All-singing, all-dancing success story and mega beauty icon Nicole Scherzinger is one of those girls with it all, but she wants you know that we all ‘have it all’. The 36-year-old told Cosmo she’s not immune to insecurities, but she’s dealt with them by learning to love herself inside and out. Here are the beauty learnings she wants to share.

THE BEAUTY PHILOSOPHY:

I’ve been struggling with self-acceptance my whole life. We get so caught up in comparing ourselves to other people. Eventually you’re going to have to embrace and love yourself for who you are. Realising that no one’s perfect, I had to stop dissecting myself and picking myself apart in the mirror.

I don’t always want to work out; I’ve got to make myself. I feel so much better about myself when I do. It makes me feel amazing. Personally, I love to run or do yoga, I feel amazing after that from the inside out.

Meat is beautiful on a woman and curves are beautiful on a woman. But ultimately it’s the glow and the beauty from within that really shines. If you feel great within from taking care of yourself more, then people see that and are attracted to that more than anything.

I am the dessert queen. I love desserts, I love chocolate, I love chocolate-coated balls, ha! So my relationship with Müller Corner is a great marriage.

My big thing is to try not to eat late at night. Eat what you want through the day and you burn it off.

An amazing selfie is all about really good lighting. Soft and warm lighting. Take a selfie from an upward angle and that is like magic. And always use a great filter. I like the warmer filters like Ludwig or Valencia.

My top skin tips for anti-ageing are wearing SPF everyday, sleep and lots of moisturiser and water.

THE BEAUTY PRODUCTS:

The products I swear by are Proactiv [advanced acne treatment] and Bliss eye patches [Anti Wrinkle Under Eye Gel Patches]; whenever you’re tired or jetlagged they make you look more awake and help to stop puffiness and tiredness. I love Jurlique powder [Rose Silk Finishing Powder] to set my makeup.

Being of Asian descent, it was hard to find foundations. I think the brands are doing pretty good now. Giorgio Armani, Shu Uemura, Guerlain, Bobbi Brown, Tom Ford and MakeUp Forever are good for my skin tone.

I need makeup with more of a warmer tone. More of like a yellow or orangey tone suits me, brands used to just cater for cool undertones but I feel like they’ve got it now. Makeup really has come a long way.

I’m always working on my brows. I’m always tweezing them and I fill them in with either a pencil or a powder by HD Brows or Suqqu. Sometimes I have them threaded too.

The Oribe Dry Texturizing Spray really helps with volume in my hair. I also use Bumble and Bumble Surf Spray and L’Oreal Elnett Hairspray.

I’ve thought about going shorter and blonder, absolutely. I mean it’s pretty short for me right now but I’ve thought about going even shorter. I’m loving the blonde that I’ve done, I think for this summer I’ll continue on with the blonde surfer look.

Nicole Scherzinger is celebrating her third year as Müller Corner’s brand ambassador. Pick up the new Müller Püd Corner in your local supermarket now (subject to availability).

Source: cosmopolitan.co.uk