With Hollywood’s awards season behind us, we are left wondering…how do those stars look so damn perfect? While the silicone valley is definitely in full swing, not all beauty secrets of the stars involve the knife.

Some last minute red-carpet regiments include spanx, spray tans and even Scotch tape! The growing popularity of spray tanning cannot be ignored. Spray tans can not only lend a healthy glow to the pale and putrid, but it can also add muscle definition where there is none. Spray-tanner- to-the-stars Jimmy Coco reveals the secret:

“If they haven’t quite been to the gym, I can make it look as though they have,” he says. “I give them an even glow and lightly etch in where the muscle is.”

On to the body shapers. Stylists swear by Spanx, a brand of bodyshaping undergarments that promises to “rescue women from love handles, waistline spillage and cellulite,” according to the company’s Web site. Spanx have a way of smoothing all the bumps and blemishes.

Before the days of the NuBra (a silicone, adhesive bust enhancer/bra) and nipple covers, stylist would put cotton balls over the nipple and scotch tape them in place! Tape is still a critical part of a stylist’s toolbox. Surgical (or even electrical) tape can be wrapped beneath the breasts, squashing them together to create cleavage. But double-stick tape is even more popular. Stylists use it to hold spaghetti straps in place, keep loose dresses close to the skin and prevent plunging necklines from becoming pornographic. Before companies made special two-sided tape for fashion use, stylists relied on toupee tape.

Beauty can be bought….you too can be taped, tucked and tanned.