It can be very tempting to do something different beauty-wise for a big event. We've all been there, and if you're like me, you've found out the hard way that trying an elaborate new eye shadow look or getting a drastic haircut right before a major occasion can lead to regret. But it appears Eva Longoria has figured out how to make it work: Instead of making a huge change to your hairstyle right before an event, make a huge change to your hairstyle right before two events. And if the events are in two different countries on the same day, even better.
On Thursday, November 9, Longoria attended both the Academy Women's Luncheon presented by Chanel in Los Angeles and the Mexico City ceremony for Glamour's Women of the Year. You might think she wouldn't have time for a dramatic departure from the way she usually wears her hair, but the actor, director, and producer decided to add a haircut to her packed schedule.
Longoria shared a behind-the-scenes selfie video in which stylist Ken Paves was finishing up her haircut. It's immediately apparent that he chopped off nearly a foot of length, leaving her with a chic, sleek lob, the ends of which floated above the lovely Chanel necklaces she wore to the Academy Women's Luncheon at Los Angeles's Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.
The haircut was so good that she took it international. Later that evening, Longoria and her lob accepted an award at Glamour's Women of the Year ceremony at the Hotel St. Regis in Mexico City, wearing a fabulous silver sequin dress.
Longoria has been wearing her hair long for the vast majority of the last couple of decades, but she was able to go into this new haircut with the confidence of someone who's looked gorgeous in lobs and bobs in the past. So maybe breaking out of your usual beauty look before a big event (or two) isn't such a risky idea after all.
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