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Mila Kunis At The LA premiere of The Book of Eli

Actress Mila Kunis looked stunning at last night’s LA premiere of ‘The Book of Eli’ in a sexy one-shoulder black dress paired with an ultra sleek ponytail.

Thanks to TRESemmé Celebrity Stylist Mara Roszak who created Mila Kunis’ gorgeous look…for under $10 Talking Makeup has the scoop on how to get Mila’s hairdo at home!

1. Apply TRESemmé 24 Hour Body Foaming Mousse to towel-dried hair, and blow dry using a medium-sized boar bristle round brush.

Megan Fox In Emporio Armani Women’s Underwear and Armani Jeans Campaigns

Megan Fox star of The “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” was chosen to grace the official worldwide Emporio Armani Women’s Underwear and Armani Jeans campaigns for the Spring/Summer 2010 line. Armani is my favorite fashion designers. I would love one day to wear a gown my Armani. A dream! The closest I can get to feed my Armani craving is Armani Exchange LOL. Although, recently I bought a beautiful white button shirt from AX which was EXCATLY the same feel and material of a Giorgio Armani shirt I bought years ago in the Giorgio Armani store in New York City!

Megan Fox in Armani ad: Do you Love?

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Top Beauty Products 2009: Skincare & Perfume

The following are Marta’s picks of her favorite skincare products for face and body & also perfume 2009 ! Please note that the numbers don’t go in order of importance.

Hey guys, I don’t look a day over 25 thanks to my top skincare products LOL (see images below).

Marta Walsh Founder & Editor of Talking Makeup

Face Cleanser

1. Philosophy purity made simple one-step facial cleanser
2. CHANEL PRECISION Gel Purete: Purity + Anti Pollution Foaming Gel Cleanser
3. Liz Earle Cleanse & Polish Hot Cloth Cleanser
4. Mission Skincare Active Daily Facial Cleanser Sweet Citrus By Serena Williams5. Purpose Gentle Cleansing Wash 
5. Mario Badescu Enzyme Cleansing Gel

Makeup Removers & Eye Makeup Removers

1. Boscia MakeUp BreakUp Cool Cleansing Oil
2. La Roche-Posay Rosaliac Micellar Make-Up Removal gel Cleanses and Soothes Face & Eyes
3. Lumene Eye Makeup Remover Senstive Touch
4. Almay Oil-Free Eye Makeup Remover Pads
5. Talika lash conditioning cleanser oil free mascara & waterproof mascara
6. Physicians Formula Organic Wear Facial Makeup Remover Lotion
7. Pampers Sensitives Fragrance Free Baby Wipes

Win a Fendi Bag and Ultimate Winter Whites from GO SMiLE

Talking Makeup is excited to let you know about a fun contest GO SMiLE is hosting to kick off the new year in style. It starts on today, Monday Januatry 1st, 2010, and runs through January 22nd. There is no purchase necessary at all.

HOW TO ENTER TO WIN: Want to win a FENDI bag? A white smile is the ultimate accessory that never goes out of style, so GO SMiLE is giving away the ultimate winter whites to help you look dazzling in 2010 from head to toe. Go to http://www.gosmile.com/winterwhites.html  to enter to win one of 26 prizes from Monday, January 11th – Friday, January 22nd. In addition to the grand prize worth $1,639, including Fendi’s “Bag Du Jour”, GO SMiLE Touch Ups and GO All Out set, and 100% Pure Vanilla Bean products, 10 lucky winners will receive a second prize valued at $179, and 15 people will win a third prize worth $111. And the best part – there is no purchase necessary…just enter and you can win. Visit www.GOSMiLE.com  for more information.

Sandy Linter’s Beauty Videos

Introducing Sandy Linter’s Beauty Videos!

Lancôme’s very own Sandy Linter, and Lancôme’s Beauty at Every Age Expert and makeup artist extraordinaire, has released a series of how-to makeup videos. These instructional videos are a natural next step in Sandy’s amazing career, which has taken her from magazine shoots to the red carpet and beyond. Model Jane Powers stars in the videos with Sandy.

WATCH: There are five videos and Talking Makeup would like to present to you the first two, covering foundation and blush basics, on YouTube.

Flawless Foundation Tutorial–Beauty at Every Age. Do you want a flawless complexion? Watch here for foundation, concealer and powder tips and tricks with our celebrity makeup artist and beauty at every age expert.

Christi Harris Brow Planning System

Star Beauty Product:  Christi Harris Brow Planning System ($59) Beauty expert Christi Harris introduces a complete approach to shaping and maintaining the perfect brows. Featuring all the tools you need to naturally fill and contour, the at-home kit makes you your own brow artist—no experience necessary.

Marta highly recommends the Christi Harris Brow Planning System! I love how all the tools you need to shape your eyebrows are in one kit. It keeps your makeup area well organized and it is also perfect for travel! The kit includes every brow shade for dark brunette to blond and you can adjust it. I don’t leave my house with out it!

Visit www.christiharrisbrows.com for additional product details.

WATCH: Eye Brow Tutorials by Christi Harris!

Beginner Steps to Blissful Brows. Guidelines for a tiny and well-groomed brow. To get started, the beginner steps are a great way to improve your current brow look. This video will educate you how to easily design, define, diffuse your way to beautiful brows.

MAC Care Blends Essential Oils Grapefruit & Chamomile

Marta’s perfume de jour and every jour: Dolce & Gabbana rose the one Eau de Parfum, $70-$90. Also lately I’ve been adding few drop of the NEW MAC Care Blends Essential Oil in Grapefruit & Chamomile, $19.50. This one is from MAC’s latest Warm & Cozy collection. No joke: I get so many compliments. And yes, copy cats!:)

Kate Gosselin’s Hair Makeover in People Magazine

Kate Gosselin revealed a new hairdo on the cover of People Magazine last week! To help achieve Kate Gosselin’s new look, Ted Gibson – celebrity hairstylist to the stars such as Angelina Jolie and Anne Hathaway – turned to Great Lengths 100% Human Hair Extensions. Transforming Kate’s shorter infamous do to long locks was no easy endeavor, taking many hours and hundreds of keratin bonded Great Lengths Extensions. However, once Kate revealed her new longer do, she loved it. Ted reveals, “using Great Lengths Extensions you are able to take hair from being ordinary to extraordinary!” Marta Walsh says: “Unbelievable!”


Credit: Melanie Dunea for People Magazine

Watch Kate Gosselin’s 20-Hour Hair Makeover!

Great Lengths Extensions is the extension system of Hollywood. In addition to the superior quality of the human hair used by Great Lengths, the other reason it’s favored among the famous is because of how safe and gentle it is on one’s real hair. Unlike other hair extension systems, Great Lengths Extensions integrity of one’s natural strands is never compromised, so the only risk one tales by having them is looking better than before.

Acqua di Parma Blu Mediterraneo Fragrance

Acqua di Parma NEW Blu Mediterraneo Fragrance: from the world of Acqua di Parma’s Blu Mediterraneo collection, introducing… BERGAMOTTO DI CALABRIA an uplifting, vibrant and sunny new fragrance. Be transported to a natural paradise on the southern shores of Italy’s Calabria region with the newest fragrance from Acqua di Parma’s Blu Mediterraneo collection.

This new creation, and the sixth installment in the Blu Mediterraneo collection, is a tribute to one of Italy’s most beloved natural ingredients, the Bergamot. A type of citrus fruit, the Bergamot’s natural aroma is both bright an effervescent and has played a supporting role in many of the world’s leading perfumes. Acqua di Parma celebrates this important ingredient with a skilfully-facetted composition rotating around two exceptional Bergamot essences, both of which have been protected by the DOP (Domination of Product Origin) by the Bergamot Consortium of Reggio Calabria (a governing agricultural agency). The other ingredients, just as natural and precious, have been selected one by one to highlight the different nuances of actual Bergamot.

Nacho Figueras Teaches Martha Stewart About Polo

Polo star and international hottie, Nacho Figueras, appeared on The Martha Stewart Show last week. After a few busy months of having his third child and competing in polo matches, the face of Ralph Lauren Fragrances took time out from his Palm Beach polo schedule to teach Martha about the sport of polo. Watch a clip from the show here HERE!

To hear more from Nacho himself, become a fan of his Facebook page and follow him on Twitter . Fans get the first look at pictures from his matches and personal life as well as all his latest new.

See more Nacho Figueras Teaches Martha Stewart About Polo photos!