With very thick hair -- and a lot of it -- Beth's hair shouldn't be cut too short, says hairstylist Whitney Olson. Otherwise, it ends up standing out from the head in a triangle shape. So instead, Beth's hair was given a fairly blunt chop to shoulder length -- five inches shorter, with a wispy side bang to break up her hairline.
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The color
Beth's blonde is getting re-booted to a darker shade -- brown with a pinch of red. "I want to bring out her Irish coloring," says colorist Jherra Moreno. "But I want to keep it within the realm of her natural hair color too -- nothing too crazy." Color was applied first to her roots with a 20-minute process time. After, the color was then applied to her damaged ends, which soak up color more quickly. When the dye is done cooking, the color allows Beth's highlights to show through for subtle dimension. Now the trick is, how can Beth keep her new, rich color intact? Damaged hair doesn't like holding on to color, says Moreno, so you have to be diligent about using a color-protecting shampoo and conditioner.
Olson applies a bit of shine spray to Beth's damp hair before blowing it dry in sections. The slightest bend to her ends adds to the polished look, which Olson achieved with a round brush and blow dryer. To keep the bangs swept to the side, a spritz of light-hold hairspray was used. It's an easy-to-do style that takes away the necessity of the flat iron from Beth's daily routine, which will save her loads of further damage.
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The brows
Beth's brows were good shape-wise, Hollier says -- not over-tweezed, and with a good arch (see the eyebrow mistakes you might be making). So it just took some light trimming to get them ready for prime time.
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The makeup
"Some people think that with deep-set eyes, you can't do a smoky eye," says Uslan. "That's not the case." Instead, she says, swap deep charcoals for a lighter hue -- such as silvery grays -- and the look can really work.
Uslan started by applying Kevyn Aucoin Beauty Liquid Airbrush Foundation, $45 to Beth's face, using a foundation brush, then applied Paul & Joe Beaute Stick Concealer, $24.80 under her eyes to even out the coloring. To set the concealer, she took a shadow brush dipped in just a trace of translucent powder, and dusted it from the outer corners of her eyes inward, toward the nose -- a trick that keeps the powder from drawing attention to fine lines. Next she brushed Bobbi Brown Long-Wear Cream Eye Shadow in Galaxy, $22 along Beth's upper lash line with a smudge brush, followed by a mid-brown shadow for smokiness blended at the outer corners. A touch of highlight just under the brow bones all added up to a subtle smoky eye look for deep-set eyes.
Finally, red lipstick (try Lipstick Queen Wine Sinner Matte Lipstick, $18) was applied to highlight Beth's smile. "Usually you choose just one -- the eye or the lip -- to play up," says Uslan. "But when you do a light smoky eye like this, doing both works."
With a demanding work life, and an even more demanding 2-year-old at home, Beth needed a cut and color that would help her look more polished and put-together -- without taking a ton of time. So we called in our team of experts at the Warren-Tricomi salon in Los Angeles, Calif., which includes hairstylists Whitney Olson and Reanna Garcia, colorists Jherra Moreno and Ashleigh Childers, and celebrity makeup artists and co-founders of the Luxe Beauty Team Sarah Uslan and Amy Hollier. Let's see what they did to turn back the clock for Beth.
