Steal Her Style: 3 Steps to Les Miserables Actress, Amanda Seyfried's Sexy Coif

This is how I always want my hair to look.  Yes, daily.  I love how Amanda Seyfried's stylist, Thomas Dunkin of Sebastian Professional gave her a smooth, shiny blowout with voluminous curls for the National Board of Review Awards Gala earlier this week in NYC.  The deep side part is the icing on the cake.  Here's how to get her look straight from her 'mane' man, Dunkin.

1. After blowdrying your hair apply a texturizer or light-weight hairspray like Sebastian Professional Shaper Zero Gravity to the lengths and brush it through.  Repeat this step a couple of times until the hair is textured enough to hold hot rollers.
2. Section your hair at random and place large hot rollers at your roots and wrap the rest of the section around it. Starting at the root adds a wave and volume to the hair rather than simply creating curls which happens when rollers are first placed at the ends.
3. Remove the rollers once cool and run your fingers through your hair for a polished yet casual effect. Spritz with a finishing hairspray to hold.

Groovy Baby! 60's Mod for Alice + Olivia

Bright colors mixed with pastels and eclectic hairstyles were part of the beauty scene for Alice + Olivia by Stacey Bendet's Spring 2012 collection.  The theme: walking through a secret garden during the 60's.

Thomas Dunkin, Sebastian Professional Lead Stylist, didn't want to take the 60's look so literally, so he pulled inspiration from the 20's creating three different styles.  A mix between chignons and buns, side-swept hair and low ponytails with head scarfs.  SO Audrey Hepburn and Grace Kelly!   For the runway, Dunkin used Potion 9 Lite as the foundation throughout the hair and a donut to create that polished look for the buns and chignons.  When trying it at home, he suggests making it your own. No need to make it so polished (i.e. no donut). If there are any loose strands let them be so as not to make it seem like you're trying too hard.

Let's talk about the shagadelic makeup done by Stila's Global Artist, Kasi Harabedian  for Beauty.com.  .  GORGEOUS!  The sparkling turquoise eyeshadow and extreme cat eye brought out the 60's mod style we all know and love.  She used a nude liner in the inner rim of the eyes instead of white to give it a modern touch and make the eyes pop.  For the most part, the nails were a mix of sorbet colors from Nails Inc. including mint green, corals and pinks.  However, some of the models rocked white nails with black stripes. To make it work Julie Kandalec first painted two coats of floral street and then a top coat on which she drew the black lines with black taxi.  A quick tip from the pro: no need to run out and buy fancy nail art pens, all she did was cut the bristles of the brush to make it easier to create the stripes.