"Gorgeous Woman", "Goddess", "Queen"beauty" - these are the epithets that are usually used to describe the recognized Italian beauty - Monica Bellucci. A successful actress and former photo model, she drives her fans crazy not so much with her striking appearance as with her hypnotizing, attention-grabbing gaze. In our time, when any more or less popular diva simply has to be a subtle thin girl, Monica with her curvaceous forms boldly trampled all the established rules. It is unlikely that anyone would think of calling Monica Bellucci a skinny girl, because her body shapes border between slim and curvaceous. However, this does not prevent her from remaining the standard of beauty and a real sex symbol for most of the population of our planet. What are the secrets of Monica Bellucci's beauty?
Success story: the beautiful ones also cry
The childhood and youth of the future star were especially rosyyou can't call her. No, she didn't look like an ugly duckling, as is often the case with many recognized beauties, and you can't call her an unfortunate orphan either: her parents loved their only and long-awaited daughter dearly. But her beauty, so extolled by fans all over the world today, caused the future star a lot of trouble in her youth. The dark-skinned, brown-eyed girl with a bright appearance caused burning envy among her harmful neighbors and market traders. "You are the fruit of sin with the devil!" jealous women shouted after her, and her classmates more than once gave her "dark" ones with hair pulling because all the boys looked only at her. The troubles associated with the jealousy of the women around her haunted Monica for a long time: working as a waitress during her student years (and she was studying to be a lawyer!), the beauty could not stay in any one restaurant for long. At first, the establishment was occupied by men eager to see the beautiful waitress in person, and then their angry wives would visit there in order to create a scandal for the “impudent girl”. So poor Monica moved from place to place, until one kind soul suggested that she try herself in the modeling business: there, her beauty would certainly not hurt anyone! The beauty did not think long and went to conquer the world of fashion. The success was stunning. Young Bellucci was noticed and appreciated, her very first photo shoot gave her the title of “discovery of the year”. Just a month after the start of her career, Monica signed a contract with the famous modeling agency “Elite”, became the face of the Dolce & Gabbana» and a real muse of the cult photographer Richard Avedon (who once photographed Marilyn Monroe herself). Not bad for a start, right? And what about the malicious neighbors and girlfriends? Surely they were choking with black envy, looking through the covers of expensive glossy magazines, on which the beautiful Monica Bellucci proudly flaunted herself. Moreover, very soon there were more reasons for envy: the famous Italian film director Dino Risi invited the aspiring model to star in his film. It does not matter that the role was small, but she was immediately noticed by Francis Ford Coppola himself, who offered her the role of one of Dracula's brides in his film "Bram Stoker's Dracula". So little by little, from role to role, the name of Monica Bellucci gained popularity, and soon she became a sought-after actress not only in Europe, but also in Hollywood. So what is the secret of this incredible woman, what helped her reach such heights in her career and win the love and admiration of both men and women all over the world? Surely it is not only about her figure and classically correct, yet bright and expressive face. Monica Bellucci has absolutely amazing energy, which makes her attractive and distinguishes her from other women. It is quite possible that Monica will shine with beauty, even if she is unkempt and in rags. Nevertheless, Monica loves to take care of her appearance and believes that every self-respecting lady should try to look elegant. What does she do to earn the admiration of fans and the envy of ill-wishers? Let's figure it out.
Secrets of a magnificent figure
At forty-eight years old (yes, she(born in the fall of 1964) Monica's figure has simply amazing parameters: with a height of one hundred and seventy-eight centimeters, her weight is sixty-eight kilograms. There are many versions of the volumes of her chest, waist and hips (92-61-91) on the Internet, but all this data refers to her modeling past - now the superstar's forms are much more magnificent than before. In general, Monica herself does not have any complexes about a small increase in weight, and, by the way, she does it absolutely right: an army of enthusiastic fans only confirms that happiness is not in thinness. For example, after giving birth, the star gained as much as ten kilograms, but she did not even think about going on any strict diet until she finished breastfeeding her child (at the age of nine months). An adequate decision of a reasonable woman, don't you think? And after the end of the feeding period, Monica did not overexert herself with diets: she simply gradually switched to vegetables and lean meat with fish. As the beauty herself says, her working day is so busy that it helps to lose extra calories no worse than diets or tiring workouts in the gym. By the way, regarding the latter. Monica Bellucci has never done sports in her life (except for occasional swimming and yoga classes), because with her lifestyle there is simply no time for it. The usual start time for filming is six in the morning, and this process lasts until late in the evening. "Do you really think that I will get up at five in the morning for sports training in order to be on time for filming by six?" the star is surprised. Even if Monica gains a little extra weight, she resorts to her favorite method of "losing weight": she wears black dresses, which make the silhouette visually thinner. Although, there are moments in Bellucci's life when she has to go on a diet, willy-nilly: some roles simply oblige her to lose a couple of extra pounds. She shared the secret of one of these diets. Just don't expect a mind-blowingly strict diet that will allow you to gain the desired shape in a couple of days - Monica doesn't like to abuse her body and prefers to eat sensibly. Here is the menu of her famous seven-day diet, which will not leave any woman hungry: Day One
Second day
Day three
Day four
Day five
Days six and seven: repeat the menu of any day
This is the diet that the famous one adheres toactress in those periods of life when work requires more refined body shapes. However, you must agree that the diet described above is very satisfying, tasty and accessible to absolutely every woman: no exotic mollusks, no mysterious delicacies. So, all lovers of delicious food and dreaming of losing at least a little weight - you are welcome to try this diet.
The secret of beautiful hair
Luxurious dark hair is a calling cardbeautiful Monica Bellucci. Not every woman is so lucky: nature has awarded her with magnificent, thick hair. However, this does not mean that she does not take care of it, giving it the opportunity to split and break as much as they want. The fact is that Bellucci washes her hair twice a day with shampoo diluted with water (apparently, she considers the concentration of regular shampoo too high). Note: not twice a week, but twice a day! Apparently, the actress wants to be irresistible not only during the day, but also at night (having such a handsome man as Vincent Cassel as a husband, this is not surprising). In addition to frequent hair washing, Monica regularly makes a hair mask: she applies olive oil to the roots and leaves it for thirty to forty minutes. After this procedure, the curls stop splitting, grow healthy and shiny. And the star prefers to do without a hair dryer, as it dries out her hair. She does "hot" styling just before an important social event, in other cases she prefers to dry her locks naturally. Monica rarely changes her hair color: the bright brunette sometimes lightens her hair by several tones. But it is, of course, impossible to see her as a blonde: the actress is proud of her natural hair color. Dark hair obliges women to do a lot, because against its background the smallest imperfections on the face are simply noticeable. What blondes are allowed, brunettes have to hide or correct. "There are almost no us real brunettes left in Hollywood," says Bellucci, "Me, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Penelope Cruz... that's all."
Secrets of Shining Skin
And in skin care, Monica Bellucci prefersComplete naturalness: no plastic surgeons, no strong anti-aging creams – you can’t fool nature! “I will never go under the surgeon’s knife in my life, everything should go its own way. A forty-year-old woman trying to look twenty is ridiculous and absurd,” Bellucci tells journalists. Every morning, Monica starts with a contrast shower, which has a beneficial effect on the skin. And in order for her face to remain young as long as possible, the actress cleanses her skin twice a week with a scrub and nourishes it with almond oil. In addition, Monica does not neglect moisturizing face masks. Here is the recipe for one of them: apply a paste of fresh avocado, four teaspoons of almond oil and six teaspoons of cream to your face and leave for fifteen minutes. Then rinse and enjoy soft and gentle skin, like a baby’s.
The secret of natural make-up
Everyone knows that Monica prefersabsolutely natural makeup. She considers her face, as well as her body, to be working tools that should serve the main purpose - to help the viewer see this or that image in her. In order for the actress's facial expressions to remain natural, Bellucci uses cosmetics wisely, creating light, natural makeup. In everyday life, she is quite content with black mascara on her eyelashes and transparent gloss on her lips, which does not spoil her natural beauty at all. And the minimum that is necessary for going out is a makeup base, matting powder, black eyeliner and lipstick. According to Monica Bellucci, this set of cosmetics is quite enough to look elegant and sexy. She uses a pencil to outline the contour of her eyes, drawing a line both along the upper and lower edges of the eyelid. The line should be slightly shaded at the bottom to achieve a natural effect. In general, Monica prefers the effect of a "bare face", when natural, natural beauty is visible. You can work hard to achieve a figure like Monica's, you can grow long hair and dye it dark, or regularly do "a la Bellucci" makeup. But will you become more beautiful and happier from this? After all, perhaps the main secret of Monica's attractiveness is that she does not strive to imitate anyone and tries to live in such a way that every minute she lives brings her pleasure. Only in this way, according to the actress, can you become a truly happy and beautiful woman. We recommend reading:
