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Penelope Cruz Interview (The Daily Telegraph)

Penelope Cruz doesn’t like to skip meals. Even during the Cannes Film Festival, when the prospect of striking a pose on La Croisette is enough to make any actress madly calorie-conscious, Cruz stays true to her Spanish roots and makes time for lunch.

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Linda Evangelista Interview (Elle)

When it comes to makeup, I'm a real girlie's girl. I love dressing up and experimenting with my hair and makeup. I don't do it to please other people, I do it for me. It can be very therapeutic just sitting in the bathroom and playing. When 1 get the time, I have beauty mornings at home. I do my own manicure, pedicure and play around with creams and stuff. I'm all for people pampering themselves, whether it's having the luxury of getting it done at a salon, or doing it yourself at home. It's pleasing.

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Art Luna Interview (The Sunday Times)

The brightest stars in Tinseltown have their hair done in the back garden. The garden in question belongs to Art Luna, the Hollywood hair guru who, after years of making house calls, converted a 1940s bungalow into a salon with a difference.

Discreetly located in residential West Hollywood, you enter the salon through a homely front patio, where regulars such as Rosanna Arquette, Kelly Lynch and Jennifer Tilly enjoy relaxing in deck chairs under the dryers.

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Sienna Guillory Interview (The Sunday Times)

If the green eyes, honey blonde hair and razor-sharp cheekbones aren’t familiar yet, they soon will be. It’s a striking combination that has clinched 24 year old Sienna Guillory a coveted modelling contract with Hugo Boss, succeeding fellow British model Karen Ferrari as the new “face” of the Hugo Woman fragrance.

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Carolyn Murphy Interview (The Daily Telegraph)

Carolyn Murphy is wearing Chanel and a pair of Mickey Mouse ears on the cover of this month’s W magazine. The fact that the 28 year old model, and Estée Lauder’s new “face”, still looks gorgeous says it all.

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Bobbi Brown Interview (The Daily Telegraph)

Bobbi Brown is least mogul-like beauty mogul in the business. The American make-up artist and cosmetics empire builder has squeezed in this interview between breakfast at her New Jersey home and the school run (Brown and her husband have three sons).

When Brown says she loves transforming the looks of the awkward teenager or multi-tasking mother next door as much as she enjoys preparing a Hollywood actress for the red carpet, she means it.

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Vaishaly Patel Interview (The Daily Telegraph)

Nigella Lawson loves her facials, Dido calls on her before photo shoots and Elle Macpherson has her number on speedial. A-list facialist Vaishaly Patel is one of London’s best-kept beauty secrets. That’s about to change, with the opening this autumn of her first clinic.

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Kate Spade Interview (The Daily Telegraph)

When word first got out that Kate Spade was venturing into beauty, rumours were rife about a cosmetics range. Industry insiders speculated about colours and packaging, anticipating a line much like the American accessories designer’s handbags: feminine, chic and classic with a twist.

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Lyn Harris Interview (The Daily Telegraph)

Young British perfumer Lyn Harris is already one of the most sought after “noses” in the business. At just 32, she has concocted in-house fragrances for the likes of Liberty, The Cross, Osprey and The Conran Shop, along with a range of cult scents for the Boston beauty company Fresh, worn by Madonna, Jennifer Lopez, Courtney Cox and Drew Barrymore. Next month sees the opening of Harris’ first shop, Miller Harris (her family name), in Notting Hill and the launch of three simple, distinctive signature fragrances and a complementary bath and body line.

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Marcia Kilgore Interview (The Daily Telegraph)

Marcia Kilgore is a hands-on kind of girl. When I first met the irrepressible, self-made spa mogul, her Bliss product range - hot from the now infamous New York beauty haven - had just arrived in Britain. Extolling the virtues of a foot file made with diamond dust, Kilgore kicked off her shoes and gave a small gathering of British beauty editors an impromptu demonstration. We were wowed, by Kilgore’s infectious enthusiasm and her fabulous, results-orientated goodies. (Not to mention her smooth heels).

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Liz Earle Interview (The Daily Telegraph)

Whenever I get together with Liz Earle, I come away vowing to eat more healthily, exercise more often and plaster myself with her products (a case of I’ll have what she’s using). With her enviable, natural beauty guru-glow, Earle has that effect on people.

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Heidi Morawetz Interview (The Daily Telegraph)

Heidi Morawetz has every make-up artist’s dream job. As creative director of Chanel’s make-up studio in Paris, she gets paid to play - her favourite word - with glitter and gloss, shimmer and shine in pursuit of beauty’s Next Big Thing.

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Charles Worthington Interview (The Daily Telegraph)

Charles Worthington has been clocking up a lot of air miles lately. Having taken America by storm with his styling products and accessories, the British hairdresser to the stars has just opened a private atelier in New York. For one week each month, Worthington will be teasing tresses Stateside, in the luxurious surroundings of his new Chelsea penthouse.

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Barbara Daly Interview (The Daily Telegraph)

In the beauty world, the old adage that you always get what you pay for no longer applies. Veteran British make-up artist Barbara Daly’s cosmetics range for Tesco is a case in point.

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Donna Karan Interview (The Daily Telegraph)

Everything about Donna Karan’s latest scent, DKNY The Fragrance, reflects the New York-born designer’s love affair with her native city.

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