Elizabeth Banks always looks amazingly beautiful, and the actress says she works hard to keep it that way. The 37-year-old actress reveals her grueling fitness regime in the March issue of Women’s Health Magazine.

In the interview, Elizabeth reveals the secret to her figure, explaining the great lengths she goes to to stay in shape.

“I do this system called TRX. It was developed by a Navy SEAL and is basically a simple cord that you can wrap around something anywhere, anytime, and you use your body weight as resistance,” she explains.

“We installed one in our home gym, but you can also attach it to a tree. It’s very easy to travel with.”

She does, however, let herself indulge in her favorites from time to time. “Pimm’s and ginger ale. Makes me very happy,” she says.

She also reveals her food vices, which include cupcakes, cheese, pesto, bread and cookie dough.

The actress admits that her looks often used to get in the way of getting certain roles.

‘I’m grateful for my career, but there’s a level of dissatisfaction that keeps me going,’ she says. ‘I’m always looking for challenges. I’m open to anything. I get out of the way of all plans.’

Before she became famous, Banks said that she used to do a little bit of modelling, but hardly enjoyed the job.

‘I did a little modeling, almost exclusively for the Petite Sophisticate catalog – not very glamorous. But it paid a lot of bills, and we got go to Miami in the winter,’ she explains.

Banks is about to star in the upcoming surefire hit The Hunger Games as escort tribute Effie Trinket.

She can currently be seen in the thriller Man On A Ledge and is part of the star studded cast of What To Expect When You’re Expecting, which will be released later this year in May.

I love Elizabeth. She is hilarious, and I can’t wait to see her in ‘Hunger Games’.

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The makers behind Axe Body spray is launching a line of fragrance for women.

The British brand has been around since 1985, and it’s ads showing beautiful women all over the men who wear Axe, are well known.

Over the years commercials showing nerds, unattractive, otherwise boring men, ending up with gorgeous model-type women. And all they had to do was use Axe body spray!!

While the ads drew criticism for their portrayal of women, you can’t argue the fact that they were successful! After almost thirty years of concentrating on men, the brand has decide to branch out into the female market.

The new fragrance, called ‘Lynx Attract’ in a “For Him” and “For Her” line will hit the shelves soon.

The launch will be accompanied by a typically racy advert – showing men and women causing chaos because they are so attracted to each other.

In previous ads, a campaign in 2004 showed how the scent gave a geeky man the confidence to dance and attract women.

This was followed by more provocative marketing – which suggested Lynx ‘turned nice girls naughty’.

Selina Sykes, Lynx Marketing Manager at Unilever UK, said: ‘This is a historic moment for Lynx as a brand.

‘For the first time in our 27 year history we are launching a male and female fragrance at the same time.’

Lynx claims ‘Attract For Him’ will drive the girls crazy with its sensual fruity and woody notes.

Meanwhile, the firm says: ‘Attract For Her perfectly complements the male scent and will drive the guys wild with its fruity, floral and woody fragrance.

‘A vibrant colourful mixture of succulent fruit creates an enticing fusion while floral notes leave a feminine accord.
‘Bottom notes of wood, musk and vanilla give the fragrance a sheer creaminess.’

The male version is described as ‘top notes of Pomegranate, apple and blueberry create a fresh scent while mid notes of violet, sage and lavender add a sharp crispness.’

My question is – would you try a Lynx body spray? Does your man use Axe? If so – what do you think about it?

Here are some promo pics from Lynx’s Facebook page.

I received this packet in the mail last week, and I quickly opened it to check it out. I was TOTALLY excited to see 8 single sachets of beauty biodegradable travel wipes!

Here’s what’s included in the packet:

• Waterproof Makeup Remover Wipe (1)
• Oil-Free Face Cleanser Wipe, Naturally Fragranced (1)
• Oil-Free Face Cleanser Wipe, Fragrance-Free (1)0
• Instant Body Soother Wipe (1)
• Heathly Hand Sanitizer Wipes (3)
• Acetone Free Nail Polish Remover Pad (1)

Do you have a traveler in your family? Someone on the go? A busy mommy? This handy little gift would make the PERFECT stocking stuffer. Throw it in your carry-on bag, or keep it in your diaper bag or glove box. I guarantee this will be pulled out more than once – and often!!

You know the best part? This only cost $3.99!!

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Need some great gift idea’s for this holiday season? Check out these two new amazing gift packs!

First – For Him!

Tie up this French-crafted trio for a handsome start to his holidays. Botanically rev up the season with Formule 1′s head-to-toe citrus cleanser followed by Vu’s complexion-charming organic Beau Baume shave crème, versatile enough to use even without water! Wrap it all up with Habitude facial moisturizer, a soothing chamomile and jojoba blend with SPF 15 that leaves skin refreshingly hydrated and aromatically alluring. Add a bow, and this travel-sized gift is ready to go!
Items included in this set*:

FORMULE 1 – Men’s 3-in-1 Wash (1 tube)
HABITUDE Men’s Face Crème (1 tube)
BEAU BAUME Organic Shave Balm (1 tube)

Regular retail value for this set is $75.50. Stock up on this amazing offer while supplies last!

*Gift set is packaged in a special edition gift box with holiday touches of sparkle infused. Will include shipping crinkle, an interior tissue wrap and note, metallic ribbon wrap and special edition travel stickers for the exterior of the gift box. The gift boxes will be nestled inside an outer shipping box for protection.

I can’t wait to give this to someone special this holiday season. The box comes beautifully wrapped, not just inside – but out! It’s a great gift all around – you won’t be sorry!

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Second – For Her!

Combined to quench one’s thirst both inside and out, this delicious duo drenches in decadent delight! For your exterior, SnapDragon Body Drench is a brand new antioxidant-rich citrus body crème that satiates skin in nourishing hydration spiked with anti-aging mixers. The set also includes the always adored SnapDragon Beauty Beverage to celebrate your interior. Enjoyed alone or mixed and mingled with holiday spirits, this light and tasty all-natural drink is designed to help repair, restore and re-balance your body’s internal systems, giving your skin a radiant, beautiful glow. It aims to boost your overall vitality – a truly vital gift for your overall health during the holiday hullabaloo.

Not sure what to gift this season? Just SNAP DEW IT twice. One set to give and one to receive the beauty benefits all for you… soak in the joyous citrus celebration!

Items included in this set*:

SNAPDRAGON Beauty Beverage
SNAPDRAGON Crème Pour Les Corps

Regular retail value for these 2 items is $55. Stock up on this amazing offer while supplies last!

*Gift set is packaged in a special edition gift box with holiday touches of sparkle infused. Will include shipping crinkle, an interior tissue wrap and note, metallic ribbon wrap and special edition travel stickers for the exterior of the gift box. The gift boxes will be nestled inside an outer shipping box for protection.

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Well, I could lie to you and tell you that as soon as I saw this – I didn’t DIVE right into it – and drink the whole bottle of beauty beverage, but I did. I is SOOOO good! This is one of the more fun gift sets I’ve seen in a long time. It comes in this big beautifully wrapped box, and inside – you get two amazing products! LOVE IT!

Votre Vu’s Bebe Duette is a perfect combination of intensely moisturizing lip balm and decadently nourishing hand cream. With its innovative packaging, 1 part hand crème/1 part lip balm (with a handy mirror for application perfection) the Bebe Duette is the ideal addition to any bag!

I am absolutely obsessed with the raspberry one. It is amazing!!! So in love! You guys MUST try it!!

The beneficial Luxe Lips lip balm created with coconut, sunflower and premiere pressed castor oils along with shea butter and beeswax, gently protects, nourishes and softens lips in every condition. Available in either clear or raspberry tinted balm, the raspberry balm adds a subtle hint of color to lips, offering a juicy passion fruit flavor to your pout. The vitamin E infused anti-aging formula is worth its weight in gold! UV filters add extra protection to your luxe lips, so indulge often and with pleasure.

The Tarte D’Amande Hand Crème nourishes hands using a unique combination of sunflower, jojoba and grape seed oils, combined with aloe and wheat proteins. With added natural sun filters, the easily absorbed Tarte D’Amande keeps hands soft and supple, maintaining natural tone while delighting your nose with it’s intoxicating aroma.

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Bébé Duette, Luxe Lips & Luxe Lips Framboise

Duo with a raspberry twist! Now you can enjoy two petite versions of our beloved original – both with deeply moisturizing lip balm and decadently rich hand crème. Includes one Bébé Duette with clear Luxe Lips and one Bébé Duette with Luxe Lips Framboise (raspberry) in the caps of the hand crème. Variety TWO pack.

Luxe Lips:
This nourishing lip balm made from coconut oil, shea butter and beeswax gently protects, nourishes and softens lips in every condition. A deliciously light and natural coconut flavor delivers a guiltless treat to your mouth with every application. Intensively nourishing, your lips will become supple and shiny again. This formula is worth its weight in gold! Topped with UV filters to add extra protection to your luxe lips, you can indulge in dessert as often as you wish.

Luxe Lips Framboise:
Let the sheer spirit of LUXE LIPS – FRAMBOISE (raspberry) infuse you, arouse you and nurture you. It’s a universally flattering and joyful color for every day – with a nothing “everyday” about it formulation. This beneficial lip balm created with coconut, sunflower and premiere pressed castor oils along with shea butter and beeswax, gently protects, nourishes and softens lips in every condition. A deliciously light, citrusy, natural passion fruit flavor delivers an exotic indulgence to your mouth with every use. This vitamin E infused anti-aging formula is worth its weight in gold! UV filters add extra protection to your luxe lips, so indulge often and with pleasure!

Tarte D’Amande, ALMOND PIE NUTRIENT RICH HAND CRÈME.

This intoxicating hand crème leaves a soft veil of almond and coconut fragrance lingering on the skin. Beautifully absorbed, this special formula was developed to maintain the health, beauty and suppleness of your hands, while delighting your nose with a decadent aroma. This succulent recipe of nourishing and protecting sunflower, grape seed and jojoba oils combined with moisturizing and healing aloe, wheat proteins and natural sun filters develops into the perfect treat, anytime of the day. You’ll never gain an ounce of fat, just one big serving of hydrating heaven! Luxe Hand Crème contains sun filters for UVA/UVB protection to maintain skin tone, while helping protect and keep hands soft, supple and younger looking.

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Kim Kardashian is living with psoriasis. I don’t know how she does it. I mean, how awful. What could POSSIBLY be worse than psoriasis!? (You picking up my sarcasm here?) Kim boldly and bravely opened up about her struggles with psoriasis on her reality show, ‘Keeping Up With the Kardashians’. We got to see Kim break down and lose it over getting the awful diagnosis. Is there a medal we can give her?

Well, these pictures landed in my inbox this morning, and I realized that Kimmy is probably using this psoriasis as a way to make more money.

This is a photo of my psoriasis before! The next pic in the galley is the AFTER pic! I’m using Sally Hansen Airbrush Legs spray and it is my lifesaver at the moment! I love this stuff! It really covers up my psoriasis so well!

Now, I’m only guessing that she’s being paid for this blurb in her blog….but methinks the Kardashian’s wouldn’t turn away a chance to make a buck. They will promote anything! Sell anything! Heck, Kris is making money off her incontinence issues!

Ever the opportunist, 55-year-old Kris Jenner managed to turn incontinence into yet another money maker, landing a gig as the face of Poise pads.

What do you think – was Kim paid for this post?

More on the product from Sally Hansen:

Tanning and pantyhose are so yesterday. Now you can give your legs a makeover in just seconds. No sun. No salon. No streaks. Just flawless looking, irresistible, sexy legs. This light-weight leg makeup, enriched with Palmaria Extract, enhances the coverage of freckles, veins and imperfections. It’s water and transfer resistant. Bare legs are nice. Airbrush Legs are irresistible. Find Airbrush Legs ® in the Sally Hansen section at your local retailer.

I was a bit shocked to see this article on Huffington Post this afternoon. Yes, I know the dangers of getting a pedicure in a salon. I know those tools are probably not as clean as they should be.

I was thrilled to find  a salon last week that opened my pedicure tools like they were in an operating room. My clippers, etc., were vacuum sealed in their own packet, and it was opened fresh for me. That was VERY comforting (and I’ll be going back there for sure).

But in case you didn’t know – here are some things to watch out for!

You may have a little more trouble relaxing into that massage chair with a magazine after this one — an unsanitary pedicure could lead a viral infection (such as warts), bacterial infections from ingrown toenails and agressive filing, or a fungal infection of the skin and nails, among other serious health problems, says Jackie Sutera, a New York City podiatrist.

Since some salons have better sanitizing practices than others, she recommends that you always bring your own tools (her favorites are Tweezerman), including cuticle nippers, toe clippers, a nail file, nail clippers and, most importantly, a foot file. “That’s one of the dirtiest things in that whole salon,” she says. “There’s a misconception that because they put it in a blue solution or because they put it in a thing that looks like a toaster oven, it’s clean — but it might not be.”

Sutera recommends hitting the spa earlier in the day, when things tend to be a bit cleaner and sanitary — before dozens of feet have soaked in the same bath on the same day and before technicians have a possibility of getting tired. And she would skip the “Wednesday Special” (that too-good-to-be true package deal for a mani/pedi combo), as it drives a lot of business and, correspondingly, could up your germ exposure.

Also, don’t give into the temptation to soak your feet too long. “It’s a cesspool in there,” Sutera says of the foot bath. “Don’t sit there and soak in that water forever.”

As far as those foot razors that promise to shave your callouses down for sandal-ready feet — skip it. “It’s really dangerous,” Sutera explains. Going at the heels too hard can reveal deep layers of skin that should never be exposed, leading to permanent damage or even scarring. Instead, just keep a pumice stone in your shower to keep up with the daily maintenance yourself.

Don’t shave your legs for at least 24 hours before the appointment, suggests Jessica Krant, Founder of Art of Dermatology in New York City — freshly shaved skin can be more prone to infection, especially when a technician is massaging up your thighs.

Post-pedi, slip your toes into your own flip flops — and for extra safety, clean your own feet when you get back home, Sutera says.