Mark Wahlberg’s morning routine
There are morning people, and then there’s Mark Wahlberg. The Ted actor’s morning routine begins at 2:30 AM and starts with a 30-minute prayer session, followed by breakfast and an hour-and-a-half workout in his home gym. Wahlberg then tucks into his second meal of the day, all before most of us have woken up.
Lady Gaga’s face tape
You may think that Lady Gaga’s youth and natural beauty are all down to genetics and professional make-up artists, but that’s not the case. Gaga’s secret comes in the form of a standard roll of tape. She applies it to her eyes, cheeks and forehead, pulling the skin taut to look younger.
Mark Zuckerberg’s limited wardrobe
How much time do you waste each morning deciding which outfit to wear? Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t waste any, as he has 20 identical grey t-shirts to choose from every morning. Zuckerberg has never had a reputation for being ultra-stylish, but he says the lack of clothing choices helps him stay focused and motivated.
Kim Kardashian’s sugar scrub
If anyone’s morning routine were to take them so long they wouldn’t finish until the afternoon, it would be Kim Kardashian. One of her techniques to maintain the glow of her skin is to use an exfoliating scrub made up of sugar and water. This supposedly removes dead skin and prevents toxins from entering her pores. The more you know.
Barack Obama’s newspapers
Former president Barack Obama makes sure to stay on top of current affairs by settling down to read the newspaper every morning. However, not content with reading just one paper, Obama will read multiple papers from a variety of news sources in order to maintain his balanced worldview.
Oprah Winfrey’s gym routine
Oprah Winfrey’s longevity in the world of TV is not down to good fortune. She lives what can only be described as an ‘influencer lifestyle’ starting and ending each day by working out in the gym. To supplement her hefty exercise routine, Winfrey makes sure to eat clean and drink regular green juices, which she makes herself from parsley, celery and spinach.
Scarlett Johansson’s vinegar toner
There seems to be a common theme around the substances that celebrities apply to their face to appear younger; they can all be found in your local supermarket’s baking aisle. Hollywood actor Scarlett Johansson’s potion of choice is apple cider vinegar. While it seems like applying vinegar would harm your skin rather than protect it, Johansson has one of the most desirable complexions in Hollywood, and puts it down to the odd ingredient.
Jennifer Aniston’s Vaseline face mask
Back in the 1870s, Robert Chesebrough, the inventor of Vaseline, was so confident in his magic substance that he used to eat a teaspoon of it each day. Friends star Jennifer Aniston has carried on his legacy, albeit by applying a teaspoon of Vaseline to her face rather than eating it. She believes that this daily application keeps her skin glowing and moisturized.
Julianne Hough’s turmeric toothpaste
You’d think turmeric would be the last thing you’d put on your teeth if you wanted to keep them white, considering its bright yellow hue. However, Dancing With the Stars dancer Julianne Hough swears by it, citing its antibacterial qualities as the reason it has become a mainstay in her morning routine.
Maya Jama’s ankle weights
If you feel the need to squeeze in a quick leg workout without having to leave the house, why not try TV presenter Maya Jama’s ankle weight hack? Jama will wear thick socks and ankle weights while doing household chores to improve her leg strength without having to make a trip down to the gym.
Blake Lively’s exercise equipment
Blake Lively is a busy woman, balancing life as a Hollywood actor with the daily struggles of being a parent, all while trying to stay active and healthy. Lively has found a way to squeeze a workout into her schedule, using her children as exercise equipment and ‘wearing’ them around the house as a substitute for a weighted vest.
Bella Hadid’s meditation music
To help ensure a good night’s sleep and mental clarity, Bella Hadid puts on meditation music while lying in bed every evening. Hadid has a go-to playlist that she claims has her out for the count by the fourth song. Surely building your own playlist is worth a go if you are having trouble sleeping.
Eva Longoria’s late lunch
Just as Mark Wahlberg is brushing his teeth and getting ready to go to bed, Hollywood actor Eva Longoria is just finishing off her lunch. Longoria eats lunch at around five or six o’clock in the afternoon, which pushes her dinnertime back to around nine o’clock. Longoria has claimed that this Spanish-style eating schedule helps her to relax and take things a little slower.
Davina McCall’s daylight alarm clock
While most people will shock themselves into waking up with a painfully loud alarm every morning, TV presenter Davina McCall uses an alarm clock that replaces noise with light. The clock will gradually light up the room, in the same manner that sunlight would. This ensures a far more peaceful start to the day than a standard alarm clock would allow.
John Cena’s sandpapered shoes
There are many things that can go wrong on red carpets, from wardrobe malfunctions to falling up or down the stairs when entering the building. Another often overlooked problem is the fact that red carpets are often quite slippery. To get around this issue, John Cena rubs the soles of his shoes with sandpaper, adding friction and grip to prevent falls.
Margot Robbie’s silk scarf
Imagine spending hours in the makeup chair before a shoot day, only to put your dress on and smudge your makeup or stain your outfit. Margot Robbie doesn’t have this issue, as she wears a silk scarf over her face when putting on her dress. Silk is too light a material to dislodge any makeup, and will act as a buffer between the dress and the skin to prevent any stains or smudges.
Meghan Markle’s big shoes
It’s no secret that heeled shoes are not the most comfortable, especially when you’ve been standing or walking in them for a few hours. Many celebrities, including Meghan Markle, have resorted to wearing shoes that are slightly bigger than their normal size to prevent blisters and general discomfort.
Simon Cowell’s sheep placenta facial
Simon Cowell seems to be in a continuous state of panic regarding the natural process of ageing. Aside from copious amounts of surgery, one technique that he has resorted to is getting sheep placenta spread around his face. This is supposedly to reduce wrinkles and keep skin glowing, although a simple moisturizing cream sounds like a more appealing alternative.
Miranda Kerr’s leech facial
Miranda Kerr is another celebrity who has resorted to extreme techniques to prevent ageing and maintain a healthy glow. Instead of sheep placentas, Kerr has opted to set leeches free on her face, in order to suck out toxins and tighten the skin. This practice hasn’t actually been medically proven to work, meaning it could be a totally pointless and painful process.
Gwyneth Paltrow’s bee stings
Actor Gwyneth Paltrow will seemingly go to extreme lengths to get her skin looking and feeling great. She once mentioned that she had undergone bee sting therapy, an ancient practice which involves being stung multiple times all over your body in an attempt to reduce inflammation.
Nicole Kidman’s cranberry juice shampoo
Nicole Kidman’s fiery red hair is partly a product of her genetics, and partly down to her unique shampoo solution. Kidman mixes a cup of organic cranberry juice with a quarter of a cup of water, using it as a final rinse after a full hair wash. The cranberry brings out red tones and will work to increase brassiness in a similar manner for blondes and brunettes.
Miranda Kerr’s eyelash curler
Instead of buying a set of eyelash curlers, Miranda Kerr uses the back end of a spoon to get the perfect shape. It also helps when applying mascara, as the spoon will prevent you from getting any mascara on your eyelid. It’s also a perfect trick to utilise if you’re travelling and have left your curlers at home.
Halle Berry’s bone broth soup
Halle Berry’s skin is near perfect, a feature she believes is down to her homemade bone broth. According to the actor, all you have to do is go to the butchers at the end of the day, ask for the bones that they’re about to throw away and boil them for around 24 hours. Drink the broth if you dare, and see what it does for your skin!
Camila Cabello’s egg-white face rub
Another crazy skin tip here, this time from the singer Camila Cabello. Cabello’s secret to perfect skin comes in the form of egg whites, which she rubs all over her skin. She lets the whites dry on her face, which supposedly closes up her pores, tightening her skin while hydrating it.
Jennifer Lopez’s olive oil shampoo
Olive oil can do wonders for heart health, skin health and, in Jennifer Lopez’s case, hair health too. J-Lo often washes her hair with olive oil, which helps to keep it looking smooth and silky with a beautiful shine. She also uses it on her skin to keep it looking healthy, a trick that she says has been passed down her family line for generations.
Priyanka Chopra’s sea salt lip scrub
Priyanka Chopra achieves her signature pout by mixing sea salt with glycerin and rose water. This solution helps to scrub off dirt and grime, as well as encouraging blood circulation, and skin cell turnover. This is another hack that has been passed down through the generations.
Suki Waterhouse’s cola shampoo
While some stars will do anything they can to get that freshly washed, silky look to their hair, Suki Waterhouse isn’t a fan. To counteract this, while still keeping her hair clean, she washes it with Coca-Cola, which she claims gives it a more rugged look, almost as if she’s just come from an all-night party.
January Jones’ beer bath
Instead of lighting some scented candles and throwing a handful of rose petals into her bath, January Jones opts for a different approach, dropping half a glass of beer in there instead. She once said in an Instagram Live that she had been researching the mad things that Cleopatra would put in her baths in an attempt to rehydrate her skin.
Kesha’s eyebrow dye
To maintain a strong brow, Kesha applies a touch of men’s hair dye, specifically a grey hair removal dye, to her eyebrows. This is actually a very difficult-to-argue-against strategy, as the whole point of the dye she uses is to touch up smaller areas where grey hairs have formed.
Kim Kardashian’s stain remover
Have you ever accidentally stained your clothes when putting them on after you’ve done your makeup? If so, Kim Kardashian has the perfect solution for you. She applies a touch of shaving cream to the affected area, which she claims works perfectly to battle any potentially stubborn stains.
Kate Winslet’s cold bedroom
To stop your face from looking puffy and bloated in the morning, why not try Kate Winslet’s technique of turning down the thermostat to a low setting before you go to sleep? Of course, not everyone will have the privilege of having a working air con in the house. If not, open your bedroom windows for an hour or two before you go to bed to replicate the effects.
Gigi Hadid’s pimple remover
Despite her success, Gigi Hadid doesn’t bother wasting any money on pimple remover creams. Instead, she dabs toothpaste on the pimple, applies a touch of wet tissue paper, and leaves it on overnight. In the morning she rinses the tissue and toothpaste off, to find that the pimple has dried up!
Jessica Biel’s armpit tissue
On the journey to red carpet events, actor Jessica Biel applies paper tissues to her armpits, to ensure that she doesn’t develop dark circles under her arms. This technique is only useful as a pre-event hack though, as walking down the red carpet with tissues tucked under each arm presumably wouldn’t spark any new trends.
Taylor Swift’s plastic bag socks
Knee-high boots can look great, but they can also be frustratingly difficult to try and get on. Multiple stars, including Taylor Swift, wear plastic bags over their feet when putting their knee-highs on, which reduces friction between their feet and the walls of the shoe.
Blake Lively’s mayonnaise shampoo
Blake Lively combats the frizziness and dryness of the bottom half of her hair by applying mayonnaise to it before she showers. This trick supposedly works by adding an extra layer of thick protection to the hair that the water from the shower has to penetrate.
Zoe Saldana’s alcoholic hair dye
Zoe Saldana believes the trick to getting natural highlights is by putting rum on the ends of her hair. This supposedly bleaches the hair when it is exposed to the sun, resulting in a nicely tinted look. If you don’t like the look of subtle highlights or don’t live in an area that gets much sun, then you should probably steer well clear of it.
Lauren Conrad’s potato eye treatment
Usually, if you were trying to sort out puffy eyes with a food substance, cucumber would be your first pick. Not for Lauren Conrad though, as she prefers to use slices of refrigerated potato on her eyes. There has yet to be any high-profile study into whether potato is better at reducing puffiness than cucumber, but it could be worth a try.
Cindy Crawford’s milky face spray
Cindy Crawford keeps herself looking young by spraying a mixture of milk and water on her face. This supposedly helps keep her skin hydrated and healthy but, in all likelihood, it probably just makes her smell like milk. The lifespan of this concoction is short, too, and so it has to be remade every day.
Laverne Cox’s baby shampoo cleanser
Instead of taking the traditional route when shopping for daily face cleansers, Laverne Cox instead uses baby shampoo. There is logic behind this, as baby shampoo is made to be kind to delicate skin, like that of a baby’s or the skin on your face. It can also be a cheaper and easier-to-find option than an expensive boutique cleanser.
Machine Gun Kelly and Megan Fox drink each others’ blood
Celebrity shock-mongers Machine Gun Kelly and Megan Fox revealed that from time to time they like to drink each others’ blood. Megan Fox reassured fans that they weren’t sipping it out of wine glasses, because apparently that would be too weird, instead just drinking a few drops for ritualistic purposes. Yikes!
