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With their trademark brunette hair infused with golden highlights, glowing skin and naturally honed bodies its no wonder Brazilian women consistently grace the catwalks and covers of magazines.
Looking past their perfect harmony of genetics, what else do Victoria's Secret Angels Adriana Lima and Alessandra Ambrosio do to maintain the epitome of Brazilian beauty?
Click through our gallery to see what native ingredients and products play a big part in Brazilian beauty regimes and which other supermodel icons we look to for beauty inspiration
Best known for being a Victoria’s Secret Angel, Alesandra's go-to brand for her hair is Kérastase, using masks and treatments to ensure it is always healthy and shiny.
Kérastase, Nutritive Masquintense, £20.62 at FeelUnique.com
Derived from a palm tree in Brazil, Acai is the ultimate super food. Containing a variety of vitamins and essential fatty acids, from Vitamin A, B1, B2, B3, C, E and Omega 3, 6 and 9, it comes as a big surprise when people liken the taste to chocolate and blueberries. You can include Acai Berry Powder in your smoothies by adding a spoonful to the mixture everyday. Dr Perricone MD Super Berry with Acai, £53 at John Lewis
Originally developed in Brazil, this unique blow dry uses natural sources of Keratin to repair, restructure and recondition the hair. Loved by Victoria Secret’s model Adriana Lima, who admitted she has a Brazilian Blow Dry every two months, the results are smooth, silky and most importantly, straight hair.
Nicky Clarke Salons, Brazilian Blow-dry, from £200.
In line with the Fair Trade organisation, The Body Shop has produced a skin nourishing body butter made from Brazil nut oil. More suitable for very dry skin, the Brazil nut is famous for its hydration qualities, as well as its ability to treat acne, due to the good source of zinc it contains. The Body Shop, Brazil Nut Body Butter, £13.
With similar properties to coconut oil, this clear vegetable oil is sourced from the South American Amazon. With a range of skincare benefits, this oil promotes a deep moisturisation of dry skin, as well as preserving elasticity, helping to keep stretch marks at bay and soothing eczema and psoriasis.
The Body Shop, Nutriganics Drops Of Youth, £28.
Inspired by the golden sand and bright blue sea of Brazilian beaches, Clarins has launched a Colours of Brazil summer make-up collection. Including a bronzing compact, lip balm crayon and eye quartet; the collection adds authenticity by embossing a South American inspired motif on to the powders. Clarins, Colours of Brazil, from £18.
A lesson we should all learn from Gisele – learn your light! Instead of fancy products and an extreme diet regime, Gisele emphasises how important it is to learn how to work the light when photographs are being taken, in order to look your very best. ‘Always face it, because that’s how you give your face good angles.’ Time to practice those selfies.
Combining dance, acrobatics and music into a Brazilian martial art, Capoeira focuses on the mind as well as the body. Promoting strength, fitness and discipline, it comes with a great historical and cultural background. If you fancy having a go yourself, Capoeira Ceara runs classes everyday out of their Bethnal Green studio. There’s no need to book, just head down for 6:30pm and get your first 5 classes for £20.
Containing not one, but two native Brazilian ingredients, the None of Your Beeswax lip balm from Lush includes the exotic murumuru and cupuacu butter. Both from the Brazilian Amazon, they come with intense hydrating properties; leaving your lips soft and moisturised. Lush, None of Your Beeswax Lip Balm, £5.75.
A citrus tree from the tropical area of Cerrdo in Brazil, this native Brazilian ingredient is infused within the L’Occitane au Brasil range, due to its floral-fruity fragrance and hydrating properties.
L’Occitane, Jenipapo Protecting Body Oil, £20.
As well as wanting the Victoria’s Secret Angel’s beauty look, we also want their body too. Personal trainer Leandro Carvalho is famous for what is now called the ‘Brazilian Butt Lift’ after he helped the Angels prepare for their runway shows. Combining dance, cardio and some signature lower-body sculpting moves, be sure to check out his YouTube videos for your own at home butt lift.
Growing up, Camila Alves relied on Brazilian body oil, Natura Seve for silky smooth legs. And for her hair, she created an easy to do, nourishing DIY conditioner - just ‘smash an avocado and rub it in your hair and put on a shower cap’ then wash out after 30 minutes – an hour, or leave in over night for ultimate hair nourishment,’ she told the LA Times.
Vitória-Régia is a flower with a fresh aquatic fragrance from the Amazon. The way the flower falls asleep at dawn and blooms at nighttime inspired the Day and Night eau de toilette fragrance and body care products in L’Occitane’s Vitória-Régia line. Brazilian illustrator, Joana Lira, also designed this collection. L'Occitane, Vitória-Régia Day and Night Fragrance, £60.
With natural red hair, Cintia Dicker hasn’t touched hair dye in all of her years of modeling. Sticking to her trusted Ginseng shampoo and conditioner by Brazilian brand OX, she claims she only spends 15 minutes getting ready when she’s not on the runway, using ‘just Dior mascara and MAC blush.’
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