Episode 20 | Dec 23, 2011
Lifestyle Lemon Drops
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFPlowi56pE&list=UUPNLKkUkup4zMr1m1t7O7CQ&index=4
Entertainment | August 24, 2010
Hawthorne Actress Reveals Her Beauty Secrets
By Jennifer D'Angelo Friedman
Celebs. Free mini facials, spray tans and Pilates. All in one gorgeous afternoon! Such was the scene at this summer's "Get Fit. Glam. & Go!" event in Los Angeles, hosted by Hawthorne actress Abigail Spencer.
You've probably seen Spencer on one of your favorite shows -- she's currently appearing on the Jada Pinkett Smith drama Hawthorne, following roles on Castle, Mad Men, How I Met Your Mother and Private Practice. You can also catch her in the upcoming comic book flick Cowboys and Aliens, which will feature A-listers like Harrison Ford, Daniel Craig, Olivia Wilde and Sam Rockwell (Steven Spielberg is a producer)."I think it's as big as it gets," she told us. "I was just added to the cast. I've had a very Hollywood week!"
With so much going on (Spencer also has a 2-year-old son), the in-demand actress finds it hard to make time for her beauty and fitness routine. So she developed what she calls a "compressed beauty regimen" involving two key secrets.
"I used to work out all the time, but after I had my son I was like 'no more,'" she reveals. "I've only done Pilates since I had my son -- I gained 40 pounds of pregnancy weight and lost of all of it without dieting. I'm in way better shape than I was before my pregnancy!"
Spencer swears she's only made one other major change -- she's subbed out coffee in favor of Steaz tea.
"I gave up all unnatural sugars and all unnatural ingredients. I gave up coffee; now I only drink Steaz, which is an all-natural green tea-based drink. These were the only two things that I did differently, and I noticed a world of difference," she says.
Now, Abby looks better than she has in her whole life -- and her girlfriends were noticing.
"They were like, 'What are you doing?' So I thought, "Why don't I do a summer kick-off party for my girlfriends and do my deal?"
The event featured Spencer's "secret celebrity Pilates trainer" Jessica McTighe ("She trains so many high-profile people in L.A., but nobody knows about her. She's like the secret weapon"); Katie Ladner's all-natural spray tans; Osmosis facials; "Skin So Sweet" sugaring hair removal ("I'm part Cherokee and I have a lot of hair -- it's an issue"); Beyond Yoga's "so soft" line of yoga and Pilates gear and other products and treatments.
Spencer says there's no reason why you can't get your girlfriends together and share your own beauty secrets. She also asked all of her celeb guests to reveal their favorite stay-healthy secret. Click through our slideshow to see what they said!
Source: https://www.self.com/story/mad-men-actress-reveals-her-be
“What are some of your favourite at-home family activities these days?
Dancing in the kitchen with my son. Zoom Pilates with Jessica McTighe, and FORWARD Space’s at-home dance parties.” - Abigail Spencer
Source: https://www.bonlook.com/blogs/blog/q-a-with-abigail-spencer
SEASON 6 EPISODE 6 | May 10, 2013
Keeping Up With The Kardashians:
The Former Mrs. Jenner
ALLURE | April 29, 2013
Christa Miller Talks SoulCycle and Her Favorite Breasts on the Set of Her Allure Nudes Shoot
BY CATHERINE QUINN O'NEILL
Christa Miller almost didn't make it to her Allure nudes shoot. "I said to my husband, 'Wait, what am I doing? I'm going to be naked for Allure. Maybe I should turn around,'" says Miller. "He was like, 'You look great, and you've been Spinning like a crazy person. Go.'" I talked to the *Cougar Town *actress about how else she prepped for the shoot—and why she never walks around the house naked.
Once you booked the shoot, what did you do to prepare? "I was off [from] work these past two weeks, so I just worked out every day. I stepped up my SoulCycle, and I have an amazing Pilates instructor, Jessica, and she made time for me. If you really want to fine-tune that body, get a naked shoot from Allure magazine. That goal makes you snap to it."
Your husband knows about the shoot—do any of your three children? "When I spoke to my husband he was in the car with my daughter and she was like, 'What? Gross! Mom!' I might have lied and said there were pasties. It's fine. She's 12."
What will you eat now that shoot is over? "I'm going to Courteney [Cox]'s, and Courteney doesn't eat a lot of carbs. I told her, 'I don't even want to deal with your crap today. You better have carbs when I get home. I want there to be only carbs, and you can suck it.'"
Do you walk around the house naked? "If I walked around naked, my husband would make me have sex 40 times a day. That's a true story. Also, it's cold."
What's your favorite and least favorite body part? "Probably my shoulders. I have broad shoulders. I wish I had my daughter's tush."
Any other body parts you covet? "I think Scarlett Johansson has really nice boobs. I don't really covet. I try to piece it together, work with what I have, or else it will make you crazy at the end."
Do you think Americans are uptight about nudity? "I do think Americans have a little more of an uptight attitude about being naked. My mom was a model, so we'd go to our country house and all her friends would be topless, because a lot of the models were from Europe. I grew up knowing everyone has different boobs."
Did that help you with the shoot today? "The second we started, there were so many people around, and no one cared that I had no clothes on. I'm like, 'Doesn't anybody care? What world is this?'"