Asian actress and former beauty queen Michelle Yeoh (remember Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon?) keeps her face fresh and clean by giving it a lemon wash. The acid in lemon cuts natural oil in the face so it is best to use for oily skin. Lemon juice also makes stubborn dirt come off the pores as well. All you need is the juice of two to three lemons, hot water, and two to three tablespoons of honey. Shake all ingredients together in a jug and use as a face rinse. For not-so-oily skin, add more water to make lemon less intense.
Photo from Carrie Underwood Official Site
American Idol winner, and multi-awarded singer, Carrie Underwood slimmed down to a total of almost 20 pounds by changing her lifestyle. She turned to a healthier and vegetarian lifestyle, which means indulging herself mostly on salads, soups, veggie burgers, and other fruit and vegetable dishes. Like Oprah Winfrey, she also acquired the services of a personal trainer who got her on a cross training program.
Personal trainers can cost a lot so an alternative is going to the local gym. Like most of these establishments, they do have regular trainers who can help you get on a D.I.Y. program.
Hollywood Fashion A stylist (try Nicole Richie, Lindsay Lohan, Keira Knightley and Mischa Barton) and author of “Style A to Zoe: The Art of Fashion, Beauty, and Everything Glamour”, Rachel Zoe, reveals some fashion essentials during her guest editor gig at shoe retailer Piperlime.com:
Invest in good pieces in classic colors that can be mixed and matched. Adding a few accessories would also be advisable.
Fashion for the woman-always-on-the-go, staple pieces are: a pair of patent shoes, trench coat, underpinnings, white shirt, full suit, black dress and pencil skirt.
Pieces should not necessarily match but hardware such as belts and shoes must complement each other. Add little bits at a time and don’t contrast too much.
The safest hosiery to wear is black opaque tights. Stay away from patterns.
Advice on the boots-over-jeans look – Tall girls can wear high boots, muscular girls can go for scrunchy, mid-calf boots, and the petite ladies can be cue in mid-calf or ankle boots.
Source: The Plain Dealer
Oohh lala! Super sexy French supermodel Laetitia Casta revealed in a fashion magazine that she uses regular pharmacy-bought baby bath lotion to remove her make-up. She applies it to her face, with “Pure, soft cotton wool” – take note. The special cotton wool is a substitute for the ordinary cotton pads because they scratch her face. Another beauty tip from the gorgeous Laetitia is very light cream to moisturize her skin. For her lips, its also cream that contains vitamin A.
Stockings are considered as a need in every girl’s “must haves”. They wear stockings (or pantyhose) when wearing skirts or any type of short clothing for that fact, when attending formal functions such as meetings, luncheons and dinners. Stockings give this “flawless” and smooth look (not to mention hair-less) on the legs of a woman.
However, have you ever experienced having a stocking “run” and you were in the middle of a meeting you can’t rush out? You’ll probably swear and start to practice “selective amnesia” afterwards!
Nyce Legs Spray on Thighs has the solution for you. You won’t anymore need to wear stockings and have those ugly “runs” on your legs! You won’t even be concerned at all about it being rubbed off since it can only be washed using soap and water! Fantastic!
Photo taken from http://www.care4yourskin.com
Want to know Brittany Murphy’s secret to healthy glowing skin? She follows the advice of her makeup expert and that is to make sure that she gets more zinc and Vitamin C in her diet.
Zinc is a mineral (a metallic chemical element) that can be found in food, especially seafood such as oysters. It can also be found to a far lesser degree in most animal proteins, beans, nuts, almonds, whole grains, and seeds such as pumpkin and sunflower seeds.
Clinical studies have shown that if zinc is combined with antioxidants, it may delay progression of age-related muscular degeneration, hence younger looking skin.
Cosmetic surgery should be the last option for anyone who wants a physical make over and with good reasons. Just because you could afford it doesn’t mean you should go for it. A lot of celebrities have gone under the knife to fix something that wasn’t wrong in the first place. If you think going under the knife is tough, wait until you experience the aftermath. So if you’re thinking that liposuction is the easy way to losing weight, remember that the procedure was made to be maintained with diet and exercise after wards, so if you’re too lazy to do both now, forget about surgery. Love your body coz’ its not something you can play with like clay with a surgeon.
Want to look tan but wouldn’t want to burn your skin under the sun? Let pop artist Mandy Moore introduce to you her secret: bronzers.
Bronzers are specially made to be the best friends of people who have pale skin. Some bronzers come in powder and in cans. Celebrities who use bronzers normally carry on a natural glow in them as their colors tend to stand out amongst the crowd. These bronzers are applied where the sun would usually hit (i.e. between the eyes and the cheeks). Bronzers have this special effect that will make your skin look tan, fresh, and bronze!
Photo taken from http://www.nzgirl.co.nz as they feature their products.
Most celebrities are no different than the rest of us, they all have to deal with the rigors of daily life and one of those is aging. The only thing that differs is that they need or have to stay beautiful all year round, even off camera, hence they suffer the scorn of the ever present “pap” who would be more than happy to capitalize on any oddity they spot.
They spend thousands if not millions during their ride to fame and even infamy just to maintain that beauty they’ve been so loved for. But beauty and Hollywood being the lover of fad’s, the simpler the better. Beauty that lasts is one that’s as simple as can be….
Yep, you read that right – strawberries. Well, I’m not talking about those artificially flavored toothpastes available in kiddie packages at the supermarket nowadays. Besides tasting like cough syrup, they really don’t feel like they can actually clean your teeth. Catherine Zeta-Jones actually uses fresh strawberries to clean her teeth. She swears by the fruit’s whitening powers. So how to do it? Clean your teeth as usual. Floss and brush with your favorite toothpaste. Puree or mash 3-6 strawberries. Swab the berry mixture to your teeth with cotton. Leave for five to ten minutes. Finally, rinse it off with water.