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How Angelina Jolie uses a cosmetic sturgeon on those
unsightly veins
As one of Hollywood's highest-paid actresses, it was only to be
expected that Angelina Jolie would develop a taste for caviar.
But instead of eating it, she rubs it into her skin.
After losing a drastic amount of weight, the 32-year-old star
has recently displayed bulging veins on her arms, hands and
forehead while her normally-glowing appearance lost its lustre.
Angelina Jolie
You're so veiny: Angelina's dramatic weight loss has resulted in
protruding veins
To combat this, she has become a fan of a £200-a-time treatment
extracted from the eggs of Baerii sturgeon, reared on farms in
the South of France.
In sessions lasting up to three hours, Brad Pitt's other half is
swaddled like a mummy to sweat out toxins before being smothered
all over in the body cream. It promises to 'drench the skin with
moisture and nourishment' and combat 'loss of firmness and
slackened skin'.
Because of the high oil and protein content of caviar, it is
thought to be especially moisturising. The fish smell is removed
as extracts of caviar are used instead of whole roe.
One of the caviar treatments Miss Jolie is said to use
She has also been indulging in 90-minute facials using La
Prairie's caviar-based creams.
Miss Jolie became a fan of the treatments earlier this year in
Venice, after discovering them at the Hotel Cipriani's Casanova
spa centre. Sir Mick Jagger, Gwyneth Paltrow, Stella McCartney
and Kate Moss are also devotees of caviar facials, while
Catherine Zeta Jones has been smearing the stuff on her hair to
add instant gloss.
The caviar-based creams are produced by extracting vitelline -
or yolk sac - from the sturgeon eggs.
The substance contains phospholipids, which are fats key to
hydrating and softening the skin, as well as proteins said to
contribute to the regeneration of skin cells.
TV beauty expert Nick Ede, who gives tips on shows ranging from
GMTV to Project Catwalk, said: "Caviar is packed with proteins
and salts, and has lots of vitamins. The nutrients in it make it
one of the best things to put on your skin."
But Jenny Harding, a skincare specialist from the London-based
Dynasty clinic, said: "It is true there are omega 3 fatty acids
in caviar, but you might as well put cod liver oil on your face.
"The best thing you can do with caviar is put it on a plate and
eat it. By the time it reaches a cream, it has been doctored so
much you are getting little benefit.
"You would do just as well swallowing a cod liver supplement
every day to make your skin glow.
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