Accompanying Margot Robbie’s statuesque black Chanel gown at the BAFTAs on Sunday evening was a hair look ripe for imitation – particularly where future brides are concerned.
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Pulled back into a simple yet elegant knot at the nape of her neck, Robbie’s hair let her dress do the talking. “The inspiration for the hair always starts with the dress,” her hairstylist, Bryce Scarlett, told Vogue in an exclusive conversation. “The dress is sophisticated and classic so we didn’t want hair that was too outlandish. We wanted to make sure Margot – and what she was wearing – were the focus, so I kept it simple with a sculpted wave of hair by her face.”
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Scarlett balanced out the “proper-ness” of the style and its classically elegant structure by giving it an undone finish so it was “true to Margot and her style”, he explained. “You want movement and texture in the hair – a French-girl finish that’s slept in and not so perfect.”
Here, Scarlett shares how to get her look:
- “On wet hair, apply a heat protection spray, like TRESemme’s Keratin Smooth Heat Protect Hair Spray, which is a heat protection spray that is both anti-frizz and smoothing, thanks to marula oil within it. It makes hair shine.”
- “Blow dry the hair out, aiming to get a smooth finish, pulling it through and straightening with a round brush. You want volume at the crown so leave the hair around the brush for a minute to set, then tease the section upwards as soon as you remove the brush. What you don’t want is a smooth blow out because it looks too clean.”
- “With Margot’s hair, I went through it creating some very soft, s-shaped waves with a flat iron – this is how to get that pulled-out, undone look. With hers, I focused on the single section of hair that I left out around her face, paying special attention to the waves here.”
- “Gather all the hair at the nape of the neck, like a ponytail, and then twist in the opposite direction to the front section. Twist it until it becomes like a rope and bend it upwards, creating a u-shape. Once taut, secure it tightly and closely to the neck.”
- “Finish by using a hairspray. I always put it on my fingertips and then use them to form and define the section of hair around the face.”
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