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Cheryl Cole’s Marie Claire Cover Shoot Teaser
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In her first major interview of 2012, Cheryl opens the floor to questions sent into Marie Claire by the British public and talks openly about everything from style and food, to her career and regrets.
Get an exclusive peek behind-the-scenes of Cheryl’s gorgeous cover shoot for Marie Claire magazine in the gallery. Teaser One / Teaser Two
Cheryl says, ‘When people psychoanalyse every move you make, it’s weird’
Cheryl’s cover shoot and interview is available in this month’s issue of Marie Claire, on all good newsstands from Wednesday 4th April.
High Quality digital scans and the photoshoot from the Stylist magazine are now avaliable on the forum. Click the title links below the pictures to see them all. Thanks to Jack02
British women voted her the world’s most beautiful woman. Cheryl Cole tells Stylist how she does it.
The anarchic thud of M.I.A’s Bad Girls is blaring from the speakers. Five smartly dressed security guards – here to keep an eye on some very expensive diamonds – are huddled in a corner and, somewhere inside a triptych of polystyrene walls is a diminutive Cheryl Cole. We are at a studio in north London, as today, Cheryl is lending Stylist her powerful eyes to showcase this season’s foremost eyeliner looks. Five hours, four looks, four hairstyles and a spot of lunch later, we sit down to chat about her life in beauty. Relaxed, warm and selfeffacing, it’s proving difficult not to fall under her spell…
A smokey eye is your signature look. How old were you when you started wearing it?
When I was about 12, I started experimenting with the little pots of liquid eyeliner you used to get. Now, it’s so much easier – I use a liquid liner across the top of my lashes. Starting in the corner of the eye and following it across, then I always use a black kohl for the inside of the eye and just smudge it in. It takes a while to actually get there, but I think it’s quite easy to do. And remember, everyone’s eyes are different, so you just have to go with it.
What’s the essential element?
Lashings of mascara. I apply multiple layers for the full effect. I don’t go as crazy as I used to, but I do like the false eyelash look so I’ve been using L’Oréal False Lash Telescopic Mascara, it’s got four different sides to the wand, so you don’t use as much.
You obviously have a lot of influence on modern beauty. Who were your idols growing up?
It wasn’t actually anybody in the limelight. I always had older friends and we didn’t have much money but they’d always have glamorous clothes and gorgeous make-up. I used to look up to them and say, “Wow, she’s so pretty.” But, that was just local girls from my area. I wanted to be like them when I grew up. The girls really take care of themselves in the north. Especially in Newcastle, there’s definitely more of a cultural feel down south, whereas up north, you can definitely spot a local girl from a mile away. You can tell if someone’s out of town – they’ll have their coat on during a night out.
Do you think you have the same effect on your fans?
I still feel like that little girl. That’s the weirdest thing for me especially when I’m out in America and people are like, “So what’s your background, where you from?” When I tell them, they find it difficult to believe that I’m from a council estate. They’re like, “No way!” In my mind I’m still that person. But to them I’m a pop star, it really is the strangest feeling.
In your latest ad campaign for L’Oréal Casting Crème Gloss you star alongside three competition winners, chosen by you. How was it working with your fans?
Shooting the advert for L’Oréal Casting with the girls was amazing because I remember how it felt when I first got the call to say L’Oréal really wanted me to be involved with their next product. At first I thought I was being punked. But, they were like, “No, really.” So I knew the exact feeling the girls must have felt knowing they were going to be saying, ‘You’re worth it’.
Nicola features in September’s issue of Notion Magazine, which is out 26th August.
Inside is a gorgeous new photoshoot and interview.
I’ve posted the linked to the photoshoot and interview on our Nicola site above, but please do go and buy the magazine tomorrow as its not to be missed!
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Kimberley Walsh opens up about her body image issues
She’s the curviest member of Girls Aloud, but Kimberley Walsh has always seemed confident with her womanly figure.
In fact, unlike most of her bandmates, the 29-year-old has maintained a manageable weight throughout her career.
She certainly looks comfortable in her own skin, but Kimberley has revealed she struggled to come to terms with her shape while at school.
The singer was even nicknamed ‘duck-bum’ by her peers.
She told the new issue of Zest: ‘When I was at dance classes in Bradford, my teacher would always shout, “Pull in your bum, Kimberley!”
‘And I’d say, “I’m trying – it just won’t go in!”
‘It’s been sticking out since I was two. I had the biggest bum out of about fifty girls in my class.’
And Kimberley says she has a fellow popstar to thank for helping her realise that her curves are beautiful.
It was when Beyoncé shot to stardom that Kimberley learned how to dress for her shape.
‘We were exactly the same age and she looked amazing, so I started to dress like her and suddenly my shape made sense,’ Kimberley said.
‘I’d think: “Oh, yes. Beyoncé’s wearing a figure-hugging dress and drawing attention to her tiny waist”, so I’d buy a new dress and a large belt, go out and pretend to be Beyoncé. She was a great alter ego for me.’
Kimberley also spoke out in the interview about about exercising with the rest of the Girls Aloud group.
‘Some days, we’d all work out together. It was very amusing.
‘Nadine can’t run at all. Her legs are so thin, all she does is say: “It hurts to run,”’ Kimberley said.
Until Beyoncé came along, Kimberley says she had an unrealistic idea of how her body should look.
‘I grew up thinking Kate Moss was the perfect woman but that was a totally unachievable body shape for me. It was never ever going to happen,’ she said.
Now, Kimberley seems to have embraced her body. She has recently landed a role as the ambassador for PUMA TrainLite trainers.
But she maintains that while she has confidence in it, her figure is nothing special.
She added: ‘I hate the word “normal” but that’s what I am.’
Have accumulated a few new Kimberley Walsh updates so here they are all in one handy post!
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• Kimberley is starting to promote a new campaign for Puma TrainLite.
The first magazine interview with a new photoshoot from this campaign will be out tomorrow in Zest Magazine. Make sure you buy it as the interview is very good (about Kimberley’s most talked about asset among her fans!)
• As you know or have probably seen, Kimberley is starring in this summer’s hit kids film Horrid Henry The Movie 3D (out in cinema’s now!)
The movie has just got a DVD release date, for 21st November 2011. Add it to your diaries and/or Christmas wish lists!
• Kimberley is in various TV guides to appear on 8 out of 10 Cats programme. We posted this on our Facebook page yesterday.
The date is set for 19th August at 9pm on Channel 4.
THIS week I went to the premiere of Ghost and it was one of the best musicals I’ve seen in a long, long time. By the time I left the theatre my eye make-up was all over my face because I was crying my eyes out – I’m a sucker for a romantic story! I thought it’d be hard for Richard Fleeshman to fill Patrick Swayze’s shoes but he’s so likeable (above right with Caissie Levy). Very impressive. And the special effects were amazing – as a ghost they made it look like he could put his hand through solid doors!
Someone else who impressed was Nick Moran, who took part in the Sunday night ITV show I judged, Born To Shine, where they get talented kids to teach stars their skills. Nick learned grade 8 piano in three weeks, which was impressive. My mum’s a piano teacher and it can take her pupils 20 years to reach that stage. I always ended up arguing with my mum when she was teaching me, but it would be lovely to have a piano at home now. We could gather round it at Christmas for a singsong like the Von Trapp family!
Prince William’s hair
IT’S been reported that the Queen’s hairdresser has suggested Prince William should get a hair transplant.
William doesn’t seem bothered that he’s losing his hair because he’s made jokes about it in the past – and I’m sure Catherine loves her husband just the way he is. It is one of those things that’s out of a man’s control. But if he did want a transplant, I’d say go for it. There have been some brilliant ones recently, like Jason Gardiner. He’d have to be upfront about it, though. When you try to cover it up people will take the mick.
I’m full of Glee
IT’LL be interesting to see how Glee changes once Finn, Rachel and Kurt leave.
Rachel can be annoying but she brings something unique and I do like Kurt! No one likes change but the characters have to graduate so they will have to find some replacements. Gwyneth Paltrow could become a regular. Or I’d suggest putting me in there but these days the only role I’d get is as a teacher, not a school kid! But give me the chance and I’d do a Beyoncé medley with a mad dance routine…
