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Emma Stone is a firm believer in beauty comes from inside.

The Help actress spoke to YouBeauty.com earlier this month about her character Skeeter’s struggle with that elusive idea of inner beauty.

“I think at the beginning, understandably, she is deeply affected by her appearance and her mother’s disapproval of [her curly hair,]” Stone told the website.

“Skeeter was lucky enough to have Constantine [her family's maid,] who reminded her that she was beautiful and smart and could choose her life.”

Stone, 22, says that coming to terms with yourself is really how you become truly beautiful.

“Confidence is the only key. I know a lot of people who aren’t traditionally ‘beautiful’—not symmetrical or perfect-bodied or perfect-skinned. But none of that matters because all that shines through is their confidence, humor and comfort with themselves,” she says.

“If you know yourself and what you’re meant to do and you find a passion and purpose in life, that is true beauty.”

A beautiful and confident Emma was radiant on the red carpet for the premiere of The Help. Check out those photos below.

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Taylor Swift is launching a fragrance of her very own this fall.

The “You Belong With Me” singer will partner with Elizabeth Arden for Wonderstruck – a blend of apple blossom, raspberry, hibiscus and honeysuckle scents to evoke a feeling that Swift says reminds her of “magical feelings.”

“Falling in love is a moment every girl daydreams about and Wonderstruck represents that magical feeling of promise and hope and intrigue. It was fascinating to learn that you can layer so many different scents to create a beautiful end result.”

Swift, 21, recalls how her lyrics inspired the fragrance.

“I wrote the lyric, ‘I’m wonderstruck, blushing all the way home,’ for the song Enchanted about the first time you meet someone. A fragrance can help shape someone’s first impression and memory of you. It’s exciting to think that Wonderstruck will play a role in creating some of those memories.”

Even the packaging is reminiscent of Swift’s personal design. The box will have her lucky number 13 embossed in gold, the purple iridescent sparkle bottle is adorned with Taylor’s favorite charms: a bird cage, the dove and a Moravian star.

Wonderstruck will be available starting in October.

It’s got it’s own magic as Emma Watson gets a little flirty with a very good-looking guy in her new commercial for Lancôme Trésor Midnight Rose perfume.

The 21 year-old is paired with French model Cyril Descours in the new advertisement shot in March in Paris.

Watson confessed to not really loving fragrances all that much until this one.

“I didn’t really like perfumes before because I thought they were heavy, but this one is really light and playful,” she revealed.

“I feel lucky to embody a fragrance I am so crazy in love with.”

Watson and Descours filmed the ad campaign with Mario Testino and the actress said she loved the idea of life’s unexpected surprises.

“What I love about this story that we put together is that it’s almost fate, like chance, that brings the two of them together,” says the star.

“You never know what’s going to be around the corner. That’s what we wanted to get across in the fragrance: that life is magical with little surprises.”

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New products are coming for the successful fashion line Material Girl, by Madonna and daughter Lourdes Leon.

Starting with intimates and sleepwear this month, Macy’s will add outerwear, party dresses and more denim options in the coming weeks.

Be on the lookout for bras, bustiers, sweatpants and boxer shorts hitting shelves first.

Beginning in August the beauty and make up starts to roll in. Nail polishes and lip glosses, body sprays and lotions arrive by August 15th and eye shadow palettes are available by September 15th.

Lourdes got the enviable job of choosing names for the beauty products.

”It was so much fun getting to pick all of my favorite scents for the Material Girl body products and lip glosses,” she told WWD. “The body products have fun names like Wicked Watermelon, Flirty Fruit, Midnight Magnolia and Sinful Sugar. I chose scents that I loved.”

The new clothing and beauty products are aimed at teens and young women, expanding the line from tweens to a little older customer as well.

Ah love! Or maybe it’s her intoxicating perfume…

Leighton Meester is the new face of Vera Wang‘s third fragrance, Lovestruck and the new commercial has a romantic, Romeo and Juliet feel to it.

The Gossip Girl fidgets on a New York City balcony while a very hot guy, who is so enchanted with her, climbs the fire escape to reach her, bringing her a bouquet of flowers that happen to match her dress perfectly!

Her tousled hair and plum colored mermaid style dress are fairy tale worthy and in the end, the two share a very romantic embrace as the flowers tumble to the ground. Radiant Leighton!

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High end beauty is Blair Waldorf’s signature, but for the actress who plays the Gossip Girl Queen Bee, the drugstore is the way to go.

Leighton Meester shared with Stylelist how where she grew up helped shape how she buys her beauty must haves:

“Look, I’m a South Florida girl — if you need mascara, you go to Walgreens,” she said.

The 24 year-old Herbal Essences Brand Ambassador continued:

“One of the joys of my job is being able to try all different products, but if I can spend a lot less on something, I’d rather do that.”

She fessed up to her current beauty craves.

“I’m currently loving those CoverGirl lip stains. The L’Oréal Naturale Mascara is great. And I always pick up cocoa butter. It’s 99 cents! I love it!” said Meester.

Love it!

Taylor Swift is the face for CoverGirl cosmetics new NatureLuxe line. The beautiful ads are gorgeous, ethereal and light and Swift shines in the campaign for the brand new product.

Taylor is featured in the print ad that says “Introducing a breath of fresh air! Flawless coverage with a light-as-air feel. New NatureLuxe Silk Foundation.” Swift said in a press release:

“I’m really excited for people to discover the new NatureLuxe line from CoverGirl! The Silk Foundation and Gloss Balm are really light and fresh, they feel amazing on my skin,”

The beauty products hit shelves in January 2011.

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Herbal Essences sponsored a promotional event in Madrid, Spain at the Hesperia Hotel on November 24th with Leighton Meester sitting pretty. Meester is the official Hair Ambassador of the product line and the actress was picture perfect for the photo call.

Leighton chose a little black dress from Versus and open toed pumps from Pierre Hardy (and they were fabulous!) The Gossip Girl actress had the look of the season – smoky eyes and pale lips – and perfect lightly tousled hair to complete her look.

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Gorgeous Gossip Girl star Leighton Meester gets glamour-fied for the December 2010 issue of Marie Claire UK. The actress is the focus of the winter editorial of the Beauty and her hairstylist, Charles Baker Strahan works his magic on the tresses of the Herbal Essences Hair Ambassador. Curls, braids, messy topknots and a Chanel tattoo give the star a variety of looks – and she looks amazing in each.

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The 10th Anniversary of Supermodels Unlimited has Victoria Justice featured front and center for the winter issue.

The beautiful Victorious actress also hosted a party for the anniversary edition of the magazine a couple of weekends ago and her Nickelodeon costars and close friends Avan Jogia, Ashley Argota and Daniella Monet were on hand to support her.

Justice was asked on the red carpet about her beauty routines (lots of sleep and avoiding sugar) and who her dream date would be (Robert DeNiro.) Check out the video below to hear more from Victoria.

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