"When I first read the script, I was like, 'Oh, yeah!'" Ballard says of Hawke's hair transformation. "I get excited whenever I see those hair transformations . . . It was a huge deal." Due to tight timing constraints, the beauty team wasn't sure if Hawke's makeover would make it on screen.
"Luckily, I have a lot of experience with finding ways to pull wigs together on a very short turnaround and I am a wigmaker myself, so oftentimes, there are things that I can do to help pull it together," Ballard explains. With the help of wigmaker Robert Navarre, Ballard was able to make the transformation a reality. Planning ahead, she requested extra detailing around Hawke's hairline to perfect the wet, slicked-back look she wears to the admissions party. "We were afraid that we weren't going to be able to do it, but in the end, it amazingly ended up working for us," she adds.
To maintain and style the wig, Ballard used Kevin Murphy's Staying Alive ($30), Kevin Murphy's Sessions Spray Flex ($34), and Reverie's Milk.
