Cosmetics Galore

Julia Roberts is really my hero of sorts. She seems to be one of the rare Hollywood beauties who has not taken to surgery or Botox, making her suspiciously frozen or plastic looking. And for that, she has aged extremely gracefully and kept her natural beauty intact.

Diane Lane is another who has seemed to avoid these typical pitfalls of being a woman in Hollywood, and she is still one of the sexiest, earthiest, most “real” beauties of Hollywood because of it.

Julia Roberts started off hitting the fast track to stardom in her huge sleeper hit “Pretty Woman” which hit big when I was still in highschool (but almost out).  She really resonated with the ladies because of her rags to riches story and her portrayal of the hooker with the heart of gold and the mind of a woman trapped in a profession that really wasn’t “her” at all, just a set of circumstances had forced her into it.

Not to mention those killer legs, raucous laugh and uber super star smile. She was tabloid fodder though, and the paparazzi followed her and her various flames around like Velcro attached to them.  Her love life made headlines over and over, but she still managed to keep her all American sweetheart image going because she was so goshdarn charismatic.

And the flowing, long reddish brown hair certainly didn’t hurt. She’s also always had that touching “doe” look to her with her big brown eyes. She also seems so earnest and humble in interviews that it’s even more endearing and makes her even more physically attractive.

Julia Robert’s personality, along with her fabulous beach-waved hair, beautiful smile and laugh, and doe eyed beauty will make her a celebrity beauty icon for years to come.  She’s not quite your “conventional” beauty, which makes her all the much more appealing to both men and women.

Also just the fact that she has refused to resort to plastic surgery or Botox yet has made her a real role model for women who want to be beautiful naturally, and just take care of their skin well by using great anti aging products and natural methods to reduce the appearance of wrinkles.

We CAN age gracefully without looking like a cookie cutter plastic surgeon’s palette, and Mrs. Roberts has proven that.

I think that just about every woman I know has a little mini crush/admiration for Jennifer Aniston. I think it’s because not only does she have great, easy taste when it comes to fashion and manages to make a plain black dress look downright adorable yet sexy at the same time, but she seems like she’s the woman who you could have a conversation with. She’s “obtainable” that way, even though she is a huge mega star and has had her life repeatedly invaded by the paparazzi and her love life scrutinized, written about and speculated on for over a decade.

Let’s talk first about her fabulous hair. She has always had really beautiful hair, one of the most admired heads of celebrity hair there is. It always seems to lay right, and she wears it in the most gorgeous yet simple updos and side swept looks.  She can wear it wavy or pin straight and look really pretty doing it.

Her makeup is simple.  That’s why she looks somewhat like the girl next door – even though she’d be the girl next door that every guy wants to date.  She uses simple nudes, what looks like a small amount of natural foundation and shades of brown a lot and pink, which fits her naturally tan, fit look best.  She wouldn’t look good with caked on makeup, and she seems to know that and chooses the most elegant and simple, casual looks for her makeup, yet manages to look young, fresh and vibrant every time.

She has a look of “fun” about her. Like she’s the girl that every man and woman wants to be friends with. And that my friend, is probably more attractive than anything else – hair, makeup, clothes or any other physical attribute.  And she looks to have no cellulite in those photos of her in bikinis, which makes her the envy of most women.

I’m kind of liking her hair when she doens’t flat iron it.  It looks so pretty with the multiple layers of highlights that seem darn natural if they aren’t.  The waviness and texture really looks fantastic with her chocie of clothes and makeup too.