Kate Moss's Beauty Secrets--Shhh!

by Catherine Q. O'Neill

Often imitated, never duplicated: The Kate Moss look is ubiquitous in the fashion industry. But contrary to what you might think, she doesn't just wake up with smudgy eyes and perfectly tousled hair (well, at least not every day). The supermodel, also our August cover girl, opens up about her beauty secrets, as told to writer Brooke Hauser.

Her hair routine (you know, the one that backstage stylists try to re-create season after season) is surprisingly simple. "I use that Moroccanoil stuff, and then I blow-dry it upside down and brush it. Maybe I'll give it a back-comb at the top."

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And so is her makeup routine. "For makeup, a bit of blusher--what you call bronzer--a bit of an eye, and an eyelash curler."

The ambassador for St. Tropez gets spray tans as often as you'd think. "Anything goes with a bit of a glow, especially if it's not too dark. I do it when I feel a bit pasty--which, in England, is quite a lot."

But she doesn't tan everything. "I don't mind a bikini bottom. My husband likes lines on the bum--men like white bums, like a frame. I don't do it on the boobs, though--I try not to have a white boob."

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At one point, she considered plastic surgery. "I didn't like my teeth. I didn't like my flat chest, either. I was like, 'Oh, I'm going to get a tit job.' Can you imagine?"

She's shedding her past grunge image. "Always clean hair. That's a must. If in doubt, wash it."

And there are two things you'll never, ever catch her wearing: "I try and be a little bit chic. I wouldn't wear sweatpants. I wouldn't wear a twinset."

Pick up a copy of the August issue of Allure, on newsstands July 23.

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