Exclusive: Anne Hathaway's Oscar Hair Color Revealed!
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With her Oscar hosting duties just days away, we imagine that Anne Hathaway is the busiest, and possibly the most nervous, star in Hollywood right now. But at least she can check one very important thing off her to-do list: getting her hair color looking absolutely perfect for the big night. We asked the star's colorist, Clairol Color Director Marie Robinson, to tell UsMagazine.com everything about Hathaway's Academy Awards hair color, including how to get it at home.
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Us: How did you alter Anne's hair color in preparation for the Oscars?
MR: I made Anne's hair a medium rich brown then painted on highlights in various shades of honey and dark golden blonde to create a warmer tone. We also applied a gloss color to create a shinier look overall.
Us: What kind of discussion did you two have about her hair and how she wants it to look for the ceremony?
MR: Anne had been loving her current shade so we didn't want to make any drastic changes. We talked about adding shine and highlights. Because she is hosting this year, the highlights have to suit a multitude of different looks to compliment her gown and hair changes.
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Us: Did she say anything about being nervous about hosting the show?
MR: Anne was cool, calm and collected as always. She is very honored to be hosting the Oscars.
Us: Did she mention how many costume changes she’ll be making? Will her hair change as well?
MR: I'm not sure of the exact number of gown changes but I believe she has several. We discussed strategically placing highlights in various places because she is expecting her hair style to change depending on what she is wearing.
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Us: How long did the entire process take?
MR: Three hours. She was very patient with the process, even when I had to rinse her hair out in sections over a sink.
Us: How can someone get Anne's look at home?
MR: To get the look at home, I recommend Nice ‘n Easy Color Blend Foam in Medium Golden Brown for background color and then paint on a few random highlights with the Frost & Tip Highlighting Kit from Clairol.
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7'THE FIELD TRIP' Mitchell Field's 2011 OSCARS hair & fashion review/recap (Women) by Mitchell Field Feb 28 2011 MITCHELL'S FIELD TRIP OSCAR HAIR & FASHION REVIEW 2011 by Mitchell Field Hair trend of the evening...loose, loopy curls worn by fire-redhaired singer Florence Welchâ?¦ styles with low parts, swept across the face with one side tucked behind the earâ?¦the only star wearing straight hair was Gwyneth Paltrow looking stunning in her slinky Calvin Klein sheath. Happily, there were no hair-fashion disasters...oh wait, unless you count Sandra Bullock's done-in-the-back-of- the- limo updo, Hilary Swank's mess (did they do each other's hair in the limo?) , Emma Roberts (it's an occasion Emma dear, just try a little?) Marissa Tomei's half-hearted waves (loved fabulous earrings), Heidi Klum's dreadful attempt at a 1930's look and Melissa Lee's washer-woman updo, OK, she's an Oscar winner so she gets a pass on the hair, but the dress...feh! And please... Heidi, Melissa and Jackie Weaver... what's with the dresses made out of mirrors? If there was anyone more adorable than Hailee Steinfeld at the show I didn't see her. The fabulous pink Marchesa 'ballet' dress and a sweet up-do with a tiara across the top, just lovely. Celebrities who needed their roots-regrowth done seemed to be everywhere...Presenter Maria Menounos's were at lease 3 inches long, distracting because the rest of her hair-color, a warm brown with golden hilights looked lovely. She wore her hair in a half-updo with height on the crown and her shoulder-length extensions were loosely looped around her shoulders, one of which was bare, the other side a long sleeve on her sleek black-velvet gown. Sexiest babes of the night were Mila Kunis whose gorgeous lavender peek-a-boob gown forgave the dreadful asymmetrical hair disaster, Jennifer Lawrence whose fabulous long blonde layers (regrowth showing a little too) had ivory hilights, effortlessly setting off her slinky red Maillot (tank) style sheath dress beautifully...(hard to imagine her 'skinnin' squirrels in that outfit), Amy Adams in a slinky blue L' Wren Scott (that's Mick Jagger's six-foot four-inch Amazonian girlfriend) gown with her long, usually hot red, but tonight somewhat subdued hair softly waved, and the hands-down glamorous shining-star of the night...Anne Hathaway. Now Ms. Hathaway certainly has gorgeous hair to work with but her hairstylist Adir Abergel gave her not 5, or even 8, but count 'em, 10 different, stunning styles, (that's more great hairstyles than Liz Taylor had husbands)...which included: Red-Carpet Spanish-inspired, low-bun updo Loose long waves High ponytail A Grecian-inspired updo with a fake braid across the top Another loose loopy-curl look with a center part An asymmetrical updo A stick-straight glossy look A side-parted bun updo and the loosely waved 'after-party' do... It takes great skill to manipulate hair into so many different looks in so little time and have each one look great, glossy and polished...A Tour de Force of hairstyling...Bravo Adir!...(Google him, he's happening). Anne's makeup by Kate Lee was equally gorgeous. Jennifer Hudson's asymmetric up'ndown-do, higher on one side than the other was interesting, but her orange gown was a little too boobalicious for the ladies in the crowd where I watched the show; however, her 80 lbs weight loss was most spectacular. Tori Spelling's 1940's-inspired bleached-bob was sweet and suited her well, Kelly Osborne fixed her roots since the Golden Globes and looked hot'n'sexy in her bleached-out Brigitte Bardot updo, Kim Kardashian's huge extensions were a great counterbalance to her mighty booty, Cate Blanchett's lilac, vintage Givenchy with mustard-colored 'smears' around the neckline, didn't do much for her, but her beautiful blond hair color set off the Peter Gray side-parted bob very sweetly, Annette Bening's swept-back Pompadour was more groomed than her recent golden Globe's 'punked-out' look, nice, the stunning Reese Witherspoon's high, 1960's inspired upsweep with a 'fall' on the crown was charming, perky, (if there's a perkier girl in Hollywood than Reese, I haven't discovered yet her) and very sexy, although that root-regrowth problem cropped up again, the fall was all bright blonde but her own scraped-back hair was in real need of a retouch to make it match...Nicole Kidman's plain-Jane ponytail with skinny side-bangs wasn't very glam and she's so tall that her poor little husband, the adorable Keith Urban's angelic cut and hilights made him look like she'd brought her little cousin or her puppy along to the show...Helena Bonham-Carter looked, sexy, dangerous and downright wonderful, her fake hair piled so high and huge that I'm sure Johnny Depp was hiding in there somewhere... Michelle Williams is pretty, her hair color is beautiful, so is her haircut, (a very short shape with longer interior layers)...sadly, it doesn't look good on her...she needs length and softness around her face...Her Highness Helen Mirren's short layers looked chic and her color is cleverly natural-looking...Majestic!...Celine Dion's glossy hair color was superb, warm brown, understated... Stunner of the night...Halle Berry... If you have a tiny, perfect face with flawless skin, please get a cut like Halle's - chic, sexy, smart, she's got it all. Presenter Robin Roberts also rocked the very short 'do. Controversial style of the night...Scarlett Johansson's messily half-curled do...While her hair-color was rather ashy and uninteresting, the dishevelled, 'curling-ironed-tweaked'style was a departure from everything else on show, it was very cleverly not- trying-too-hard to be polished, an anti-fashion fashion while her plum-colored lacy dress fit her curves like a glove (without fingers of course) and her lipstick matched beautifully. A hit! Mark Ruffalo's lovely wife Sunrise, wore a chin-length 'Anna Wintour' bob but flat ironed stick straight, beautifully colored and high-lighted but again, the dreaded roots needed a retouch. Natalie Portman, in a lovely plum/purple gown, wore another asymmetric hair disaster, flat on top and lank, with the ends lazily curled with a curling-iron...three mitigating factors however...first, Natalie doesn't have really great hair to begin with, second, she's pregnant, which plays havoc with a girl's hair and third,,, SHE WON THE OSCAR, so, all is forgiven for the fabulous NAT!
shes really ugly
love her...it looks great
Love her, the coming attractions, she looks great.
Um, she looks aweful Sorry!
she looks like crap
she looks really different