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Earlier than Scott King was Sabrina Carpenter’s go-to hairstylist, crafting her signature fluffy bangs and voluminous blowout, he was a child who cherished doing his Barbie’s hair and idolized the early 2000s hair aesthetic. “My primary can be Mary-Kate and Ashley,” he says. “Britney [Spears], Christina [Aguilera], [and] Topanga from Boy Meets World had probably the most lovely hair. Lizzie McGuire, Clueless, and That is So Raven—I simply cherished all of that.”
He skilled and labored in Washington D.C. for 5 years earlier than making the bounce to L.A., the place he assisted stylists and constructed his portfolio. As we speak, his purchasers embrace Lucy Hale, Lisa Rinna, Kate Beckinsale, and Ava Max, and this fall, he’ll be becoming a member of Carpenter on her Quick n’ Candy Tour. For the most recent episode of The Who What Put on Podcast, King sits down with Editor in Chief Kat Collings to debate his hair inspirations, advisable merchandise, and simply how he will get Carpenter’s bangs to be so fluffy.
For excerpts from their dialog, scroll beneath.
At what level did you notice that possibly that is my calling, possibly this may be extra than simply one thing I am all for, and it might be a profession?
I by no means considered it significantly. In highschool, I used to be like, “I do not know what I am gonna do.” Through the career-day quizzes, the one factor that may pop up for me was, like, celebration planner. I might shade my mother’s hair, trim her hair, type it, no matter, and [I would do all of my friends’ hair] for homecoming and promenade. She’s like, “You must do that.” She’s the one which did the analysis into the place I ought to go and pushed me into it, and I can not think about doing anything.
Once you have been a child, how did you be taught [hair]? Did you’ve gotten any books or mentors to information you or simply via experimentation?
I had all woman associates. I had no man associates rising up, so I might at all times play with their hair, and I might have my dad and mom purchase me the Barbie head so I may type the hair on that. I might simply have a look at photos in magazines just like the J-14s and Teen Vogue and simply attempt to re-create.
I do really feel like there’s an entire nook of TikTok completely devoted to making an attempt to realize Sabrina’s coiffure, particularly the bangs and the bounciness. I need to ask from the grasp, How can we try and type bangs at residence?
We use the Dyson Airwrap with the spherical brush attachment and simply blow the bangs ahead. Or you may simply use a spherical brush and a blow-dryer, after which we simply take a medium-sized Velcro curler and set it whereas I do the remainder of her hair, so it simply has that beveled-under, blown-out vibe and makes it softer and fluffy.
I am curious for the pinning of the Velcro curler. Do you pin the curler to the hair? I’ve seen totally different faculties of thought.
I do pin the curler to the hair excellent on the base, however I do not overdirect it backward as a result of that’ll provide you with some George Washington bangs. We go the place it is nearly half of the rollers resting on the highest of the brow just a little bit, so not too excessive up. The upper you go, the extra quantity you will get. Typically, that may be actually difficult with bangs.
The spectrum from “Sabrina Carpenter good” to “George Washington accident” is simply making me giggle.
The quantity of occasions, although, that I make her seem like George Washington, the place we have now to rewet them, blow them once more… It is at all times a piece in progress. She has good days, dangerous days.
This interview has been edited and condensed for readability. Subsequent, try our interview with stylist and costume designer Shiona Turini.
