Mariska Hargitay prepped her ‘effortless’ bob for Taylor Swift’s wedding with this heat wave-proof hair hack

Chris McMillan took a photo of Mariska Hargitay after prepping her for Taylor Swift’s wedding. Instagram/Chris McMillan

Wind in her hair, she was there.

Before attending Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding celebration on Friday, Mariska Hargitay consulted her go-to hairstylist, Chris McMillan, for the perfect look.

“The inspiration came from a photo she sent me from her wedding dress fitting,” McMillan told Page Six Style.

“Her hair had such an effortless ease to it. It was side-parted, tucked behind her ears and looked perfect with the dress.”

Given the day’s high of 98 degrees Fahrenheit, McMillan came armed with his go-to hack for styles that beat the heat: The Glassy Smooth Blow Dry Spray.

“Especially in NYC during a heat wave, you really can’t use too much,” he told us of the product, designed to provide super-powered frizz protection and a sleek, glossy finish.

Chris McMillan The Glassy Smooth Blow Dry Spray

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He spritzed it on liberally before blow-drying the front of the “Law & Order” star’s bob — using his fingers to lift the roots and “create height” — before going in with a T3 flat iron to create her soft, effortless waves.

To keep Hargitay’s strands protected from the heat (and ensure the look lasted), he also spritzed on The Major Hairspray, then went in with The Styling Balm for his signature “lived-in, sexy, day-old hair” look.

After all, having created iconic looks like Jennifer Aniston’s “The Rachel” and Leslie Bibb’s so-called “c—ty little bob” for “The White Lotus,” McMillan knows how to make shorter styles anything but boring.

Chris McMillan The Major Hairspray

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Chris McMillan The Styling Balm

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Hargitay cheered alongside Swift at a Knicks NBA Finals game at Madison Square Garden, weeks before celebrating her marriage at the same iconic venue. Getty Images

“Bobs can easily turn matronly,” he said.

“I always tell people that when it’s wet, comb it and tuck it behind your ears. Then, when it’s about halfway dry, blow-dry just the root area and let the ends do their own thing.”

Hargitay’s chop was inspired by her Broadway show “Every Brilliant Thing,” a project McMillan said she “wanted a new look” for.

McMillan’s client list is a who’s who of Hollywood. Instagram/Chris McMillan

Hargitay embraced a shorter style for her new Broadway show. GC Images

“We’d always talked about cutting her hair into a bob,” he added. “The hairdresser for the show [Adir Abergel] created a bob wig, and she loved it.”

While Abergel did the original cut, modeled after the wig he created for the play, McMillan has been maintaining it ever since — and having a great time doing so.

“It’s always fun working with Mariska, no matter the occasion,” he told us.

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This article was written by Hannah Southwick, Commerce Associate Editor for Page Six. Hannah spies deals on actually affordable celebrity-worn styles, puts celebrities’ brands to the test and finds the beauty products that keep stars red carpet-ready. She consults stylists and industry pros — including celebs themselves — for firsthand product recommendations, trend predictions and more. In addition to writing for Page Six since 2020, her work has been featured in USA Today and Parade.