Cate Blanchett: Red Carpet Look #3
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: I LOVE a side chignon! I think it is the perfect hair style for when you want your hair up but you don’t want a bun. This is the day I fell in love with the style, and what a day it was! We woke up super early in NYC and got Cate ready for The Early Show and then we were off to Live with Regis and Kelly. Once we finished there, we were off to the airport to fly to LA (This amazing Versace dress was such an incredible piece of art, it had it’s own seat on the plane!) When we landed, we drove straight to the studio for Cate’s appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and her 3rd hairdo of the day. As soon as she walked off the stage she ran back to her dressing room where we had 10 MINUTES to get her into the Versace dress and change her hair and makeup for the red carpet premiere of The Good German. With such limited time (and space!) we all had to work together so I stood on the sofa while the makeup artist stood in front of Cate and her stylist somehow undressed her and got her into that dress with all of this craziness going on, it was like a game of Beauty Twister with arms and legs going in every direction.
I had given Cate a beach-y wave before The Tonight Show, so I quickly brushed out the waves and gathered her hair behind her right ear and loosely braided it and wrapped an elastic 2 inches from the bottom, then I looped the end of the braid back up to the base and secured by running bobby pins thru the elastic and pinning at the base. I let a few of her layers fall out of the braid to give the chignon movement and softness. I honestly could not believe I was able to get her hair ready in just a few minutes!
Cate Blanchett: Red Carpet Look #8
Cate Blanchett Babel Premiere
Cate Blanchett Babel Premiere
The countdown continues with another of my favorite red carpet looks with the stunning Cate Blanchett at the Los Angeles premiere of her film Babel.
I worship this lady and have to pinch myself every day I work with her to make sure I’m not dreaming it. Yes, she is an extraordinary actress and such a beautiful creature and she is also the kindest person with a wicked sense of humor!
Cate has never given me any rules to follow when it comes to styling her hair, most times she shows me the dress and sits in the chair and lets me play and sculpt her hair into a style. For this premiere, I so loved this gold Ralph Lauren gown and felt it had an old Hollywood feel to it but was completely modern so I wanted her hair to feel the same way. I used a 1/2 inch curling iron to wrap 2 inch sections of her hair into barrel curls and set them with clips and let cool while she had her makeup done. It kind of looked like she was sitting and having a perm with all those little barrel curls on her head and we laughed about that!
Next I took all the clips out and gave the hair a gentle brush and then ran a styling cream (I think I remember that I used Bumble and Bumble Styling Cream for this look) and raked the product through her hair with my fingers to break up the curls and give the hair shine and definition. Then I pinned the bottom of the hair under giving the illusion of an asymmetrical bob. For a little drama, I decided to pin the left side of hair back as well and I loved the look!
