By Jacqueline Bennett

Photo Courtesy of Philip Pelusi

January 20, 2010


London, UK – Do you ever wonder how celebrities maintain their glamorous looks for the red carpet even when it’s raining outside? Well wonder no more. Philip Pelusi, hair stylist to the stars and celebrity makeup artist Christopher Drummond have team together to provide their expertise to our readers on how to maintain the composure of their hair and makeup when the raindrops start to fall.

For your hair, Philip Pelusi suggests the following:

- Check the weather report a few days in advance so you can plan to wear your hair up or down. If rain is in the forecast, plan ahead to wear your hair either all up or half up and half down.

- Pulling hair into an updo or half upsweep is the best strategy to stay looking good in rainy conditions because hair is already curled, pinned and sprayed in place. If it gets rained on a bit, hair can simply air dry in place, and it is also easier to keep an updo dry under an umbrella.

- If you wear your hair down and are caught by surprise, make sure to bring a small emergency kit in your purse to a special event with a few hair pins , a ponytail holder and a small purse size hair spray .

- If hair gets wet, go for a quick style change . Pull hair back into the ponytail and wrap hair around the ponytail holder and secure into place with the hair pins. Mist with spray.


To guarantee that your makeup will stand up properly to rain, Christopher Drummond suggests the following:

- If it is raining the day of a special event, stay away from liquid foundation, which has a tendency to “melt” and not last as long.

- Add a little more makeup than you normally would for all products to prepare for the fact that some makeup will come off due to bad weather. Be sure to add layers to your foundation. ...

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