Adams may have lost to Penélope Cruz, but the Oscar nominee deserves an award for her red carpet look! Wearing a beautiful red Carolina Herrera dress and colorful jewels, Adams topped off her ensemble with a glamorous chignon. "Amy mentioned that she wanted to wear a 1930s hairstyle, and I had been very inspired by the classic hairstyles worn by Tilda Swinton in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," says Mark Townsend, a celebrity hairstylist for Matrix. "I went to Amy's fitting and saw the dress and incredible jewelry she would be wearing and knew that our ideas would work perfectly with her outfit."
After spraying damp hair with Biolage Bodifying Spray Gel and blowing out with a mixed bristle round brush, Townsend ran Biolage Molding Soufflé through Adams' strands with his fingers to create texture. Gathering her hair at the nape of the neck, Townsend looped it into a Figure 8 across the length of her hairline, allowing the ends to fall over the top. "Amy has very long and very thick hair so I secured the chignon with lots of bobby pins to ensure it wouldn't come loose throughout the night," says Townsend. "For added shine and extra hold I finished the look by spraying the entire hairstyle with Vavoom Shapemaker Hairspray."
