HOLLYWOOD BEAUTY CHEATS

Beauty Cheat #1: Stars Are Skinny
Not necessarily, says celebrity wardrobe stylist Ricci DeMartino of Los Angeles’ Cloutier Agency. “It’s all an illusion. Stars are real people with real [figure flaws],” avows the fashionista, whose household-name clients have included Patricia Heaton and Eva Longoria. “A handful of celebrities started out as models but most are normal people like you and me.”
Beauty Cheat #2: Stars Have Perfectly Flat Stomachs
As if! When Beyonce’s skirt recently blew upward mid-concert, revealing what looked to be a belly-slimming undergarment, tongues wagged in thin-is-in Los Angeles. But DeMartino says Beyonce’s far from the only starlet to consider the girdled approach.
“The minimizing undergarment is rampant in Hollywood,” admits the wardrobe expert. “In my closet, I have so many different ones, from full-body on down, for when my clients need it at the last minute. You don’t want a bulge if you’re wearing something elegant.”
The most popular brand by far? Spanx, a line of figure-controlling panties and tights, are adored by everyone from Tyra Banks and Jessica Alba to Oprah herself. Gwyneth Paltrow publicly confessed that the only way she carried off eveningwear after her daughter’s birth was by wearing two pairs of Spanx underneath her clothes! Remember that the next time you sigh about your silhouette!

Beauty Cheat #3: Stars Have Luscious, Long Locks
Ever open a magazine and marvel at how your favorite TV star grew her hair out so quickly and perfectly? It’s called hair extensions, darling! “Hair extensions are [everywhere] in Hollywood,” says hairstylist Jenn Injaian of The Loft, a Sherman Oaks, CA-based salon with an A-list head count.
In fact, says the hair pro, anyone who’s famous enough for first-name-only status probably has a fake lock or two on their heads: “Jessica, Britney, Paris…At one time or other, they’ve all had them. Paris Hilton is known for having short hair and using hair extensio
Beauty Cheat #5: Stars Are Naturally Stylish.
Reese Witherspoon is sitting pretty in a fabulous dress and stilettos, being interviewed by Katie Couric. You’re wishing you knew how to pull it together like that. Newsflash: That outfit took a week of planning by a Tinseltown SWAT team.
“There are teams of people behind these celebrities – [handling] everything from hair and makeup and wardrobe to perfectly tweezed eyebrows,” says stylist DeMartino. Besides a glamour squad and free designer clothes, A-listers have another advantage over the rest of us: They’ve studied with the style gurus.









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