Shampoo not only washes your hair, it keeps it healthy and strong. Make sure you’re using the best shampoo for your hair type.

Step1:Identify your hair type. Is it oily? Normal? Consult your hairdresser if necessary.

Step2:Feel lucky if you have normal hair. Choose a shampoo that is made specifically for normal hair, and make sure it’s meant for daily or every-other-day washes.

Step3:Choose a gentle shampoo that is made specifically for oily hair and/or for daily use, if your hair gets greasy. Make sure it has ingredients like tea tree oil, sage oil and chamomile.

Step4:Opt for a moisturizing shampoo for curly hair, and a protein-based shampoo for kinky hair.

Step5:Read the label on a protein-based shampoo and make sure that protein is listed as one of the first ingredients, followed by shea butter, glycerin, sulfur or carotene.

Step6:Use a color-safe shampoo and conditioner every day for hair that’s been dyed, bleached or highlighted.

Your wedding is coming fast, and you’re likely curious, concerned or even anxious about applying your makeup for the big day. Rest assured, most brides-to-be think about their make-up for that particular day more than any other day of their lives, so you’re not alone. Following a few guidelines should put your mind at ease.

Caring for Your Skin

• Wash your face every day.
• Remove your makeup every night.
• Exfoliate twice a week.
• Drink plenty of water and get enough sleep.

Preparation

• Consider hiring a professional makeup artist if you’re inexperienced with applying your own make-up or if you want to make sure everything is perfect.
• Choose makeup based on the time and place of your wedding. Wear softer and more naturallooking make-up if most of your wedding is during the day or outdoors. Wear bolder and more glamorous make-up if most of your wedding is during the evening or indoors.
• Choose makeup that will complement your dress and hair. Wear more glamorous makeup if your dress is sophisticated, long or ivory/off-white. Wear more natural-looking makeup if your dress is simple, shorter or white.
• Schedule a makeup trial run either with the professional makeup artist you hired or schedule a makeup consultation at a salon or department store cosmetics counter if you’re doing it yourself.

Applying Makeup on the Day

• Start with applying foundation (that closely matches your skin tone) lightly and evenly over your face.
• Use a natural-looking, powder-based blush next. Start at the hairline by the middle of your ear, blend forward to the front of your cheek, blend back to the hairline and then up, and then apply a bit more powder to the front of your cheek. Repeat for the other side.
• Apply your chosen lipstick smoothly. Use a lip liner of the same shade after applying lipstick. Make sure there’s no color on your teeth.
• Work on your eyes last. Use an eyelash curler to curl your eyelashes. Apply eyeliner, then eyeshadow, and finish off with mascara.

Makeup brushes can harbor lots of dirt and bacteria, but frequent washing of your makeup brushes can keep them – and your face – clean and healthy. Below are some tips and pointers on how to keep your makeup brushes clean.

Step1:Run the bristles of the makeup brush under warm running water.

Step2:Apply a small amount of shampoo to bristles and work into a light lather.

Step3:Rinse bristles thoroughly under running water. You will notice that the water leaving the brush is tinted from old makeup.

Step4:Continue rinsing until no color leaves the brush.

Step5:Allow it to air-dry.

She is the proud mom of two little boys. She gave birth recently to her second.

Naomi Watts is a fresh-faced beauty. Very low maintenance. And she also has the type of facial canvas where you can create tons of different, attractive looks. Makeup artists love her features.

You can build her look from girl-next-door to screen siren with just a little of this and that.

Maybe that’s why Naomi is the new face of Thierry Mugler Angel. The fragrance is one with power and presence, and she loves dabbing it on in the evenings. Angel Eau de Parfum is available at fine department stores like Saks 5th Avenue ($177, 2.6 oz.).

Speaking of Mugler, he’s also got a super mascara formula that Naomi Watts also adores wearing to special events at night. Thierry Mugler Flash on Lash Mascara ($28). "You get major length using this," she says.

We also learned from InStyle magazine recently, that Naomi doesn’t go anywhere without applying sunscreen first. Her fav is Coppertone Water Babies Sunscreen Lotion ($18). This is the strong one with an SPF at 50.

"If it’s sensitive enough for a baby, it’s good enough for me," Naomi Watts told the magazine.
And running around with a new baby and an active one-year-old also means that the cinema star prefers the natural, pretty look for daytime. And Naomi adds warmth and a punch of soft color with Stila Cherry Crush Lip & Cheek Stain ($24, sephora.com).
"Gives a nice berry tint to lips and cheeks," she says.

Thanks for the beauty tips, Naomi.