Constance Jablonski Stars in New Estee Lauder Promo Vid with Makeup Director Tom Pecheux

We told you how madly in love we are with the new Estee Lauder Autumn/Winter collection, and now there is a new campaign video featuring Tom Pecheux, the Creative Makeup Director who designed it! The video features him and model Constance Jablonski touring Paris at night, which was his inspiration for the velvety, sparkling colours.

The video shows a casual stroll as Pecheux occasionally remarks on his inspirations for the collection, usually famous Parisian landmarks. ‘I created a very shimmery gold,’ he says of colour Nouveau Riche, ‘as that’s what the Eiffel Tower becomes at night.’ We then see his appropriately named Black Plum polish, an emulsion of black blue and purple that was inspired by the impressive the Fontaine de la Concorde, as well as the sparkly beige that recalls the stones of Pont Neuf.

After witnessing grandiose landmarks, the video switches to a more dream-like atmosphere, reflect ing the intensity of the hues. Constance plays on carousels and gazes onto the Seine with her perfectly manicured nails, bewitched by the city. She says the black green Viper is her fave of the collection. We have to agree it’s gorgeous, but how do we choose?!  

Going from dream to sweet romance, Pecheux playfully gives Constance flowers, and as she twirls around she comments on the stars of the collection, the purple hues of Smashed and Bete Noir: ‘They are amazing!’ She then bites into a Parisian pastry that we’re all too jealous to watch her eat, but we’ll happily take the purple glam nails instead. Click through the gallery to see if you’re as inspired by Paris at night as we are- we’ve got our mani-pedi’s at the ready!

By: Elise Marraro

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How-to: Get Marilyn Monroe's Voluminous Waves With Our Top Tips From Nicky Clarke's Warren Holmes

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Watch Blake Lively in Her Brand New Video For Gucci Premire

If there’s anyone that knows how to pull a massive red carpet showstopper out of her beauty bag it’s the ridiculously gorgeous Blake Lively. Recently however, the actress has revealed that she actually finds the red carpet super intimidating. Luckily, the clever clogs has come up with a unique way of overcoming her insecurities…Namely by imagining that she’s Marilyn Monroe!

“I have insecurities like any girl,” said the Gossip Girl star. “Walking the red carpet is scary so I pretend to be Marilyn Monroe – someone who owned their sexuality and projected this incredible aura of self-confidence.”

Now we think about it , our Blake does seem to have been paying a more obvious Marilln homages recently, particularly since she was announced as the face of Gucci’s new fragrance Première, repeatedly stepping out rocking knockout curves, vinta ge curls and one-off Gucci gowns. Well, if you've got it, flaunt it!

In the words of Gucci creative director Frida Giannini, the new scent has been designed for a beautiful, successful woman who is ‘living her moment, whether it’s on the red carpet or at a private dinner.’ Blake certainly looks as though she smells divine so we say a good choice there, Gucci.

And now the luxury brand have posted a short film for the fragrance on Youtube in which the actress gazes out the window of the Sheats Goldstein Residence in Beverly Hills, before spritzing herself with the scent and making her way over to the elevator. As she descends, she imagines herself at a photo shoot in the desert, walking in a very un-desert-ish outfit towards a large fan.  Unplaus able but fabulous, it’s lucky we’re too busy swooning at a very hot Blake to debate the terribly sandy situaiton that we imagine would incur if one were to put a giant fan in the desert. 

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Try the Latest Weight Loss Fragrance

Erm so don’t laugh, but as crazy as it sounds, we think that might have found a fragrance that helps you lose weight.   Yup you heard us correctly. The famous French perfume powerhouse that is Roberet has teamed up with brand Veld’s to create Prends Moi Eau de Minceur Spray, which claims to be the world’s very first slimming fragrance. That’s right, a spray fragrance that promotes weight loss!

Want to know how it all works? Apparently ‘aromatherapeutic’ and ‘neurocosmetic’ research has been used to create a scent that ‘slims with pleasure.’ This powerhouse perfume is packed with ingredients that are designed to stimulate fat burning as well as improve the wearer’s overall well-being. As ‘slimming’ and &l squo;pleasure’ are not two words that normally cohabit naturally it’s certainly an intriguing concept!  

Still confused? Well, the scent contains Betaphroline, which once sprayed on the skin causes a reaction with B-endorphins, sending our brains a message to chill out and relax. ‘These pleasurable feelings are able to reduce compulsive eating behaviour, which are most of the time caused by anxiety and stress, and not by real hunger,’ explains the fragrance’s nose. And when you feel calm, you’re less likely to hit the fridge.  Clever huh!

Not only that, but a ‘Slimming Complex,’ within the fragrance (a combination of caffeine, carnitine, and spirulina if you’re interested), inhibits the production of ‘fat building enzymes’ too. This means that the spray will target fat deposits and stimulate their destruction. Okay, now we’re VERY intrigued.

To add some trial weight to t his ‘miracle’ weight-lifter, the French research group BIO-EC conducted a study of non-dieting women aged between 18 and 70 using the product regularly for 28 days. The results found that 73% felt a ‘feeling of pleasure, while 75% felt it lowered their desire to snack.

While more research needs to be done to see if this is a new beauty staple or just another fad, this product already has a waiting list of loyal consumers. The wait for weight loss maybe a while, but the product is currently available at The Fragrance Shop for £29.99.

By Elise Mararro

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How-To: Get Your Hair Sports Ready With These Styles Designed By Sam McKnight

Remember when you got told off at high school for having your hair down in PE. Well sports up-dos don't necessarily mean scrunchie ponytails. Grazia Daily met up with Sam McKnight to find out how to trade in our sweaty gym frizz for a glam look on the sports pitch.

Taking inspiration from catwalk styles he showed us how to get two sports ready hair styles. His top tips for keeping the hair neat all day? Make sure your hair is off your face, make sure it's in a tight style and keep a leave-in conditioner in it.

The first style he showed us was a streamlined ponytail, kept sleek by pinning the front inch of hair back separately to the rest.

The second style was this braided look, plaiting the front and side sections of the hair and then pinning them in a bun.

Which do you prefer?

Video editing by Pete Ellender

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Have You Seen Mila Kunis In the New Dior Campaign? She Looks HOT!

Not surprisingly, we’re swooning over the new Miss Dior Autumn/Winter 2012 campaign. It stars the gorgeous Mila Kunis who is fronting the handbag line for her second year in a row. Good on ya Mila!  The teaser has a 60’s French film noir feel to it and shows Mila surrounded by photographers being mad a fuss of - so not that different to her real life then. Filmed in black and white, Mila looks proud and in control amongst the pap chaos, looking seductively at the camera.

There’s a lot of buzz surrounding Mila’s look for the campaign but the fact she's been papped out and about with hottie Ashton Kutcher has made her even more of a news story of late (lucky you Mila, we're a bit green-eyed about that). In a recent interview Mila spoke of her love for Dior, saying the designs are "very classic, very consistent, really elegant, and really beautiful." Too right.

Mila’s beauty look for the campaign re calls a 1960’s Audrey glam and the Paris couture house confirmed to us that it was created by renowned make-up artist Tracey Levy, who has worked extensively with Mila in the past (including on That 70’s Show). The basis of the look is a dark and heavy purplely-brown smoky eye, with black liner that extends from the top and bottom lashes to form a contemporary cat-eye. Oh and that strong, lean brow is bang on trend, along with those contoured cheeks and nude glossy lip. We love! But our real obsession is her sexy hair-do - she sports a shoulder length bob-cut with her top layer back-combed, pulled into a Barbarella bouffant (we told you in this week's issue that it’s all the rage) and held back by a large black bow clip. Divine.

Along with this elegant new campaign and Black Swan last year, Mila has danced to the top of her game but she remains very down to earth about the new title. "I appreciate the attention, but I don’t think of mys elf as particularly attractive," she said, "I do have a pretty sharp sense of humour though and I think that has helped me." It's all going on for Mila: a new campaign, a new beau and a hot new beauty look, everything seems to be going swell in the world of Mila. Watch the video and be enthralled...

By Elise Marraro

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How-To: Get Marilyn Monroe's Iconic Make Up With These Tips From Blogger Tanya Burr

Last week we asked blogger Tanya Burr to give us her top tips on getting the Victoria's Secret model looks. This week we asked her to tell us how to get Marilyn Monroe's iconic makeup as we continue our series marking 50 years since the screen siren's death.

As a massive fan of the look herself, calling it "classically beautiful" Tanya's look is inspired by Marilyn's makeup from the 1950's. Keep reading to find out how to get it - with a few tips that are exclusively for Grazia Daily!

Skin

You need to apply a lightweight, glowing foundation with medium coverage in order to get healthy, flawless looking skin. Then conceal any blemishes that you can still see after applying the foundation.

Apply a pink or cor al toned blush to the apples of the cheeks, choose a blush with a subtle shimmer in to highlight the face. Take a matte bronzer and buff a little of it into the hollows of the cheeks for a contoured look.

Add the signature Marilyn Monroe beauty spot using a brown pencil.

Eyes

Marylin's brows were a very unique shape, they were quite thick and arched so take a brow pencil or powder and enhance the shape of your brows.

Apply an off-white coloured eyeshadow all over the lid, followed by a light brown matte eyeshadow through the crease. Then you will need a black or brown gel eyeliner, apply a very fine line of this along the top lash line. If you struggle with applying gel eyeliner then try using an angled brush as it will give you more control.

Apply a light creamy coloured eye pencil along the waterline to open up the eyes and make them appear brighter.

Give the lashes a good coating of mascara. Then apply a set of corner lashes - Marilyn always wore corner lashes!  If you don't have a set of corner lashes, just take a full set of lashes and snip them in half! Just make sure you choose a set that are the right length for your lashes.

Lips

Line the lips with a deep red lip pencil, then fill in the lips with a slightly lighter red lipstick. Finish with lots of clear lipgloss as Marilyn always had glossy lips to make them appear bigger!

Watch her video below for more tips.

For more on Marilyn, see our gallery of 15 starlets who have attempted to fill Ms Monroe’s stilettos.

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Are Rachel Bilson And Miley Cyrus' Faux Under-Cuts Cool Or Try-Hard?

Under-cuts look darned cool don't they? Rihanna, Lourdes, Miley and Rachel all looked super edgy and rock-chic with theirs....WAIT A MINUTE, there are two fakers among this half-head-of-hair crew.

It seems the bravest hair trend of the summer has gone soft on us. Miley and Rachel have managed to create the appearance of an under-cut without actually shaving their heads! Scaredy-cat fashionistas unite! We can now sport the trend without tears at the hairdressers. That's awesome, right?

Well, we're torn in Grazia HQ. As much as we're excited that we have the edgy 'do at our gel-covered fingertips, maybe faking an under-cut is a little lame? Undercuts seem mega hardcore because they involve mega hardcore commitme nt to an edgy appearance. Like tattoos and piercings, once you've got one their's no going back (at least for a good while).

There's no denying that Bilson and Cyrus look HOT with their severe side partings, but perhaps an under-cut that you can brush out after a couple of hours just isn't that cool, no matter how good it looks.

Do you agree?

By Kate Lloyd

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Trend Alert! The Red Lip & Smoky Eye Combo Returns Thanks To Jessica Biel, Emmy Rossum & Jaime King

As usual, we’ve been keeping a beady eye out for some hot new makeup trends and to keep you guys updated (aren't we nice!) and we’ve noticed a bit of a thing going on. Well you see, everyone from Jessica Biel to Emmy Rossum seems to have gone makeup mad recently and we kinda love it. Yes, we’re talking a full face of maquillage girls, including a smoky eye AND red lip. Wowza! Now you may be thinking overload/too much/not happening and normally we like to stick by the rule of less is more with our makeup and opt for just one or t’other, but if the celebs are anything to go by (and they do know best after all) then you’ll want to hot up your makeup and pile of the products.

It's actually a trend we first saw backstage at the Autumn Winter '12 shows, so perhaps the Hollywood glitterati have been taking inspo from the pro's. At Ashley Isham the models wore a tonne of makeup including a glossy red lip teamed with a dark smoky eye:

Ashley Isham AW12

And wow it packed quite a punch didn't it! Over at Michael Kors, we spotted one of our favourite models, the lovely Jourdan Dunn working another type of sexy red lip and a much softer smoky eye, oh and some killer pink blush too. This is more the look we think we'd try to emulate on a night out (as much as we love you Ashley), as it's a little easier on the eye and won't frighten any potential suitors away:

Michael Kors AW12

The whole smoky eye and red lip is a killer look though girls and an easy one to do - just pile on a few layer s of rich red lipstick and dig out your smoky eye palette and hey presto, you'll be up to a Jessica Biel standard in no time. Don't be shy to pile it on, the more the better is the way to do it. Check out our gallery above to see the top celeb looks in full swing...

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Want a Body Like Cameron Diaz? Now You Can - Her Fitness Club is Coming To London!

It’s fairly rare that Grazia Daily HQ gets in a right old fluster, but when we heard that America’s premiere fitness facility is opening its doors to us flabby Britons, there were audible yelps of excitement. Namely about the possibility of finally achieving Miley Cyrus’s abs!

Equinox, the high powered fitness club that boasts Cameron Diaz, Leann Rimes, Drew Barrymore and Bradley Cooper amongst its members (imagine bumping into him at the water fountain!) will finally launching on London’s High Street Kensington, this October.

And with a whopping 55 clubs across the US, any frequent visitor to the States will be aware of its notoriety, as well as its serious perks. We are talking about on-site luxury clothing store’s and locker rooms stuffed with dreamy Kiehl’s products. It's the stuff that dreams are made of. Us Grazia gals are particularly excited about the eucalyptus infused towels and 24 carat gold facials rumoured to be on offer - suddenly, a night at gym doesn’t seem like such a chore after all!

Also provided are creative classes such as Shockwave, developed by World Champion Rower, Josh Crosby, which focuses on blending team competition with self-motivation and Barre Burn which is inspired by movement and the graceful physique of a dancer. Sounds interesting to us - we are envisioning our graceful Darcy Bussell-esque moves already.

Even if you don’t fancy an extensive workout, there is no doubt that Equinox will be the place to see and be seen (and at £180 per month it should be). Chief executive Harvey Spevak, expects Equinox to attract the same "active, type-A personality" customers as it does in Manhattan. Well, we like the sound of that.

Take a lo ok at our gallery for an insight into Equinox's existing clientele.

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Supermodel Yasmin le Bon Shows Us Whats in Her Makeup Bag

Last week we hotfooted it down to the Soho Hotel to catch up with the amazing Yasmin Le Bon and quiz her on all of her best-est beauty tips. Check out her makeup must haves:

Crème de la Mer the Concentrate, £225 - Keeps me fresh faced.

Chanel Automatic Liquid Liner, £25 – Because - you can’t go wrong with a classic flick!

Coudray Musc et Freesia Body Oil, £50– The ultimate conditioning treat for limbs.

Avon ANEW Reversalist Illuminating Eye System, £19  I love the under eye illuminator tucked in the lid.

Chanel N.19 Eau de Parfum, £65 – It’s the chicest spritz around!

Yasmin's Must Haves

and now get a load of her beauty sound bites below:

On Yasmin’s idea of beauty: “For me beauty is about a certain type of innocence, a kindness.”

On her best kept beauty secret: “It’s Simon.  Being happy and having affection and human contact in your life is the best beauty remedy there is.”

On going make-up free: “I do it all the time and I’m currently working hard to rectify this and be more glamorous!”

On her new short hair: “Luke Hersheson did it.  He’s brilliant and wasn’t frightened or intimidated by chopping it all off.”

On Skincare: “I find applying my skincare quite r itualistic.  It’s a luxurious time that you have all to yourself.”   

On her must-have cult products: I love the amazing Embryolisse Moisturiser, L’Occitane’s brilliant Immortelle Precious Cream and Elemis Pro Collagen Marine Cream.

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Want a Body Like Cameron Diaz? Now You Can - Her Gym is Coming To London!

It’s fairly rare that Grazia Daily HQ gets in a right old fluster, but when we heard that America’s upscale gym brand is opening its doors to us flabby Britons, there were audible yelps of excitement. Namely about the possibility finally achieving Miley Cyrus’s abs!

Equinox, the high powered gym brand that boasts Cameron Diaz, Leann Rimes, Drew Barrymore and Bradley Cooper amongst its members (imagine bumping into him at the water fountain!) will finally launching on London’s High Street Kensington, this October.

And with a whopping 18 clubs in Manhattan and dozens in cities from Hollywood to Washington, any frequent visitor to the States will be aware of its notoriety, as well as its serious perks. We are talking about on-site luxury clothing store’s and locker rooms stuffed with dreamy Kiehl’s products. It's the stuff that dreams are made of. Us Grazia gals are particularly excited about the eucalyptus infused towels and 24 carat gold facials rumoured to be on offer - suddenly, a night at gym doesn’t seem like such a chore after all!

Also provided are creative classes such as Shockwave, developed by World Champion Rower, Josh Crosby, which focuses on blending team competition with self-motivation and Barre Burn which is inspired by movement and the graceful physique of a dancer. Sounds interesting to us - we are envisioning our graceful Darcy Bussell-esque moves already.

Even if you don’t fancy an extensive workout, there is no doubt that Equinox will be the place to see and be seen (and at £180 per month it should be). Chief executive Harvey Spevak, expects Equinox to attract the same "active, type-A personality" customers as it does in Manhattan. Well, we like the so und of that.

Take a look at our gallery for an insight into Equinox's existing clientele.

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What Happened To The Beautiful Faces Of The Original Supermodels? Now We Find Out.

The original supermodels fess up about their beauty

Ever wondered what happened to the original supermodels? Well thanks to a hot new beauty documentary, we might just find out. Our friends across the pond in the Big Apple or more specifically filmmaker Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, has made a documentary movie entitled ‘About Face: The Supermodels, Then and Now’ which gets the inside scoop on just how those beauties are looking now. And we’re talking the big dogs girls, like Jerry Hall, Isabella Rossellini and Lisa Taylor (who talks openly about her cocaine addiction). The models give away lots of juicy deets about the industry, the naughty things they got up to and how it’s changed for the new-comers of today’s modelling world. Sounds right up our street then!

Androgynous but uber-chic Ms. Rossellini acknowledged that ageing is a bummer. “My social status has diminished because I know I’m not invited to the A parties anymore,” she said. “My daughter is. As you grow older, you don’t count anymore.” Along with the other runway legends we get an inside view of their fascinating lives at the time when their careers were at a peak. Greenfield-Sanders was eager to explore “the power of beauty and fame, what that does to your ego, what it does to you when that fades.” Talking about the models themselves, he went on to say, “Even though you may feel that moment is gone, that you’ve been marginalized, you don’t want to give up,” he said. “You still want to be in the world, making a mark on the world.”

The documentary was actually shown at the Sundance Film Festival and isn’t the first from Mr. Greenfiel d-Sanders but his latest work will be relevant to several generations of women although most likely the older ones who can relate to whats Jerry Hall and co. are saying.  Sheila Nevins, the film’s producer, thinks that older women in particular “may find something special in the fact that beauty continues on some level, through either artifice or confidence”. Ms. Nevins, the president of HBO Documentary Films, went on to say, “Beautiful women getting older, women who decay, that’s always intriguing,” -especially when their livelihoods rest on their looks! “They are their own instruments. What do you do when you’re a Stradivarius and you’re losing your strings?”

The gorgeously silver-haired Carmen Dell’Orefice, still striking poses at 81, makes an appearance in the documentary along with Karen Bjornson, a former star for Halston.  Talking of her eye lift, Ms. Bjornson said, “It was money well spent, getting the product in shape again.” As you can imagine, the documentary was a roaring success over in the States with women everywhere tuning in to get the model goss. Now we’re just hoping it will air over here too so we can see the secrets ourselves. We’ll keep you posted girls and in the meantime, check out the trailor:

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