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Scarlett Johansson

Blake Lively nose job

Just because we can all use a pick-me-up on a rainy Friday:

I saw these pics yesterday over at The Vie Society (a blog you MUST follow) and just had to give you a taste. (After all, GoodPlasticSurgery.com and AwfulPlasticSurgery.com are my twin obsessions.)

Look closely, girls. Above, we have Blake Lively.

Now Scarlett Johansson:

And then there’s Miss Kim Kardashian—whose nose isn’t the only thing that looks a bit suspect:

As Vie says:

Take-home message: (almost) every woman in Hollywood considered the paragon of female beauty has been constructed… tweaked, twanked, twooted.

Visit here, here and here for more pics/commentary. What do YOU think of all these surgical enhancements? Are you pro or against?

People Magazine 2010 Most Beautiful List

People magazine’s annual beauty barometer is out tomorrow, and while the usual suspects (Julia Roberts, Angelina Jolie, Jennifer Aniston, Jennifer Lopez, Halle Berry and Scarlett Johansson) are on the list, I’m more interested in the newcomers.

That would be Zoë Saldana, Sofia Vergara, Katy Perry, Amanda Seyfried, Kristen Stewart and Jessica Szohr.

Oh, and some kid with great hair named Justin Bieber. (Maybe you’ve heard of him?)

I’m going to go with Zoë and Amanda as my favourite new faces… but tell me what you think:


How-to: Do glam holiday hair

December 16th, 2009, 5:00 am | 0 comments

by Michelle

Eric Del Monaco, L'Oréal Paris Canada, TRESemmé's 24 Hour Body, holiday hair, holiday updos, New Year's Eve hair, L'Oréal Paris Vive Pro Glossy Volume Shampoo, L'Oréal Paris Studio Line Volum'Max Volumizing Mousse, L'Oréal Paris Studio Line Mineral FX Messy Look Paste, Elnett hairspray

A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of catching up with Eric Del Monaco, official hair artist and colourist for L’Oréal Paris in Canada and one of the nicest guys in the biz. (Truly—I once had to interview him at 10pm on a Friday night, and he couldn’t have been more gracious about the unfortunate timing. Even though he probably wanted to throw darts at my head.)

Since he spends a BIG chunk of his time overseeing all the hair for Toronto Fashion Week twice a year, Eric is THE MAN when it comes to translating Runway Hair to Reality Hair. Which brings me to the topic of this month’s Ask The Expert post:

How do we create glam, sexy, ON TREND hair for the upcoming sweep of holiday parties… and of course, NYE?

(AND—most importantly—how do we do it if we’ve got to go to somehow make this miraculous transformation in the poorly-lit, supremely unflattering office bathroom?)

Don’t worry—it CAN be done. Here’s Eric’s easy peasy advice for getting a reasonable facsimile of what Drew, Rachel and Scar-Jo are sporting in the pic above: Keep reading »