Today is  Melanoma Monday, and to help you keep your skin protected Neutrogena wants to give one lucky MakeHerUp reader a prize package containing 6 great sunscreen products!

The sun is getting brighter, there is less protective ozone and people are spending more time outdoors. And, due to global climate changes, the spring season starts earlier and fall arrives later. This means we are exposed to more dangerous UV rays now than in earlier decades.

Melanoma, the most deadly form of skin cancer, is the most preventable type of cancer but is still on the rise. Help raise awareness by wearing ORANGE on “Melanoma Monday,” Monday, May 6.

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Subtle, glowing skin was all the rage at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner this weekend. Stars like Claire Danes and Olivia Munn let their couture and their flawless features do the talking with glowy cheeks and understated eyes and lips.

And the winners are…..

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Elizabeth Banks by Hairstylist Matthew Monzon

About: “Elizabeth wore an amazing Versace gold chain dress with a custom pair of Brian Atwood Shoes (her date). With the drama of the outfit, we didn’t want her hair to be too insane, so we tried to downplay it a little bit, but keep the punk effect. We came up with a cool, sleek ponytail that had a sculptural effect when fused to the head with barrettes in the back.“ — Monzon

How To Get The Look:

• Spray a generous amount of Davines Melu Shied ($31.50/davines.com) onto damp hair. Follow by putting a healthy amount of Davines For Wizards No 3 Universal Mattering Mousse ($26/barneys.com) throughout the hair along with a few pumps of Davines OI/OIL ($39.50/davines.com) on the ends.
• Blow dry with a big paddle brush to try to maintain the sleek straightness, avoiding any “bend.” Add extensions, when desired.
• Create a masculine, sleek square look in the front. Once the squareness is established, pull hair into a ponytail at the crown of the head. Do this by first focusing on pulling hair from the nape, then the sides, and lastly the top. Secure with a bungee band and take a 1/4 inch of hair and wrap it around to hide the band.

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REVLON BRAND AMBASSADOR OLIVIA WILDE AT THE 2013 MET GALA

REVLON Global Brand Ambassador Olivia Wilde attended the 2013 Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, to celebrate the museum’s new exhibition, “Punk: Chaos to Couture,” in New York City on Monday, May 6th. Celebrity Makeup Artist, Melanie Inglessis, created bold eyes with a focus on heavy liner to complement Olivia’s Calvin Klein cut-out gown, for a sophisticated look with a punk twist.

“I wanted to play off this year’s Met Gala theme as inspiration for Olivia’s look,” said Inglessis. “Olivia has the most beautiful eyes so we really wanted to focus on that. We didn’t want to go too literal, so we opted for a classic black eye liner but double lined it with a white liner to complement Olivia’s white and black dress. To create the eye look I started with a black kajal liner and drew a beautiful, simple line with a very soft winged end. Once I was happy with the shape, I went over it with a crème gel liner to seal the line and keep it looking really black and bold all night. Next I used the white end of the kajal liner and drew a second line above the black on the upper lid. To finish the eyes I smudged a grey cream shadow into the lower lid, curled the lashes twice and swept on three coats of mascara for a tacky somewhat clumpy look.”

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If you are like me the up and down weather patterns of Spring can wreak havoc on your skin. I started using Elemental Herbology Radiance Peel once a week in April and I love the results.

This is a great peel product and is not as scary as it sounds. The product is smooth and creamy and safe even for my sensitive skin no burning or irritation when I apply it and it only needs to stay on for 4 short minutes.  More »

With summer around the corner, that means it’s time for bikinis, short shorts and overall, showing off more skin. Nair products provide professional results at home for staying smooth all summer long – at a fraction of what you’d pay at a salon.

Nair Brazilian Spa Clay Total Care Body Trio and Face Trio are the new depilatories to join the popular Brazilian Spa Clay Line inspired by the beauty secrets and hair removal expertise of Brazil. Each product is infused with mango butter and açai berry known to moisturize the skin, and mineral-rich clay known to purify the skin.

Step 1: The first step is the pre-balm, which coats the skin to help minimize irritation and redness
Step 2: The second step is the depilatory. There’s no drying time so you can apply the depilatory immediately after using the pre-balm.
Step 3: After removing the depilatory product, apply the moisturizer, which is similar to a typical facial moisturizer. This will help neutralize the pH of the skin, bringing it back to the normal level.

To learn more about Nair’s full line of summer hair removal products visit, http://NairLikeNeverBefore.com

Disclosure: This is a sponsored post for Nair. All opinions are 100% my own from my own use of the products.

Winona Ryder looks absolutely gorgeous on the May cover of Interview Magazine! She’s all gothed out – and I think she nails it!

Winona is promoting her new movie, ‘The Iceman,’ which opened this last weekend in limited theaters. Winona plays the wife of Richard Kuklinski (played by one of my fav’s, Michael Shannon), the real-life serial killer who killed over 100 people for hire – and for sport – before being arrested in 1986. Richard got his nickname because he would often freeze his victims because law enforcement had a more difficult time of determining when the victims died.

In the interview, Winona opens up about her new role:

Taking on a different kind of role in ‘The Iceman’: “This was something that I’d never done before — this genre, true crime — and my biggest fear was that there would be something romantic about it. I could not watch all of those interviews with Richard Kuklinski that are on YouTube or do a lot of research, because what creeps me out even more than the guy himself is the fascination that other people have with this kind of violence. I mean, I get it, but I also see it as repulsive, because this was not a guy in a situation where this guy was war-torn and it was kill or be killed. He was straight-up murdering people for a lot of money.”

Preparing for her role: “I thought about the wives of people like Bernie Madoff and even about ‘The Sopranos.’ But I didn’t do a lot of research, because if I had, then I think I would have played it in a way that the director did not want me to play it. I just went through the script with a Sharpie and blacked out all of the scenes where he was killing people and the ones that I wasn’t in where things were happening that she wasn’t aware of — or maybe she was aware them, but was choosing to be in denial about them.”

Her character was not a victim: “On some level, she had to have known, and so I think she does bear some responsibility, and that was something that I tried to infuse into the character — a sense of greed and of, like, ‘Baby, you better go do what you gotta do, because I want to buy my Valentino suits.’ It was very important to me to show that she was not this naive, wide-eyed mother. She wants to live the way they’re living. There’s also a scene where the girls come into their bedroom and Deborah says the thing about how there are too many people in the world for God to care about all of them. That’s actually a horrible thing to say to your kids . . . While I know that a lot of people refer to her as a victim, I don’t. Maybe she didn’t know that he was, like, shooting people in the face, but to have stayed with him for that long, she had to have known on some level.”

I’ve been wanting to see this movie for what feels like years. I first heard about it ages ago – and it’s been wrapped for eons. I don’t know what’s taken so long to get this to the big screen, but I’m excited to finally see it! I remember watching the HBO documentary on this guy, and I’m looking forward to the movie. I think Winona is a great actress, and it’s nice to see her in a meaty role!

She looks fabulous on the cover, don’t you think?

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