Thursday, 31 December 2015

Happy 3rd Anniversary, Hugh Hefner and Crystal Harris

Can you believe it's already been three years since Hugh Hefner and Crystal Harris said, "I do"?!

While many others are gearing up to celebrate New Year's Eve tonight, these two lovebirds are celebrating their third anniversary.

As you might recall, the 89-year-old Playboy founder gave this holiday a whole new meaning when he tied the knot with his 29-year-old ladylove back in 2012 at—where else—the Playboy Mansion in front of a select group of family and friends.

We, however, wish them a happy anniversary!

Stars Without Make-up

Taylor Swift
The singer opted for a fresh-faced look on Christmas Eve 2015.

Amy Adams
The redheaded actress softened up her look sans makeup while on set for an upcoming flick.


Kate Upton
Another gym trip, another stint without makeup. Do you see a problem here? Neither do we!

Gigi Hadid
Make-up or no makeup, she still looks like an angel and we love her for that.

Kirsten Dunst
The Fargo star skips the foundation for a day running errands in Los Angeles.

LeAnn Rimes
The country cutie looks fresh-faced without mascara or concealer.

Miley Cyrus
The "wrecking ball" singer still manages to look good in a makeup free look.

Jennifer Garner
The proud mother-of-three doesn't shy away from the cameras in her makeup free look.


Laverne Cox
The Orange Is the New Black star is #AuNaturale in this #NoMakeup #NoFilter #NoWeave selfie.




Queen Elizabeth Honors Idris Elba and David Oyelowo With Order of the British Empire Titles

It was a special day for both Idris Elba and David Oyelowo.

The actors were on Queen Elizabeth II's New Year's Honors list and received OBEs for their services on the big screen.

"Awards and honors come in all shapes and sizes and all as significant as the other," the Beasts of No Nation star said in a statement.

"But this is beyond special as it comes from Queen and country, and I couldn't be more proud for receiving this right now. What a year. On me head son!"

And Elba is right, the past several months have been excellent to the Brit star. After receiving three SAG nominations just a few weeks ago, it was announced that he received two Golden Globe nominations.

His first nod is for the Best Supporting Actor category in a motion picture, for the Netflix feature, and then his second is for Best Actor in a TV Miniseries or Movie for his lead role in the BBC's Luther.

Meanwhile, Selma's Oyelowo was also on the Queen's prestigious annual list and opened up to The Independent about how important the honor is.

Oyelowo even reminisced how at just 18-years-old he received a grant from the Prince's Trust so that he could join a youth theater production that his family was unable to afford.

"To be honored by the Queen in this way having been aided by her son's charity feels like a beautiful full-circle moment," he told the publication.

That it does. Congratulations to both Elba and Oyelowo!

Kourtney Kardashian Reveals Her New Year's Resolutions: ''I Made a Lot of Changes This Year''

With less than 48 hours left in the year, it's time to set your goals for 2016.

Kourtney Kardashian is doing just that and she shared her New Year's resolutions with fans on her website earlier today.

"I haven't made New Year's resolutions for as long as I can remember," she began by saying. "However since I have made a lot of changes this year, writing down my resolutions felt important to do."

The mother of three listed her top seven resolutions for the year ahead, in no particular order, and made sure to touch on a number of different topics in her life.

Kourtney's first? "To live more in the present and less on my phone." That sounds like a solid place to start. Next up on her list was: "To continue to on the workout mission that I started this year. To continue to strengthen my relationship with Jesus."

The eldest of the Kardashian sisters continued, "To refocus my priorities, making sure that 'me' is high on the list. (Children, God, me, family above all else…). To allow myself to feel my emotions. To give my all to the projects that I choose to take on."

And last, but certainly not least, the 36-year-old Keeping Up With the Kardashians star penned, "To travel and be adventurous."

Kourtney's certainly given herself quite a list of things to accomplish in the year ahead!

Nicki Minaj Keeps Showing Off Her Huge Diamond Ring From Meek Mill

Nicki Minaj wants to remind everyone that we could pretty much go skating on the ice she's got on her left hand.

Yes, we're talking about that supersized diamond ring Meek Mill gave Nicki—the one she continues to flaunt and flash on Instagram!

The 33-year-old rapper shared a handful of new snaps showcasing her impressive sparkler Wednesday. She even gave hashtag captions to her giant gem: #3D and #chunky.

Does that make this latest sparkler No. 2, and if so, will a proposal come with No. 3? TBD. One thing's for sure, though: Nicki has her sights set on a specific timeline when it comes to life, marriage and babies.

"I definitely will be married before I have my baby," she told Complex last year. "I want to make sure I do it in that order...I've always felt like that since I was young; my mother always put that in my head."

Meek, take note!

Tuesday, 29 December 2015

Sofia Vergara Celebrates Husband Joe Manganiello's 39th Birthday With Chocolate Cake During a Low-Key Dinner

After a lavish wedding late last month, it's no wonder Joe Manganiello opted for a low-key birthday.

The Magic Mike XXL actor turned 39 on Monday, and his 43-year-old wife Sofia Vergara made sure it was a birthday to remember. The celebrations kicked off with a casual birthday breakfast at O'Brien's in West Hollywood. Not too long after, Vergara shared a picture from their wedding day with her Instagram followers. "Happy bday to the husband I always dreamed of," she wrote in the caption, adding three heart emojis. Manganiello replied via Twitter, writing in his wife's native tongue, "¡Te amo!" Later that night, Vergara posed for a "bday" picture with Manganiello at his low-key dinner.

Manganiello also received a birthday shout-out from his Sabotage co-star and friend, Arnold Schwarzenegger. "Happy birthday to my great friend, one of the most talented people around with the biggest heart - @JoeManganiello," he tweeted.

This is the first birthday Manganiello has celebrated with Vergara since tying the knot, and his second birthday with her since they began dating in the summer of 2014. The True Blood stud and the Modern Family actress got engaged on Christmas Day in 2014 after six months of dating and they got married on Nov. 21, 2015, in Palm Beach, Fla.

Sunday, 27 December 2015

Chrissy Teigen Shows Baby Bump in Cleavage-Baring Swimsuit After Christmas



Hot mama alert!

Chrissy Teigen, who is pregnant with her and husband John Legend's first child, posted on her Instagram page on Saturday, the day after Christmas, a photo showing her standing in front of a fireplace and a boat painting and flaunting her growing baby bump in a black and white, color-block, half-striped, cleavage-baring, one-piece halter swimsuit.

She wore her hair in a top bun.

The 30-year-old Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover model and co-host of Lip Sync Battle and FABLife had announced her pregnancy on social media and on an episode of the latter show in October, after opening up about the couple's fertility struggle and how she had undergone IVF treatment.

Earlier this week, Teigen revealed she and Legend, 36, are expecting a baby girl.

Saturday, 26 December 2015

Merry Christmas!

Tinsletown's finest are spending the holidays with their family and sharing all of the fun on social media for all to see.

Pink showed off an adorable shot of her with her daughter Willow on Twitter early on Christmas day and wrote a sweet note to all of her followers in honor of the special occasion.
"Happy holidays to you and yours. Wherever you go, go with all your heart – Confucious," she wrote.
The look-alike mother-daughter duo was seen smiling ear-to-ear in the rare selfie from the Grammy-winning singer.

Next up was none other than Gwyneth Paltrow and her heartwarming pic showing her hugging her two kids, Apple and Moses Martin, in front of their Christmas tree.

The Oscar winner's family get together appeared to be filled with presents, joy and, of course, plenty of snuggle time with her not-so-little ones.

Fergie and Josh Duhamel also showed off a cute shot of their family of three and sent well wishes to their friends, family and fans with the help of their cute son, Axl.

Coco also made sure her famous family joined in on the holiday fun by posting an Instagram of their Christmas Card featuring the one and only baby Chanel!

The precious newborn was cradled by her mama as the group sat around the elaborately decorated tree.

Scream Queens star Lea Michele also wished her fans a happy holidays and wonderful Christmas on Twitter.

The actress posted a cute collage of pics of her loved up and sitting next to her boyfriend Matthew Paetz on her couch at home.

Michele's Glee co-star Kate Hudson had herself a very modern family Christmas.

The bubbly blonde joked about spending the holiday with her ex Matthew Bellamy and gave her followers a look inside her family tree (which showed many presents for her sons Bing and Ryder!).

Hudson is currently spending the break in Aspen with her family including her famous mama Goldie Hawn—nice to see their tradition is still going strong!

Amber Rose also showed off an aw-inducing shot of her son Sebastian hanging out in his pajamas with his dad Wiz Khalifa. The father-son opened gifts by the fire and posed for photos.

Proud new dad Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson also shared a memorable Instagram from his home.

In the clip, he's seen singing Christmas tunes to his newborn baby daughter, Jasmine.

Katy Perry showed off her hysterical wake up call this morning for the annual celebration. Suffice to say, it's not exactly what we were expecting from the songstress!

Last, but certainly not least, Yolanda Foster posted a photo of her three children sitting all around her in front of their winter cabin fireplace in Aspen.

Bella Hadid and Gigi Hadid are seen wearing matching sweatpants as they cuddle up to their reality star mom and brother, Anwar Hadid.

‘Tis the season!

Thursday, 24 December 2015

GIRLS ZONE: Things you need to know abou

Mascara is the second most used cosmetic  followed by the lipstick and lip gloss. In fact, a makeup purse is said to be incomplete without the mascara. Here are some things you should know about this make up piece.

1.Most girls couldn’t live without their mascara and, although you might have thought it’s a relatively recent invention Women—and men—have been adorning their eyelashes since 4000 BCE when ancient Egyptians used everything from kohl to burnt almonds to darken their fringe. To make sure it stayed put, they used substances such as honey and (ick!)crocodile dung. So, yeah, your favorite lengthening, volumizing, and curling formula has come a long way. Coat on a few layers of knowledge with these fun facts.
For ancient Egyptians, kohl eye makeup (makeshift mascaras included) served several purposes. In addition to looking cool, it supposedly invited protection from the gods Horus and Ra, kept the sun out of one's eyes, and, according to French researchers, may have helped improve opthalmological health. It turns out the powders wearers piled on contained trace amounts of lead salts, which, instead of being harmful, actually helped boost immunological response to bacteria.

2.In 1915, 19-year-old Chicagoan Tom LyleWilliams noticed his sister Mabel applying a mix of Vaseline and coal dust to her lashes to make them darker and fuller after a kitchen accident singed them off. Using a chemistry set, he co-opted her formula to produce Lash-Brow-Ine. After a competitor, Lash Brow, sued him for copyright infringement, he later changed it to Maybelline Cake Mascara (like all early formulas, it came in a tin and was applied with a brush), combining the name of the product’s base and his sister’s moniker. It was the first product from the cosmetics giant.

3. 
Modern mascara was invented by Eugéne Rimmel
Although mascara has been around a long time, the mascara that we are now familiar with was invented by the French perfumer, Eugéne Rimmel, in the 1830’s. His brand of mascara has become so linked to the product, that ‘Rimmel’, is the word that translates into mascara in a number of different languages including French and Portuguese.
4. It doesn’t last forever: This might come as a shock to most, but mascara actually does expire. The average life span is about 3-5 months, so after that, get rid of your old mascara. Otherwise, you’re risking bacterial infections, and no one wants that.
5.Sleeping with mascara on can break your eyelashes
Leaving your makeup on overnight is never a good idea and one of the reasons why not is because mascara stiffens your lashes, a little like hair spray stiffens your hair. If you sleep with your mascara on, there is every chance that you will snap a few of your lashes.
6.Keep the wand: We hate to say goodbye to our mascara, but saving the wand is actually something you should do. Wash the wand and use it as a “spoolie” brush to help groom your brows.
7. Not everyday is a waterproof day: Waterproof mascara is ideal for those teary moments, but using it everyday isn’t advisable. Since it can’t easily be removed, the continuos tugging at the lashes can cause them to become weaker and eventually make them fall out.
8. Mascara contains mercury.
Don’t worry, it’s not enough to harm you, but it is an interesting fact that, while mercury is banned from all other makeup products, it is still allowed in mascara, because there is no other alternative ingredient.
9. It contains fish scales
Most mascaras contain a substance called guanine, which is ground up fish scales. This is used to put the shimmer in mascara and some other makeup products too.
10. Be careful when you apply mascara!
Make sure you have a steady hand when you apply mascara, because the American Food and Drug Administration reports that the most common injury caused by makeup is a scratched eye from a mascara wand.
11. There was permanent mascara that caused blindness
In the 1930’s, there was a product market in the US, called ‘Lash Lure’. This product was haileed as a permanent lash dye, but was banned after more than a dozen women were blinded by it. This was one of the incidents that lead to the cosmetics industry being regulated.


12. The reason most women instinctively open their mouths when applying mascara? It’s actually easier not to blink when your mouth is open.