| Eva Longoria: Evolution Of A Movie Star! |
| Karen Marie Shelton |
| Revision Date: 6/23/06 - Original Publication Date: May 10, 2006 |
Introduction
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Eva Longoria
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ALMA Awards
May 7, 2006 |
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The
recent ALMA Awards honoring outstanding Latino artistic
achievements in the worlds of film, television and music
demonstrated that Eva Longoria is more than A Desperate
Housewife.
She
is incredibly multi-talented and showed the world that
she has evolved into a full blown movie star. The
ALMAs showcased her impressive performing, hosting and
producing skills.
The awards also
revealed the
absolute hairstyling wizardry of
celebrity hairdresser
Ken Paves as he transformed the
gorgeous Eva Longoria from a demure Deco Doll to a sleek
sexy world class Movie Star with eight additional hair and
fashion “personas” in between.
Even
more shocking, (but not surprising to those of us in the Ken
Paves know), was the fact that the show was a live
performance. Which
means, in plain English, that Ken had “mere minutes,
even seconds", in
which to build a stunning series of ten totally
different hair styles.
Ken
confirmed “there was a grand total of six to ten minutes
allocated for hair, make-up and fashion changes”. Which
meant Eva's mane man had to perform his hair designing
creations
with his well-known genius precision, while in unison with the make-up
artists, stylists and anyone else helping to instantly
transform the star through her many eye popping ALMA
fashion changes.
I've had the great
good fortune to watch this hair
wizard instantly transform several heads of hair into
inspired creations right before my eyes. Needless
to say, I was not
surprised that this famous sultan of style could pull off such
spectacular hairstyle designs in record time.
Quick Change Hairstyles
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Ken Paves |
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Ken Paves
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How
did he do it? The
brilliant master of quick change hair artistry
confirmed “he performed ten major hair changes on Eva with careful planning, years of coiffing
a serial array of stars for the same award events, lots
of Red Bull and nerves of steel".
This mere mortal, who is truly a
virtuoso
in the celebrity hairdressing world, carefully laid out each and every
one of Eva's hairstyle designs in
advance.
His goal? "To perfectly show case the gorgeous talented
star and work within the framework of her
designer fashions".
Eva's
ALMA fashions ranged from a spectacular
Carolina Herrera gown to the breathtaking Alvin Valley
white satin mini with black feathers and the uber sexy
strapless gown by Esteban Cortazar.
Weaving in elements of Eva’s personality with the
designer gown, the makeup and the star's different hosting and
performance roles, Ken created a virtual “hair script”
brilliantly weaving the different hairpieces into each
scene.
Once Ken had designed
all the hair looks for The ALMA show, he set out
customizing all the different hair pieces crafted from
the finest 100% human hair used to create each look.
He painstakingly cut, colored, washed, dried, curls and
styled each and every lush hairpiece in advance so that
they would be picture perfect for the show.
The celebrity hairdresser utilized all of his best selling
Paves Professional products including
Paves Professional - FLAWless Convertible-Proof Firm
Hold Repairing Hair Spray
and
Paves Professional - FLAWless In
The Spotlight Greaseless Essential Oil Shine Serum
for all of the designs.
Note: The
entire Paves Professional line of award winning products
is available at HairBoutique.com.
Catching up with Ken he graciously agreed to outline
each of the different hair designs created for Eva including
sharing his own personal inspiration for why and how he
crafted each look.
Arrival On Red Carpet
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Eva Longoria
Arrival At The
ALMA Awards
May 7, 2006 |
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Ken is a champion of Red Carpet tresses. He has
coiffed a dizzying array of stars for their strolls,
twirls and poses down thousands of miles of carpets
around the world. He understand that the Red
Carpet is the beginning of the journey and that first
impressions are everything for a star.
Guaranteeing a great Grand Entrance for his "girls" by
providing them with stellar strands is just one of Ken's
many talents.
Thus when it came to the ALMA Awards, Ken wanted to help
Eva set the perfect stage for her eye popping, mouth
dropping, one-woman show. In essence, Eva was
showing the world for the first time her many talents in
the producing, performing and hosting arena.
Ken
explained that in honor of Eva's big night, he wanted “a very soft, sleek and demure look”. Her
stunning hand beaded (with pearls), silver hued Red Carpet gown, by
Angel Sanchez,
“was very Deco with a 20s feel” and Ken
wanted to “honor the gorgeous gown and the even
more gorgeous
women wearing it” with a glamorous Old Hollywood wavy strand
look. Ken created the very first style of the
evening on Eva’s “dry, pre-washed hair” and
crafted “a stunning deep deep side part”.
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Eva Longoria
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Arrival At The
ALMA Awards
May 7, 2006 |
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After properly
preparing her natural hair Ken “attached a 100% human
hair custom colored piece that created specifically for
Eva”. He explained “ he curled the hairpiece the night
before the show, using a medium-barrel curling iron”.
Ken attached “the softly curled hairpiece to Eva’s hair
seamlessly merging her natural strands with the add-on
tresses”. Using his fingertips “he applied just a few
drops of
Paves Professional
Paves Professional -
Shine Serum”,
raking it “completely through Eva’s tresses to create
sleekness and shimmer”.
He carefully “pulled
the pieces up in the back into a beautifully finished
twisted style” and left long dangling cascades of gentle
“waves around the perimeter of the awe-inspiring
style”.
To hold the style with built-in shimmer, Ken
finished “with
Paves Professional - FLAWless Convertible-Proof Firm
Hold Repairing Hair Spray”.
Ken explained that he wanted to start the evening off
with sophistication swirled with softness since he knew
"her opening number for the ALMA show featured the
brunette beauty in a diamante-trimmed ruby red dress
(see below) leading a troupe of dazzling dancers"
including the likes of Carmen Electra and Paulina Rubio,
to name just a few.
Opening Performance - Sizzling Red Gown
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Eva Longoria
ALMA Awards
Opening Number Ruby Red Dress
May 7, 2006 |
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Eva’s red diamante studded dress for her opening
performance inspired Ken "to create a bombshell
hairstyle reminiscent of Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman"
when she wore the sexy red diamond studded gown to the
opera.
Ken's goal for the second hairstyle of the show
was to great "lots of full volume and texture" that
captured the mood of the performance and worked in
perfectly harmony with the gown.
Altering Eva's Red
Carpet deep side part to a center part with lots of root
volume and lift, he attached a second, longer and much
fuller custom cut, colored and crafted hairpiece.
Ken had previously wet set, pin curled and air-dried
Eva's hair piece utilizing
Paves
Professional Mousse which builds in lots of movement
and beautiful body. Ken explained "air drying
provides the very best results for lots of fullness and
body".
After the
hairpiece was 100% dry, Ken removed the pin curls and
back combed the piece for maximum fullness and height.
He then painstakingly used “a middle barrel curling iron to
create the sexy tousled texture along the edges of the
hair piece”. He finished with “a Mason Pearson brush,
his famous finger styling and the addition of a few
drops of
Paves Professional
Paves Professional -
Shine Serum” to achieve the perfectly
tousled look.
After he secured the pre-set piece on Eva's head, he
carefully "finger arranged the waves and curls" locking
in the lush body and movement with his famous
Firm Hold Repairing Hair Spray.
Ken commented that "her
hair looked absolutely aMAZing.
From Sexy Bombshell To Elegant Oscar De La Renta
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Eva Longoria
ALMA Awards
Opening Number Ruby Red Dress
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Completely shifting the mood from red hot and sizzling,
back to sophisticated and chic, Eva donned a
breathtakingly beautiful
floor-length yellow Oscar de la Renta gown with a
stunning accent bow for her third ALMA appearance.
The stunning strapless gown inspired Ken to coif the
beautiful star in her third hairstyle of the
evening which consisted of a cascading hairstyle that
featured long, lush, loose curls that whispered pure
romance.
Ken reported that Eva looked like a “princess” going to
a royal ball in her yellow gown.
"To create the golden look", Ken quickly created a
perfectly crafted "center part on Eva’s hair and then loosely pulled back
the side pieces before attaching the almost-to-the-waist
long hair piece that he had washed, dried and
painstakingly curled the
night before".
To set the beautifully full strands, he confirmed he "used
Paves
Professional Mousse,
Shine Serum and
Firm Hold Hair
Spray." The
hair master used his magical fingers "to arrange the long
ringlets" so
that they perfectly and softly cascaded down one side of Eva’s beautiful
face.
A Vision Of Elizabeth Taylor From The Sixties
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Eva Longoria
ALMA Awards
4th Gown
May 7, 2006 |
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When Eva graced the stage for the fourth time, her gown
was an elegant eye-popping Carolina Herrera empire line
gown in a shimmering white hue that offset her cobalt
black strands honey skin and eye tones.
Eva was completely transformed from a fairy princess to
a true Hollywood movie star.
Ken's inspiration for her fourth hair style "was
a sophisticated updo that was pure Elizabeth Taylor as
the queen of Hollywood from the 1960s".
Ken commented that he wanted to offset the gown with a
regal hairstyle.
Working with a custom colored, set and styled add-on
ponytail that he created "before the show", Ken arranged
"a center part starting from the front of the hairline
and running back towards Eva's crown".
He
sleekly pulled Eva's tresses "back from her face on
either side towards the back of her head where he
created a ponytail at Eva's occipital bone".
He attached "an add-on ponytail" and skillfully "brushed Eva’s natural hair
up and over the top" Ken quickly and precisely
"folded all the strands into the
gorgeous updo".
Ken confirmed he "used
Paves
Professional Mousse
on the newly washed ponytail" and let it air dry before
curling it to create loose barrel style curls. He
also use a liberal amount of his "Shine Serum and
Firm Hold Hair
Spray" on the add-on ponytail and to "finish the
style so that it had stellar shimmer and lots of shine".
Long Saucy Ringlets, A Sassy Bob To Low Chignon
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Eva Longoria
ALMA Awards
May 7, 2006 |
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Eva's fifth
hairstyle of the evening
was designed to work with her soft golden mocha
strapless gown by Esteban Cortezar. Ken arranged
Eva's hair in a stunning design featuring long saucy ringlets.
Her sixth hairstyle was designed to harmonize
with a long slinky plunging neckline red dress by Gustavo Cavile.
Ken reported that this was a delicious "deco"
style red dress that inspired him to create "a shoulder
skimming bob style to harmonize with the silhouette of
the beautiful statues that were presented at the show".
Ken washed, dried and set the custom designed and
colored hairpiece with his famous
Paves
Professional products. He used a
medium barrel curling iron to create the beautiful
bouffant style fullness around Eva's face. Ken
created "a hint of very soft curls around the
perimeter".
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Eva Longoria
ALMA Awards
May 7, 2006 |
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Eva's seventh hairstyle
was a dramatic black fishtail dress by Ellie Saab which
inspired Ken to twist Eva's hair back into a tight low chignon.
He
"teased Eva's hair for some very light lift at the roots and along the
hairline" and liberally used Paves Professional
Firm Hold Hair
Spray.
Ken carefully "coaxed the sides of her tresses back from
off her face
and merged them with the rest of her hair in the back which he
then pulled into a low pony". He twisted the low pony
instantly into a sexy low chignon.
Finishing the hairstyle with a liberal spritz of his Pave
Professional
Firm Hold Hair
Spray,
the look, which
Ken
referred to this look as
the "Inaugural Look" was ravishing.
Long Luscious Curled Ponytail
The star's eighth hairstyle
was designed around a
striking
strapless fishtail style gown
by Caroline Herrarea embellished with pink, black and silvery white
stripes.
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Eva Longoria
ALMA Awards
5th Gown
May 7, 2006 |
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Ken "brushed Eva's tresses completely off
her face into a very sleek, tight ponytail, set slightly
down from the back of her crown".
Once he had carefully crafted the ponytail, he "attached an
add-on pony right on top of the first pony that rested
higher up on her crown".
Ken explained "he
wanted lots and lots of lush fullness" which is why he "extended her
own pony with an add-on piece".
Just like all the other hair styles that Ken created for
the show, he pre-set and pre-curled the add-on ponytail
to guarantee absolute perfection utilizing "a curling
iron to carefully create beautiful curls" that
flirtatiously cascaded down Eva's back.
Ken confirmed he "was very pleased" with "all the great texture" that
the combination of the two ponies created and how the
hairstyle seemed to perfectly complement Eva's fabulous
gown.
The Final Performance - Sleek & Sassy
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Eva Longoria
Final Appearance
ALMA Awards
May 7, 2006 |
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For
her final appearance of the evening, Eva wore a
short halter-neck
white satin dress by Alvin Valley with luscious black ostrich
feather trim.
Her ninth hair style of the evening featured her
tresses parted down the middle and worn "silky straight with lots of shine".
Ken confessed "he
created this look very quickly - less than five minutes".
He "used a flat iron on Eva's natural hair, added shine serum and clipped on
some pre-straightened hair pieces for instant glamour".
Her final gown of the evening inspired Ken to create a
sleek and sassy hairstyle that did not detract in any
way from the sexy gown.
Ken also explained "when he planned for her last
hairstyle of the show, he was considering what she would
wear to the after party". Since Ken knew
"Eva's last gown of the evening was a regal purple
Alvin
Valley satiny gown" with shocking pink lining, he wanted
to extend her silky straight look right into after-show
events.
Because Ken
"created the Deco Old Hollywood look for her
Red Carpet entrance "he felt it "only appropriate" to "finish
off the evening with "a tantalizing look for her
triumphant exit."
The After Party Look
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Eva Longoria
ALMA Awards
After Party Gown
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The look that Ken created for the After Party, which was
the tenth and last hairstyle of the evening "was
straight and sleek like the previous hairstyle, but
differed from the closing number by the fact that it had
tons more movement, texture and shine".
Indeed, if you look at the closing hairstyle and the
After Party hairstyle you will notice a significant
different in the fullness and body of the strands.
Ken wanted the
heavenly
style "to last all night long" so he
cranked up the shimmer by adding even more of his famous
Shine Serum and
Firm Hold Hair
Spray".
Ken outdid himself whipping up a sleek, glasslike, shiny straight
style that worked in perfect harmony with Eva's alluring purple
gown, woven in the true color of Hollywood royalty.
Eva proved that she is true Hollywood royalty
with her mesmerizing victory of hosting, performing and
producing for this special event.
Summary
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Eva Longoria
ALMA Awards
May 7, 2006 |
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Throughout the evening due to Ken's magic hairstyling,
Eva
had her hair coiffed into ten different styles which
included an opening Old Hollywood Deco softly pinned
hairstyle, a sexy big hair design, long lush curls,
Elizabeth Tayler style updo, a saucy shoulder length
bob, a low chignon twist, high full ponytail with curls
and two closing styles that were variations of straight,
shiny and sleek.
As Ken pointed out, America was treated to a front row
seat in their living rooms as Eva Longoria evolved right
before their eyes into
a true movie star. Ken confessed "he was blown away
by Eva's incredible beauty and her ability to carry off
each of the looks with style and grace".
Meanwhile, many of us (like me) in the hair world were
awestruck at the swirling array of spectacular hair
designs that this talented man invested his heart and
soul to create for Eva, whom he is honored to work with.
Kudos to the beautiful star and her mane man for a
fabulous show that will be remembered for years to come. |