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Beauty blog: The price is right

Oct 22 10:30am
Ok - I'll admit it, I see pictures of celebrities and get jealous. Who doesn't? I mean Charlize has the most amazing complexion and Kate Hudson has the best hair ever. But it got me thinking - how much do they actually spend on looking this good? Would they look that great if they didn't have never ending amounts of cash? My research proves a big, fat no and finally put an end to my green eyed ways.

First up we have the effervescent Ms Hudson who enjoys long walks on the beach and troubled men. At a mere 28 years of age she's done it all, from marrying a rock star to mothering one of the cutest babies in tinseltown, but the million dollar question is how much does it cost to keep her looking so gorgeous?

Kate invests in ReVive skincare, a range so advanced it's based on Nobel Prize-Winning research. It's basically a face-lift in a bottle and costs a whopping $2,000 a pop.

Remember Shannon Elizabeth, that hottie from American Pie. She swears by a procedure called diamond acupuncture, which uses $6 million diamonds and requires security guards to protect the precious gems.

At $10,000 dollars a treatment it's no wonder the star played a girl almost half her age in the movie - she must be doing something right.



And finally on our list of extravagant celebrities we have LiLo. Despite her best efforts to stay looking young (and no, rehab doesn't count) Lindsay needs a little extra help in the form of a day spa.

Forking out $10,000 a day at New York City's Cornelia Day Resort for her and her mum, Dina, they receive everything from facials to fake tans to keep them looking like a-listers.

So next time you're flicking through the pages of Famous and wishing you looked like Beyonce on the red carpet remember that she's paid a squillion dollars to look like that, and if you had that much money - you'd look even hotter.

Lots of love and lip glosses,

Yaz xx

8 Comments Report Abuse
1. kazbian - Oct 18 09:06am
Oh so true Yaz!! I actually saw Kate Hudson on the GC when she was filming ''Fools Gold' and hardly recognised her, infact I was staring for some time as I thought Ís it or isn't it Kate?' She was cycling, as I was, and looked like anyone else with disheveled hair and no make up on. Ít's definitely the hours spent at the hairdresser and spa before major events that make these women look more fantastic than they would if they didn't have all that cash!!
2. sashiminsushi - Oct 22 01:40pm
Almost anyone could like a celeb, you just have to know how to manage yr budget, time & options. Takes a lot of work though, if you ask me. I personally find it troublesome, just to look good in the face of the ever-judging, constantly-watching paparazzi.
3. miss_madame_s - Oct 22 02:54pm
It's not about how you look, it's personality that matters most.
Though saying that I wouldn't want to look like an ogre or go out with one ethier.
4. logansongs - Oct 23 10:18am
When they get caught out, most of them look just as bad as we do in the morning....And, that's WITH the tons of money spent to look good... Still, if I had the cash..I'd spend the tons too. Bummer:(
5. purplebitch1957 - Oct 24 09:37am
if I had the money, i'd be getting the fat sucked out of my arse and some wrinkles removed! But it's nice to know that the celeb's look like most of us without all the makeup and such!
6. ploi_pia - Oct 24 11:46am
They'd still look great but not as ravishing, if i may say so. But with tons of dough, wonders never cease...
7. ploi_pia - Oct 24 11:51am
and let's face it. Actors are admitted in auditions because of talents - and looks. Rarely do we see average-looking actors in tinseltown. If we do, they are usually more talented than the good-looking ones..so money just enhances their God's given attributes..
8. sean_mccaigmegson - Dec 28 07:24pm
yeah, dont be on a downer because all celebs pays millions (literaly) to (try) to look PERFECT. just find the right make up and voila! and by the way: make up from the 2 dolla shop is gud! trust me! =] reply to this message if u want any tips coz mi frenz aunty is a beauty therapist!
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