Makeup Artist Vera Steimberg and Hair Stylist Mara Roszak spoke about working with their longtime client Zoe Saldaña on set of their Hollywood Reporter beauty issue photo shoot. Steimberg and Roszak revealed when they first started working with the 'Avatar' actress, how they prepare for massive red carpet events like the Oscars, where they find inspiration, their favorite looks they've created for Saldaña and more.
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00:00 I've really been working with Zoe
00:02 since the beginning of my career.
00:04 And she's such an artist, you're such an artist,
00:08 and we all are able to come together every time
00:12 with this level of deep love and support
00:15 and admiration for each other, and history, obviously,
00:20 but also really seeing it with totally fresh eyes.
00:24 (upbeat music)
00:26 - What's the first red carpet look
00:32 do you think we did, all three of us?
00:35 - It was for "Avatar."
00:36 - It was for "Avatar." - Yes.
00:38 She had, you made that little bob over here,
00:40 remember, in London? - Yes.
00:42 - I remember that.
00:43 - And she was in this kind of, oh,
00:46 forget, Roland Marais dress. - Yes.
00:48 My God, how do you remember all of it?
00:49 - I don't know, I don't know, but that was so fun.
00:52 You know, we first asked Petra, like,
00:55 what is she gonna wear?
00:56 What are the ideas for the red carpet and for a premiere?
00:58 And then Mara and I, we just go through
01:02 like the different looks, and we start getting ideas
01:05 to pitch the ideas to both Zoe and Petra,
01:09 and then we just kind of like bring everything together.
01:13 I think that we treat the Oscars as good as a red carpet,
01:17 I feel. - It's true.
01:18 You know, I think the only thing to say
01:20 that kind of changes a little bit
01:22 is like those carpets are so big,
01:24 and they're such big moments,
01:26 that maybe we take into consideration,
01:28 you know, we want this look to really kind of
01:32 stand the test of time and feel like something
01:35 when we look back, like Zoe had mentioned,
01:37 one of her favorite looks was the Oscars
01:39 from over 10 years ago. - 2010, I know.
01:42 - So being able to like look back and go,
01:46 oh wow, that really is still a look
01:49 that I could see doing again today.
01:52 - Yeah, totally. - Yeah.
01:54 - I have to say that the whole Avatar tour for me,
01:58 the last one, I don't know, I felt like,
02:02 you really nailed it. - Me too.
02:03 - I don't know, there was something fun about all of it.
02:06 I think that inspiration comes to me
02:08 like when we see the dress and then you go,
02:11 but there's always different inspirations,
02:14 not just one, that's for me.
02:16 - And I think that's what's so special,
02:18 like she can pull off so many different looks.
02:23 It's unbelievable, I don't think there's an area
02:27 or a decade that I just don't go to
02:31 'cause it doesn't feel like her.
02:32 She's really able to be in all these different roles.
02:37 - My God, the 20s and the 30s.
02:39 - Yeah, we did that one in London for Star Trek.
02:42 - Looks amazing.
02:43 - And you kind of did like a wash on the eye
02:46 and very little mascara or something
02:49 or maybe lighter brows and we kind of did this
02:51 like sort of 30s hairstyle and it was just so cool.
02:56 Loved it.
02:58 - Mara makes me grow, Zoe makes me definitely grow.
03:01 Like she sometimes pushes me to do things
03:04 that I didn't even think about
03:05 and it's like you just go there.
03:07 And working with Zoe, she is up for any changes
03:12 and trying different things.
03:15 - Yeah, absolutely, I totally agree.
03:17 I think I've evolved so much as an artist
03:20 and I've really been working with Zoe
03:23 since the beginning of my career
03:25 and she's such an artist, you're such an artist
03:29 and we all are able to come together every time
03:33 with this level of like deep love and support
03:37 and admiration for each other and history obviously
03:40 but also really seeing it with totally fresh eyes.
03:45 It's really fun.
03:46 - That's the fun part of it.
03:48 We actually, we change it all the time.
03:51 - Yeah.
03:51 - And I love that.
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