From The Set Of “Do Revenge”: How Maya Hawke's Blonde Wig Was Created, How Camila Mendes' Hair Stayed Sleek In The Miami Heat, And More On-Set Secrets

IMO, it's as if Clueless and 10 Things I Hate About You had a baby and that baby was Do Revenge.

"So, my first [hair] conversations always happened with Jenn Kaytin Robinson [the movie’s director and writer], and she knew exactly what she wanted for these characters. She is also very knowledgeable in terms of elevated fashion, and that is not something that is very common with film directors," Katie told BuzzFeed.

"So, I was thrilled to work with her in that department. We had our normal character conversations, I also talked with each of the actors individually to pull in their vision for the character and that's when all the personality comes out." 

"Then, she would let me know as soon as [the costumes] were all approved so that I could pull the trigger on any ideas that I had. The key for this film was to just have a huge hair accessories stock on hand. So I came in prepared with that," she continued. 

"I colored her wig once I received it from the wig maker and then I roughed out the cut. I got with Maya, and her and I worked together to finish the little details in terms of how it laid out around her face, framed her face, and all of that," Katie said.

"I would add Kevin Murphy Staying Alive spray every time I styled it to make sure that the hair stayed hydrated and protected from the heat," she said.

"Then I would blow dry it with a one-and-a-quarter-inch round brush. Then I would curl it using a one-and-a-quarter-inch curling iron." 

"I would start the curl with the iron vertically. And then as I crawled up towards the root, I would turn the iron horizontally. That just gave us the right amount of movement but also a lot of volume," she explained. 

"To finish, I would use Kevin Murphy Session Spray Flex to seal the curl in and seal out any humidity. Then I would finish with a little bit of Reverie Milk Anti-Frizz Leave-In Nourishing Treatment."

"I had different tricks for both Cami and Maya because their styles were so different. So my main plan of attack for Maya was to just add as much moisture to the hair before I styled it as I could so that when she got out into the humid air, her hair wouldn't soak up quite as much moisture," she said. 

"Then I would just stay close by to her with the Reverie Milk Anti-Frizz Leave-In Nourishing Treatment to keep it smooth, because her hair was never supposed to look overly polished. It was just supposed to be soft and natural."

"From when we start and end the film, the character Drea is in a little bit softer look. I did stick with essentially what I did with Maya where I used the Reverie Milk Anti-Frizz Leave-In Nourishing Treatment on her right before [Cami] went to set," she said. 

"The Kevin Murphy Session Spray would kind of create a shield around her hair where it would not move and it completely sealed out all the humidity."

"I had a few favorites for Drea [Cami Mendes' character], but my top would definitely be her ring ceremony look because hair, makeup, and costume all came together to create such a unique and beautiful look that I was just floored when I saw her," Katie said.

"The spiky bun is one of my favorite '90s styles that is making a comeback. So I really would love to support people doing their own version of that and I can't wait to see what everyone continues to do with it in this modern-day resurgence of the style."

"And then also for her opening scene — again, where it's just half up but with little braids. And we had put little colored bands on there so that it's not super obvious in the film, but that little touch was just something that I really liked."

"My favorite look for Eleanor was her admissions party look. We planned to do this wet, slicked-back look, and I had asked her wig maker Robert to do a really nice angora trim on her wig — angora is a really fine animal fiber that can replicate baby hairs," Katie said. 

"But he [the wigmaker] did such beautiful work that we were able to pull that off. And then I topped it off with the Lelet Large Scales headband. And I've been calling that look my love letter to Lelet because I had been so excited to try to use that piece. And I'm so glad that it worked out with her costume and all of that."

"We had very different approaches for both Cami and Maya mostly because Maya was also filming Stranger Things at the same time. So our entire schedule was built around Maya," Katie said. 

"On most days, she was having to bounce back and forth between sets. And at times, she would only have a few hours for a turnaround to go home and sleep and then come back in."

"And then we had a really nice setup with a mobile station that I have on set so that I could actually take her wig off and clean her up on set and she could just leave from there."

"I recommend starting off with a smoothing cream — I've mentioned that Reverie Milk Anti-Frizz Leave-In Nourishing Treatment was my product of choice," she said.

"Pulling that through your mid-lengths and ends first and then using whatever is left on your hands to smooth out the baby hairs around your face will really smooth your part out. It's a really good way to start to just give yourself a good canvas to work with."