Made up: Multi-millionaire Katie Price blags bags of free cosmetics

In the never-ending quest for the perfectly polished look, no stone - or nail - is left unturned or un-buffed for Katie Price.
So no wonder the glamour model and businesswomen - said to be worth £30m in the Sunday Times Rich List - managed to find time in her hectic schedule to blag some free nail varnish.
The 32-year-old star - also known as Jordan - popped in to see a friend who happens to work in cosmetics PR.

Looking like the proverbial 'kid in a sweetshop', Katie sniffed and tried out of host of lotions and potions on offer, at one point, sniffing a pot of gloop that looked alarmingly like guacamole.
But one brand in particular that caught her eye was the aptly named Models Own nail varnish and she picked out a number of shades.
A spokesperson at Wizard PR told MailOnline: 'Yes, she came to our office and we gave her some of our products to try out. One of her best friends works here. It was all being filmed for her TV show too.'

The model is certainly a manicure fan. On Monday, the star Tweeted: 'At last sitting down ready to get my nails down eating a curry and gonna watch The Hospital, ha ah.'
Still, with that amount of money, she could afford to get her cuticles and acrylics seen to every day without having to do it herself - or blagging freebies.
But perhaps her visit to the cosmetics PR's office will even inspire the sharp-minded star to launch her own brand of make-up...

She could probably do with cheering herself up. Yesterday, Katie, 32, who married 34-year-old cagefighter Alex Reid in February, was forced to hit back at reports that we was pregnant.
Posting on her official Twitter account (@misskatieprice), she stated: 'I hear the DAILY STAR have written rubbish again headline "jordans new baby joy" I can confirm I'm 100% not pregnant!'
The star opined afterwards: 'It seems that in the media that if a girl doesn’t have a flat stomach or is a size zero that means she is pregnant. Give us girls a break.'
The report in the Star must have been frustrating for the self-made businesswoman, as she's often expressed her desire to add to her brood of Harvey, eight, and her two children with former husband Peter Andre, Princess, three, and Junior, five.
As for her next reality TV show, she's signed a deal with Virgin Media TV.
It's said to be along the lines of her What Katie Did Next series. Her deal with ITV ends in November.

Yummy mummies, celebrities keeping health at the gym

Staying hydrated: Reese Witherspoon makes her way to her car in Brentwood, water bottle in hand, following her workout


Any actress or model worth her salt knows that her body is her calling card, particularly in Hollywood. And maintaining that body doesn't come easily, especially if you've already had a child or two.

Yummy mummies Reese Witherspoon, Camila Alves and Ellen Pompeo certainly know this, and all three make sure to spend time working out at their local gyms in the Los Angeles area.

Reese Witherspoon was spotted leaving a gym in black workout leggings, a zip-up blue jacket and carrying her water bottle as she made her way to her car in her Brentwood neighbourhood.

The 34-year-old has two children, Ava, 10, and Deacon, 6, from her former marriage to actor Ryan Phillipe.

Along with gym workouts, she's also been keeping her body in shape filming her upcoming movie Water for Elephants, in which she spends a lot of time riding horses.

Grey's Anatomy television star Ellen Pompeo, was dressed in all black workout gear as she left a gym in Studio City.

When You Don't Like Yourself

Some people have the misfortune to have been born to abusive parents who belittled them and prevented them from developing a healthy self-esteem. Others are born predisposed to view themselves in a negative light because of their physical appearance, a disability, or for no reason anyone, including themselves, knows. Research has consistently supported the notion that it's difficult to be happy without liking oneself. But how can one learn to like oneself when one doesn't?

WHAT PART OF OURSELVES DO WE DISLIKE?

People filled with self-loathing typically imagine they dislike every part of themselves, but this is rarely, if ever, true. More commonly, if asked what specific parts of themselves they dislike, they're able to provide specific answers: their physical appearance, their inability to excel academically or at a job, or maybe their inability to accomplish their dreams. Yet when presented, for example, a scenario in which they come upon a child trapped under a car at the scene of an accident, that they recoil in horror and would want urgently to do something to help rarely causes them to credit themselves for the humanity such a reaction indicates.

Why do self-loathers so readily overlook the good parts of themselves? The answer in most cases turns out to relate not to the fact that they have negative qualities but to the disproportionate weight they lend them. People who dislike themselves may acknowledge they have positive attributes but any emotional impact they have simply gets blotted out.

THE SOURCE OF SELF-LOATHING

Which makes learning to like oneself no easy task. Many people, in fact, spend a lifetime in therapy in pursuit of self-love, struggling as if learning a new language as an adult rather than as a child.

Before such a change will occur, however, the essential cause of one's self-loathing needs to be apprehended. By this I don't mean the historical cause. The circumstances that initially lead people to dislike themselves do so by triggering a thought process of self-loathing that continues long after the circumstances that set it in motion have resolved, a thought process that continues to gain momentum the longer it remains unchallenged, much like a boulder picks up speed rolling down a mountain as long as nothing gets in its way. For example, your parents may have failed to praise you or support your accomplishments in school when you were young—perhaps even largely ignored you—which led you to conclude they didn't care about you, which then led you to conclude you're not worth caring about. It's this last idea, not the memory of your parents ignoring you, that gathers the power within your life to make you loathe yourself if not checked by adult reasoning early on. Once a narrative of worthlessness embeds itself in one's mind, it becomes extraordinarily difficult to disbelieve it, especially when one can find evidence that it represents a true account.

But a narrative is just that: a story we tell ourselves. It may very well contain elements of truth—that we are unattractive, that we do fail a lot of the time, or that our parents didn't find us all that lovable—but to proceed from facts such as these to the conclusion that we're deserving only of our own derision constitutes a significant thought error.

THE TRUE SOURCE OF SELF-ESTEEM

The problem is that we common mortals can hardly avoid deriving our self-esteem from the wrong source—even those of us whose self-esteem is healthy. We look to what in Nichiren Buddhism is termed the "smaller self," the parts of ourselves that seem better than those of others and to which we become overly attached. In other words, we ground our self-esteem in things about ourselves we perceive as unique: typically our looks, our skills, or our accomplishments.

But we only need to experience the loss of any one of these supportive elements to recognize the danger of relying on them to create our self-esteem. Looks, as we all know, fade. Unwanted weight is often gained. Illness sometimes strikes, preventing us from running as fast, concentrating as hard, or thinking as clearly as we once did. Past accomplishments lose their ability to sustain us the farther into the past we have to look for them.

I'm not arguing that basing our self-esteem on our positive qualities is wrong. But we should aim to base it on positive qualities that require no comparison to the qualities of others for us to value them. We must awaken to the essential goodness—to what in Nichiren Buddhism is termed our "larger self"—that lies within us all. If we want to fall in love with our lives—and by this I don't mean the "we"of our small-minded egos—we must work diligently to manifest our larger selves in our daily lives. We must generate the wisdom and compassion to care for others until we've turned ourselves, piece by piece, into the people we most want to be.

In other words, if we want to like ourselves we have to earn our own respect. Luckily, doing this doesn't require that we become people of extraordinary physical attractiveness or accomplishment. It only requires we become people of extraordinary character—something anyone can do.

A simple thought experiment supports this notion: think right now of your favorite person and ask yourself, what is it about them that attracts you the most? Odds are it isn't their physical appearance or their accomplishments but rather their magnanimous spirit; the way they treat others. This is the key quality that makes people likable, even to themselves.

Treating others well, it turns out, is the fastest path to a healthy self-esteem. If you dislike yourself, stop focusing on your negative qualities. We all have negative qualities. There's nothing special about your negativity, I promise you. Focus instead on caring for others. Because the more you care about others, I guarantee the more in turn you'll be able to care about yourself.

How to Get Eyelashes So Long You May Have To Trim Them

Ask any woman the one thing she wishes she could change about her eyes and she's almost guaranteed to say her lashes. The eyes are often referred to as the face's best feature, and long lashes continue to get a lot of attention. Since the first mass-produced mascara was created in the early 1900s, women have been able to lengthen, thicken and darken their less-than perfect lashes.

Sometimes mascara isn't enough. Fake lashes and lash extensions have been the best friend of Hollywood starlets and runway models for years. Still, for the general public these glue-on applications are more trouble (and money) than they're worth.

Little wonder then that cosmetic and skin care companies have been hard at work trying to develop an effective way to deliver longer and thicker lashes without having to coat them in thick goop, or glue fakes on.

The big news recently regarding lashes was the development of a prescription product that uses a drug, originally developed to treat glaucoma, to promote the growth and thickness of eyelashes. Unfortunately, as with most prescription products this one is associated with side effects and it’s also not cheap.

Now however, new cosmetic companies are starting to develop products that deliver proven results without the risks associated with prescription drugs. One of the most exciting of the products is called SmartLash.

SmartLash is one of a small group of companies with extensive experience in anti-aging skin care that are leveraging the latest discoveries in hair growth to create effective and affordable products that actually promote the appearance of longer, thicker, fuller lashes.

These discoveries center on the role played by certain peptides and proteins, which when applied at the base of the eyelash, support stronger, more voluminous-looking lashes.

But that’s only half the story. It’s no use accelerating the growth of your eyelashes if they are weak and brittle, a condition that leads to breakage and which is a major contributing factor in short, unattractive lashes. SmartLash contains a powerful blend of amino acids and conditioning agents, which nourish and strengthen eyelashes against breakage, allowing them to reach their full potential.

What’s most amazing about the SmartLash technology are the results it delivers. People have become used to cosmecuetical products claiming the world, but delivering only modest, if any results at all. SmartLash, on the other hand, in an extensive 90 day consumer study was shown to increase eyelash length by up to an amazing 68%! And it works quickly – with results seen in as little as seven days.

The company, apparently aware that women have become skeptical of these types of claims wisely decided to offer SmartLash through a free trial offer. Just pay shipping and you get to try SmartLash for 30 days and then decide if you want to pay for it or not.

It’s a refreshing way to allow woman to properly sample a product and see the results for themselves before they decide if it lives up to the claims and is worth the price.

The Biggest Question of the Summer: Who Will Design Chelsea Clinton's Wedding Dress?

Which designer Chelsea Clinton will choose to design her wedding dress has caused more debate than the ending of 'Inception.'

Now, Susannah Cahn at StyleList takes us deep within the ever expanding mystery:

It's already been a question among fashion insiders for months: Will bride-to-be Chelsea Clinton wear Vera Wang or Oscar de la Renta when she walks down the aisle to marry investment-banker fiance Marc Mezvinsky on July 31 in Rhinebeck, NY?

A friend told our friends at StyleList back in June that Clinton had a made-to-measure wedding dress in Vera Wang's workshop, confirming what we had speculated all along -- the presidential progeny was opting for the epitome of classic American bridal. That was until Sheryl Gay Stolberg, The New York Times' White House correspondent, told Ann Curry on 'The Today Show' that the former first daughter had chosen an Oscar de la Renta gown.

Did we speak too soon? The plot thickens. WWD's Wednesday cover features Chelsea, obscured by a large floppy hat, arriving at Vera Wang's midtown showroom in New York City on July 27 to meet her Secretary of State mom Hillary Rodham Clinton, who was already there.

Reportedly, Wang is doing the bridesmaids' dresses, the flower girls' dresses, as well as the all-important wedding dress. And supposedly Hillary and Chelsea have met with Wang five to 10 times over the last four months. OK. Settled. Score one for StyleList.

Or, maybe not. Hillary was also spotted dropping by Oscar de la Renta's Manhattan showroom later the same day. There are conflicting reports as to whether Chelsea accompanied her mom, but the duo has allegedly met with de la Renta numerous times of late.

The Un-Divorced

JOHN FROST and his wife had been unhappily married for much of their 25 years together when his company relocated him in 2000. So when he moved from Virginia to Knoxville, Tenn., he left her behind.
At first, it wasn’t clear what would happen next. Would she follow him? Or would they end up divorced?

The answer: neither. “After a few months,” Mr. Frost said, “we both realized we liked it this way.”

Technically, the two are married. They file joint tax returns; she’s covered by his insurance. But they see each other just several times a year. “Since separating we get along better than we ever have,” he said. “It’s kind of nice.”

And at 58, he sees no reason to divorce. Their children have grown and left home. He asked himself: Why bring in a bunch of lawyers? Why create rancor when there’s nowhere to go but down?

“To tie a bow around it would only make it uglier,” Mr. Frost said. “When people ask about my relationship status, I usually just say: ‘It’s complicated. I like my wife, I just can’t live with her.’ ”

The term “trial separation” conjures a swift purgatory, something ducked into regretfully and escaped from with due speed, even if into that most conclusive of relationships, divorce. We understand the expeditious voyage from separation to divorce, the desire for a clear-cut ending that makes way for a clear-cut beginning. We hardly look askance at the miserably married or the exes who hurl epithets in divorce court.

But couples who stubbornly remain separated, sometimes for years? That leaves us dumbfounded. “I see it all the time,” said Lynne Gold-Bikin, a divorce lawyer in Norristown, Pa., who is the chairman of the family law department at Weber Gallagher. She can cite a docket of cases of endless separation.

With one couple separated since 1989, the wife’s perspective was, “We still get invited as Mr. and Mrs., we go to functions together, he still sends me cards,” Ms. Gold-Bikin said. As for the husband, “He cared for her, he just didn’t want to live with her.”

But at his girlfriend’s urging, he finally initiated divorce proceedings. Then he became ill and she began taking over his finances — a bit too wifelike for him. “He said, enough of this, there’s no reason to get divorced,” Ms. Gold-Bikin recalled.

Among those who seem to have reached a similar conclusion is Warren Buffett, the wealthy chairman of Berkshire Hathaway. Mr. Buffett separated from his wife, Susan, in 1977 but remained married to her until her death in 2004. All the while, he lived with Astrid Menks; they married in 2006. The threesome remained close, even sending out holiday cards signed, “Warren, Susan and Astrid.”

Also in the ranks of the un-divorced: the artist Willem de Kooning had been separated from his wife for 34 years when she died in 1989. Jann and Jane Wenner separated in 1995 after 28 years but are still married, despite Mr. Wenner’s romantic relationship with a man.

Society is full of whispered scenarios in which spouses live apart, in different homes or in the same mega-apartment in order to silence gossip, avoid ugly divorce battles and maintain the status quo, however uneasy. In certain cases, the world assumes a couple is divorced and never learns otherwise until an obituary puts the record straight.

Separations are usually de facto, rarely pounded out in a contract, and family law is different state to state. But even long-estranged couples are irrefutably bound by contractual links on issues like taxes, pensions, Social Security and health care.

Divorce lawyers and marriage therapists say that for most couples, the motivation to remain married is financial. According to federal law, an ex qualifies for a share of a spouse’s Social Security payment if the marriage lasts a decade. In the case of more amicable divorces, financial advisers and lawyers may urge a couple who have been married eight years to wait until the dependent spouse qualifies.

For others, a separation agreement may be negotiated so that a spouse keeps the other’s insurance until he or she is old enough for Medicare. If one person has an existing condition, obtaining affordable health care coverage is often difficulty or impossible. The recession, with its real estate lows and health care expense highs, adds incentives to separate indefinitely.