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"  Photo: Courtesy of Ann Taylor Kate Hudson said what we are all often thinking while flipping through the pages of a fashion glossy (like ELLE) or scrolling through a slideshow of sartorial-savvy street style images\u2014it would be nice to have a traveling team of beauty pros to fix us up at all times. The acclaimed actress opened up about this in the exclusive video below, in which we watch her primp and prep for her latest Ann Taylor campaign for fall 2013. The coolest part? Hudson shot the video herself on her iPhone. How&amp;#039;s that for a celeb #selfie? Hudson has been the face of Ann Taylor since the spring of 2012, and most recently, she lent her personal style to the affordable retailer by co-designing a summer capsule collection along with Ann Taylor&amp;#039;s creative director Lisa Axelson. What makes this set of ads\u2014shot by Mikael Jansson\u2014particularly noteworthy is that Hudson (the Hollywood leading lady that she is) takes on different personas of real life women. She plays the part of a professional office exec, a wife, a mother, a sister, a best friend, and a daughter. &amp;quot;This campaign definitely feels like me,&amp;quot; she told ELLE.com. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s a little bit about how I live. The 24/7 lives we all lead. You&amp;#039;re trying to juggle it all and look fabulous and be there for your family and get out the door to your job. I mean this is the wild, wonderful life women live today! I love it. I just love what Ann Taylor is doing this season. It&amp;#039;s chic and it&amp;#039;s real.&amp;quot; When asked which woman inspires her the most, her response hit close to home. &amp;quot;My mom has always had this amazing way of seeing things in a new way with a grander perspective, which is not an easy thing to do,&amp;quot; she said. &amp;quot;What I learned from my mom is to not be afraid of expression\u2014of expressing where you&amp;#039;ve been, who you&amp;#039;ve been, what you&amp;#039;ve learned, where you&amp;#039;re going, and really, really being true to yourself.&amp;quot; The ads are so personal to Hudson that her own nephews appear in a few of the shots. &amp;quot;I love that Ann Taylor wanted this campaign to be more personal and have my family be a part of it. It just makes these pictures feel so much more a part of my life.&amp;quot; The star admitted, &amp;quot;It was a blast!&amp;quot; Expect more of these types of story-telling campaigns from Ann Taylor in seasons to come.       Photo: Courtesy of Ann Taylor "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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