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Charlie Hunnam Starved Himself on 400 Calories a Day For His Latest Role
Gym rats and couch potatoes can agree on one thing: when it comes to losing weight, it’s no walk in the park. Hollywood actors regularly endure this daunting task when they’re forced to shrink their already perfectly fit bodies down to nothingness for roles, then snap back to their healthy forms as quickly as is humanly possible.
Charlie Hunnam is the latest victim of forced weight loss for his role in Lost City of Z, which opens Friday. Hunnam’s character is an early 20th century British explorer who makes three treks through the Amazon in search of an ancient indigenous city, and he and his costars Robert Pattinson and Edward Ashley were each required to lose about 35 pounds to demonstrate the hardship of their characters.
“We were starving, and it was incredibly humid and hot, so we didn’t have to imagine too much of the hardship those guys were enduring,” Hunnam told Yahoo Movies, saying he consumed between 400 and 500 calories a day. “On the last film that I did (a remake of the 1973 prison escape drama Papillon), I just had to lose a lot of weight again, and that was by myself,” Hunnam said. “I really missed the camaraderie of losing it with the guys.
“There was a sense that we were in it together. But then also on the underside of it, a little bit of competition… [We’d] be very suspicious of each other. When Robert would be going off and walking away, I’d have a tendency to be watching him wherever he went just to see if he was like, going off into the jungle to smuggle a quick banana or something. So we kept each other honest.”
Click through to see the extreme measures that 18 stars were willing to take for the right role.
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Charlie Hunnam
Hunnam lost some 35 pounds for his role in Lost City of Z, in which he plays an early 20th century British Explorer trekking thrice through the Amazon in search of an ancient city. “We were starving, and it was incredibly humid and hot, so we didn’t have to imagine too much of the hardship those guys were enduring,” Hunnam told Yahoo Movies, saying he consumed between 400 and 500 calories a day. He found it easier to lose weight for this film than his last, Papillon, because he did it alongside costars Robert Pattinson and Edward Ashley. “There was a sense that we were in it together. But then also on the underside of it, a little bit of competition… So we kept each other honest.”
Adam Driver
Driver said that his extreme weight loss was helpful to his “process” as an actor while playing a 17th century Jesuit Priest alongside Andrew Garfield in Martin Scorsese’s Silence. "You’re so hungry and so tired at some points that there’s nothing you can do — you’re not adding anything on top of what you’re doing. You only have enough energy to convey what you’re doing, so it’s great," Driver told Interview Magazine. "I can't control what's happening in scenes, but I could control when I ate food. And that visual part of the storytelling, I don't think I've ever taken it to the extreme before." (Photos: Paramount Pictures/Getty Images)
Liam Hemsworth
“I didn’t eat for weeks,” the 26-year-old told E! News of his latest role in The Dressmaker. “I could actually hear his stomach growling,” his co-star, Kate Winslet, added. Hemsworth admitted that getting used to a new body isn’t easy. “I did some pushups in my trailer,” he said. “Anytime you’re going to come out and take your top off, it’s good to do a couple of pushups… It’s very difficult to come out and just take your clothes off.” (Photos: Everett/Universal Pictures)
Matt Damon in Courage Under Fire
in a Reddit ask me anything, Matt Damon laid out the exceptional difficulty of extreme weight loss and yoyo dieting (that pretty much comes with the territory of winning an Oscar). “I think the most challenging role that I've ever had was when I did Courage Under Fire and I had to lose all the weight that I lost on my own, that was the most physically challenging [thing] I've ever had to do in my life,” Damon wrote. “I weigh probably 190 pounds right now, and I weighed 139 in that movie, and that is not a natural weight for me and not a happy weight for me even when I was 25. So, you know, to do that I had to run about 13 miles a day, which wasn't even the hard part. The hard part was the diet. All I ate was chicken breast. It's not like I had a chef or anything, I just made it up and did what I thought I had to do. I just made it up and that was incredibly challenging.” (Photos: Everett/Getty)
Beyonce in Dreamgirls
To prep for her role as Deena in Dreamgirls, Beyoncé lost 20 pounds on her own accord. "I figured in the '60s Twiggy was the hot model, and Diana [Ross] and Cher and all the legends were thinner than I am," she told Oprah. "So I decided I wanted to lose weight and make a physical transformation. And it was difficult because I love food. I love to eat. I did a fast—a master cleanser for 14 days. Everybody was eating Krispy Kremes around me. I was grouchy, but I did it and I lost the weight." (Photos: Everett/Getty)
Emily Blunt in The Devil Wears Prada
Emily Blunt shed a few pounds for her role in The Devil Wears Prada, but she doesn’t want young girls to think they should look like she did in the film. “I am from a family of thin children, so I have always been OK with that. I’ve only lost weight for The Devil Wears Prada and that was because my character was supposed to be on the edge of anorexia,” she told Parade. “But I think the pressure is so huge on young girls right now to lose weight and it needs to diminish. It is becoming worrying how many super thin girls we see walking around, and they are so obviously ill. It is kind of accepted and it is glamorized more than it should be.” (Photos: Everett/Getty)
Chris Hemsworth in Lost at Sea
"Just tried a new diet/training program called 'Lost At Sea.' Wouldn't recommend it,” Hemsworth tweeted. He detailed his staggering weight loss in an interview with Men’s Health. “We couldn't go away for a month and get skinny, we had to do it while we were shooting,' he says. 'At one point, a day's rations were a boiled egg, a couple of crackers and a celery stick.” Hemsworth happily got back to his brolic Thor figure after filming was over. “To get back to looking like Thor is simple: I get in the gym and work out,” he says. “I enjoy it. It keeps me fit and healthy. I've got to eat more calories – certain types and all clean – and it can get boring eating chicken breast and rice and so on. But at least you're fed properly.” (Photos: Instagram/Getty)
Amanda Seyfried in Chloe
Seyfried slimmed down for her role as an expensive call girl. "I'm on a raw-food diet," she told Esquire. "It's intense. And sort of awful. Yesterday for lunch? Spinach. Just spinach. Spinach and some seeds." But to her, Hollywood’s pressure to be thin is nothing more than doing her job. “I looked way better when I was 15," Seyfried told Ellen DeGeneres. "I had huge breasts, and then I came to Hollywood and I was like 'I got to lose weight. I got to look thin and fit,' and I lost them a little bit. They were quite uncomfortable, but they look beautiful. I was feminine. I had some nice curves and I think that we should really appreciate that as opposed to trying to get rid of everything." (Photos: Everett/Getty)
Christian Bale in The Machinist
Christian Bale famously dropped more than 60 pounds for his role in The Machinist, weighing in at a staggering 122 lbs at 6 feet tall. “The writer is only about five-foot-six, and he put his own weights in,” Bale’s co-star Michael Ironside told Huffington Post of the mixup in the weight Bale was expected to meet. “And then Chris did the film and Chris said, ‘No, don’t change the weights. I want to see if I make them.’ ... So those weights he writes on the bathroom wall in the film are his actual weights in the film.” (Photos: Everett/Getty)
Anne Hathaway in Les Miserables
To portray a dying prostitute in Les Mis, Anne Hathaway had to shed the muscle she put on for her role as Catwoman and drop 25 pounds in merely a month. “I lost the first 10 (pounds) in three weeks through a detox and then I lost the subsequent 15 in 14 days by doing food deprivation and exercise, which I don’t recommend,” she told SF Gate. “I know when I was a teenage girl … I would try crazy things and I do not recommend anyone do this at all. I was under the supervision of a nutritionist and I had a doctor monitoring me, but it’s not fun. You can be too thin.” (Photos: Everett/Getty)
Tom Hanks in Castaway
Hanks shed 50 pounds to portray a character stuck on a deserted island, and he looked to his character’s surroundings for a painfully realistic weight loss. ”You know coconuts? Think you can eat a lot of coconuts? Well, let me tell you, it’s a natural laxative,” he told Entertainment Weekly. “So just put two and two together there. Take a coconut, drink all the milk out of it, and then eat all the insides, and you tell me how you feel after an hour and a half…” (Photos: Everett/Getty)
Mila Kunis in Black Swan
"I had to look skinny in order to look like a ballerina," she said on a SiriusXM interview with Howard Stern. "You fake it. So, the best way to fake it is to unfortunately look like it." Kunis weighed in at 95lbs during the film and trained in ballet for three months to fake it as best she could. "I never watched what I ate [before]. It was one of those things, for the first time in my life, I got a food delivery service," she said. "And I'll tell you this, I'm not promoting this at all, but I used to be a smoker, and so I smoked a lot of cigarettes and I ate a limited amount of calories. 1,200 calories and I smoked. I don't advocate this at all. It was awful.” (Photos: Everett/Getty)
Natalie Portman in Black Swan
Natalie Portman lost 20 pounds over six months on a 1,200 calorie vegan diet for her role as Nina. "At a certain point I looked at [Natalie's] back and she was so skinny and so cut — I was like, 'Natalie, start eating,' I made sure she had a bunch of food in her trailer,” director Darren Aronofsky told Popsugar. (Photos: Everett/Getty)
50 Cent in Things Fall Apart
To play his best friend who died of cancer, 50 Cent dropped from 214 pounds to 160 in nine weeks following a liquid diet and running on a treadmill three hours a day. It was an emotional process for him, and not an entirely unfamiliar one. When he was shot in the jaw in 2000, he could only drink liquids and his weight plummeted to 157. “This time it was a lot tougher for me,” he told AP. “I had to discipline myself not ... to actually have myself be in the physical state to convey the energy I felt. It’s a passion project for me.” (Photos: Instagram/Getty)
Rooney Mara in The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
To play the “pale, anorexic” Lisbeth Salander, Mara kickboxed with a trainer. She didn’t discuss her diet, but an interview with Vogue made it seem like eating, or lack thereof, played a significant role in preparing for the film. “’You can eat.’ I look up to see her reaction. Mara rolls her eyes, and Fincher laughs. ‘You can have lettuce and a grape. A raisin if you must.’ She orders a piece of fish and barely touches it… I ask if she had to get unhealthily skinny for the role. She says, ‘Umm . . . not really.’ ‘It hasn’t been too hard for her,’ Fincher quickly adds.” (Photos: Everett/Getty)
Jared Leto in The Dallas Buyers Club
To play a trans AIDS sufferer, Leto lost 38 pounds. “I got down to 116 or something. I just basically didn't eat. I ate very little,” he told E Online. “I had done similar things with weight, but this was different, I think the role demanded that commitment... It was about how does that effect how I walk, how I talked, who I am, how I feel. You know, you feel very fragile and delicate and unsafe.” The role took a major toll on his health. “Your organs [and] muscles shrink, your organs shrink [and] my stomach has shrunk as well. I'm doing cardio but I'll tell you what, the more I've learned is - and I think it comes with age too - is it's 90 percent diet. It's a matter of how much I eat or how little I eat.” (Photos: Splash/Getty)
Matthew McConnaughey in The Dallas Buyer’s Club
McConnaughey’s character was also a victim of AIDS, and he lost 50lbs for the role. He consulted the shapeshifting master, Tom Hanks, as well as a nutritionist before embarking on his weight loss. Starting at 185lbs, he thought he would stop at 145, but he didn’t feel it was enough. "I was going around and people were going, 'Hey, are you feeling all right?" McConaughey told People of reaching his initial goal. "But then I hit 135 lbs. I ran in to somebody and they didn't just ask if I was all right, they said, 'My God, we need to get you some help.' And I thought, 'There we go. That's the perfect spot.' " He ate good foods, but not much of them and found himself “uncontainable with energy,” needing to sleep three hours less each night. “I found through this journey that the human body is much more resilient than we give it credit for.” (Photos: Splash/Getty)
Jennifer Hudson in Winnie Mandela
Jennifer Hudson starred as Winnie Mandela and went from a size 16 to a 6 for the role. "Whatever it takes to morph into a character I'll do it,” she told People. “I’m in the best shape of my life!” Hudson enlisted the help of celebrity trainer Harley Pasternak, and got her start on Weight Watchers. (Photos: Everett/Getty)
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Charlize Theron Isn’t Having it With Ageism in Hollywood
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Charlize Theron is happily aging — and why shouldn’t she be? Her life thus far has been full and exciting, and she’s not the only celebrity who feels this way.
"How could I be afraid of something so natural? Aging is part of our life, we can't avoid that,” she told Vanity Fair Italy. “A part of me is really grateful for all the things that have happened since I started aging, now I'm much wiser than 20 years ago. A wrinkle is nothing compared to that." Theron hasn’t experienced the ageism that her fellow actresses that say costs them roles, either. “I don’t agree with that [notion,] and I’m not happy to hear people talking like that about Hollywood,” she said. “Now that I'm 41, I work much more than 20 years ago, and I enjoy it even more. And all the women I know say the same thing, so it's time to stop this cliché."
Theron’s unpopular opinion comes just a month after research found that ageism is, in fact, alive and well; while 18.5 percent of the population is 60 and over, only 11 percent of film characters are that age. Still, Theron’s positivity about aging feels like a breath of fresh air in a time that people are worried about aging in their 20s and the average celebrity’s face is pumped full of Juvederm.
If you’re even remotely worried about aging, read on:
"I love getting older. I think it has to do with always being the kid on set. It’s interesting because, these days, [cosmetic surgery] is treated almost like hygiene. I’ve had people say to me, ‘Oh, you should, you know...’ and they point to my forehead. ‘Get that seen to!’ But I’m like, ‘No! I’ve been waiting so long for that to happen!’” — Winona Ryder
“I actually like aging. I have great older female role models in my life, including my amazing mom, who have glitz, glamour, and all sorts of fun,” Anderson told W. “Getting older isn’t the end. I know I have so much to look forward to.” — Pamela Anderson
"This is such a pivotal moment in my life! I'm transitioning as a woman, and I'm finally able to express myself as I am." — Beyoncé on turning 30
“I obviously don't have the same body that I had when I was 20. But I also don't have the same mindset either, when I was wracked with self-consciousness and insecurity. Now I really appreciate my maturity as a woman, my depth of spirit and soul and my understanding of who I am and what's important to me.” — Elle Macpherson
"You're 30: You know stuff now. Your 20s were for 'ducking up,' as my auto-correct would say, and learning from those mistakes.” — Olivia Wilde
"I was putting Louis to bed and told him that even when I'm old and gray and more wrinkly than I am now, I'll still love him and want to tuck him in. And he asked me why I have wrinkles, and I said, 'Well, I hope some of them are from laughing so much.'" — Sandra Bullock
"I don't feel as shy or nervous or self-conscious. I have more confidence that I can handle what life brings me. I don't feel scared to have an idea and express it. I feel giddy about it because it's a complete transformation. It's like I've found my voice." — Michelle Williams
“Your wrinkles reflect the roads you have taken; they form the map of your life. My face reflects the wind and sun and rain and dust from the trips I've taken. My face carries all my memories. Why should I erase them?" — Diane von Furstenberg
“I’m not interested in being perfect when I’m older. Im interested in having a narrative. It’s the narrative that’s really the most beautiful thing about women.” — Jodie Foster
"Turning 30 was really big for me. I can get really stuck on 'I don't like this or that about myself.' I've found that the only thing that breaks that for me is being able to spend time alone, going to the movies by myself or going to art museums alone. I do that a lot. I've discovered the importance of even 15 or 30 minutes a day where it is just me." — Reese Witherspoon
“I love aging. Why would I want to be 21 for the rest of my life?” — Zoe Saldana
"I would say a magical thing happened on when the big 40th birthday came. I felt like a light kind of just went off, and maybe that's because I felt like at 40 I had the right to say and be who I wanted to be, say what I wanted to say, and accept what I didn't want to accept." — Halle Berry
"There's no such thing is aging, but maturing and knowledge. It's beautiful, I call that beauty." — Celine Dion
"I'm actually happier with my body now . . . because the body I have now is the body I've worked for. I have a better relationship with it. From a purely aesthetic point of view, my body was better when I was 22, 23. But I didn't enjoy it. I was too busy comparing it to everyone else's." — Cindy Crawford
“I think I look nicer now. It’s really weird cause when you’re 21 you think, ‘Oh God, when I’m 36, oh God, that’s nearly 40, and I’ll look really old and wrinkly by then.’ And actually I quite like the way I look. I feel OK about myself these days.” — Kate Winslet
“Age holds absolutely no fear for me. There is so much enjoyment ahead.” –Penelope Cruz
"I don't have any regrets. If I could have talked to my 19- or 20-year-old self, I would have said, 'You're going to be fine. It ain't that serious!'" — Queen Latifah
"I have gratitude. I know myself better. I feel more capable than ever. And as far as the physicality of it, I feel better at 40 than I did at 25." — Cameron Diaz
“I think I’ve always been a follow-the-leader with my career, or maybe waiting for things to happen. Now I'm like, ‘I'm OK—I know the direction, whoever’s on board can go with me.'" — Robin Wright
“I don't think of getting older as looking better or worse; it's just different. You change, and that's OK. Life is about change. I don't have anxiety about it, so I'm not running to get Botox. Maybe that will change, but I don't think so. I feel comfortable in my skin and comfortable with ageing, so I think it's okay that I get wrinkles.” — Heidi Klum
"The thing about 50 is that you've clearly reached a point where you have more of your life behind you than ahead of you, and that's a very different place to be in. You're thinking, 'I've done most of it.' I don't like that feeling. But it makes you evaluate your life and go, 'Am I doing what I want to do? Am I spending my time the way I want?' " — Julianne Moore
“I do think about ageing. I have those moments of panic and vanity, but life keeps getting better, so you can't worry about it too much.” — Jennifer Garner
“As scary as change can be and as much as I might resist it, there's always some unkown gift that comes out of it. I really never thought you could begin again. You can.” — Debra Messing
"F*ck you. I'm 50. That's what I'm going to say when I turn 50. Sorry." — Madonna
"I can't tell you how many doctors try to sell me a facelift. I've even gone as far as having someone talk me into it, but when I went over and looked at pictures of myself, I thought 'What are they going to lift?' . . . Frankly, I think that in the art of aging well there's this sexuality to having those imperfections. It's sensual." — Sharon Stone
“If I can be the first 80-year-old to go out there successfully in a bikini, then I'll take that on. I don't think anybody needs to rein in anything because of an age. That is absolute BS. To each his own! Everybody needs to stay in his own backyard.” — Jennifer Aniston
"What I've learned in this first 50 is that if you can allow yourself to breathe into the depth, wonder, beauty, craziness, and strife — everything that represents the fullness of your life — you can live fearlessly. Because you come to realize that if you just keep breathing, you cannot be conquered." — Oprah
“When you’re 16, you think 28 is so old! And then you get to 28 and it’s fabulous. You think, then, what about 42? Ugh! And then 42 is great. As you reach each age, you gain the understanding you need to deal with it and enjoy it." — Helen Mirren
"The trick is to age honestly and gracefully and make it look great, so that everyone looks forward to it." — Emma Thompson
“I am appalled that the term we use to talk about aging is 'anti.' Aging is as natural as a baby's softness and scent. Aging is human evolution in its pure form. Death, taxes, and aging.” — Jamie Lee Curtis
"I'm very f*cking grateful to be alive. I have so many friends who are sick or gone, and I'm here. Are you kidding? No complaints!" — Meryl Streep
"I think in the past, the thought was your 20s are when you are at your best, and after that it's downhill. Now women are realizing that we are at our best as we get older. We are attractive, and we are more interesting, and we are more self-assured than we were ten years before, and there's something sexy and attractive about that to all men. So what's the big deal?" — Jennifer Lopez
“I have learned that we should never settle for someone else’s definition of who we can be. Growing to this age, I realize, is kind of like feeling your voice deepen. It’s still your voice, but it has more substance, and it sounds like it knows its own origins.” — Susan Sarandon
"Here is my biggest takeaway after 60 years on the planet: There is great value in being fearless. For too much of my life, I was too afraid, too frightened by it all. That fear is one of my biggest regrets." — Diane Keaton
“I take comfort that aging happens to everybody. It’s part of life. Aging offers great lessons in dignity, since the indignity wins in the end. Yes, it bothers me when I have lines or puffiness or droops. But it connects me with the human race. Like weather bringing people together, aging brings people together." — Diane Lane
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Dakota Fanning Makes ’90s Grunge Look Fresh
Dakota Fanning does ’90s beauty. (Photo: Getty Images)
“Fresh” and “grungy” can hardly be used in the same sentence, but Dakota Fanning has managed to own the oxymoron. The 22-year-old actress appeared on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon on Wednesday and proved that edgy ’90s beauty is for good girls too.
Fanning dressed down a strapless black gown with a classic cord choker, and her beauty look mimicked the outfit. Her nude lip with natural skin combined with her dramatic winged eye made a statement.
She finished the look with textured S-waves. Her peroxide locks looked piece-y and undone, garnering the ultimate cool-girl hairstyle. Dakota’s glam squad is undoubtedly responsible for the perfectly imperfect look, but she makes it seem effortless.
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This App Provides Video Conference ‘Makeup’ for Those Who Work From Home
Shiseido’s new app addresses the woes of working from home and applying makeup for video conferences. (Photo: Shiseido via Japan Times)
Ever wake up far too early, just to do your makeup for a Skype meeting? Or worse, oversleep and call in to find that your eye bags are enhanced by the poorly lit computer camera, then projected onto a huge conference room screen on the other side of the world? Shiseido knows the deal, and they want to make it easier to work from home without the hassle of applying makeup before a video conference.
The beauty brand developed the TeleBeauty app, in collaboration with Microsoft Japan, to digitally apply makeup on Skype. Users first choose between four makeup styles — natural, trendy, cool, or feminine — and then fine-tune to suit their preferences. On camera, the digital makeup syncs with real-time movements, “unless the face moves wildly,” according to Shiseido spokeswoman Megumi Koyama.
Shiseido’s latest app, TeleBeauty, smooths skin and applies color to the face for people teleconferencing from home. (Photo: Shiseido via “Asahi Shimbun”)
The idea came from Shiseido employees after the company introduced a telecommuting program. “Telecommuting is becoming more common, both in our company and in society. We hope the app will contribute to that trend,” Koyama told Japan Times.
Shiseido hopes that men will also take advantage of the app. “The app is set up so the user’s skin looks brighter,” says Koyama, noting workers’ complaints of deepened eye bags onscreen. “I think it’s a feature that helps anyone look professional.”
Recent studies have shown that women who wear makeup in the workplace are perceived as more likable and powerful, so hopefully the app can give women who do choose to wear makeup a chance to let their skin breathe — and look more polished on camera without all the effort.
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12 Celebrity Tweets to Normalize Mental Illness on #WorldMentalHealthDay
12 Celebrity Tweets to Normalize Mental Illness on #WorldMentalHealthDay (Photo: Getty Images)
October 10th is dedicated to raising awareness of global mental health issues with World Mental Health Day. This year, the day focuses on Psychological First Aid, and the world is responding with overwhelming support. San Francisco police announced a reform that “prioritizes the sanctity of life above all else,” the royal family organized an event to raise awareness and “make asking for help no longer a big deal,” and Canada pledged to take action to support mental wellbeing, particularly for stakeholders like indigenous people. Celebrities have taken to Twitter to not only show their support for sufferers, but also share their personal stories with mental illness.
Celebrities made it clear that they think the stigma about mental illness is dated…
Let's end the stigma! #WorldMentalHealthDay ???????????? pic.twitter.com/QE895BzENQ
— Victoria Justice (@VictoriaJustice) October 10, 2016
Be kind to yourself; be kind to others. Have courage and talk about it. There's a lot of love out there for you <3 #WorldMentalHealthDay pic.twitter.com/X67F7V1cJs
— Ellie Goulding (@elliegoulding) October 10, 2016
And revealed their own struggles.
I live with depression, see a therapist & have taken antidepressants. Get help if you need help & don't be ashamed! #WorldMentalHealthDay
— Paul F. Tompkins (@PFTompkins) October 10, 2016
Happy #WorldMentalHealthDay to my fellow sufferers who are working on it every day. Big hugs!
— Steve Agee (@steveagee) October 10, 2016
They made it known that they’re not ashamed…
"This is who you are. Please don't forget that."
Be kind, be true, be you. Be there for someone.#WorldMentalHealthDay #PennyDreadful pic.twitter.com/fKSSxiBBLA
— Eva Green Web (@EvaGreenWeb) October 10, 2016
a few years ago a friend made me follow thru on a promise to go to therapy. i can't overstate how much it helped. #WorldMentalHealthDay
— R A I N A (@RahRahRaina) October 10, 2016
I have an anxiety disorder, and I take medication for it. Zero shame. In fact, pride. Help is available. Don't wait. #WorldMentalHealthDay
— Craig Mazin (@clmazin) October 10, 2016
And showed their support for others.
#WorldMentalHealthDay
I just have so much to say so I'll say one thing
you will not always feel like this
I PROMISE.
— do(die) (@doddleoddle) October 10, 2016
Happy #WorldMentalHealthDay! Our minds are like fingerprints of our lives. Love all your curves and edges.
— Hannah Hart (@harto) October 10, 2016
Never be embarased or afraid to ask for help. You don't have to struggle alone. You are loved. #WorldMentalHealthDay
— Nev Schulman (@NevSchulman) October 10, 2016
Because it’s so important to be kind and sympathetic, to yourself and everybody you come into contact with.
To those suffering: you are not alone and things will get better. You are loved ❤️ #WorldMentalHealthDay
— DNCE (@AdoreDNCE) October 10, 2016
Not just on #WorldMentalHealthDay but everyday we need to look after ourselves. It's not selfish to practise self-care you deserve it
— Iskra Lawrence (@iskralawrence) October 10, 2016
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The Best Reactions to the MAC Selena Makeup Line
MAC Launched a collaborative collection in honor of Selena Quintanilla. (Photo: Getty)
MAC launched their collection honoring Selena Quintanilla on Friday. The romantic collection designed with the iconic singer’s family is the company’s first collaboration with a Latina — despite the fact that Latinas are three times more likely to buy beauty products than other demographics — and the Twitterverse was even more excited than you’d expect.
The collection was filled with love, down to the names of the products like a red lipstick called “Dreaming of You” and a rosy matte eyeshadow called “Missing My Baby.”
Fans embraced the romance of the collection…
#MACselena ???? get you a man who wants to help make all of your dreams come true pic.twitter.com/mrdMkixRIL
— it rhymes with.. (@leastoralease) September 30, 2016
And were feeling pretty emotional in general.
Me every single time I click the #MACSelena hashtag & see all the beautiful ppl @ the Premiere event ???????????? pic.twitter.com/iiCDQk7d6K
— Yvette (@iamyvettenicole) September 30, 2016
While all the makeup youtubers are getting their #MACSelena and the rest of us are just waiting like… pic.twitter.com/JQZwnYfN3c
— GEM. (@ROZtheCreator) September 17, 2016
mood because #MACSelena today ((-: pic.twitter.com/eGwPwSGNSZ
— Mel (@melanie_rdzz) September 30, 2016
Fans in line to get the #macselena collection singing her song "dreaming of you" ! Love this! pic.twitter.com/mQ673vJA0c
— ❤️TexasMelissa (@texas_melissa) September 30, 2016
They had to make a few compromises…
Priorities: Paying the rest of my tuition this semester/Having enough money to spend on the #MACSelena line ????????????????????????
— Gabrielle Favella (@Gabbaahh) September 20, 2016
I have to go against my morals for the lipsticks but frick it yolo see y'all in vegan hell cause SELENA #MACSelena
— CWOWW (@Carliitavaldes) September 18, 2016
But it was all worth it.
Got sunburnt at the #macselena launch #anythingforselenas pic.twitter.com/FHnEA5Aqoo
— Sea-Jayyyyyyy (@christianjade_) September 30, 2016
#MACSelena was well worth the 5 hour drive #AnythingForSelenas@sorryimtessa pic.twitter.com/DbgBQ9Mfap
— foster♛ (@DestinyyFosterr) September 30, 2016
So happy I got to share this experience with my gf ???? #MACSelena @zoe_pickard ???????? pic.twitter.com/fdip3BE7ud
— jasmine. (@UhJasmineMarie) September 30, 2016
i lovvve #MACSelena ???? pic.twitter.com/k3V2kIMpoc
— lil mexico (@vxxijvs) September 30, 2016
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Nobody Wants to Talk About It: Peeing When You Exercise
Urinary incontinence during exercise is more common than you think. (Photo: Dimitris Skoulos/Trunk Archive)
Ever do a jumping exercise at the gym and find yourself, ahem, peeing a little? According to an article in Reviews in Urology, about a quarter of women experience urinary incontinence, especially during exercise and as a result of coughing. The issue is twice as prevalent among women than among men, but many women never seek treatment despite it being simple and efficient.
A new Swedish app —Tät — is working to minimize your leakage without any doctor visits. “We are aware that many women with these problems never seek help in usual health care. Instead, they seek information on their own,” says Ina Asklund, a general practitioner and doctoral student at the Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine at Umeå University in Sweden. “By offering treatment via an app, we are hoping that more women will discover and gain access to efficient treatment.”
In a small study, women using the app reported fewer leakages, improved quality of life, and minimized symptoms and need for incontinence pads. “The results of our evaluation clearly show that the Tät app was efficient as a first-line treatment for women with stress urinary incontinence,” says Eva Samuelsson, a project manager and associate professor in the Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine at Umeå University. “Self-managed exercises also seem to be an appreciated form of treatment, which is why we have made the app available free for everyone.”
Unfortunately, the app is available only in Swedish, but if you’re among the one in four women who struggles with urinary incontinence and finds it embarrassing to talk about, an app with similar exercises is available in English. Download Pelvic Floor First and do jumping jacks in peace!
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Finally, the Government Is Looking at What the Word ‘Healthy’ Really Means
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For decades, consumers committed to a healthy lifestyle have been bombarded with countless so-called healthy brands, diets, and ingredients. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has finally stepped in to try to give consumers clarity and put a stop to mislabeling. The agency is asking for public input on a range of questions about how Americans define “healthy” in an effort to change the official meaning of the word for food labeling.
“As our understanding about nutrition has evolved, we need to make sure the definition for the ‘healthy’ labeling claim stays up to date,” Douglas Balentine, PhD, director of the Office of Nutrition and Food Labeling at the FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, wrote on FDA.gov. “For instance, the most recent public health recommendations now focus on type of fat, rather than amount of fat. They focus on added sugars, which consumers will see on the new Nutrition Facts label. And they focus on nutrients that consumers aren’t getting enough of, like vitamin D and potassium. By updating the definition, we hope more companies will use the ‘healthy’ claim as the basis for new product innovation and reformulation, providing consumers with a greater variety of ‘healthy’ choices in the marketplace.”
Avo Toast forever ????⭐️ #hippielaneshapes
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The FDA seems to be moving in the right direction with this update. “Nutrition science continues to provide new and better information regarding the relationship of food to health, and this new information needs to be used to bring labels and policy up to date,” says Beth C. Weitzman, PhD, professor of public health and policy at NYU. “I think the FDA is on the right track in trying to find a way to encourage manufacturers to produce better food options and to more readily alert the consumers to better food choices.”
The FDA acknowledges how difficult it is to decipher nutrition labels, and that will be the first thing to change. “Many just don’t have the time to consider the details of nutrition information on every package they purchase. In fact, most purchase decisions are made quickly, within three to five seconds,” Balentine wrote. Weitzman agrees, saying that “for many people, a dense list of numbers (calories, sodium, fiber, etc.) is confusing, and people often do not have the skill, knowledge, time, or inclination to make use of these numbers.”
The changes were spurred in part by a 2015 dispute with Kind brand snacks in which the FDA issued a warning letter demanding that Kind remove the word “healthy” from their fruit and nut bars. The letter stated that the bars couldn’t be labeled “healthy” since they contained too much saturated fat and because antioxidants are not medically proven to be beneficial. “The current regulation was established 20+ years ago,” Kind retorted in a statement. “Under it, foods like nuts, salmon and avocados cannot be labeled as healthy, but items like fat-free pudding and low-fat toaster pastries can.”
Kind shared this breakdown calling out the FDA’s seemingly dated definition of “healthy.” (Photo: Kind brand snacks)
We don’t have a timeline from the FDA about when we’ll see changes to food labeling, but we’re glad to see an acknowledgement of issues and forward motion. “While we are working on the ‘healthy’ claim, we also will begin evaluating other label claims to determine how they might be modernized. We want to give consumers the best tools and information about the foods they choose, with the goal of improving public health,” Balentine wrote. “The end result will be more healthy dietary choices for consumers, and that is a worthy goal.”
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Learn to Combat Jet Lag Like an International Model
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It can be bitterly disappointing to lose precious days of a trip to poorly planned sleep and jet lag. But international models and celebrities like Kendall Jenner and Kim Kardashian oftentimes don’t have the luxury of sleeping in, and need to look their best and be on top of their game within hours of landing.
“A few years ago, jet lag from traveling around the world never affected me. Everyone told me that it was because I was young. Well, I must be old now because jet lag seriously gets to me these days, lol,” Kendall wrote in a blog post. Kim Kardashian’s hectic lifestyle is catching up to her as well. “From Kanye’s Saint Pablo Tour to NYFW and PFW, I’ve been flying SO much lately,” she wrote.
Happy Birthday to my little Kenny!!!! You're not a teenager anymore! I love you so much and am so proud of everything you have accomplished and the person you have become!
A photo posted by Kim Kardashian West (@kimkardashian) on Nov 3, 2015 at 8:36am PST
The sisters have developed personal plans to combat jet lag. Kendall has trained herself to become a plane sleeper to pass the time, and has found that it’s helped her with quicker adjustment to new time zones. She uses Dream Water to aid in lulling herself to sleep. “Recently, a model friend and I were on the subject and she told me that she meditates to help fight it,” she wrote. “I was skeptical at first, but I’ll try anything at this point! Kim and I did a class just the other day and I loved it. It was so peaceful and totally helped me concentrate.”
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Kim credits her jet lag survival kit for keeping her on point post-flight. She wrote that she never travels without two silk pillowcases to help her fall asleep early on local time, Vital Energy Tea from Yogi for the morning after, her de-puffing eye cream from Skyn Iceland, and an Armani under eye concealer that she keeps in her purse at all times.
Cannes! ????????
A photo posted by Kim Kardashian West (@kimkardashian) on May 17, 2016 at 5:16am PDT
Turns out, some of the Kardashian-Jenner sisters’ anti jet lag hacks are even scientifically proven. Kendall wrote that she gets anxious and impatient on flights, and meditation is indeed a great way to calm the nerves and set yourself up for an easy, restful trip.
“Scanning your body from head to toe is a great way to manage travel anxiety,” Dr. Guy Meadows of Sleep School told the Daily Mail. “Make time to describe every detail of your body in a objective manner such as, ‘I can feel my toes touching the floor, the beat of my heart, the seat on my back, the movement of my breath’ and so on. When your thinking mind starts to race with worries, gently acknowledge them and let them go by returning back to your body.” Dr. Meadows does not recommend sleeping by default like Kendall does, though. “’If you are arriving at your destination in the afternoon or evening, make sure you stay awake on the plane so that you are ready for the local bedtime on landing. Alternatively, if you are arriving in the morning, aim to sleep on the plane to be ready for the day ahead,” he says.
vintage Hermès
A photo posted by Kendall (@kendalljenner) on Apr 4, 2016 at 11:45am PDT
More items from Kim’s kit get props from experts for those who have trouble sleeping away from home. “Bring elements or objects from home like a picture of the family, favorite pillow, blanket or even a coffee mug to ease the feeling of being in a new environment,” the National Sleep foundation recommends, noting that familiarity is key when falling asleep (so Kim is smart to travel with her favorite pillowcases). “The absence of a familiar noise can also disrupt sleep. City dwellers may have trouble falling asleep without the familiar sounds of traffic. Or a traveler may find it difficult to sleep without the familiar tick, tick, tick of the alarm clock at home.” Turns out there’s a thing or two we can learn from this jet setting family.
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Rita Ora’s Street Style Tribute to “Léon”
Rita Ora channeled Natalie Portman in “Léon” for her latest street style look. (Photo: Splash News)
Léon is the story of a young girl with abusive and neglectful parents, and her hitman neighbor who teaches her his trade. Since its release in 1994, the film has become a cult classic and inspired countless Halloween costumes, but 12 years after its release, the ‘90s are back and Rita Ora has taken the look to the streets of London. We’re surprised it’s taken this long for a celeb to wear such a perfect incarnation of the iconic look. Really, who wouldn’t want to emulate a badass 12-year-old Natalie Portman?
Natalie Portman appears in “Léon” 1994. (Photo: Gaumont)
The look is characterized by Portman’s ear-length bob, round sunglasses, red crocheted hat, and youthfully straight brows. Her black choker is a key element as well, but we can forgive Ora for omitting it since she got everything else down to a tee. Ora paired the look with glowing skin and replaced Portman’s knitted cap with a sweet red beret.
We also saw the haircut make a comeback on the Prada SS17 runway this week. Have no shame in bringing a picture of preteen Natalie Portman to your stylist.
Jacquard blazer and shorts worn with flower sandals and leather clutch #PradaSS17#MFW #runway #bestlooks
A photo posted by Prada (@prada) on Sep 24, 2016 at 8:51am PDT
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Dolce + Gabbana Put Food on Models’ Heads
Dolce + Gabbana’s models paid homage to Italian food on the runway. (Photo: Getty)
The Dolce + Gabbana runway was a beautiful tribute to carbs. Models were decked out in pieces printed with the best of Italian cuisine from pasta, pizza, and fish to gelato, fruit, and cocktails.
Dolce & Gabanna???? #djtropicoitaliano #dolcegabbana #mfw #fashion #runway #models #food #flowers #floral #inspiration
A photo posted by Mariana Barranco (@mb_designs93) on Sep 25, 2016 at 6:24pm PDT
D&G summer 2017???? #dolcegabbana #milanfashionweek #milan #italy #summerdress #summer #fashionblogger #fashion #fashionista #love #new #2017
A photo posted by @jaapjaapdehaan_25 on Sep 26, 2016 at 1:04am PDT
Monday mood! ???? #art #fashion #mfw #dolcegabbana #milan #stylabl #mood #runway
A photo posted by Stylabl (@stylabl) on Sep 26, 2016 at 8:56am PDT
Perhaps the most outrageous and wonderful were the food-inspired headpieces to match the clothes. One model even managed to make a crown of straight-up dry pasta look chic.
Dolce & Gabbana #mfw #ss17
A photo posted by MOOB Magazine (@moobmag) on Sep 26, 2016 at 2:47am PDT
Others wore extravagant fruit and vegetable headpieces á la modern Carmen Miranda, with open pomegranates, sliced watermelon, and even purple cabbage adorning their heads. Most models wore their natural hair textures to complement their elaborate headwear and jewelry, and completed the look with different shades of red lips to suit their skin tones. That’s amore.
A Dolce + Gabbana model sported a bedazzled watermelon on her head. (Photo: Getty)
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How to Defend Yourself Like Gigi Hadid
Gigi Hadid was attacked in the street during Milan Fashion Week. (Photo: Getty Images)
Gigi Hadid was minding her own business in a crowd of fans and paparazzi when a man came up behind her and lifted her up without her permission. She elbowed him in the nose and he ran away, but the 21-year-old model was shaken.
Gigi defended herself when a man grabs her after the Max Mara show. pic.twitter.com/IsHEkTkkER
— Hadid News (@HadidNews) September 22, 2016
GIRLS, prepare yourselves so that, if you ever feel in danger, MUSCLE MEMORY can fight back for you. Thank you all so much for ur support.❤️
— Gigi Hadid (@GiGiHadid) September 22, 2016
Gigi is used to throwing punches with her trainer Rob Piela, and she had a pair of bodyguards at her side to make sure things didn’t escalate, but what was a traumatic situation could have been much worse if she didn’t pack a punch. Gigi warned her fans to prepare to defend themselves in case they feel in danger, but if you can’t drop hundreds on a personal training session, what can you do to get the know-how you need to be safe? We talked to former Olympic boxer and seven-time world champion Regilio Tuur about the fundamentals of self-defense. Here’s what you should know:
Assess the situation to avoid freezing up. “Boxing is not a sport to engage in combat on the streets,” says Tuur. “First of all, if you can avoid it in any which way, avoid it. If you can scream, run, whatever, I will always advise that first.”
Know the sensitive parts of the body. “Of course, the groin is the most sensitive part,” says Tuur. “The chin is a light switch. If you hit the chin — it doesn’t have to be hard enough — if you hit it correctly, the lights will go out. If you just want to hurt somebody, then you punch to the body. But if you’re not very strong and a guy attacks you, a body shot won’t have much effect for you. It won’t buy you time, because you have to be able to punch a guy really hard to hurt the body.”
Keep up your guard. “You have to have your hands high because the jaw is the most sensitive part of the body… So you need to keep your hands in front of it,” says Tuur. This position also trains your neck, shoulder, and arm muscles and helps you to protect your vital organs.
Keep your distance. “If you’re attacked from behind, there are a couple of ways to look at it,” says Tuur. He advises addressing a situation based on your height. If you are shorter than the person holding you, stomp your heels onto the person’s feet. “If you do that hard enough, they’ll let go,” says Tuur. If you’re taller than them, follow up with an elbow to the jaw, like Gigi did. Tuur thinks she did the right thing, since the jaw is one of the body’s most sensitive areas. “Then you’ll try to turn around, and the first thing you’ll do is a jab to create a distance,” says Tuur. “A jab to the head is your offense and your defense. It then puts you in a safe distance between you and your attacker. That’s the best way to buy you some time and also the best way to set yourself up to be effective in your attack.”
Gigi Hadid elbowed her attacker in the face. (Photo: AKM-GSI)
If you want to learn to defend yourself and get model-fit, head to Dogpound gym in NYC. Regilio Tuur designed its program for an Olympic-level workout, favored by Victoria’s Secret models, that teaches you more about authentic boxing than most other gyms you’ll find. “If you go to any other boxing gym, you will throw punches in a certain way that is not supported by real boxing, because it’s just based on fitness,” he says. “If you go to many boxing classes, you throw hooks every which way that, nine out of 10 times, leads to injuries in real boxing. I do not do that. I teach punches in a very authentic way that can also be used in self-defense. Our system has a very authentic professional boxing core.” Have fun, and keep your guard up.
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Gigi Hadid’s 2000s Beauty Look at Fendi
Gigi Hadid wore our dream 2000s look on the Fendi runway. (Photo: REX)
Some of our favorite beauty looks of all time were from middle school in the 2000s. Butterfly clips, chunky pieces of hair, heavy eyeliner, headbands, side bangs, random glitter, and tiny ponytails paraded through the hallways, and now Fendi models have brought the look to the runway.
Fendi models brought back headbands. (Photo: Getty)
Stella Maxwell’s hair on the Fendi runway gave us *major* nostalgia. (Photo: Getty)
Eyeliner is graphic and catlike and lips are glittery, and models even got half-up pigtails and side bangs. Butterfly clips have been replaced by their modern counterpart: hair studs that we can’t wait to get our hands on.
Studded hair, the sharpest cat eye, and glittering lips – our new style goals. #FendiSS17 #MFW #FendiBackstage @sammcknight1 @peterphilipsmakeup
A video posted by Fendi (@fendi) on Sep 22, 2016 at 6:52am PDT
Even the classic middle school side bangs look got a chance to shine on the Fendi runway. (Photo: Getty)
Makeup artist Peter Phillips got crafty and used “pastel salmon colored glitter, applied with Ben Nye glitter glue” on models’ lips.
@ysaunnybrito #backstage at @fendi show, #hair @sammcknight1 , #makeup by #peterphilips using Dior Proliner in black on eyes and on lips pastel salmon coloured glitter applied with Ben Nye glitter glue. On skin I used #Dior star foundation. Thankyou to my team for a great job done! @chaos @alessiapellarini @amandaharlech @mariaelenacima @silviaventurinifendi #karllagerfeld @pg_dmcasting @samuel_ellis
A video posted by @peterphilipsmakeup on Sep 22, 2016 at 5:26am PDT
Glistening and glimmering and ready to hit the runway. #FendiSS17 #MFW @suzieq.leosiboni
A video posted by Fendi (@fendi) on Sep 22, 2016 at 2:54am PDT
We’re so glad to see this nostalgic look gain runway approval, because we’ve been dying to bring it back.
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'I Show My Body To Beat Fat Stigma'
Jessamyn Stanley is done underestimating her body. (Photo: Nadya Wasylko, published with permission from SELF)
Jessamyn Stanley is changing the yoga world simply by being her. She’s a curvy yogi posting about her practice on Instagram, and she’s amassed 220,000 followers that look to her account for its infectious body positivity and realness. There are haters, of course, and she does it for them, too. “When I first started, I would practice in underwear and then I would go put on leggings for the photos. And then I realized that there are no curvy people who are showing their bodies in this way, and therefore there are a lot of people who are repulsed by it,” Stanley said in an interview with SELF, in an article that celebrated the relaunch of their website on Wednesday.
“They’re offended by it because it rubs up against what you were taught to believe. And that’s fine, but I’m gonna continue to do it and continue to show you that so that you can stop thinking that way.”
Jessamyn Stanley inspires her followers with her realness. (Photo: Nadya Wasylko, published with the permission of SELF)
Stanley wasn’t always the image of body positivity that her followers see, though. “Honestly, it’s bizarre to me that I’m perceived as such a confident person when I spent such a huge chunk of my life buried under truly toxic body shame,” the 29-year-old wrote on Instagram. “And it’s not like those feelings have completely dissipated — just like anyone, I have ups and downs. And I always roll my eyes whenever people draw the conclusion that yoga is the source of my body confidence. I mean, Instagram is littered with proof that an aggressive yoga asana practice can unintentionally sow the seeds of body negativity.”
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In the early stages of her practice, Stanley fell victim to this very issue. Her body hate intensified before she finally took her practice at face value. “My belly is still here but I am strong as f*ck,” she told SELF. “I’m out here doing all this stuff, how can I continue to throw shade at this part of my body that is a very crucial part of who I am?”
Now, Jessamyn is done underestimating her body, her ability, and her worth. “I always thought that, because I’m fat, because I’m not the tallest, because I’m not ‘the prettiest,’ that there’s always going to be something wrong with me. But as I’ve gotten older, and the more that I practice yoga, the more I realize that there is this really subtle elegance and grace to every human action,” she said. “As a woman of color, you definitely grow up thinking that there are certain limitations to what it is that you’re supposed to do.”
Jessamyn is on a mission to change that. “When I was 12 and I was just feeling terrible every single day, I wish that I could have seen a woman who looked like me,” she told SELF. “I think that it could have had a very positive impact. If I could give that to somebody else then I definitely would like to do that.”
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Olivia Palermo Just Showed Us 3 Ways to Wear Pigtails
Olivia Palermo took to the streets of London Fashion Week to showcase her new favorite hairstyle: messy fishtail pigtails. She wore the style all day, despite changing her outfit three times.
New York Fashion week BYE!!!! #fbf to braids with @oliviapalermo last season for #nyfw #HairbyLacyRedway #oliviapalermo
A photo posted by LACY REDWAY HAIRSTYLIST (@lacyredway) on Sep 16, 2016 at 7:26pm PDT
Palermo gave the young style a chic and modern update with loose pieces and an imperfect center part, and it looked great with all three of her outfits. If you think pigtails are reserved for your little cousin on picture day, think again.
Olivia’s dark, glossy eye makeup and powdery pink lip lent an edge that helped her transition the style from day to night for the hectic event schedule of fashion week. This is our new go-to look for a long day.
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Chloe Grace Moretz Washes Her Face with Olive Oil — Should You?
Chloe Grace Moretz tributes her perfect skin to olive oil cleansing. (Photo: Getty)
Celebrities have told us lots of crazy things about how they wash their faces — Jennifer Aniston uses a bar of soap, Gwyneth Paltrow used just a splash of water (before Goop Skincare launched, that is), and Naomi Campbell uses baby soap. Now, Chloe Grace Moretz is giving us another product to ponder. “I wash my skin with olive oil — straight-up olive oil,” she told Vogue. “You rub it on your face until it all comes off clear.”
Can olive oil really clean your face? Top NYC dermatologist Dr. Sejal Shah says, sure. “Using oils to cleanse the skin is based on the premise of like dissolves like,” Shah told Yahoo Beauty. “Your makeup or moisturizer may not be oil-based, but remember makeup, dirt, and other impurities mix with the oil on your skin. This mixture is what oil cleansing — whether from your pantry or a store-bought cleansing oil — dissolves, so it can be very effective.”
@glamouruk outtakes
A photo posted by Chloe Grace Moretz (@chloegmoretz) on Aug 4, 2016 at 10:15am PDT
Is it really as simple as “rubbing it on your face until it all comes off clear?” Dr. Shah says it can be. “The excess oil does not necessarily need to be rinsed off but should be wiped away. Sometimes even with rinsing off you may not feel that the oil has come off completely. This can be great for dry skin as many oils, like olive oil, are very hydrating.” But you can’t just use any old oil sitting in your pantry. “If your skin is oily or acne-prone, be careful with the oils you choose as many — especially food-grade oils — can be comedogenic [pore-blocking],” says Shah. “Of course don’t use processed oils like canola or vegetable.”
It can be hard to put your faith in genetically blessed celebrities with impossibly resilient skin, and hard to believe that so many simple and cheap drugstore methods produce the poreless, airbrushed faces that grace red carpets and magazine covers. But sometimes the best products really are the most affordable ones.
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The 20 Best Beauty Looks on the Emmy’s Red Carpet
Stars walking down the Emmys red carpet on Sunday evening endured 84-degree heat — and further proved that they’re not much like us at all. For one, they looked flawless and shine-free despite sweltering heat. How did they do it? Slicked-back hair, highlighter to mask sweat, and barely-there lips all around. Click through for the 20 best looks at the Emmy’s.
Kerry Washington
The actress wore tight curls, a nude lip, subtle winged eyeliner, and a pregnant glow, of course. (Photo: AP)
Sophie Turner
Turner paid homage to "Game of Thrones" with a romantic, loose braid. She completed the look with a copper smoky eye and nude lip. (Photo: REX)
Priyanka Chopra
Chopra’s bright red dress and matching lip took center stage, and her sleek hair helped her beat the heat. (Photo: Getty Images)
Emily Ratajkowski
Ratajkowski wears a metallic, slicked smoky eye, but her nude lip and superslicked hair keep the look fresh. (Photo: Getty Images)
Sarah Paulson
In a show-stopping Prada dress, Paulson opted for a dark-pink lip and half-slicked blowout. (Photo: REX)
Angela Bassett
Bassett’s flawless skin, nude lip, and sleek lob make her look utterly ageless. (Photo: REX)
Emilia Clarke
The Khaleesi opted for a sweet chignon and soft purple winged eyeshadow, which is a big change from her strong image on "Game of Thrones." (Photo: Getty Images)
Kristen Bell
Bell’s nude lip and '60s lob had her looking as gorgeous as ever. (Photo: REX)
Tracee Ellis Ross
Ross wore her hair slicked back into a ballerina bun and added a nude lip to beat the heat. (Photo: Getty Images)
Millie Bobby Brown
The "Stranger Things" actress wore her growing-out shaved hair in a sleek side part and added chic pink lipgloss. (Photo: Getty Images)
Viola Davis
Davis gave us yet another winning beauty look with her fuchsia lip, lavender smoky eye, and perfect highlighter. (Photo: Getty Images)
Sofia Vergara
Vergara’s dewy highlighter and half-up long ponytail looked flawless. (Photo: Getty)
Mandy Moore
Moore wore a poppy lip and edgy hair curtains. (Photo: Getty)
Taraji P. Henson
This look from Henson is one for the books. Her nude lip, long lashes, perfect skin, and wet hair may be her best look ever. (Photo: REX)
Sarah Hyland
Hyland put a fresh spin on slicked-back hair, with a looped chignon and dark nude lip. (Photo: Getty Images)
Laverne Cox
Cox’s long, blond hair and matching golden, smoky eye complemented her nude lip and gorgeous use of bronzy highlighter. (Photo: Getty Images)
Hari Nef
The "Transparent" actress opted for a peachy nude lip, matching cheeks, statement earrings, and gorgeous goddess waves. (Photo: Getty Images)
America Ferrera
Ferrera’s subtle hightlighter and nude lip were perfect additions to her natural look. (Photo: REX)
Emily Robinson
Robinson’s natural waves were pulled to the side and secured with a minimalist pin — a fresh take on Old Hollywood glam. (Photo: REX)
Constance Wu
The "Fresh Off the Boat" actress wore a sleek high ponytail with a nude lip and perfect highlighter to keep her looking fresh in the heat. (Photo: Getty Images)
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