OHMYGOSSIP — Amanda Holden is “so excited” to have been appointed Christmas Ambassador for Baylis + Harding.
The ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ judge will star the bath and body product company’s new festive advert and has also developed her own ‘Amanda’s A-list’ selection, her personally-selected 12 gift sets based on what would bring her and her family joy.
She said in a statement: “Christmas can never come soon enough for me each year and we’re already playing the festive music in our house! I’ve always loved the build up to Christmas, especially hiding gifts and enjoying the magic of spending extra quality time with family, friends and loved ones.
“I’m so excited to be Baylis + Harding’s Christmas Ambassador this year and featuring in their festive advert! I’ve tried all the products and can’t wait to share my A-List, featuring my favourite gifts and beautiful fragrances which are perfect for spreading joy with your loved ones this Christmas and beyond.”
Amanda’s A-List includes The Fuzzy Duck Winter Wonderland Gingerbread Ceramic House Gift Set – which features a limited-edition Gingerbread Fudge-scented handwash – as well as the Midnight Fig + Pomegranate Delux Wash Bag, which has a velour finish and features the limited-edition fragrance, and the lavishly-packaged Sweet Mandarin + Grapefruit Pamper Present Gift Set.
The Wellness Luxury Pamper Tin Gift Set – which is exclusive to Sainsbury’s and features a ginger, lime and basil leaf fragrance – is also one of the Heart Breakfast host’s picks for the festive season.
Tania Slater, co-owner of Baylis + Harding, said: “Christmas at Baylis + Harding is one of our favourite times of year, and we’re excited to work with Amanda as this year’s joy-filled gifting ambassador, who we know shares our passion for all things Christmas.
“It’s this joy, that we wanted to really capture in this year’s gifting range including Amanda’s A-List ensuring that each and every one of our gifts captures everything magical about the festive season and brings a feeling of joy to as many people as possible.
“As our ambassador Amanda embodies the generosity of spirit that’s associated with our brand, and we know she really resonates with our Baylis + Harding consumers. We’re looking forward to working with her on our exciting plans for Christmas and beyond.”
For more information on Baylis + Harding and Amanda’s A-List Edit visit www.baylisandharding.com/AmandasAList

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OHMYGOSSIP — Mel B thinks “every woman” needs to wear nice underwear.
The 48-year-old pop star explained that even though she is now engaged to hairdresser Rory McPhee she has always found it “important” for women to just wear lingerie for their own satisfaction.
She told Top Sante magazine: “I’ve always chosen my underwear just for me. If one lucky person gets to see it, then great, but I think it’s nice to wear something lovely for yourself. I think underwear is such an intimate, important thing because every woman needs it – underwear is a part of our everyday life.”
Meanwhile, the Spice Girls star has teamed up with activewear company Pour Moi and likes to make sure it “inspires” her to tackle a workout.
She said: “Activewear is so important too and became more so over lockdown when it was all we lived in. I often put on my Pour Moi activewear in the hope it will inspire me to work out- sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t, it depends how motivated I am!
“But at least it’s supportive and stylish and really comfortable so it’s not as if I’m desperate to take it off!”
The ‘I Want You Back’ hitmaker went on to add that in terns of fitness, she does weight training at home several times a week but still has a “realistic” approach to staying in shape.
She said: “These days, I do weight training at home three times a week. I’d never done weight training but now it makes me feel so good afterwards and my body’s changed shape a little bit too. I’ve got areas that are firmer and more pumped up, and ones that are flatter and more toned than I ever could have achieved doing aerobics classes or swimming or running, so I’ve found what works for me.
“If I don’t work out for a couple of days, I know I won’t feel that good, so I try to do short, intense workouts rather than saying, “Sod it, I’m not going to exercise now until next Monday”. I’m much more realistic these days.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Sarah Jessica Parker is too busy to think about combatting the ageing process.
The 58-year-old actress – who is married to Matthew Broderick and has James, 21, as well as 14-year-old twins Marion and Tabitha with him – admitted she has no idea what standard practice is when it comes to looking younger and is “confused” as to why it is such a topic of interest for women.
She told Britain’s Hello magazine: “I don’t know what else you’re supposed to do! I’m so confused as to why this is such an interesting topic for so many people.
“ I’m confounded by the fact that men my age are never asked this question. I don’t ponder it, except when I’m asked about it.
“We wake up and we’ve got a million things going on – you’ve just got to get on with your day. You can do all sorts of things that can make you feel better, but I just think, am I going to do something radical and everyone is going to be like: ‘She looks weird now??”
The ‘Sex and the City’ star went on to add that as a performer, she uses her face to communicate with the audience and whilst she believes others can do what they want when it comes to combatting age, it is not a “focus” of her life.
“I’m an actor, so I’m meant to be communicating emotion with my face. It’s not in condemnation of anyone else doing what they want; it’s just not for me. People should do what they want to do. But the ageing process isn’t a focus of my life.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Stella McCartney and The Chopra Foundation have joined forces to help people gain access to equine therapy.
The fashion designer, who has ridden on horses since before she was born, when her late mother Linda McCartney rode horseback while pregnant, received an email from mental health advocate Deepak Chopra about the positive impact interacting with horses can have on one’s mental and physical health.
And one thing led to another, and they decided to team up on Healing Power of Horses.
They have compiled a global directory of equine therapy clinics approved by The Chopra Foundation – which conducts scientific research into the “effects of mind-body practices on health and wellbeing.”
Plus, meditations and a limited-edition Stella McCartney Falabella, complete with a ribbon containing a positive affirmation by poet Cleo Wade.
For every bag sold, a portion of the proceeds will support The Chopra Foundation, mental health initiatives and equine therapy centres.
Speaking to Vogue, Stella, 52, whose father is Beatle Sir Paul McCartney, said: “I wasn’t brought up with the idea of equine therapy because that’s a new term.
“But I have seen the ones I love have healing experiences with horses, including myself. When my mother passed away, I started riding her stallion and that was so intensely emotional for me.”
Explaining the benefits of building a bond with a horse, Stella said: “It’s such a complex relationship focused on trust.
“We are the fragile one out of the two. When you’re riding, it’s about them trusting and respecting you just as much as you trust and respect them.”
Stella, whose mother was just 56 when she died in 1998, following a battle with breast cancer, says her time with her own horse, Flo, has been a huge part of her own “healing process”.
She added: “Riding and spending time with Flo has been a consistent part of my healing process because it’s always been such an integral part of my life.
“I’m aware of a change in the way I feel the moment my feet leave the ground. I’ll realise, ‘Now I’m in a good place.’ ”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Mariah Carey dressed as ‘Mean Girls’ character Regina George for Halloween.
The 54-year-old singer is a big fan of the 2004 comedy – which stars Rachel McAdams as the Queen Bee of a Chicago high school alongside Lindsay Lohan, Amanda Seyfried and Lacey Chabert as the members of her clique – and recreated the scene in which Regina discovers two holes have been cut out of her vest top as a prank but decides to make it a trend anyway.
Mariah posted the clip to Instagram and used a quote from the film to caption the post.
She wrote: “whatever i’m getting cheese fries #notyet.”
The ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’ hitmaker also added a portion of Blondie classic ‘One Way Or Another’ to her post, which plays during the scene in the film.
The official ‘Mean Girls’ Instagram account was quick to notice the post as, in another reference to the film, they wrote: “we are so OBSESSED with you.”
The ‘Always Be My Baby’ songstress included a line from the film in her 2009 music video ‘Obsessed’ and later explained that she was such a fan of the film when it first cae out that she would watch it “literally every night” and that her 12-year-old daughter – who she has with ex-husband Nick Cannon – had also begun to fall in love with it, even though she was a little young for the PG-13-rated movie when she first saw it.
During a Billboard Q and A, she told ‘Mean Girls’ writer and star Tina Fey: “When the movie was first released, I watched it literally every night. And then recently, my daughter — who’s technically too young — she’s obsessed with it.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — North West would like to start wearing her parents’ clothes.
The 10-year-old is the daughter of reality superstar Kim Kardashian, 42, and her ex-husband Kanye West, and explained when asked what kind of clothing she would like to have now,she wants to copy the style of her A-lister parents.
She told i-D magazine: “My mom’s clothes and my dad’s clothes, if they fit me.”
North went on to reveal that her favourite style of clothing right now is “vintage T-shirts and Spider sweats” and when asked what her ultimate outfit is, revealed that it is a piece that pays homage to late King of Pop Michael Jackson, which was bought as a gift to her by ‘The Kardashians’ star Kim.
She said: “My Michael Jackson jacket that my mom got me for Christmas!”
However, thanks to her family’s global fame, North has had her picture taken countless times over the course of her short life and she admitted that only likes to be photographed when it is on her terms, and is less keen when she is snapped by the paparazzi.
She said: “[Ilike it but] only when I want to, because ehhh, I don’t want to sometimes. But not by the paparazzi.”
In terms of her career, future North revealed that while she used to want to be a boxer, she would now like to go into art but also follow in the footsteps of her father by becoming a rapper and also hopes to inherit her parents’ fashion companies Yeezy and SKIMS.
She said: “A basketball player, a rapper, um… Well, when I was seven, I wanted to be a boxer. But now I don’t want to be a boxer. I’m going to do art on the side. When I’m, like, thirteen, I want to walk dogs, to make money to buy art supplies, because everything around here is so expensive.
“So a rapper, a basketball player, and I’m going to make artwork that I sell. Also, one day I want to own Yeezy and SKIMS, and I want to be a business owner.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Beyoncé had “maybe 150 costumes” as part of her ‘Renaissance World Tour’ that went unworn.
The 42-year-old superstar had more than 600 costumes designed and created for the mammoth global concert – which wrapped up in September after raking in a reported $579 million and becoming the highest-grossing tour by a female artist in history – but now her mother Tina, 69, has revealed that a significant amount was never seen on stage.
Speaking on US TV show ‘Sherri’, she said: “She still has maybe 150 costumes that she hasn’t worn, but every night she did at least four to five new costumes. Actually, she told me she wanted to have more than one stylist. I actually hired four people — it would have been impossible. We had over 600 costumes to choose from.”
Tina – who has worked as a fashion designer – also revealed that the ‘Break My Soul’ songstress can be “really mean” backstage and later bursts into tears after her behaviour backstage but can understand where her daughter is coming from.
She said: “We laughed about this recently because I was saying, ‘Girl, you get really mean back there,’ and I am really happy that I don’t have to be back there anymore. She’ll be like, ‘Mama, I’m so sorry,’ and I’m like, ‘I know.’ “Sometimes she’ll be crying, and I was like, ‘She crying because she knows she just said some crazy stuff to us. But that’s the heat of the moment, because you’re trying to get your shoes on, and everybody’s waiting, and if somebody’s messing up or they lose the shoes, then you messed up the whole show. So I understand it. ”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Brooke Shields ended up with a “Spock eye” when she had Botox injections.
The 58-year-old actress is “all for” cosmetic surgery if it makes people feel happier and more confident in themselves, but she admitted the idea of no longer looking like herself “scares” her.
She told America’s Glamour magazine: “I am all for any of it if it truly is done for yourself, for the right reasons, and gives you a level of some kind of confidence that you need.
“Listen, I’ve seen it give women such confidence. But I think it’s easy to go down the slope of overdoing it.
“I’m scared of not looking like myself; the times that I’ve had Botox, I end up with this Spock eye and I’m like, ‘I don’t look like myself.’ ”
However, the ‘Pretty Baby’ actress is happy to try out new non-surgical treatments.
She added: “But I’ll get Fraxels, and peels, and whatever the newest thing is, and I’ll try it. I just don’t want to not look like myself.”
Brooke insisted she isnt interested in “chasing youth” and would rather embrace the person she is now.
She said: “In some cultures we’re the wise women who decide who the chiefs are, who are revered.
“Here people are – I mean, look around this room. There’s more and more plastic surgery than ever.
“Because they’re chasing youth. I don’t want to chase youth. I want to chase now.”
The ‘Suddenly Susan’ star despairs of the way older women are treated by society.
She said: “People can’t handle it. You’re being put out to pasture, and it’s ironic, and it’s wrong and not fair.
“You look at the women who are over 40 – their history, their vibrance, their intelligence, their responsibility, their adaptability. They’ve raised families; they’ve run companies; they’ve been in multiple different types of relationships; they kept moving forward. We were the Amazons!”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Hannah Waddingham is fronting Baileys’ Christmas campaign.
The ‘Ted Lasso’ actress stars alongside the Gold Vocal Collective in the drinks brand’s annual festive advertisement – which launches on screen on Thursday (02.11.23) – and she admitted the tipple is one of her favourite “adult treats”.
She said in a statement: : “Christmas is my favourite part of year, a time to get together with my friends and family and indulge in our own festive traditions.
“From nights out with friends to the much-needed catch ups with family around the kitchen table, with spontaneous
cocktails to cosy evenings by the fire, it’s a time to break away from the routine and enjoy all the festive
fun….Who better to partner with for Christmas than the most festive adult treat – Baileys!”
The commercial, which is described as a “symphony of indulgence”, sees Hannah take on the role of conductor and suggesting the choir break for a Baileys, prompting them to sing acapella as their Baileys ‘Choc-tail’ is made.
The brand – who claim to sell two bottles a second throughout the month of December – are delighted to have the former ‘Game of Thrones’ star and the MOBO Awards-performing vocal group on board for the campaign.
Charlie Gibbon, Marketing Category Director for Gins, Pimm’s and Baileys said: “We are so excited to officially kick off the festive season with our brand new campaign with the incredible Hannah Waddingham and the Gold Vocal Collective.
“This is truly the most indulgent time of year with so many treating occasions, so we invite treat lovers all over the world to join in the festive cheer and drizzle some deliciousness as they celebrate the season with friends and family.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Jenna Ortega wanted to dye her hair “blonde like Cinderella”.
The ‘Wednesday’ actress – who is of Mexican and Puerto Rican descent – wanted to change her appearance when she was younger but eventually realised she could be a more powerful role model by staying true to her Latin look.
Speaking to Britain’s Harper’s Bazaar magazine’s December/January issue in recognition of her receiving the Breakthrough award at the publication’s Women of the Year Awards 2023, she said: “I wanted to dye my hair blonde so that I would look like Cinderella.
“[But then] I thought, ‘I don’t want other young girls to look up at the screen and feel like they have to change their appearance to be deemed beautiful or worthy.’ ”
Jenna began her career at a young age and admitted she found it “hard” to lose roles because of the way she looked.
She explained: “As a child actor, there are two jobs that you can get: you’re either the younger version of someone or you’re playing somebody’s daughter – and there were just not many leading Hispanic actors who I could be that for.
“So a lot of the jobs that I was going for growing up would never work out, because I didn’t look [a certain] way. That was really hard, to hear that something you couldn’t change was what was preventing you [from succeeding].”
The 21-year-old star is aware there is “a lot of debate and discourse about what it means to truly be Latina” and she is embarrassed that she doesn’t speak perfect Spanish, but ultimately Jenna hopes she can still “open doors” with her own success.
She said: “I wasn’t born in a Spanish-speaking country, I haven’t spent a lot of time in Mexico and I’ve never been to Puerto Rico – so there’s a feeling of not being worthy enough to be a proper representative…
“I want all people of Latin descent to be able to see themselves on screen. I want to feel that I could open doors for other people.”
Read the full interview in the December/January issue of Harper’s Bazaar, on sale from 8 November or visit https://www.harpersbazaar.com/uk/jennaortega.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Moonpig and Krispy Kreme are “excited” to be launching a new collaboration.
The online card retailer have designed two exclusive limited-edition themed cards featuring the sweet treat firm’s iconic green spots and bow tie logo and looking like a Krispy Kreme box on the inside and out – and what’s more, the lucky recipient can also get their hands on a free Original Glazed doughnut via a QR code in the greeting.
One design features a happy birthday message, while the other is a more general personalised name badge but they are only available until 14 November.
Sarah-Jane Porter, Director Global Design and Licensing at Moonpig, commented: “We’re excited to be partnering with Krispy Kreme to create this new and exclusive range of cards.
“Not only do we think it’s a really sweet way to make your Moonpig card feel even more like a gift, but it’s also the perfect way to add an extra sprinkle of joy with a free Original Glazed Doughnut, to their day whatever the occasion!”
Emma Colquhoun, Chief Marketing Officer Krispy Kreme UK and Ireland, added: “Here at Krispy Kreme we’re always looking for ways to add even more joy to any occasion. So we’re most excited to offer a free Original Glazed doughnut to Moonpig customers who are spreading the love and joy through their personal messages and cards.”
To redeem this mouth-watering offer customers must add code SENDJOY at the checkout on Moonpig, and the recipient simply needs to scan the QR code and download the Krispy Kreme Rewards App to activate the free Original Glazed doughnut code, which can then be redeemed at selected Krispy Kreme and Tesco stores across the country.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Victoria Beckham’s “passion for dancing” has inspired her new perfumes.
The Spice Girls singer-turned-fashion designer – who launched her eponymous label in 2008 – debuted her long-awaited fragrance collection last month and explained that the line of fragrances, consisting of ‘San Ysidro Drive’, ‘Portofino ’97’ and ‘Suite 302’, have been influenced by dance.
Victoria, who is married to former footballer David Beckham, told Vogue France: “By my passion for dancing, yes. It also takes inspiration from a ballet dancer at different moments… while rehearsing, on the underground, on stage.
“But I am also inspired by the British countryside. Every weekend, my husband and I go to our house in the countryside, and we stroll around the little antique shops and vintage boutiques. Sometimes, I stumble upon tablecloths that take me back to the times that I visited my grandparents, as they remind me of their house. There is a real sense of nostalgia there.”
Each scent replicates a cherished memory in Victoria’s life and her marriage to the former England captain.
She added: “There is ‘San Ysidro Drive’, our address in Los Angeles. This fragrance celebrates self-esteem and independence. When we moved to Los Angeles from Spain, it was the beginning of a new chapter for our family, especially for me as I had started to show my work in New York.
“Portofino ’97′ is inspired by a trip I went on with David in 1997. We went to Italy for our first holiday as a couple. We stayed at the Hotel Splendido – a magnificent, very romantic place. I will never forget its scent or the colour of the sea there. It was thanks to that trip that this perfume was born.
“‘Suite 302’ is a separate story. David and I have always loved Paris. In the 1990s, we spent weekends there without the children, at Hotel Costes. I remember its scent, it was somewhere between leather and tobacco. It was very sexy and very dark… This is how I want to tell my life story – through clothes, beauty products, and perfumes.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Nadine Ijewere says shooting the cover of Vogue was a “pinnacle moment” in her life.
The photographer made history by becoming the first woman of colour to shoot the cover of the famous magazine when she snapped Dua Lipa, Binx Walton and Letitia Wright for the January 2019 issue of British Vogue and will forever be grateful to the publication’s outgoing editor Edward Enniful for giving her the opportunity to do so.
Ijewere told The Guardian newspaper: “Still, to this day, I don’t think I have fully grasped the meaning of it.
“For Edward to want to make a change within fashion and within the magazine, and for me to be given the opportunity to do that with him … It’s always going to be one of the pinnacle moments in my life.”
The photography trailblazer’s first solo British exhibition opened in London recently and she explained how diversity is at the centre of her work.
Ijewere said: “For me, it is about using this medium to tell my own stories through fashion – creating my own fantasy world of what fashion would look like if people who look like my mum were cast or people that looked like my friends were cast.
“There’s all these amazing pictures of them on holiday in Venice and Rome and the Caribbean in these fabulous outfits.
“Even as a kid, there’s all these baby photos of my mum dressing me in these little outfits. There’s an image of me where I’ve got Dr Martens on – who has DMs when they are one?”
Nadine recalled being the only black girl on her fashion photography course and ended up branching out into her “own thing” as a result.
She said: “I felt I didn’t see anyone that looked like me or my family.
“I didn’t understand that, because there’s not one type of beauty or one type of woman. My mum and her sisters – they were buying all these clothes, they were consumers of all these products. Why would they not be included in that?”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Phoebe Philo has unveiled the long-awaited first collection of her own.
The former creative director of Celine – who first announced plans to launch an eponymous brand back in 2021 – has finally released her first collection that will be available to buy online across the US, UK and Europe.
Philo’s elegant designs won her plenty of admirers during her decade at Celine and her new collection features classic cuts and muted colours – such as ‘shroom’, ‘cigar’ and ‘bitter brown’.
In a previous interview with Elle, the British designer said: “I have had a very constructive and creative working relationship with LVMH for many years.
“So it is a natural progression for us to reconnect on this new project. I have greatly appreciated discussing new ideas with Bernard Arnault and Delphine Arnault and I am delighted to be embarking on this adventure with their support.
“Being in my studio and making once again has been both exciting and incredibly fulfilling. I am very much looking forward to being back in touch with my audience and people everywhere. To be independent, to govern and experiment on my own terms is hugely significant to me.”
Bernard Arnault, chairman and CEO of LVMH, said: “Phoebe Philo is one of the most talented designers of our time. We have known her and appreciated her for a long time. Phoebe contributed to the success of the Group through her magnificent creations over several years. With this in mind, I am very happy to partner with Phoebe on her entrepreneurial adventure and wish her great success.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Courteney Cox’s daughter is “mad” at her for throwing away her 90s wardrobe.
The former ‘Friends’ star thinks it is “so funny” that 19-year-old Coco – who she has with ex-husband David Arquette – wants to wear the clothes she donned 30 years ago because there’s no way she’d want to revisit her looks from that era.
Speaking to Refinery29, she said: “Coco, my daughter, is so mad at me for not saving all my clothes from the ’90s. But when I look [back], I don’t go, ‘Oh, I wish I could wear those clothes again.’ Of course I didn’t save them. But it’s funny because all Coco wants is everything I wore back then.”
Although thin eyebrows are synonymous with 90s fashion, Courteney admitted she doesn’t want her daughter to follow the trend because her natural arches are so “beautiful”.
She added: “I won’t let her pluck her eyebrows. I mean I can’t tell Coco what to do, she’s 19. But she has incredibly beautiful arched, thick eyebrows.
“There was a time when she started to pluck and I got really anxious about it because I know if you pluck too much, they don’t grow back. Luckily she didn’t continue that and her eyebrows are still incredible.”
The 59-year-old actress – who admitted her eyebrows began to fallout after being overmedicated due to a thyroid issue – relies on microblading to shape her own arches.
She said: “If you look back at old pictures of me, I had such thin eyebrows. I actually put Latisse on them. Everyone has a brow elixir and I tried those.
“But I think the thing that worked best for me was Latisse. Now, I microblade my eyebrows. Anything to save time.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Camilla Cabello would “love to go blonde”.
The ‘Havana’ hitmaker is keen to undergo another dramatic transformation, having debuted jet black locks in May, but she’s worried hitting the bleach would damage her hair.
She told Britain’s Cosmopolitan magazine: “I think the first time I dyed my hair was maybe a year and a half ago now, and it’s like a sickness. I think, do I want to cut it? I would love to go blonde but would it ruin my hair?
“My hair varies depending on how I feel or what person or personality traits I want to embody.
“When I dyed my hair black, I was just ready for a little demon energy but before, it was a honey colour, so was very sweet”.
According to the 26-year-old singer, beauty is a form of self-expression and is making up for lost time as she never experimented with it when growing up.
She said: “Before, I just didn’t think about beauty, it wasn’t really an area that I played with in my life.
“Now, what I wear or playing with different make-up looks is so fun. It’s like you’re making something. I feel like I missed out on that when I was younger because I didn’t have anyone around me who was big on fashion or beauty, like my mom doesn’t really wear any makeup. So it’s been really fun to get into that.”
Camila revealed her style muse is breakout star Taylor Russell because she’s not afraid to experiment.
She gushed: “I’m obsessed with her, she’s just so beautiful. I love her pixie cut and how she experiments with make-up and fashion.”

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