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How Does Lauren Conrad Do It?

In the dog days of summer, celebrities still manage to look fresh as daisies. How do they do it? Seven stars reveal their summer beauty essentials
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Lauren Conrad
Romantic braids and cat eyeliner are Lauren Conrad's signature summer looks, but her beauty advice goes beyond makeup -- as in, what you put in your face is as important as what you put on it. Conrad isn't shy about eating whatever she wants during bikini season, but portion control is key, she says.

"If I want a few sweet potato fries to go along with my grilled chicken salad at lunch, I will get them! But I make sure that I'm aware of how many I am eating. My biggest challenge isn't what I eat, but rather how much of it I eat."

Her beauty basics? Swapping liquid liner for waterproof mascara, and accessorizing with bright nail polish.

"The best accessory to your favorite bikini is a colorful pedicure. So don�t shy away from blues, greens, oranges -- whatever your heart desires," says Conrad. "Lately, I'm loving Essie's summer collection. The coral color called Sunday Funday is the perfect peach."

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Katy Perry
Katy Perry makes no secret of her hour+ daily beauty regimen, and if we all had that kind of time to piddle with our skin care routine, wouldn't we all have equally impeccable skin? But if you want a shortcut, the self-proclaimed product junkie swears by oil cleansers like Shu Uemura High Performance Balancing Cleansing Oil Advanced Formula, $31. She also exfoliates her lips using a sea scrub (we love Sonya Dakar Dead Sea Salt Scrub, $42) and applying night serum all over her face.

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Heidi Klum
If only we could all wake up looking like Heidi. *sigh* At the very least, we can cop a few of her summer beauty secrets. Klum suggests spray tanning before going on vacation so you can enjoy your bronzed skin as soon as you get there. Her favorite? A leg spray, like Bliss A Tan For All Seasons, $28.80, and a shimmery lotion to add some sparkle at night.

When it comes to maintaining healthy hair, Klum sums up the essentials: A great shampoo, conditioner, and hair mask and trims every six weeks � plus, a good detangling product and hairbrush to minimize breakage.

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Nicki Minaj
Summer beauty for Nicki Minaj typically means makeup that pops like an HD rainbow and show-stopping hairstyles, which is why her new, tame look completely floored us (in a good way). Minaj says deodorant is her staple summer product, and she never leaves home without the essential: lashes, liquid liner and lipsticks.

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Allison Janney
When she's not picking up awards for television and big screen hits like "The West Wing" or "The Help," Allison Janney doles out sage advice based on her own summer beauty routine. Janney says tinted moisturizer (like Laura Mercier Tinted Moisturizer SPF 20, $43) and a killer hair oil (like Moroccan Oil Treatment, $39) are essentail summer beauty products. More of her top beauty tips for summer:

A spray tan: "It just makes me feel confident about my arms and legs being the same color."

A perfect pedi: "A good pedicure is a must," Janney says. "My favorite color of all-time is Essie's ... I think it's called Teeny Bikini or Itsy Bitsy Bikini. It's the best blue for the summer and I actually wear it year round."

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Short of staying hermetically sealed in an air conditioned home or office, there is simply no way to avoid the perils of hot weather and the havoc it wreaks on our skin, hair and makeup. Sweat. Frizz. Sunburns. Did we mention sweat? Summer beauty -- oxymoron? Discuss. Yet, somehow, even in the dog days of summer, celebrities manage to look dewy-fresh and natural, whether they're in formalwear on the red carpet or cavorting in bikinis on a beach vacation. They seem to have all of the answers to our burning summer beauty questions: 'How can I make a sunhat work during a pool party without looking like a frumpy old lady?' Or, 'How do I wear bright lipstick with an equally loud outfit and not look crazy?'. Celebrities (or their stylists) show us how to pull off prints and how to make no-makeup makeup seem chic. They're our go-to beauty and style experts.

So, what are their beauty secrets to getting (and staying) gorgeous this summer? Of course braids are forever a summer beauty essential and sunscreen is the beauty must-have, but we want to know what the A-listers are doing to look fab, feel great and stay gorgeous this season.

Here, seven stars reveal their favorite summer beauty tips and the products they use to keep summer beauty bummers at bay. These celebrity beauty tips range from Katy Perry's extensive skin care routine (hint: it's not using Proactiv) to Lauren Conrad's melt-proof method of staying chic all summer long.

JUL 16, 2013 | SHARES
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