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" Please forgive my brief blog hiatus. I&amp;#039;ve been a little under the weather and it&amp;#039;s hard to write about beauty when you feel crappy! So did you watch the Victoria&amp;#039;s Secret Fashion Show this past week? Normally it&amp;#039;s something my self-esteem doesn&amp;#039;t allow me to watch. I decided this when I saw the show live about five years ago. I was all dolled up, wearing my sexiest boots, and I felt...like a guy. Like I had nothing in common with the leggy creatures who graced the catwalk. It was very humbling. I was invited again this year to see the show live. I went, naturally, with some trepidation. But seeing what goes on behind the scenes made me feel much, much better about the whole thing. Do you know how many hours of beauty prep goes into that show? Here&amp;#039;s just a taste: 1. The body sculpting. I&amp;#039;m not talking about visits to the gym or hours with the trainer. I&amp;#039;m talking about the spray-tanning sessions, plus the clever contouring with bronzers and shimmers. Dark bronzer on the sides of the legs, highlighting shimmer on the front. LOTS of it. Here&amp;#039;s the Bare Bronze booth the models would disappear into to get their glow on.  2. The hair. Where do those cascading locks come from? Here&amp;#039;s a hint.  3. The makeup. Victoria&amp;#039;s Secret makeup artist Charlotte Tilbury, below left, took us through the makeup application step-by-step. I stopped counting at 15 steps.  Listen, I&amp;#039;m not saying these girls aren&amp;#039;t drop-dead gorgeous. I&amp;#039;m simply saying that with all that preparation, we&amp;#039;d all look pretty damn good, too! I watched the show this year feeling much better about myself. And I will totally try that leg-bronzing trick next summer! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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