Kym Douglas, host of the Lifetime makeover show Queen and the beauty and fashion correspondent on The View, and Chicago Sun-Times celebrity journalist Cindy Pearlman had always wanted to know how A-list stars look so, well, A-list. It turns out that even the most carefully guarded stars were more than happy to dish. Collected here, in their own words, celebrities and their beauty gurus reveal their tricks of the trade.
How do they reduce puffiness, lose five pounds in a week, put shine in their hair, buff their skin, and vacuum their pores without spending a fortune? Find out from Jennifer Aniston, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Lindsay Lohan, Beyonce Knowles, Jennifer Lopez, Elizabeth Hurley, Charlize Theron, and many, many more!
KYM DOUGLAS is a beauty and fashion correspondent for The View, and is the host of Lifefime’s new makeover series Queen. She also appears on Soap Talk, Good Day L.A., Before and Afternoon’s, and Your Weekend with fim Brickman. She lives in Encino, California, with her husband of twenty-one years; their eight-year-old son, Hunter; a 110-pound golden retriever, Gatsby; and a hamster named Waffle.
CINDY PEARLMAN is a nationally syndicated writer for the New York Times syndicate and the Chicago Sun-Times. She’s written many books, including You Gotta See This (Plume) and, coauthored with model Janice Dickinson, the bestselling beauty and dating book Evergthing About Me Is Fake... and I’m Perfect. Cindy’s work has appeared frequently in Entertainment Weekly, People, Self, InTouch, National Geographic, Ladies Home Journal, Redbook, and Seventeen. Cindy lives in the suburbs of Chicago with her two large dogs, Jake and Cody. They don’t care if she has about three million beauty products in the bathroom.
Introduction Once Upon an Uglier Time...
Chapter 1 Roll Out the Red Carpet:A Pre-Primping Primer
Chapter 2 Skin: Face Your Fans
Chapter 3 Why Can’t We Air Kiss and Makeup?
Chapter 4 The Higher the Hair, the Closer to God
Chapter 5 Strippers, Pole Dancers, and Carmen Electra
Chapter 6 Over 40 and Fabulous!
Chapter 7 Ready for Your Close-Up... Black Book Last-Minute Touch-Ups
Chapter 8 How to Have a Baby and Stay an A-List Babe
Chapter 9 What Would Sarah Jessica Parker Do?
Chapter 10 The Black Book of Hollywood Diet Secrets
Chapter 11 Two-Week Coundown to Your Own Red Carpet
Chapter 12 Air Kisses for All
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