How to master Jennifer Lawrence's bare-faced Dior skin

Jennifer Lawrence's fresh complexion glows in the new issue of Dior Magazine. Here's how to achieve the look with a little help from skintone booster balms

BY Alice du Parqc | 23 October 2013

A set of slick androgynous outfits and sharp black-and-white photography make this season's Dior Magazine shoot a thing of modern beauty, but it's their model - actress Jennifer Lawrence - who really pulls it all together. Despite her age (23) she brings a truckload of cool, calm and confidence to the images with a waxy quiff, under-styled poses and a perfectly indifferent French "boff" expression.

It's her face we're drawn to, because it's virtually naked bar a penciled-in eyebrow and a smudge of chocolate eyeliner. Her bare skin is the stuff of post-facial dreams: quenched with health, glossy in all the right places and free of any freckle-hiding foundation.

If that cellophane-skin look appeals, here is a prescription to get you one step closer to Jennifer's 23-year-old DNA.
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The cleanser: start off with a brightening, slap-in-face purge via Clarins Daily Energizer Cleansing Gel (£12 clarins.co.uk), or Alpha-H Liquid Gold Cleanser (£29.50; qvcuk.com).

The serum: aim for one with added hyaluronic acid (to prevent cells from losing water through the day), such as Indeed Labs Hydraluron Moisture Boost (£24.99 boots.com) or Aptiva Natural Serum (£29.50 marksandspencer.com).
The moisturiser: we're looking for all-day dew, which means a formula with lingering richness that keep skin comfortable and elasticised for hours. Try L'Occitane Ultra Rich Face Cream (£31 uk.loccitane.com) or Estee Lauder Vita-Mineral Moisture Crème (£46 esteelauder.co.uk).
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The tone correctors: because even ordinary 23-year-olds aren't flawless like J-Law. Clinique's Superprimer Face Primers (£20 clinique.co.uk) come in six subtly tinted shades to enhance and rebalance your skintone. They're practically invisible, but really do make a difference.
The tinted moisturiser: If you want to invest in a new one (if not, add a drop of your existing foundation to your moisturiser or to the above Primer) pick one with a fresh finish, such as Chanel Hydramax + Active Moisture Tinted Lotion (£38 boots.com) or Laura Mercier Illuminated Tinted Moisturiser (£33 houseoffraser.co.uk)
The secret weapon: warm a greasy balm between your fingertips (try Vaseline or Elizabeth Arden Eight Hour Cream) and tap it over the tops of your cheekbones, down your nose and over the brow-bones and lips. The waxy texture won't evaporate, so you'll keep that healthy gleam for hours. Just make sure you quiff back your hair a-la-Jennifer-chez-Dior so that it doesn't stick to your face.

Courtney Love's previous public fashion choices. PHOTOS: Reuters, AFP

Courtney Love admits Lycra, Spandex and rubber were all bad style choices

Former Hole rocker Courtney Love muses that unlike Kate Moss, she doesn't always nail her fashion attempts

BY Alice Newbold | 23 October 2013

Courtney Love at the premiere of her 1999 film '200 Cigarettes' Photo: Reuters

Courtney Love might have scored herself a Saint Laurent campaign at the ripe age of 49, but the controversial rocker admits her fashion career hasn't always been so successful.

"Obviously Lycra and Spandex and rubber were all bad ideas, but I'm very open," Love admitted to Fashionista. "I always try, but it doesn't mean I'm Kate Moss and always nail it."
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Fashion modesty aside, the former Hole front woman believes "context" has been the cause of some of the style discrepancies against her.
"Kate and I went to a store in Notting Hill and purchased the same exact almost Victorian capelet; I wore mine first and got slammed for it and she wore hers the following week in an identical boho outfit and it was heralded."
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Love also maintains that "weight… and facial beauty" play heavily in public style critique. Nothing to do with Love's penchant for X-rated slashed dresses and nipple flashing, then.
The wife of late musician Kurt Cobain also gave her two pennies' worth on fashion's current penchant for grunge. Despite her affiliation with Saint Laurent, who are waving the grunge trend flag for autumn/winter 2013, Love says "I don't see it anywhere, really. I have always used a flannel shirt as a belt. It's classic in some ways."
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Love, who launched her own fashion line in 2012, instead advises "crust punk" as the next street trend to dabble in. Commenting on the metal-influenced genre that brands itself with pseudo political slogan patches, dread mullets and homemade tattoos, Love said (with what we imagine as a wry smirk): this "ought to be interesting through higher-end designers."

Another of Love's questionnable style choices. PHOTO: Rex

Next Models sign Mollie King

The Saturdays singer Mollie King has been signed up by top model agency Next Model Management

BY Bibby Sowray | 23 October 2013

Mollie King Photo: Anna Victoria Best

She's best known as one fifth of girl band The Saturdays, but Mollie King is about to strike out on her own as top London agency Next Model Management sign her up under their Talent umbrella.

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"Mollie has a really great style identity and we started to notice her fashion potential. We are really excited to continue working with Mollie, she has great things ahead," said director of special bookings, Sarah Leon.
King, who may have picked up some posing tips from her former flame David Gandy, has already secured her first assignment, with high street fashion chain Oasis.
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The 26-year-old is the store's first ever ambassadress, and to celebrate she's hand-picked 45 of her favourite pieces from the brand's autumn/winter 2013 collection to create 'Loved by Mollie'.
In signing with Next, Mollie joins fellow photogenic musicians Rita Ora, Ellie Goulding, Lana Del Rey.