Well to be honest she didn’ t win eventually but I had to laugh at a story in The Sun of Chelsea Gedhill who racked up phone bill of £1,175 by voting for HERSELF in an online beauty contest.
Wannabe model Chelsea Gledhill, 14, sent nearly 2,000 texts in a month, costing 60p each. She got to the final five in the heat with 1,972 text votes – mainly from herself. Judges then chose two other girls to go on to the grand final while Chelsea was given a consolation prize of £100 of make-up.
Onwards and upwards for Coleen McLoughlin who seems to be making a name for herself away from being the imminent Mrs Wayne Rooney.
According to Now Magazine she is launching her own range of beauty products, which may make her £10 million over the next few years.
Coleen will design and promote the brand (I presume with some help from some people who know what they are doing ) which will include her own fragrance. Apparently the beauty range will be in shops for next summer - 2008.
Some people, including Leslie Ash (pictured), Teri Hatcher and Aneglica Houston, have had unpleasant experiences with botox that had dramatic effects, according to an article in the News of The World (15/4/07).
The article highlights the growth of treatments such as Botox by unlicensed operations in the UK leaving people open to blood-borne diseases, including hepatitis and CJD:
Thousands of clinics are advertising illegally and injecting botox for clients
Approx 3000 laser clinics treating patients are unlicensed
Over 75 per cent of patients don’t fully understand the treatments they are having
The growth in ‘boozy’ Botox parties, where women get together as a party for the treatments
Botox is a prescription drug that should only be administered by a Doctor, or a nurse under supervision and it is illegal to advertise the drug. But, these laws are being ignored.
Kate Beckinsale stands up to be counted against "Hollywood Beauty" commenting that the ideal look in Hollywood is completely different than anywhere else in the world.
“I
don’t think you can aspire to it, nor can I,” she told Glamour
magazine. “Everybody is
retouched, stretched, lengthened, slimmed and trimmed. I could look at
a picture of myself from the past and think, ‘Why don’t I look like
that now?’ It’s because I never have!”
The average women in America is a size 14 or more. So, can any of us really relate to the tradition beauty pagent.
Step up Chenese Lewis, a plus size model who was the first woman to win Miss Plus America in 2003. She has created a new website dedicated to Beauty Pageants for Plus Sizes. (from emediawire).
More to do with salesy stuff but it looks like there will be more beauty products available in spas as the big beauty brands target them as a massive growth area in Europe reports Cosmetics Design.
"Brands like Guinot and Mary Cohr,
which have historically positioned themselves as beauty institute
brands, now have a chance to reach the spa customer."
Professional skin care
products sales in Europe have risen 9 per cent over the past year, worth more than €1.6 billion.
) which will include her own fragrance. Apparently the beauty range will be in shops for next summer - 2008.
