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We wouldn't have singled her out as a candidate for weight-loss, but super-slim Danielle Lloyd seemingly worries about the odd like bulge just like the rest of us. 

But while we vow just to eat less cake, celebrities have a rather different approach.

Yes, the 31-year-old model took to Instagram recently to share with her fans her eye-catching Shrinking Violet shrinky suit. 

 

Just getting my sexy on round the house thanks to @evolveinchloss for my shrinky suit the lengths us women go to

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And while Ms Lloyd is clearly gorgeous, this is definitely one get-up that's best worn strictly only in the comfort of your own home. 

Clad in a silver jacket and matching trousers, the mother-of-three playfully captioned the snap "just getting my sexy on round the house." She went on to thank @evolveinchloss for the item, adding: "The lengths us women go to."

The manufacturers say that after applying a ‘special solution’ to your problem areas you stick on the suit, wearing it for an hour.

"The solution is clinically proven to strip inches from the body, and instant results can be seen," it is claimed. 

They add: "One kit provides enough treatments for an entire month, in which time it is possible to shed a whole dress size."

Danielle divorced footballer Jamie O'Hara last year. The father of her three young sons, it was reported at the time that he had been unfaithful. 

However, recently Ms Lloyd has found love again: the former Playboy and Celebrity Big Brother star has been spotted out and about with handsome electrician, Michael O'Neil. 

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About 1 million selfies are taken daily, and more than a third of these are retouched with any one of 20 Instagram filters (or with the help of a photo-editing app).

Yahoo Labs reviewed 7.6 million social media photos and found that doctored snaps were more likely to be viewed and draw in more likes.

So, with 4K (major high def) tech on it's way next year that will capture every pore and line, we want to know what foundations will give us an airbrush finish:

Make Up Forever Ultra HD Stick Foundation

This is best for women with normal to dry skin, who prefer a medium coverage. 

It cradles small pigment particles in amino acids for a blurring effect, reflects light with connected minerals, and plumps skin with dewy acid spheres. Sound good enough? We think so.

 

Stila Perfectly Poreless Putty Perfector

This foundation is suitable for normal to combinatin skin, and for women who want to erase pores or acne scars.

A clever new mashup of cream foundation and pressed powder, it's the closest thing we've seen to cover up your pores. Tap it on your skin and blend to get a matte finish that also moisturises. 

 

Clinique Beyond Perfecting Powder Foundation + Concealer

This is perfect for normal to oily skin, or if you have a bit of redness.

This powder is super-fine and will gently even out your skin. The formula feels creamy going on and absorbs shine without parching your skin. 

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Instagram is fast becoming the favourite social network of them all, loved by us and celebrities alike.

Sometimes though, no matter how hard you try, you just can't get a good IG snap, and when it ends up getting no likes, it's quickly deleted. Sob.

But not anymore as Cosmopolitan have found these five brilliant hacks will get you ALL the IG hearts:

1. If you want to take a photo of a plated meal (like, at EVERY restaurant you go to), take the photo from above, with the phone at least 3 feet from the subject.

 

2. Another foodie hack when taking a photo! If the restaurant you're eating in is particularly dark, use your friend's phone flaslight to brighten the dish.

 

3. Add in blue tones wherever possible. A new study found that pictures with a blue tone get 24 percent more likes than red or green-toned photos.

 

4. If you want to focus on one specific object in a pic, use your actual phone camera and DON'T use Instagram's blur tool. Manually tap on what you want focused, then take your photo. 

 

5. When taking a photo, hold the camera perpendicular to the object. It looks clearer and more professional.

 

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Celebrities tend to celebrate the same things that most of us do too (birthdays, anniversaries, baby news), but what us mere mortals DON'T celebrate is stuff like getting millions of followers on Instagram

After realising she had 50 million followers on IG, Kim posted a snap to thank all her fans:

"WAIT!!!! I KNOW I'M LATE BUT 50 MILLION INSTAGRAM FOLLOWERS!!!! SERIOUSLY YOU DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU!!" she wrote, along with the selfie of her and a half-smiling Kanye.

But the next photo she posted made us all swoon. The picture showed a very happy North at Kim's baby shower, dressed in pink stripe PJ's, with the caption: "Our troop leader."

Seriously, how cute is that kid? 

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You post up an ill-advised status on Facebook or Twitter. Or maybe that late-night Snapchat or Instagram share was not-so smart the morning after the night before.

So you delete it and move on – vowing to stay off social media platforms when you’re feeling similarly ‘tired and emotional’.

However, once something goes up online – can it ever truly be erased? Well, the answer is somewhat worrying.

“Whether or not something is deleted isn’t within the user’s control,” says Behnam Dayanim, a Washington, DC-based lawyer who specialises in privacy and cyber security. 

Take a regular email. When you delete it from your inbox, it goes to a “deleted items” folder. Empty that folder and you permanently kill the message – or does it?

Not necessarily, adds Mr Dayanim in conversation with menshealth.com, because it could still stick around on your email provider’s servers for an indefinite amount of time. 

You can’t really get around this either, since you give these companies explicit permission to hold on to your data when you agree to their vague privacy policies.  

So what exactly do social media sites hold onto?

1) Facebook

The social network stores data for “as long as necessary to provide products and services to you and others”.

2) Gmail

After you delete an email, Gmail “may not immediately delete residual copies from our active servers”.

3) Twitter

Twitter doesn’t comment on what it does when you delete a Tweet, but says that “search engines and other third parties may still retain copies of your public information, like your user profile information and public Tweets, even after you have deleted the information from the Twitter Services or deactivated your account.”

4) Snapchat

When you view a snap, it’s automatically deleted from the company’s servers… in “most cases”. Snapchat “can’t guarantee that the messages will be deleted within a specific timeframe” and says your snap “may remain in backup for a limited period of time.”

5) Instagram

The photo app may retain information for “a commercially reasonable time for backup, archival, and/or audit purposes.”

If you’re more than a little freaked out by this, Cyberdust (free for iOS, Android, and Windows platforms) will ease some of your paranoia.

The app claims to permanently wipe every message you send within 100 seconds of recipients reading it – even from company servers. 

Otherwise, these tales of online woe might serve as deterrents too:

1) In 2013, PR consultant Justine Sacco Tweeted a tasteless joke: ‘Going to Africa. Hope I don’t get AIDS. Just kidding. I’m white!’ By the time she got off her 11-hour flight, thousands of angry people had responded to the Tweet, and the hashtag #HasJustineLandedYet was trending worldwide.

Shortly after the gaffe, Sacco lost her job. She’s the subject of Jon Ronson’s recent book, So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed.

2) Earlier this year, Rory Cullinan, former chairman of the Royal Bank Of Scotland, was fired from his position after his daughter posted screenshots of their private Snapchat messages to her Instagram account. Cullinan sent snaps from his office, with captions like “Another friggin meeting.” Seems innocent enough, but weeks later, Cullinan was canned. 

3) When a Buckingham Palace guard posted commented about Kate Middleton on his Facebook page, calling her a “posh bitch” and “stupid stuck-up cow,” he was relieved him of his duties guarding the Royal Wedding in 2011. 

4) In 2014, James Franco messaged a 17-year-old on Instagram, asking if she was single and wanted to meet up. The girl asked for proof that it was Franco, which the actor provided, and then posted screenshots of the exchange on Imgur

Franco copped to the exchange, but landed a seedy reputation for chatting up teens. 

5) Amy Pascal, one of Hollywood’s most powerful executives, recently stepped down from her role as head of Sony’s movie division after hackers released private emails between her and other producers late last year. In her messages, Pascal made racially insensitive comments about Barack Obama and insulted celebrities like Angelina Jolie. 

So ultimately, it’s probably best to ask yourself a few key questions every time you’re about to send something out, namely: Will this get me fired? Will it keep me from landing a job in the future? Will it hurt someone? 

If your status, photo, or text can’t pass the test, it probably isn’t worth posting.   

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Just what we need to brighten up a chilly October evening: a reality TV star in a tiny bikini showing off all sorts of abs.

Step forward former Geordie Shore cast member Ms Vicky Pattison – who is certainly beach-ready.

The 27-year-old took to Instagram to share a snap of her in red swimwear – with the image quickly notching up close-to 40,000 likes from her fans.

"I wish I was built that way!" said one fan, with others declaring, "you look amazing!!!" and "you looking hot."

However, just last month Vicky admitted that her incredible body transformation came at the expense of her well-being.

In recent years she has dropped down from 12st to 9st – but she admits that she's also became "obsessed" with weight loss.

"I got to the point where I was even counting how many blueberries I ate for breakfast," she told Mirror Online. "I got to the point where I looked quite ill when I was at my lowest."

After hitting a low-weight of 8st 4lbs, Ms Pattison decided that enough was enough: "Now, I'm a firm believer in everything in moderation," she added. "Life is for living."

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Now 32 weeks into her first pregnancy, there's no doubt that model Coco Austin looks incredible.

In fact, as proven by a load of recent photographs, the star – whose birth-name is Nicole Marrow – hardly looks like she's expecting at all. 

Taking to Instagram last night while deciding on an outfit for the evening, the wife of rapper and actor Ice T donned not one but THREE different dresses for the camera.

And suffice to say that none are typical of maternity wear for a women seven months gone. 

The first snap – arguably the most striking – shows the 36-year-old in a sweeping sheer black, polka dot gown. 

Underneath she wore high-waisted pants, though strategically-placed dots meant she could go braless. 

"Feeling my inner Lady Gaga in this dress," she said.

Her second option was also full-length: a gold sparkly number that boasted a seriously low-cut neckline and long sleeves. 

"Another option… Picture does not give this dress justice… it's so sparkly," she explained in the accompanying caption.

Finally, Coco put on a dramatic lace and tulle dress – complete with a sweeping neckline and (quelle surprise) lots of décolletage.

"Ok now I'm just having fun… Playing dress-up is such a girlie thing to do!" she told her fans.

Married for 13 years, she and Ice T, 57, are expecting their first child together, a girl whom they have said they will name Chanel, before the end of the year.

He already has two children – a daughter and a son – from previous relationships. 

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Jessica Szohr has managed to make some Instagram users very upset with her comments surrounding a much debated topic on social media of late.

Earlier this year, Kylie Jenner got herself into hot water with her selfies in which she drew attention to her braided hair. 

People thought the 18-year was being insensitive towards how people appropriate Black culture. Actress Amandla Stenberg was quick to respond, and provided other social media users with an interesting look as to how people would find Kylie’s actions as inappropriate:

She responded to the photograph by writing a comment which read  ''when u appropriate black features and culture but fail to use ur position of power to help black Americans by directing attention towards ur wigs instead of police brutality or racism #whitegirlsdoitbetter.”

 

I woke up like disss

A photo posted by King Kylie (@kyliejenner) on

Now, Gossip Girl actress Jessica has shared a selfie on Instagram, posing in front of what appears to be a cardboard sign with a message.

"Black girls free yourselves from the white standard of beauty and stop wearing weaves," it read. Szohr captioned the black-and-white photo with: #weavefree and #exceptwhenimweaving. 

Many of her followers were displeased by what they saw as another person telling them what they can or cannot do with their hair.

"Your mom is white, therefore your hair less coarse than mine/easier to manage. So it's easier for you to dismiss weaves than a black woman with coarser hair would.”

Another wrote: “White people talk about how they don't want black girl's wearing weave yet they can't accept us with our natural hair unless it's flat and silky like theirs. “ 

Jessica has let the comments keep on rolling, and rather than deleting the image or editing the caption, she instead responded to her commenters individually.

“Let’s all relax, I am mixed and use extensions sometimes, she wrote, then added:

“It was a random message I saw on the side of the street. And who ever wrote that is probably happy you are all typing about it.”

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Since starting her blog more than five years ago, she's shown time and time again that she's definitely one seriously stylish lady.

But, as proven by one priceless throwback photograph shared this afternoon, Suzanne Jackson has always had one eye on fashionable endeavours.

 

1992 & 2015…. Easy to see the colours I love most

A photo posted by Suzanne Jackson (SoSueMe) (@sosueme_ie) on

Taking to Instagram, the 30-year-old Dubliner posted a picture of her eight-year-old self alongside a present-day snap. 

In both she is wearing striking mustard and black hues – not to mention that she flashes the shame gorgeous smile. 

"1992 & 2015… Easy to see the colours I love most," she playfully captioned the comparison.

In an earlier entry on her mega-popular website, Suzanne – aka SoSuMe – had revealed that the plunge yellow-coloured bodysuit is from Missguided, with the jeggings coming from River Island

She completed her look with black Louboutin pumps and a belt from Karen Millen.

Sadly, there's no word yet on where the 1992 ensemble was sourced. 

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As fas as we knows, Ariana has been single since April when she split with her boyfriend Big Sean after eight months of being together.

Although there were rumours that Ms Grande was dating her backup dancer back in July, nothing has been confirmed. 

Speculation about the 22-year-old's love life have since died down – until now, that is. 

Ariana posted a sneaky picture to her Instagram page last night that has her fans totally freaking out. 

The steamy snap shows two people hidden behind a curtain, and all you see is their feet peeking out from the bottom.

One person is wearing a pair of white pointed heels (which we can assume is Ariana) and the other is is wearing high-top runners, and the way they are standing suggests they might be kissing. 

Ari captioned the photo, "the sun is setting and you're right here by my side."

Sounds like she has a new boyfriend, right?

Obviously, her IG went crazy with fans wondering who is the other person behind the curtain, which is why she swiftly deleted it moments later. 

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Allow us to introduce you to Sarah McDaniel. Sarah is a 20-year-old model with two different coloured eyes who is currently causing quite a stir online.

With over 42,000 followers on Instagram, her medical condition has led her to find internet fame.

 

A photo posted by Sarah McDaniel (@krotchy) on

The condition is called ‘Heterochromia iridium’. It is considered a genetic abnormality and it occurs in approximately six out of every 1000 births, according to Medicine.net.

A witty social media user, Sarah’s unique looks have certainly got people talking- and they definitely help her stand out from the thousands of other beautiful girls lining up at the doors of model agencies.

California- native Sarah is represented by LA Models, and despite her huge social media following, she is still on the receiving end of plenty of criticism.

The model has had to defend her looks as many social media users insist she must be wearing coloured contacts or changing her eye colour with nifty editing tricks.

She assures everyone the she’s not, and has never needed to thanks to her genetic condition.

Photographer Gregorio Campos worked with Sarah in the past, and told Arsenic:

"Anyone that looks unique, I don’t Photoshop and I think imperfections are beautiful. I like making imperfections look good, whether it’s the atmosphere or the model."

 

A photo posted by Sarah McDaniel (@krotchy) on

At the moment Sarah is billed as an 'unknown' model, but we have a feeling that it won't be much longer before she's taking over the modelling world entirely. 

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In case you may not have noticed, we enjoy Instagram for the food possibly more than the fashion.

Although, that really depends on the day that’s in it, but at SHEmazing we find it hard not to double tap any time we see a pretty foodie snap. For example, this beautiful cake:

 

A photo posted by SHEmazing (@shemazingie) on

Or indeed, cheesecake of all sizes:

 

A photo posted by SHEmazing (@shemazingie) on

So almost every time we open the app we are left feeling practically ravenous, and that’s before we’re even close to lunch time!

While many believe that scrolling through some #foodporn is just harmless fun, a new study has made us all regret following that last pastry chef immediately.

A new study in the journal Brain and Cognition suggests we may have been using Instagram wrong: "Regular exposure to virtual foods nowadays, and the array of neural, physiological, and behavioral responses linked to it, might be exacerbating our physiological hunger way too often.”

Basically, seeing everybody and their pug post pictures of their meals encourages you to feast every time they feast regardless of whether you are actually hungry or not.

If you spend too much time scrolling through a food-heavy Instagram feed you could end up eating excess calories that contribute to weight gain.

Apparently, even seeing images of food can physically affect you, making you salivate, messing with insulin levels, and even shaking up your heart rate. This is all in anticipation of eating the food you see on screen.

The study is not all bad news though. Eating habits are quite complicated and vary from person to person, so you may not need to unfollow every pizzeria on social media.

However, the study does draw attention to the link between those staring at mouth-watering looking recipes all day every day and their weight-gain.

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