“I have been developing my look for 22 years,” explains 39-year-old Von Teese. “I was first inspired in 1991 by the Fifties pin-up Bettie Page, then by many other glamorous women of the Thirties and Forties from musicals, like Betty Grable and Carmen Miranda.”
As a burlesque dancer myself, I know how much more work it is to paint yourself into a throw-back bombshell, but does anyone look as perfect as Dita? Here she tells me — and you — how to recreate her beautiful, timeless look.
Star-quality skin
“I start by brushing my teeth, of course. I use about six products.” It’s a moment before I realise she means six facial products, not toothpastes. She starts with a Darphin cleanser, then exfoliates with a Clarisonic brush — an electronic brush designed to stimulate skin cell growth. Her choice of moisturiser is a £95 pot of Crème de la Mer as well as its partner eye cream. Finally and, she says, most important, is her Christian Dior Diorsnow UV Illuminating Protective Base, to protect her delicate fair skin from the sun, even when in England. She then home-brews her daily “green smoothie”, the recipe for which she got from a book called The Beauty Detox Solution by Kimberly Snyder. “It glows green,” Dita says. At night she uses a Lumiere night cream, and Refissa eye cream, which she recommends for women in their thirties.
Источник: Evening Standard
