Expert Skin Care

Here are Kalli's pretty picks and pointers.

Eye cream: Olay Regenerist Eye Lifting Serum

Mascara: Doll Eye Mascara by NYX, available locally at Vixen in Dunedin.

Lip gloss/lipstick: "I am obsessed with Mac's Dazzleglass collection. My lips crave it. It's ultra shiny and comes in an amazing choice of colors."

Nail lacquer: "OPI's My Private Jet is my all-time favorite. I also love their Hong Kong collection. I think I own just about every color. Weekly polish change is my motto!"

Spa treatment: "Chemical peels are my weakness. I'm a fan of the AHA peel. It rejuvenates my skin and evens out my pigment, perfect for summer post-sun damage. We offer these here at Epic Salon."

Workout: "Cardio is always on my daily agenda, but dead lifts are great for toning the back of the legs and to tighten your buttocks."

Your best-kept beauty secret: "Let's admit, no one likes to wear Spanx. Try doing a second pair of leggings. Double them up and make sure they're pulled high enough. Even try a long small cami under your shirts and dresses to create a smoother look. No one likes to have or see muffin tops."

Don’t skip уουr breakfast.

Thе common mistake аƖmοѕt everyone commits іѕ skip meal іn thе morning mοѕt probably bесаυѕе οf lack οf time. Hοwеνеr, thіѕ easily ruins thе goal οf keeping youthful skin. Hοw? Whеn one skips breakfast, thе tendency іѕ tο resort tο poor eating habit аƖƖ day. Thе hunger pangs уου feel later іn thе morning always translate tο looking fοr qυісk snack foods, whісh саn bе readily bουɡht frοm food chains, donut houses, pastry shops, аnԁ food stores loaded wіth carbohydrates-аnԁ-sugar full foods. Eating a hearty bіɡ breakfast wіƖƖ nοt mаkе уου vulnerable tο thеѕе junk foods аnԁ therefore уου avoid getting unhealthy, whісh οftеn means translation tο having poor skin condition.

Avoid thе sun аt аƖƖ times.

It іѕ іn tο hаνе a ɡrеаt tanned look. It mаkеѕ уου a standout. Hοwеνеr, уουr skin won’t іn thе long rυn. Yου see, sun exposure іѕ one οf thе ɡrеаt factors tο ԁаmаɡе thе skin. It doesn’t hеƖр еіthеr іf уου resort tο suntan beds. Thеу аrе аѕ damaging. If уου hаνе tο ɡο out thе sun, always wear sunscreens аnԁ sun block lotion fοr protection.

Consider changing уουr skin moisturizers аnԁ creams.

If уου hаνе bееn sticking tο a moisturizer уου don’t hаνе аnу іԁеа іf іt іѕ ɡοοԁ tο уουr skin οr nοt, better check іtѕ ƖаbеƖ. Yου mіɡht know аbουt wrinkles аnԁ laughter lines, аѕ well аѕ sagging skin, bυt уου mіɡht nοt bе aware hοw thеу form. Thе principal causes οf thеѕе aging signs happen bесаυѕе οf thе hyalurocic acid breaking down, collagen аnԁ elastin ѕƖοw production, аnԁ thе free radical change.

Therefore, whеn looking fοr anti-aging creams аnԁ moisturizers look fοr those ingredients whісh саn boost thе production οf those natural structural proteins whіƖе inhibiting free radical change tο happen.

Think hands, skin, teeth and face and that's the winning combination for a perfect look on your wedding day or any day!

Here are some tips to make you feel like a bride even when you're not!

1.Firm and tone your complexion with a routine of pore cleansing, line minimizing and hydrating skin care.

2. Replenish the natural beauty of your hands and nails with a hand serum and lotion to tone and hydrate dry skin and ragged cuticles.

3. SHINE with your brightest smile!

4. Create the perfectly enhanced complexion with technology enhanced beauty ....Airbrush Make-up!

Q: What are some favorite accessorizing tips?

A: Long, layered necklaces. In pregnancy, you never want to wear a choker. You want to wear necklaces that create verticality. It's a trick of the eye and also creates a focal point. One of my other favorite, favorite tricks is scarves, long scarves. In the first trimester, they cover your belly and kind of mask your mound until you're ready to spill the beans.

Q: What key pieces should every pregnant woman invest in?

A: The five key pieces are a long Lycra tank top, a pair of leggings, a pair of maternity jeans, a multitasking black dress - empire waist is preferable- and a black maternity pencil skirt. What's so cool about the maternity pencil skirts is that you can add the black tank top and create this column effect where it just looks like a really tight dress. So the whole trick is buying these basics that are fade-into-the-woodwork boring, but fit well. And then you bump them up - that's why I named (the book that) - with accessories.

Q: You're an advocate of heels, but what about the swollen feet that often occur during pregnancy?

A: You don't have to wear a spike heel. You can wear a slide. You can wear a clog. You can wear a cowboy boot. You can wear a kitten heel. There are so many options. Heels don't mean spike heels. Heels just mean having a lift, getting that height, elongating your silhouette. You should wake up in the morning, look in the mirror and say, "How can I be a long, lean baby-making machine?" It takes just as much time to make a bad fashion decision as it does to make a good fashion decision.

Q: Are there any unusual places you'd recommend pregnant women look for suitable clothing?

A: One of my favorite places to go shopping is the swim department. The swim department of any department store has Versace-esque, Cavalli-esque (tunics). It's gauzy, it's perfect for summer.

Q: You're the mother of two kids. What was your favorite part about being pregnant?

A: Two things. First of all, I'm not a big eater. So I loved having cravings. I loved it. And also, I rose to the occasion. I stepped right up to the fashion plate. I said, "OK, I feel my breakfast rising in my throat, but I am stepping up to the fashion plate, and I'm using my bump as an accessory."

Celeste Hilling, CEO and founder of Skin Authority, says beauty can be attained for about $1.50 a day, or about the price of a cup of coffee. Here's how to invest in yourself - at any stage.

In Your 20s
At this age, when you're running around with your friends, going out a lot, partying, and likely living with a roommate or two, keep your skin care routine simple, a basic wash and protect (daily sun protection -- rain or shine) says Hilling. "Just don't fall asleep with your makeup on!" Also, get a workout in every now and then, and watch the diet.

In Your 30s
These are the multi-tasking years, says Hilling. "There's a lot of social stimulation, a lot of changes -- marriage, kids, career changes." That means just one thing: stress. And that becomes a factor for the skin. Furthermore, even if you've taken good care of your skin in your 20s, there's no escaping fine lines and wrinkles (especially around your eyes and mouth) and a complexion that looks blotchy/uneven/dull as cell turnover slows (to 28 days). Be proactive: resurface (that speeds up cell turnover), get facials regularly, introduce anti-inflammatory products to your regimen (Hilling suggests mango, shea butter, and salicylic acid), and practice stress-reduction techniques like yoga, Pilates and meditation. As for your diet? "No boxes or bags! Eat lots of lean proteins, fruits and vegetables," says Hilling.

In Your 40s
Think defense. You're losing more collagen and elasticity. Cells are now turning over every 45 days. Your skin is retaining less moisture. You're beginning to see cumulative sun damage. Your glow, is, well, gone. And you're stressed out -- career, kids, aging parents. To counter: resurface daily, beef up the antioxidants, keep exercising, and consider aromatherapy (jasmine, lavender, chamomile), says Hilling.

In Your 50s
Don't even think about retiring. Sure, you're up against a dry complexion and loss of elasticity (after all, it's now taking 60 days for cells to turn over), age spots, and expression lines that no longer disappear after you stop smiling. Chin up, says Hilling. "It's never too late to have healthy skin; it's just about adjusting the routine." At this stage, as you're perhaps considering using non-invasive procedures (such as fillers) or even surgery to enhance your looks, Hilling says you should also introduce weight-bearing exercise to build muscle mass and strengthen bones, eat healthy foods, and hydrate, hydrate, hydrate.

Want that perfect skin the Kardashian sisters have? Now you can — Khloe, Kim, & Kourtney have become the celebrity spokeswomen for PerfectSkincosmetics, who are launching their infomercials today! Their product consists of a 3-step skin care system, not unlike the Katy Perry/Julianne Hough-repped Proactiv. Kim shares her thoughts on the new campaign:

“We’ve literally tried every skin care product, and nothing comes close to PerfectSkin. It’s the only product we use,”

“We’ve been getting so many compliments on our skin. Everybody asks what products we use, so we want to share PerfectSkin with the world.”

Renowned beauty expert Laura Mercier, author of The New Beauty Secrets, shares easy morning and nighttime routines for a gorgeous, glowing complexion. Plus, the short list of products you need.

Regardless of your age, your face can fare very well with a few targeted items, listed as follows:

• Moisturizer with SPF for day
• Moisturizer without SPF or a night cream for night
• Eye cream (unless you're a teenager)
• Serum or a solution-oriented layering product
• Makeup remover
• Cleanser
  

1. If you've cleansed properly the night before, you don't need to wash your face when you wake up. Splashing your face with water is just fine, although I personally like using a light cleanser. It makes my skin more supple and opens the pores so they can absorb moisturizer.

2. Apply your serum or treatment product if directions specify daytime and nighttime usage.
3. Apply your moisturizer with SPF or you can use a separate sunscreen if you're going to be exposed to very strong sun. If you want to wear makeup over your sunscreen, make sure it's a lightweight sunscreen. Some sunscreens are not compatible with makeup, and it's difficult to apply products on top of them.
4. Apply your eye cream under your eye only. It's not necessary to use it on your eyelid in the morning, and it will interfere with any eye makeup you are wearing.
   

1. Before you go to bed, you must wash your face. Otherwise, you're asking for blackheads, breakouts, and flare-ups. Do you really want to fall asleep with all that accumulated dirt, pollution, bacteria, and makeup on your face? This is something I've always been very good about. During my wilder days, when I'd come home at six in the morning after dancing all night, I'd always wash my face. I couldn't stand the idea of my dirty face touching my pillow. If washing your face every night isn't a habit for you already, it will become one over time, just like brushing your teeth.
   
   If you're not wearing much makeup, use a cleanser that doubles as a makeup remover. Make sure it's a cleanser for your skin type and one that doesn't contain too much fragrance and detergent. You don't need those things when you just want to clean your face. If you are wearing makeup, use a specific remover and some quality cotton pads to get everything off, especially your eye makeup.


2. Follow with a cleanser for your skin type and pat your face dry.
3. If you're using a serum or special treatment product, then the time to use it is after cleansing. (If you prefer, you can skip this step and move right to moisturizing.) Generally, serums go under your moisturizer. Use a few drops or as much as directed and smooth onto your skin. Unless directions specify that you must use day and night, you can reserve this step for your P.M. routine and use once a day.

4. Moisturize with a cream or lotion that's SPF-free (you certainly don't need SPF at night!) or a night cream. Don't slap the cream onto your face, neck, and chest; really massage it in. That doesn't mean using half the contents of the jar, but taking the time to literally push the amount of product you need for your skin type into your pores while they are still open and boost the circulation to your face in the process.
5. Apply your eye cream gently around your entire eye area, including your eyelid, but be careful not to get it into your eye. Again, take the time to really work it into your skin. Look for an eye cream that is packed with benefits, not one that simply moisturizes.

Let's explore some pretty summer hairstyles, shall we?

1. The Beehive Lite: Give your hair a light teasing or simply pop one of the smallest Bumpits underneath, and then fold the hair over itself in a half-up, half-down style with some gel or hairspray. Fluff your hair with texturizing paste underneath, and lace a ribbon around the gathered hair up above.

Tip: Be sure to cover that Bumpit well.

2. The Loose Bun: Fold your bun in a fuzzy chignon for a highly romantic look. Hair that has not been washed for at least one day works best for this style, because it holds better when it's in an updo. A little lace looks great tied around a bun, but you can also do a wrap of your own hair, secured with a bobby pin.

Tip: Fuzzy hair is great, but kill side flyaways with a little hairspray. Think fluffy, not too frizzy.

3. The Ponytail + Volume: Add some salt spray to your hair before you put it up into a high ponytail. Push your ponytail in towards your head before you secure it tightly to keep a little added volume in the crown. Blast with freeze hairspray.

Tip: A brand-new elastic band has more holding power.

4. The Fishtail Braid: This will take some time, but the look is so cool. Use this guide to help you create the perfect fishtail braid. I especially love it with French-rolled sides or a side braid mixed in as well, but first things first!

Tip: This style will come easier to you after the first attempt.

Avril Lavigne recommends covering your feet in body lotion to help them fit into shoes.

The 'Girlfriend' singer was given the tip during a photo shoot and says she now always uses it if she ever has trouble getting into her favourite pair of heels.

She advised: "If you can't get your foot in a high heel, put body lotion all over your foot and it'll slide in no problem - I picked up this tip on photo shoots."

Avril is famed for long-flowing locks and achieve them, she recommends only washing hair every other day to give it a chance to breathe.

She told Now magazine: "I wash my hair every other day as I don't think it's good to wash your hair daily and I always leave in my conditioner for an hour. I also like to use hairspray and serum."

Avril recently launched her new fragrance, Forbidden Rose, and says she thinks it's the perfect scent for any young woman.

The 25-year-old star said: "I've called it Forbidden Rose and the tag line is 'Dare to Discover', which resembles me and where I'm at style-wise. It's young, fresh and floral and the kind of fragrance you can wear during the day and evening.

"This is the first fragrance I've worn all the time and even my friends and sister love it - so much so that we all wear it at the same timeto smell the same."

Here are some tips and tricks for looking as great as Beyonce:

• Lack of sleep shows up in your eyes. Beyonce keeps a pair of sunglasses with her at all times for instant glam!
• A dab of gold shadow in the corners of your eyes can help wake up your look. If you have caramel skin, gold is more subtle than white. For lighter skin, try a pearl or nude tone.
• Beyonce layers bronzers for a healthy glow. She loves L’Oréal Paris Sublime Bronze One Day gel (which she picks up at Walmart) and Scott Barnes Body Bling.
• Makeup primer, followed by powder, keep Beyonce's makeup in place on the red carpet. Waterproof mascara and false lashes help prevent smudging.

The eldest Kardashian sister, 31, and mum to Mason, 6 months, tells us which products she can’t live without under the Miami sun

I'm good about sun protection… even if I’m just out for a jog, I always put Laura Mercier Oil-Free Tinted Moisturizer, £32, on my face. It’s really light and it has SPF20. But I should start putting some on my hands more – people always say you can tell your age by your hands and I never put any there.

My summer make-up is… quick and simple. Since having Mason, I don’t really have a lot of time to look in the mirror and primp myself like I used to. I like Smashbox Bronzer in Suntan Matte, £35 – and a pair of huge sunglasses always helps.

I travel as light as possible… I’ve condensed my stuff since having a baby. It’s pretty much just a diaper bag and a credit card in my pocket.

My aeroplane must-have is... Elizabeth Arden 8-Hour Cream, £23. I’m not the kind of person who goes to the bathroom to make sure I look OK before I get off, but this is the thing I always have in my bag. I use it on my lips, and I’m always putting it on throughout the day.

To keep my hair healthy in the sun… I still take pre-natal vitamins, which I think really helps. And I love Federic Fekkai Glossing Shampoo and Conditioner, £19 each. It just makes my hair really shiny.

source: http://www.mirror.co.uk/

Ashley Greene has said - after posing for a magazine in a skimpy bikini - that she has no desire to be stick-thin.

She revealed: 'A lot of people like to be super-tiny, but I don't want a child's body - I want a woman's body that is extremely fit. It's so much sexier.'

The 23-year-old actress shares her fitness secrets with Women's Health.

In it, she describes the gruelling exercise routine that gave her the toned body she shows off in the latest Twilight movie, Eclipse.

'My body holds muscle really easily and I tend to bulk up [if I'm always lifting] weights,' the 5ft 5in beauty says.

So, during breaks in filming, Greene says she would do interval training including squats, abdominal planks and lifting kettle bells.

'I did side-planks for my obliques, which are one of my trouble areas,' she said. 'And traditional planks tone your back so you don't have that little bit of fat hanging over your bra. Ugh!'

Greene says she even arranged squat contests among her female co-stars.

When she's not training for the Twilight movies, Greene takes a more relaxed approach to exercise, doing Pilates or running three to five miles, three to five days a week.

'You put on your headphones and go off into your own little world,' says the actress who likes to run in a canyon near her Los Angeles home.

'If you're running outside and you have a beautiful view, you have this sense of being free.'

Since my work wardrobe consists of bikinis, people ask me all the time what I do to feel confident in a bathing suit. Over the years I've learned a thing or two and now that bikini season is in full swing, it's time to share my secrets!

• Fix your skin: Start with a clean canvas. Banish sun spots, redness, fine lines, and prominent veins with products like Murad’s Environmental Shield line.
• Groom please: In my line of work having smooth legs and a smooth bikini line are musts! I spent years waxing before I invested in laser hair removal and it was well worth it. I keep my skin moisturized with Basq Body Oil, a product I discovered when I got pregnant. It is light, clean smelling, and leaves my skin feeling soft and sexy.
• Work your buns: I find that if my buns look good, I'm less concerned about the rest of my body. Lunges, squats, and running are all staples in my fitness routine. I also focus on my core because a strong and healthy core equals a strong and healthy body. I practice Pilates and find that planks are perfect for toning my core while working other key muscles in my arms and shoulders.
• Don't limit exfoliation to your face: Exfoliation is such an easy way to make your skin glow and I swear that getting rid of that top layer of dull skin takes years off. Use an exfoliating glove or product a few times a week and you will look and feel like new.
• Ultimately, it's about what you eat: Drink lots of water, eat fresh leafy greens, and prioritize whole grains. If you splurge on a "no-no," up your intake of fruits and veggies to get back on track.