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There are times in life when you just have to bear humiliation with a sense of humour - and the day I stepped out of a swimming pool wearing my new bathing suit with a built-in false bra was one of them. Five years ago, my daughter and I had been invited to join one of her school friends and her mum for a break at their villa in the South of France. The villa had a pool and my daughter, who was just starting to be body-conscious, was keenly aware that, unlike most mums, I don't have a bosom. This is because, ten years ago, when I had breast cancer and a mastectomy, I decided on the healthier choice - to have no further surgery, reconstructive or otherwise. Cancer survivor Koo Stark is now growing old not only gracefully but supremely gratefully So, not wanting to draw attention to myself for my daughter's sake, off I trotted to Rigby & Peller, corsetiere to Her Majesty, to buy a decorous one-piece with artfully constructed prosthetic breasts. I felt pleased with my el

Dakota Fanning has defended her controversial Marc Jacobs advert, that was banned for being too 'sexually provocative'. The colour ad, released in late 2011, showed the then 17-year-old actress sitting with a vase-shaped bottle of Oh Lola! scent resting between her thighs. At the time critics suggested that Mr Jacobs was exploiting the fact that Miss Fanning looked so young, but the blonde-haired starlet has hit back stating that 'I love Marc and trust him.' Scroll down for video Controversial: The colour Marc Jacobs ad, released in late 2011, showed Dakota Fanning sitting with a vase-shaped bottle of Oh Lola! scent resting between her thighs Asked if she was surprised when the image caused such a stir, the 18-year-old told Glamour magazine for its March issue: 'Yeah, I was! If you want to read something into a perfume bottle, then I guess you can. 'But it’s also like, Why are you making it about that, you creep? I love Marc and trust him, and we just la

Billions of cicadas are expected to hit and swarm the East Coast from New England to North Carolina this spring after remaining underground since the 1990s. The Brood II cicadas are expected to appear in large concentrations along the East Coast between mid-April and late May, a ritual nearly two decades in the making. ‘Brood II is a periodic cicada that hatches out every 17 years,’ Craig Gibbs, an entomologist at the Wildlife Conservation Society's Queens Zoo, told CBS News. The cicadas go through five stages underground feeding on tree bark and roots before they reappear above the surface. ‘What will happen is the nymphs will come up and they will shed their nymphal skin and they'll crawl up into the trees and they'll take about five days to harden and then they'll start for next four to six weeks calling and looking for mates,’ said Gibbs. The bugs will begin to arrive throughout several states to breed as the ground warms to 64 degrees and

7 die in brewery, Mexico City authorities say seven workers died while cleaning a tank at a Grupo Modelo brewery in Mexico City. A spokeswoman for city prosecutors says the accident occurred early Sunday and that investigators are looking into whether the workers died from inhaling toxic fumes. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because she was not authorized to discuss the case. Plant manager Francisco Lopez Bravo told local media the workers were trapped inside the cistern while doing maintenance work. Lopez Bravo said there are no other risks at the brewery and that it continued to operate on Sunday. Anheuser-Busch InBev has been trying since June to take over the half it doesn't already own of Grupo Modelo, which makes Corona and other globally popular beers.

Until now it has been the pricey beauty secret that has been the preserve of A-list celebrities. But for less than £10 it is now available on the high street. B. Flawless Targeted Wrinkle Filler promises to reduce crows feet in less than a month, a claim previously reserved for luxury brand eye creams with equally luxurious price tags to match. But this latest 'miracle cream' is to be found in Superdrug, not Harrods, and costs just £9.99. It contains Tetrapeptide-21, which experts claim acts as a 'key' to more youthful skin. Tetrapeptide-21 is a regular on ingredients lists of expensive Hollywood beauty products, which are reportedly loved by the likes of Jennifer Lopez and Charlize Theron. They apparently favour StriVectin and Philosophy creams, while Dame Helen Mirren and Jennifer Lopez have been known to use £215-a-pot 3Lab Super 'h' Serum. Now Tetrapeptide-21 is available on the high street, in the form of skincare range B. Flawless which includes a face c

Forget expensive wonder creams, one self-taught beauty expert claims pasting kitty litter on your face will shrink pores, prevent acne and leave skin feeling 'extremely soft'. Michelle Phan, 25, from Boston, Massachusetts, who produces online make-up tutorials for a number of big brands including Lancome, reveals that the grey-coloured pellets are made from bentonite clay - the main ingredient in most purifying facial masks and body wraps. In a homemade video - which has attracted 741,846 hits as of today - she sets to work using a $2 bag of cat litter and warns viewers to opt for the unscented variety 'because scented versions might have harmful chemicals that can irritate the skin'. Scroll down for video Budget beauty: Self-taught beauty expert Michelle Phan claims pasting kitty litter on your face will shrink pores, prevent acne breakouts and leave skin feeling 'extremely soft' 'Open your brand new bag of kitty litter,' she chimes while scooping

Cellulite, saggy skin, stretch marks... it’s enough to get any woman thinking about a little nip and tuck – or expensive spa treatments at the very least. If only there was an affordable cream available in shops to sort out all your wobbly bits... Well, there was – but now it’s sold out. The £24 tubes of Adonia StemuTone serum, used by a host of Hollywood actresses, sold out within 48 hours of going on sale with 10,000 tubes snapped up. Before skin is crinkly and wrinkly ... after three days of treatment the skin appears smoother and fresher The organic cream, made in the US, contains a mixture of plant extracts and so-called superfoods, from peppermint and carrot seed oil to camomile and pomegranate. Adonia Syemutone ingredients include plant extracts and superfood extracts US TV stars such as Sarah Lancaster of CSI have endorsed the product, while beauty expert Nuz Shugga, whose clients include Angelina Jolie, Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet, said the product was used by ce

7am Meet my morning face. My four-year-old daughter calls it 'foldy' - and it's only going to get worse. Today is Wednesday - and, according to a new study on how our faces change from hour to hour and day to day, by 3.30pm I'll be looking the ropiest I do all week. A beauty editor friend of mine claims morning faces are less wrinkled than in the afternoon, because lying down means gravity lets up a little overnight. I'm not convinced. This looks like the face of someone who belongs on a 'Wanted' poster and who clearly needs to go back to bed for an hour or two. And where did the random eyebrow spot come from? Those bags under my eyes are awful, too - and that's after a full night's sleep! Wrinkles, bags and spots - now that's just downright unfair. All the clean school uniform I carefully laid out last night has mysteriously vanished. My seven-year-old son Jed claims this is the work of the uniform troll. I can feel my wrinkles deepening.

With the BAFTAs and Elle Style Awards lighting up London this week and the Oscars still to come, the awards season is well and truly underway. And with it comes the pressure to look red carpet ready for every star-studded lunch, A-list dinner, pre-party, after party and, of course, the main event in between. Presenter, model and all round fashionista Louise Roe is an awards season regular and she knows it takes more than a fabulous dress, serious jewels and flash-proof make-up to see stars through the night. Here she shares her tips, and some very glamorous gossip, in her exclusive red carpet diary. Saturday night fever: Make-up artist Alex Babsky preps Louise for the first party of the BAFTA weekend Party girls: Louise was joined at the Lancôme pre BAFTAs party by actress, Jennifer Lawrence (left) SATURDAY 9th FEBRUARY 4pm I’ve flown in from LA to be Lancôme’s guest at the BAFTAs and it’s lovely to be back in London even though the weather is freezing! I head to their sui