It's no surprise that Mendes's hair alone took two hours to pull off for each scene. Inspired by a range of '90s movie icons — including Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Aniston, Alicia Silverstone, and Julia Stiles in "10 Things I Hate About You" — Ballard used Mendes's hair to further convey her story arc.
"There is a bit of a story arc with her hairstyles."
"There is a bit of a story arc with her hairstyles and in her look altogether that we would ride on, but the specific styles would come together after the costumes," she says. "We still kept [Drea] smooth and polished looking [at the beginning] because she's still elitist, so she still does her hair accessories and all of that and has her look together, but it's not quite as rigid. And then as all of this turmoil starts unfolding in her life as the sex tape is released, that's when she starts to get more snatched."
The rigidity of Drea's hair reaches its peak during the climax of the film, when she confronts Eleanor about sabotaging her. "She softens again as things start to resolve themselves, and to me, the pinnacle of that is the very last scene where she and Eleanor are driving off in the convertible together. She's got her little butterfly clips, and we left her texture softer there. That was her carefree moment at the end of it all."
For Arden, illustrating Drea's emotional journey through her makeup was equally enjoyable. "As we follow Drea throughout the film, we see her mania slowly devour her," she says. "Her typical precise and controlled polished looks slip into a more extreme offbeat territory meant to depict her total loss of control."
For Drea's lips, Arden used the Pat McGrath Labs MatteTrance Lipstick ($39); MAC lip pencils in Spice ($21), Stripdown ($21), and Cork ($21); and MAC Lipglass ($21) and Sunnies Face Fluffmate Lipstick in Nudist ($85, originally $96). Arden also used the Pat McGrath Labs Mothership VII Eyeshadow Palette in Divine Rose ($128) and Pat McGrath Labs Mothership II: Sublime ($128) for Mendes's eyes.
![It's no surprise that Mendes's hair alone took two hours to pull off for each scene. Inspired by a range of '90s movie icons — including Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Aniston, Alicia Silverstone, and Julia Stiles in "10 Things I Hate About You" — Ballard used Mendes's hair to further convey her story arc.
"There is a bit of a story arc with her hairstyles."
"There is a bit of a story arc with her hairstyles and in her look altogether that we would ride on, but the specific styles would come together after the costumes," she says. "We still kept [Drea] smooth and polished looking [at the beginning] because she's still elitist, so she still does her hair accessories and all of that and has her look together, but it's not quite as rigid. And then as all of this turmoil starts unfolding in her life as the sex tape is released, that's when she starts to get more snatched."
The rigidity of Drea's hair reaches its peak during the climax of the film, when she confronts Eleanor about sabotaging her. "She softens again as things start to resolve themselves, and to me, the pinnacle of that is the very last scene where she and Eleanor are driving off in the convertible together. She's got her little butterfly clips, and we left her texture softer there. That was her carefree moment at the end of it all."
For Arden, illustrating Drea's emotional journey through her makeup was equally enjoyable. "As we follow Drea throughout the film, we see her mania slowly devour her," she says. "Her typical precise and controlled polished looks slip into a more extreme offbeat territory meant to depict her total loss of control."
For Drea's lips, Arden used the Pat McGrath Labs MatteTrance Lipstick ($39); MAC lip pencils in Spice ($21), Stripdown ($21), and Cork ($21); and MAC Lipglass ($21) and Sunnies Face Fluffmate Lipstick in Nudist ($85, originally $96). Arden also used the Pat McGrath Labs Mothership VII Eyeshadow Palette in Divine Rose ($128) and Pat McGrath Labs Mothership II: Sublime ($128) for Mendes's eyes.](https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/cdvvMkvMwjyTXM3TGfMOk9dvd94/fit-in/1024x1024/filters:format_auto-!!-:strip_icc-!!-/2022/09/26/028/n/1922153/fed1ac56bb6adb73_DO_REVENGE_UNIT_001_11215r2/i/It-no-surprise-that-Mendes-hair-alone-took-two-hours-to-pull-off.JPG "It's no surprise that Mendes's hair alone took two hours to pull off for each scene. Inspired by a range of '90s movie icons — including Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Aniston, Alicia Silverstone, and Julia Stiles in \"10 Things I Hate About You\" — Ballard used Mendes's hair to further convey her story arc.
\"There is a bit of a story arc with her hairstyles.\"
\"There is a bit of a story arc with her hairstyles and in her look altogether that we would ride on, but the specific styles would come together after the costumes,\" she says. \"We still kept [Drea] smooth and polished looking [at the beginning] because she's still elitist, so she still does her hair accessories and all of that and has her look together, but it's not quite as rigid. And then as all of this turmoil starts unfolding in her life as the sex tape is released, that's when she starts to get more snatched.\"
The rigidity of Drea's hair reaches its peak during the climax of the film, when she confronts Eleanor about sabotaging her. \"She softens again as things start to resolve themselves, and to me, the pinnacle of that is the very last scene where she and Eleanor are driving off in the convertible together. She's got her little butterfly clips, and we left her texture softer there. That was her carefree moment at the end of it all.\"
For Arden, illustrating Drea's emotional journey through her makeup was equally enjoyable. \"As we follow Drea throughout the film, we see her mania slowly devour her,\" she says. \"Her typical precise and controlled polished looks slip into a more extreme offbeat territory meant to depict her total loss of control.\"
For Drea's lips, Arden used the Pat McGrath Labs MatteTrance Lipstick ($39); MAC lip pencils in Spice ($21), Stripdown ($21), and Cork ($21); and MAC Lipglass ($21) and Sunnies Face Fluffmate Lipstick in Nudist ($85, originally $96). Arden also used the Pat McGrath Labs Mothership VII Eyeshadow Palette in Divine Rose ($128) and Pat McGrath Labs Mothership II: Sublime ($128) for Mendes's eyes.")
