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Celebrity Beauty Secrets

Apr 18, 2013 | 8:13 AM

We all want to look our best. So many celebrities look stunningly gorgeous and handsome. We marvel at how they don’t seem to age. You might think “I want to look like that”. Maybe you shake your head in wonder and ask “How do they do it?”

I know how they do it. Let me give you the biggest, most common beauty secrets of Hollywood stars, right here, right now.

First, they hire professional makeup artists that own every type of makeup under the sun. Makeup to hide and highlight and to sculpt and chisel. Makeup is used by these professionals to make optical illusions on stars’ faces, like mirages in the desert.

Secondly, they hire professional hairstylists. There is a lot of fake hair added to celebrity heads, including males. “I’ve never see anything that looks like fake hair” you say. Exactly. That’s the point. Hairstyles are not just strategic in making the hair look good. They are built around making the face look good as well.

Third, they hire professional chefs, nutritionists, and trainers, months in advance of any event they might be photographed at, to get them into prime physical fitness.

Next, they hire coaches that teach them how to stand, pose, and hold their face, to their greatest advantage. Pay attention to how many celebrities don’t smile with their mouths open. Or how many stand with a hand on a hip. Do you do that in family photos? I didn’t think so.

Remember as well, especially for female celebrities in tight dresses, there are professionals hired to build the foundation garments – underwear – with purpose in mind. The undergarments often cost almost as much as the designer dress that hangs over them. Sometimes it’s even a corset of duct tape underneath to lift and smooth. Yes, you read that right.

So, before we even get into fillers, Botox injections, laser treatments, whale sperm facials (yes, really), cryogenic chambers (I’m talking to you, Demi) and all the rest of it, here you have the hottest, most fundamental and universally used celebrity beauty secrets. Remember, it’s their job to look out of this world.