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<p><font size="1"> </font><font size="1" color="#000000">Over th</font><font size="1" color="#000000">e
next few weeks, you can expect to see Britain's celebrities boasting
bigger lips, shinier skin and brighter eyes - one of Hollywood's
favourite make-up brands is finally being launched here in London.</font></p>
<p><font size="1" color="#000000">DuWop is used by everyone from Brooke
Shields to Jennifer Lopez. Founders Cristina Bartolucci and Laura
Deluisa find this easy to explain. "We devised the products to deal
with problems that celebrities have," they reveal. "In fact, on
the packaging it says, 'Not tested on animals, only on actors',
and that's the truth. We would experiment on the people we were
filming with."</font></p>
<p><font size="1" color="#000000">Like so many of today's make-up
moguls, Cristina and Laura were formerly Hollywood hair and make-up
artists (working on Pulp Fiction, 12 Monkeys and Die Hard). However,
one day after sitting in a dingy back-lot for 14 hours, the pair
decided they wanted out. "We spent two hours trying to think of
something to get us off cold movie sets," says Cristina. The result
was i gels (�20) - little gel pads, made from calming chamomile,
yarrow and lavender, which, when placed on puffy celebrity eyes,
would shrink the swelling fast. "We had this problem time and time
again," says Cristina. "Stars would go out late, eat too much Chinese
food, drink too much alcohol and arrive on set at 5am with slits
for eyes, then expect us to make them look beautiful. We wanted
something that would help us do that."</font></p>
<p><font size="1" color="#000000">After much experimentation, production
started in 1997 from Laura's kitchen. Within months, they were filling
orders from their make-up trailer on the set of the hit TV show,
Felicity. "The UPS truck would arrive and we'd start flinging parcels
out of the back," says Laura. "I think we only stayed calm because
we reeked of lavender the whole time."</font></p>
<p><font size="1" color="#000000">In 1999, they left make-up work
and officially set up DuWop (the name means two Italian girls, in
deference to their continental heritage). Their next product was
Lip Venom (�15), a gloss that causes lips to swell and tingle, creating
a plumping pout. "Actresses tend to want their mouths to look bigger
and sexier, so I was always drawing lines on their skin to make
lips fuller. We decided to make something that could do the job
naturally," says Laura. They sent Courteney Cox, Heather Graham
and Bridget Fonda complimentary gift baskets containing the miracle
product, the stars became instant fans and DuWop had arrived.</font></p>
<p><font size="1" color="#000000">Today, Laura and Cristina employ
four staff and have three manufacturing plants dealing with orders.
Renee Zellweger even sent them a thank-you note for creating i gels.
Their latest product, Fleshtone (�20), is a tinted body moisturiser
that's beloved of the Hollywood body, Jennifer Lopez. It could be
their biggest seller yet as it offers everyone a touch of Tinseltown.
"People think stars have amazing skin, but what the public doesn't
realise is that an actress won't go out in a revealing dress without
some kind of body make-up. By bringing this out, we're trying to
tell people that, and put a stop to the myth that all stars are
perfect."</font></p>
<p><font size="1" color="#000000">Or at least, if they are, it's only
thanks to DuWop.</font></p>
<p><font size="1" color="#000000">DuWop products will be sold at the
new make-up emporium, Pout, when it opens at 32 Shelton Street,
London WC2, on 14 June<br>
tel: 020 7462 7830 </font></p>
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