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"Sure, stars will spare no expense to look red-carpet ready at the Oscars this Sunday. But what should you do if you don&amp;apos;t have the time for a personal trainer or the dough for $600 facials? Celeb experts give UsMagazine.com last-minute, budget-friendly tricks to look your very best.\r\nIf you can&amp;apos;t quite swing a $600 facial...Wash your face with milk! Christine Chiu, the spa director at Beverly Hills&amp;apos; Plastic Surgery Inc. tells Us that &amp;quot;lactic acid makes milk a natural exfoliant&amp;quot; -- which softens skins and makes it high-definition camera ready. Cindy Crawford spritzes equal parts milk and mineral water on her face to keep it hydrated.\r\n\r\nIf you don&amp;apos;t have time for twice-a-week personal training sessions...Use your own body weight to tone up your arms! Trainer Holly Mosier recommends this isometric move: &amp;quot;Press your palms together firmly at the center of your chest and tighten your core as you lift come into a tiptoe position, holding for 30 seconds.&amp;quot; Repeat 10 times.\r\nIf you can&amp;apos;t afford professional teeth whitening...Brush with straight baking soda, advises NYC-based cosmetic dentist Dr. Thomas Connelly (clients include Blake Lively and Justin Timberlake). Although this isn&amp;apos;t something one should do regularly, &amp;quot;if you&amp;apos;re in a bind, the mild abrasive will whiten the surface of your teeth.&amp;quot; He also recommends using bronzer and wearing darker lipstick with blue undertones to instantly brighten teeth and avoiding &amp;quot;red wine, pasta sauce and other staining foods.&amp;quot;\r\nIf the idea of liposuction makes you nervous...&amp;quot;Slim down instantly and smooth cottage cheese ass the A-list way -- Spanx!&amp;quot; Jes Gordon, a style expert who has put her party-planning skills to work for Madonna, Jennifer Lopez and Nicolas Cage, tells Us. She recommends purchasing the brand&amp;apos;s new Skinny Britches (from $32 to $45) because they &amp;quot;can be layered to customize color and compression.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nIf you want to look slim in every picture...&amp;quot;Keep your power zones open,&amp;quot; Janine Driver, best-selling author of You Say More Than You Think, tells Us of the neck, d&amp;#xE9;colletage and belly button. &amp;quot;Leave your purse off to the side -- don&amp;apos;t have two hands in front of your body.&amp;quot; She also advises red carpet walkers to &amp;quot;stand with feet more than six inches apart unless you are wearing a full-length gown. And for a sexy smile, she recommends a closed-lip grin. &amp;quot;It&amp;apos;s coy, sexy and alluring,&amp;quot; she says.\r\nIf you don&amp;apos;t have a personal yoga instructor on speed dial...When Jennifer Aniston needs to calm her body, she calls her yoga instructor, Mandy Ingber, to help. But anyone can calm pre-show jitters by lighting pear-scented candles and taking slow, deep breaths. &amp;quot;The soothing aroma will leave you refreshed and peaceful, while the deep breathing rejuvenates the skin,&amp;quot; Elizabeth TenHouten, the author of Cooking Well: Beautiful Skin, tells Us. She recommends Green Tea Pear Candle by Aquiesse.\r\n\r\nIf you want to avoid embarrassing party mishaps...Gordon insists that every star carry a pocket-sized red carpet emergency kit. &amp;quot;Stock the essentials,&amp;quot; she says. These include a mini sewing kit in case you need to fix a hem or strap, a Tide to Go Instant Stain remover pen and dental floss.  &amp;quot;I love Urban Aid&amp;#x2019;s On the Kit because they fit everything into a chic, credit card-sized tin,&amp;quot; she tells Us."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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