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.
Gillian Zinser
I recently had the opportunity to meet and work with the incredible Gillian Zinser from 90210. I had such a blast collaborating with her, she is so smart, funny, clever and stunningly beautiful. She came to the photo shoot with so many great ideas and brought her spirit to these images and gave them a modern, whimsical feel. I think Gillian is amazingly talented, I cannot wait to see where her career is headed!
Photographer: Don Flood. Hair: Mark Townsend. Make Up: Rachel Goodwin. Fashion Director: Estee Stanley. Art Director: Frank Rust. Dress and fur coat by The Row.
WHAT’S THE MOST IMPORTANT BEAUTY TRICK YOU’VE EVER LEARNED AND WHY?
GZ: Don’t over pluck your eyebrows. You’ll miss them one day.
WHAT IS BEAUTY TO YOU?
GZ: Grace. Confidence. Ryan Gosling.
WHAT’S YOUR DAY TO DAY BEAUTY ROUTINE?
GZ: Chapstick. Horribly addicted. Currently on a 12-step program I found on the internet to ween myself off. Other than that, I’m pretty laissez-faire. Dermalogica and YON-KA on my skin, and Kerastase when I need to tame my wild mane.
Photographer: Don Flood. Hair: Mark Townsend. Make Up: Rachel Goodwin. Fashion Director: Estee Stanley. Art Director: Frank Rust. Leotard by American Apparel.
Rachel Goodwin: Gillian is a free spirit with a real penchant for the avant garde. I loved that she wanted to experiment with neon colors and abstract shapes for our shoot. Gillian see’s make up as an opportunity to experiment with ideas versus just beautification and that’s always really challenging and fun for me as an artist. I played with geometric shapes and vivid shades on her, taking a more bare bones approach to the rest of the make up, focusing mostly on the bold shapes and color. I used professional make up palette by Kryolan to create the look which are essentially face-paints. They can be found online or at places like Namie’s or Nigel’s Beauty here in Los Angeles or Alcone in NY.
Photographer: Don Flood. Hair: Mark Townsend. Make Up: Rachel Goodwin. Fashion Director: Estee Stanley. Art Director: Frank Rust. Fur coat by The Row
Gillian’s hair is AMAZING! I am sure her hair will do anything you want it to, but I loved the texture in her hair when she arrived in the studio so I just took a 1 1/2 inch curling iron and wrapped random sections of hair around it and then I used a small amount of on her hair to give it some extra shine.
Photographer: Don Flood. Hair: Mark Townsend. Make Up: Rachel Goodwin. Fashion Director: Estee Stanley. Art Director: Frank Rust. Leotard by American Apparel. Dress by Nina Ricci.
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.
. 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
6 Picks with Maggie Gyllenhaal
The River Café in London “I’m filming Hysteria in London right now, and The River Café is one of my favorite restaurants in the world. I only have one day off each week, so I’ve been trying to make it there for lunch on Saturdays. It’s the best.”
. “I absolutely love this album—I think everyone does. I met the band in Montreal and they were very cool.”
. “My makeup artist Molly Stern introduced me to this mascara. It doesn’t even look like you’re wearing mascara, it never gets under your eyes, and you can just wash it off with water. Perfect!”
(discontinued!) “This was my very, very favorite lip stain but they don’t make it anymore. It comes in this pretty rosy case and it’s just that perfect day-to-day shade that you can put on without even looking. My makeup artist Jeanine Lobell found two online for me but now I only have one left!”
Tom Ford Private Blend Lip Color “Tom Ford sent me his entire collection of lipsticks in this beautiful white box. I was just like, ‘You sent this to the right girl!’ They are so beautiful.”
“My girlfriend calls this stuff liquid gold. I love the facial oil and the body oil. The body oil is just so decadent. When I got married I poured it all over myself. I’m really into oil. I drench myself in oil.”
Photographer: Jason McDonald. Hair: Mark Townsend. Make Up: Molly Stern. Styling: Danielle Nachmani. Art Director: Frank Rust.
Maggie Gyllenhaal
I met Maggie Gyllenhaal a few years ago when I went to style her hair for the ShoWest Festival in Las Vegas around the time The Dark Knight was coming out. I have always been such a fan of Maggie’s work and love the brave choices she makes with the roles she plays (Secretary, Sherrybaby, Away We Go, and Crazy Heart on all on my favorite movie list!) I remember that I was insanely nervous to work with her because I’ve always thought that she is the coolest, most stylish lady in Hollywood and I was afraid she wouldn’t think I was cool enough. I was completely correct about her being cool and stylish but I guess she did think I was cool enough because she asked me to do her hair for The Dark Knight film premiere! I absolutely love working with Maggie, she is a dream to collaborate with. In fact, the inspiration for this shoot came from a photograph in Maggie’s house from the ’30s that she has always loved and wanted to recreate in a modern way. Maggie inspires me in so many ways; as an actress, a mother, and as a friend and I think I am the luckiest kid in town that I get to work with her!
Photographer: Jason McDonald. Hair: Mark Townsend. Make Up: Molly Stern. Styling: Danielle Nachmani. Art Director: Frank Rust. Dress: Lanvin. Gloves: Lanvin. Fur: Chloe.
Molly Stern: “For Maggie’s look we wanted to do something current yet inspired by the beauties of the 1930s. On her skin I kept it bare using La Mer Treatment Powder Foundation just to matte the shine and on the cheek I used . I based the eye with ByTerry Cream Eye Shadow in Ombre Blackstar and used a combination of and to keep the eye vibrant yet dark. For her lip I used with Yves Saint Laurent’s Black Gloss Pur over top.” ( This gloss was a limited edition but you can find it on ebay!)
Photographer: Jason McDonald. Hair: Mark Townsend. Make Up: Molly Stern. Styling: Danielle Nachmani. Art Director: Frank Rust. Headpiece: Sasha Samuel. Red Velvet Cape: NY Vintage.
Maggie Gyllenhaal: “I like lipstick, and I always have kind of a stain-y lipstick in my purse. I have like 30 of them and I grab whichever one is around and I reapply during the day, but I almost never wear other kind of makeup.”
Photographer: Jason McDonald. Hair: Mark Townsend. Make Up: Molly Stern. Styling: Danielle Nachmani. Art Director: Frank Rust. Headpiece: Basha Gold. Fur: Stylist’s own.
Maggie Gyllenhaal: “I’ve gotten more comfortable working with people who are experts at their job like Molly Stern, who did the make up for these pictures, and Jeanine Lobell. We’ll talk about what we want to do and they’ll say something like “You know what, orange lipstick is going to look beautiful, can I please just do it?” and I would let them because they know more about make up than I do and they’ve done my make up enough that I trust them. It’s the same with Mark (Townsend) and one or two other people with my hair. The last time Mark cut my hair I didn’t ask him what he was doing. I barely looked in the mirror, I was just like “yeah sure cut my hair, I’m sure it will look good.”
Photographer: Jason McDonald. Hair: Mark Townsend. Make Up: Molly Stern. Styling: Danielle Nachmani. Art Director: Frank Rust. Caftan: Yves Saint Laurent.
Mark Townsend: “Maggie has gorgeously thick, wavy hair so for many events I have kept her hair soft and very natural but for this shoot I was inspired by the textured bobs from the 1930s so I set her hair in small half inch rollers and let them cool while she had her make up done. After I removed the rollers, I pulled the curls apart with my fingers to give them separation and scrunched the hair while spraying Dove Extra Hold Hairspray all over to give the hair hold and create texture. In these photographs I love the way the light shines through the hair, I just love this texture!”
Photographer: Jason McDonald. Hair: Mark Townsend. Make Up: Molly Stern. Styling: Danielle Nachmani. Art Director: Frank Rust. Dress: Lanvin. Gloves: Lanvin. Fur: Chloe.
Molly Stern: “When creating an eye like this, keep the focus of the pigment on the lid and don’t be afraid of the undereye smudge. The key to that is to use your vibrant shade with a more nuetral base like , that way you won’t end up looking like you have a black eye. If you want to wear the lip all day, I suggest , it’s sheer, gorgeous and it lasts!”
Photographer: Jason McDonald. Hair: Mark Townsend. Make Up: Molly Stern. Styling: Danielle Nachmani. Art Director: Frank Rust. Blazer: Theory. Pants: Timo Weiland.
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Photographer: Don Flood. Hair: Mark Townsend. Makeup: Robin Black.. Fashion Director: Estee Stanley. Art Director: Frank Rust. Behind the Scenes: Brian Weidling. Song: .
A few years ago while driving in Los Angeles I noticed billboards everywhere for a new television show called Fringe and I was very intrigued, mostly by this gorgeous blonde woman with the gorgeous eyes gazing down upon Sunset Boulevard. I tuned in for the first episode and was instantly hooked. I haven’t missed an episode since!
I’m so used to seeing Anna on Fringe with a tight pony-tail and very natural looking make up so my first instinct for this shoot was to give her a very glam, editorial look but when she arrived at the studio I was so blown away by how beautiful she is that I didn’t want to cover that up. Within minutes of meeting her, we were all joking around and having a good time and I wanted that to show in the photos.
Leather top: Loyandford.
Robin Black: “The biggest secret to creating the perfect smoky eye is to blend! Build the color out from the eye, keeping the darkest shade along the lash line and then blending out to the crease. I love a nude lip and NARS makes a great updated version of the classic call , it’s a pale nude with enough warmth to work on most fair skin tones. However, if you are olive skinned or darker, I prefer another which is a tad less pale and more peach.”
Robin Black: “Great looking skin starts with skin care, so to prep Anna’s skin I patted in a small amount of under her eyes, around the corners of her nose and any other spot where dryness occurs. Next, I applied a liberal amount of La Mer Lip Balm and allowed it to sink in while I did the rest of her make up. To create a natural looking, flawless finish, I used a sheer tinted moisturizer blended over the entire face and then lightly brushed a small amount of concealer over any area with redness. I skipped the powder and spritzed the face with organic rose water to add a glow.”
Jumpsuit: Catherine Malandrino.
Photographer: Don Flood. Hair: Mark Townsend. Make Up: Robin Black. Fashion Director: Estee Stanley. Art Director: “Frank the Tank.” Top: Loyandford.
A few months ago I worked on this photo shoot for Teen Vogue with Lea Michele and I LOVE the images from the shoot! I love everyday I work with Lea and this one was so special. Regan Cameron is such an amazing photographer and he captured Lea’s amazing spirit and personality in these shots. It was such a beautiful day on the beach in Malibu and I wanted Lea’s hair to have that gorgeous beach-y texture so I got some salt water from the ocean and sprayed it in Lea’s hair and used the to give the hair gorgeous waves.
After the shoot, Lea had an event to go to so I asked her what she wanted to do with her hair and she sat in my chair and said “WOW ME!” With that kind of a challenge I had to pull out all the stops so I gave her a faux bob by pinning her hair under and using clip-in extensions to create the line of the bob. I love that she is so adventurous and let’s me do so many great looks with her hair!
