Bachick. Fashion Director: Estee Stanley. Dress: Miss Davenporte. Leggings: Iliann Loeb.
10 Questions with Amy Adams
What beauty trick did you learn from your mom?
To use lipstick as blush.
What drugstore product do you swear by?
Dr. Pepper Lipsmackers!
What products would we find in your teensiest red carpet clutch?
Blotting papers, bobby pins, lip gloss, and a teeny mirror.
What products do you never travel without?
Le Mer Moisturizing Lotion and Rosebud Salve.
What’s your biggest beauty splurge?
LA MER!
Who is your beauty icon from the past?
Grace Kelly and Ann Margaret.
Who is your current beauty icon?
Meryl Streep.
Which of your red carpet beauty looks was your favorite?
The 2007 Academy Awards. I wore this amazing green Proenza Schouler dress and I felt and looked so much like myself. So often I play characters so it is so nice to see pictures where I look like me.
If you could trade hair with anyone, who would it be?
I’ve always wanted to try a short hair style so I’ll say Carey Mulligan.
The one beauty trend you’ll never embrace
Pencil thin eyebrows or faux tans
The one beauty trend you’d like to bring back?
HOT ROLLERS!
Photographer: Don Flood. Hair: Mark Townsend. Make Up: Molly R. Stern. Manicure: Tom Bachick. Fashion Director: Estee Stanley. Art Director: Frank Rust. Dress: Giambatista Valli. Shoes: Christian Louboutin.
I really do not know where to begin when writing about my client and my friend Amy Adams. She is the client I have worked with the longest, almost 8 years now, and I feel like we have “grown up” in this business together. I met Amy on a photo shoot for GQ magazine back in 2002, and I loved her immediately. We were shooting in the middle of the night at a bus stop on Fairfax Avenue and to pass the time, keep warm, and keep spirits up Amy and I were sneaking shots of tequila between set ups and telling funny stories from our pasts. Throughout the years, Amy has kept me busy woking on the most enviable mane of hair I have ever seen and she’s kept me laughing with her insane sense of humor and some of my favorite moments have been impromptu sing alongs to the soundtrack of The Little Mermaid.
Photographer: Don Flood. Hair: Mark Townsend. Make Up: Molly R. Stern. Manicure: Tom Bachick. Fashion Director: Estee Stanley. Art Director: Frank Rust. Jacket: Louis Vuitton.
Amy was one of the first people who agreed to do a photo shoot for this project and when we talked about her look for the shoot she said she always wanted to have “wispy, layered hair” and wanted to play with bangs so I got a few wigs for us to play with. Amy is naturally blonde, but I love her as a red head, she has experimented with many different shades from deep red to strawberry and she has also been pretty bold with her hair cuts, she will grow it until she can’t take it anymore and then go for a big chop, cutting it to her shoulders.
Striped top: Charlotte Ronson. Earrings: Tiffany and Co.
Amy was actually pregnant when we did this shoot and watching her become a mother has been so beautiful. I feel so lucky that I have been able to see Amy receive so many amazing accolades for her incredible acting skills, but seeing her with her daughter is what makes me most proud to be her friend.
For the premiere of The Fighter in Hollywood I worked with the incredible Amy Adams, who has been my client for many years. That long relationship and trust is so important because last week I injured my right hand and broke my little “pinky” finger in several places, which could basically be a death sentence for a hair stylist!
I have to wear this incredibly uncomfortable cast/splint contraption on my finger that keeps it completely straight for 6 weeks which makes it physically impossible to hold and use a round brush or even hold my scissors. I had absolutely no idea how important that little finger is!
So with my nine working fingers and the support of an amazing lady like Amy, I went to work getting her ready for her premiere of The Fighter (one of the best films I have seen in my entire life!) I wanted Amy’s hair to be soft, touchable, and sexy so I started by setting Amy’s dry hair in large hot rollers and let them cool for about 20 minutes. Next I took the rollers out and brushed through the curls.
Just before Amy left, she flipped her head upside down and sprayed her hair with to give the hair lots of body and hold without making it stiff.
