Rita Moreno Was a Huge Inspiration For West Side Story's Beauty Looks

The hairstyles for the musical numbers in West Side Story were admittedly Georgiou's number-one priority. She wanted them to be just as energetic and lively as the songs, the characters, and the dance moves. "The main thing I really wanted for the ensemble and the dancers was for their hair to move when they dance — I didn't want it to be rigid," she said. The costumes that Paul Tazewell created also inspired her. "They move, they swing, they're these wonderful colors, and I wanted the hair to echo that."

To make sure the styles stuck without being stiff, she followed quite the process. "When I set the hair, it was really only just water and then a setting lotion." Once the hair was styled, she'd locked it in with her favorite hairspray: the Phyto Professional Phytolaque Soie ($22). "It's not a heavy hairspray, it's very, very light, so if there's something that you want to change in the style, it's very easy to brush it out and start again," she said.