To transform natural beauty Rooney Mara into badass Lisbeth Salander for
this month’s cover, W called Torsten Witte, The Girl With the Dragon
Tattoo’s director of hair and makeup. “The tattoos for her character are
fake, but they’re the pro-ink kind that only come off with alcohol,”
explains Witte. Temporary tattoo–maker Temptu fabricated all of them,
“but the dragon was actually designed by a friend of [director] David
Fincher’s.” To lend shine and texture to Mara’s edgy coif, Witte relied
on a longtime favorite. “Moroccanoil is my one wonder product,” he says.
“It does everything.” Becoming Lisbeth
To transform natural beauty Rooney Mara into badass Lisbeth Salander for
this month’s cover, W called Torsten Witte, The Girl With the Dragon
Tattoo’s director of hair and makeup. “The tattoos for her character are
fake, but they’re the pro-ink kind that only come off with alcohol,”
explains Witte. Temporary tattoo–maker Temptu fabricated all of them,
“but the dragon was actually designed by a friend of [director] David
Fincher’s.” To lend shine and texture to Mara’s edgy coif, Witte relied
on a longtime favorite. “Moroccanoil is my one wonder product,” he says.
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