Stumble It!Get Vera Farmiga’s Look From The Oscars
Posted by The Girls in the BSW Beauty Dept. on March 8th, 2010
Supporting actress nominee for “Up In the Air” Vera Farmiga took a big fashion risk with her huge, ruffled fuschia-toned Marchesa gown. To balance out her look, hairstylist Lona Vigi, who also created Cameron Diaz’s do, kept Vera’s tresses low-key, but still full enough to see the hair from straight on.
“It’s a lot of dress,” Vigi said, “and it’s beautiful and vibrant, so we basically wanted to keep the hair off her face, but also keep it strong.” The key to creating the look was making sure Farmiga’s hairstyle complemented her narrow face shape. “We wanted to make sure we saw hair on the bottom when you looked at her straight-on, especially with her face shape. I didn’t just want to have no hair.”
Vigi achieved volume on top and bottom, without losing the pretty proportions by First drying Farmiga’s hair with a Velecta Paramount blow-drier, using Volumizing Catalyst for lifting the roots from LiQWD, and for added volume on top, she used a round brush and concentrated on the roots.
Next Vigi gently back-combed the hair on top and in the back to get a little lift all-around. She then tied the bottom section to the nape of her neck with an elastic, wrapping the ponytail, section by section, into a loose chignon secured by bobby pins. “Vera’s like me, we don’t like hair super constricted, so it looks really serious,” she said.
Next, the hairdresser added a Fred Leighton diamond brooch to her hair on the left-back side for a little extra bling, and finally, she sprayed the entire look with L’oreal Elnett hairspray for a light hold.
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March 8th, 2010 at 8:07 pm
Girls, thanks for this post and all the other ones you wrote today. I live for these beauty and fashion tips and looks!
March 9th, 2010 at 2:49 am
Not sure about that lip color. Her makeup looks so pale. Not my favorite look for Vera Farmiga.