Troian Bellisario: Behind the Scenes Video
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Photographer: Stephanie Vovas. Hair: Mark Townsend. Make Up: Kayleen McAdams. Manicurist: Debbie Leavitt. Fashion Director: Estee Stanley. Art Director: Frank Rust. Behind the Scenes: Tom Rollason.
10 Questions with Troian Bellisario
MTB: What beauty trick did you learn from your mom?
TB: Eye Cream, every night. Starting that habit as young as possible and drinking as much water as possible throughout the day.
MTB: What drugstore product do you swear by?
TB: I get everything from the drugstore. Shampoo, Conditioner, lotion. I just follow my nose as to what smells I like best and then I grab it and go.
MTB: What products would we find in your teensiest red carpet clutch?
TB: My phone…if I can fit it. What else could possible be stuffed in those things? They’re for fairies, not people.
MTB: What products do you never travel without?
TB: A book and my journal.
MTB: What’s your biggest beauty splurge?
TB: Umm…organic beauty products from Whole Foods? Please don’t ask me for names, I couldn’t tell you if I wanted to.
MTB: Who is your beauty icon from the past?
TB: Patti Smith and Audrey Hepburn.
MTB: Who is your current beauty icon?
TB: Cate Blanchett and Natalie Portman.
MTB: Which of your red carpet beauty looks was your favorite?
TB:Oh, wow! I seriously just spent 30 minutes online looking at the Red Carpet looks of other actresses I admire trying to find a favorite. I was getting very, very frustrated because I thought, “I’m never going to find just one!” And then I re-read this question and saw the word, “your.” Well, that just got a lot easier because I’ve only had about three red carpet looks. So, I guess the Teen Choice Awards dress? It was sparkly.
MTB: If you could trade hair with anyone, who would it be?
TB: Right now? Mia Wasikowska or Carrie Mulligan. I’m dying to get a role where they ask me to cut off all my hair. I’ve always had long hair, I think I will for the majority of my life, but just once I’d like to chop it all off or even shave it!
MTB: The one beauty trend you’ll never embrace and the one beauty trend you’d like to bring back?
TB: The neon colors of the late ’80s early ’90s. Please, please, let them rest in peace. I get frightened whenever a magazine does a spread with nuclear turquoise eye shadow and they capitalize the words “IT’S BACK!” The thick liner of the ’60s. I love Anna Karenna’s eyes in Une Femme est une Femme, any Godard film really. I adore that style of make up.
Photographer: Stephanie Vovas. Hair: Mark Townsend. Make Up: Kayleen McAdams. Manicurist: Debbie Leavitt. Fashion Director: Estee Stanley. Art Director: Frank Rust. Men’s shirt: Steven Allen. Hat: Vintage.
. It’s pretty much the only piece of make up I wear. I don’t know how to do any other look than a smoky eye, but really I don’t want much else, maybe some blush. I’m just trying to look like Patti Smith three hours after a show. So I’ll generally put it on on Friday night and by Sunday morning it’s bled into the perfect look. Rebecca, who does my make up on the show, is always rubbing it off. I don’t think she ever believes me when I say I’ve washed my face, but I swear I do. I mean…not often…but I do.
. Not the honey, not the tinted, the peppermint. It burns, that’s how I know it’s working.
. Hi my name is Troian Bellisario, and I am a Kombucha-holic.
. I usually hate my hair. When I was younger it was enormous and frizzy and often decided to settle into a pyramid shape around my face, and now that I am older it just kind of frizzes out in odd unattractive angles. The only time I love my hair is when it’s dried after the beach. The salt makes it curl into a perfect mess. I feel so beautiful. But since I cannot be in the ocean everyday…this stuff is the next best thing.
Griffith Park. Nothing makes me happier than hiking in Griffith Park. When it rains it looks like you are walking through clouds and when the sun is setting and you can see the whole of Los Angeles, like an ocean of lights. It’s Heaven…there’s nowhere I would rather be (maybe New York or Paris, but lets be realistic.) I also have a massive obsession with nature. The more species of trees and flowers I can identify along the trails the happier I feel.
My Record Collection. There is nothing better than the warmth of analog. With all of the condensing and formatting of our music, we don’t realize what we are missing. Get your favorite song and play it on a record. It’s sounds like firewood, it’s breathy and human. We also are so inundated with music now that we forget to appreciate it. It is always in our ears, in the background of our car conversations, floating through the malls. When you listen to a record, it is a singular activity. You have to select the whole album, and put it on. You don’t listen to one hit single, you hear the progression of songs the way the artist intended. It’s a journey. I could not sound more pretentious right now, but this is important to me!
Photographer: Stephanie Vovas. Hair: Mark Townsend. Make Up: Kayleen McAdams. Manicurist: Debbie Leavitt. Fashion Director: Estee Stanley. Art Director: Frank Rust. Dress: Vintage. Knee highs: Prada. Shoes: Dior.
Troian Bellisario
I am completely obsessed with the ABC Family show Pretty Little Liars and even more obsessed with the gorgeous star of the show, Troian Bellisario. She is über cool, breath taking and has amazing style. I was thrilled when I got the chance to work with Troian and loved every minute of it!
Photographer: Stephanie Vovas. Hair: Mark Townsend. Make Up: Kayleen McAdams. Manicurist: Debbie Leavitt. Fashion Director: Estee Stanley. Art Director: Frank Rust. Sweater: The Row. Shorts: Kiki de Montparnase. Knee highs: Prada.
Top: Vintage
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Photographer: Don Flood. Hair: Mark Townsend. Makeup: Kayleen McAdams. Fashion Director: Estee Stanley. Art Director: Frank Rust. Behind the Scenes: Brian Weidling. Song: .
Miranda Cosgrove won me over completely in School of Rock and I’ve been a huge fan ever since. At 17, she’s already starring in her own show, iCarly on Nickelodeon, and is now moving into more mature roles, like her guest appearance on The Good Wife. I have wanted to work with Miranda for years so I was thrilled when I finally got the chance to meet her and collaborate with her for these images!
Dress: Giorgio Armani
“I’m pretty low-key when it comes to makeup. Foundation, mascara and maybe a little blush. I try not to go too crazy and I don’t like to spend too much time doing it. Putting mascara on in the passenger’s seat of a moving car is actually one of my hidden talents. I’m really awesome at it! As for my hair, I’m pretty happy with it. It has always been super-straight and I wished it was curly. Lately it’s randomly turned wavy, which is kind of my dream!”
Dress: vintage. Belt: Jill Stuart. Shoes: Dries Van Noten. Socks: American Apparel. Headband: MARKTbeauty.
MTB: What was the inspiration for Miranda’s make up?
Kayleen McAdams: I wanted to keep Miranda’s look in the barefaced vein that she arrived in; gorgeous, pale skin, nothing on the eyes, and strong brows. The clothes made me envision a cool, crisp fall day and I manifested that in her brown-red lips and soft, smudgy eyes. We took her own style and just amplified that up.
To get Miranda’s flawless complexion, start with . Next, use on cheekbones, under brow bone, and the inner corners of eyes as a light reflecting highlighter. And on the cheeks.
Kayleen McAdams: “If you want to give a bold lip staying power I recommend using lip liner as your first step. You can start out by filling in the lip with a neutral toned lip liner, after that follow up with your chosen lipstick color and AFTER applying the lipstick, tighten up the edges with a lip liner that is a slightly darker shade than your lipstick. Filling in with a neutral liner first sets the color well but allows you to play with the shape of the lips more than a dark pencil would.”
Miranda’s lip color:
Dress: vintage Christian Dior
“I’d like to have a career like Anne Hathaway. I’ve been following her career since I was really young—I remember watching The Princess Diaries with my friends—and I really respect the movies she’s in now, too. I love making iCarly, but I’m ready to do something more mature. I’m ready to take that leap.”
Dress: vintage Christian Dior. Broche: Chanel. Shoes: Sergio Rossi. Socks: American Apparel
Kayleen McAdams: For this look we wanted to give the eyes some emphasis but keep them in the background and let the lips shine front and center. To do this I avoided using an eyelash curler, liner, or mascara. I used warm caramel and terracotta shadows for the first coupls of looks and then switched to deeper browns for the last few looks (like the one above.) The key is to blend the shadows very well with a fluffly brush and remember: only shadows, you want this look to be soft!
Dress: Oscar de la Renta. Hair pin: Jennifer Behr. Nail color: Chanel Nail Colour Imperial.
Mark Townsend: “Miranda has amazing hair and it will do just about anything you want it to. I am loving that we are seeing hair that is a little more polished, not so much of the beachy waves that have been everywhere. I showed Miranda lots of references for this shoot and we both loved the idea of taking very lady-like clothes and giving them a young, modern twist which is what I did with her hair as well. I blow dried Miranda’s hair and then used a large 2 inch curling iron to create soft waves.”
Try before blowdrying for lots of volume and shine.
Dress: Oscar de la Renta. Shoes: Christian Louboutin. Socks: Prada.
Photographer: Don Flood. Hair: Mark Townsend. Makeup: Kayleen McAdams. Fashion Director: Estee Stanley. Art Director: Frank Rust.
