Beauty Role Model - Monica Bellucci

               She could be a ordinary girl, but she chose to be a diva! That is Monica Bellucci, one of the last true beauty icon alive. When we see Monica's pictures we see that goddess gorgeous charming 51 years old woman, but when we see teenager Monica, we see just another regular cute girl. So, what happened to her? What did she do to turn into one of the most beautiful woman on earth? That is what I tried to find out and describe here.

              Normally I go straight to the person's beauty habits, but there is something more about Monica. There is something about her posture that goes beyond a beautiful face and perfect body. Monica is a real world traveller. She can speaks italian (native), french and english fluently and spanish and portuguese almost fluently. She also learned a bit of other languages but I think that being fluent in five languages is enough to consider someone above the average. Also, Monica lives in different places/country along the year and avoids routine. All that means that Monica worked really hard to improve her skills and be more than another pretty woman. I think that is what makes of her a truly role model and that is why she is here in my beauty role model list. So, let's find out how she made to go from a sweet normal girl to a glamorous diva.

Body

                 Monica has that kind of body which I consider hard to keep, she is not fat or skinny, she is voluptuous. In the interviews with Monica she says she dislike gym. Her regular exercises are swimming (45 minutes, 4 times a week) and yoga (everyday). For her, swimming is the real exercise, and she consider it works every muscle from the body – also it burns 500 to 750 calories per hour. And yoga is something she seems to enjoy mostly to release the stress, but it also helps to balance the body physiology, improve flexibility and some says to replace strength training. Besides swimming and yoga, Monica eventually walks, run or box in leisure time in a way to always keep moving. When she is travelling, Monica seems to take an elastic with her to exercise the arms when she has a free time at the hotel.

Food

           Similarly to EvaMendes, Monica seems to never follow a radical diet. Instead, she follows a portion control diet, which allows her to eat whatever she wants but in moderation. According to her, she is totally against starvation to lose weight. When she needs to lose weight she tries to consume higher proportions of proteins (meat and fish) and vegetables. Monica, just like the previous role models from my list, also drinks a lot of water daily.

Skin

          Monica has a very simplistic skincare routine. She goes for a cool shower in the morning and a very light moisturiser. She also uses refreshing face spray along the day. She avoids heavy make-up and in daily life she uses mascara and lip gloss. When she uses a heavier make-up she uses a finish creamy foundation and a foundation – according to her all from Dolce&Gabbana, but I can't really tell, since she is the brand ad-girl – and goes for grey or brown for the eyes. In the end of the day she put emphasis in removing all the make-up to protect the skin. She also avoids using any make-up when exercising.

Style

          

        

         Black is definitely Monica Bellucci's favourite dressing color. Her dressing style matches with old movie italian divas. She is inspired by Sophia Loren and Gina Lollobrigida and says she follows a kind of mediterranean style. I do not know what she means by mediterranean style, but I don't think mediterranean women wear black as often as Monica does. Some people say that Monica likes to wear black in a way to dissemble body imperfections and always look slim and classy. It might be, but I particularly prefer Monica in bright colors, they make her look lighter, happier and younger. Besides the color there is an item that is always with her, big black glasses. Those glasses really match with her face and protect the eye area from the sun, avoiding wrinkes and spots. Another Monica's recognizable trademark is her hair. She had different styles along the life but in the last years she has been wearing long and straight black hair.

Summing up

         Monica Belluci's beauty routine is coll shower in the morning followed by a light moisturiser, mascara and lip gloss. She swims 4 times a week, for 45 minutes, and does yoga everyday. She eats small portions of whatever she wants and increase the proportion of protein and vegetables when wanting to lose weight. Her dressing and make-up style is of a diva, expressive brownish eyes and well-tailored dresses. Althought Monica has all that diva style she says her beauty secret is to be confident and sure about yourself.