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It takes a village… to get supermodels ready for the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show. Here’s what to do if you wanna look like one (sort of)

December 1st, 2011, 12:30 pm | 15 comments

by Michelle

Miranda Kerr - Victoria's Secret 2011 Fashion Show viewing party

We already know what Adriana Lima did to prep for the Victoria’s Secret fashion show, which aired last night. (A hint, if you missed this post: it involved no solid foods for nine days before the show, and then no liquids at all during the final 12 hours.) And like I said, just knowing that makes me feel a lot better about myself, because now we know that even Victoria’s Secret supermodels do not look like Victoria’s Secret supermodels. It takes extreme measures that us civilians would never be up for (I hope).

But that’s just the body portion. Just the tip of the iceberg! Let me break this down for you. It takes one lead makeup artist (the great Tom Pecheux). Twenty-one makeup artists. Seven “body-bronzing artists” (that’s what the kids are calling ‘em these days, I guess). One lead hairstylist (you’ve heard of Orlando Pita, yes?). Twenty-one hairstylists. One lead manicurist (Mila Yagoudaief). And finally, four manicurists.

That’s to prep 38 models… but still. Just imagine what WE could look like if we had that kind of help in the mornings. If you’re wondering how, exactly, they do it, here’s the scoop… Keep reading »

Victoria’s Secret is here! And so are some fab beauty prodz…

August 27th, 2010, 12:28 pm | 2 comments

by Michelle

Erin Heatherton Victoria's Secret Canada Toronto Yorkdale

Huzzah! Finally, we don’t have to cross the border to visit Victoria’s Secret—yesterday, their first Toronto store opened at Yorkdale Shopping Centre, and earlier this month, the first Canadian store launched in Edmonton. (Another location at the Toronto Eaton Centre is planned by year’s end.)

And did you know that sell BEAUTY stuff as well as bras?

YES. It’s true—I was lucky enough to visit the store for some pre-opening shopping earlier this week, and they have a wicked array of glam, boudoir-inspired fragrances, bath and body products (and soon, makeup!).

Here’s the fragrance bar:

Victoria's Secret Canada Yorkdale fragrance bar

You can’t tell from the photo, but there are at least 10 different scents, all very sexy and some adorned with old-fashioned sprays like this (VERY Agent Provocateur, but more affordable):

Victoria's Secret - Sexy-Little-Things-Noir

But wait! There’s more:

Victoria's Secret Beauty Yorkdale Toronto

LOTS of bath and body options—kind of like a more upscale Bath & Body Works.

You can even buy trial-size versions at the checkout:

Victoria's Secret Beauty Toronto Yorkdale checkout

Of course, I can’t GUARANTEE that using any of this stuff will make you look like Victoria’s Secret Angel Adriana Lima (who was at the store on Thursday night):

Victoria's Secret Angel model Adriana Lima Toronto Canada Yorkdale store opening 2010

Or Erin Heatherton:

Victoria's Secret Angel model Erin Heatherton Toronto Canada Yorkdale store opening

Chanel Iman was there, too, but I didn’t get a pic.

BUT—if I may digress for just a moment—I think, beauty-wise, we have much to learn from the Angels.

In a nutshell, they’re all about the contrast of a sexy outfit and sexy hair with low-key makeup. You won’t see a red lip on these girls, although a subtle smoky eye (like Adriana is doing) is okay. And THAT, my friends, is the key to pulling off a bondage dress or low-cut top or whatever borderline slutty outfit you want to bust out. (Bust! See what I did there?)

So now, over to you…

Have you ever shopped at Victoria’s Secret?
Did you check out their beauty prodz?
And what do you think of the Angels… do you like their hair and makeup?
(Hey—at least those parts are achievable for us mere mortals. Although I suppose we can also mimic their chest size with some of these VS bras… the Miraculous has some SERIOUS padding.)