This page: TSE tank top, $295; tsecashmere .com. Sretsis chevron fringe skirt, $242; sretsis.com. Dodo by Pomellato necklace, price upon request; dodo.it. Helen Ficalora diamond disk stud earrings, $250; 877- 754-2676. Versani small ball stud earrings, $50; versani.com. Opposite: IRO leather jacket, price upon request, tank top, $122, and sandals, $713; iro.fr. AG RACHEL Adriano Goldschmied legging jeans, $168; at Bloomingdale’s. KC BILSON Designs gold diamond wing necklace, $875; IS LOVING LIFE fragments.com. Kismet by Milka diamond AFTER THE O.C. heart necklace, $710; fragments.com. THE STAR OF Rebecca Minkoff double stoned rings, $78; rebeccaminkoff.com. TALKS BODY CONFIDENCE, FITNESS FAVORITES AND THE REAL SECRET TO A SUPER HAPPY RELATIONSHIP. Ot g heArt This girl’S

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94 HEALTH.COM JUNE 2014 It’s a little surprising that she feels indecisive, considering the great calls she has made in because it happens. I binge. I life so far. After co-starring for can admit it. I’ve actually gotten five years on the hit showThe better this year. It got to the point O.C., Rachel, 32, picked another where I was eating them so winner, the CW’s Hart of Dixie, much that, like, you poop red now in its third season. She’s also every day! You’re like, “OK, I don’t a whiz at choosing side projects. know what’s going through my First she collaborated with her body, but I probably should stop. stylist on the site ShoeMint There are problems.” .com, and then she launched a “Southern-style” dishware line called Edie Rose for Macy’s. How confident are When we meet up, Rachel you about your orders granola and yogurt so her Sh ’s oi boyfriend of seven years, actor body? Do you feel e l , won’t have different now that obSesSed! to dine alone later. “It’s so close to you’re in your 30s? dinnertime, and I know he’ll want > It’s really awesome. You’re so “I REALLY LIKE to eat,” she says, apologizing. much more comfortable and COCONUT OIL Otherwise, she goes on, “he’ll don’t give a crap about the stupid FOR MY HAIR. IF THERE’S be like, ‘What? You ate?!’” Over things that you cared about YOU CAN BUY snacks and appetizers, I steal a when you were in your 20s. few of her style secrets, find out IT IN RAW I would never want to do my 20s FORM, AND ONE THING the weird thing that happens again. I hate that our society when she binges on her guilty is so focused on that body-image YOU JUST LET RACHEL BILSON pleasure and hear how she stuff. Girls growing up now are IT SIT ON YOUR quiets her chatty brain so she aware of their bodies instead of HAIR LIKE can soak up the present. what’s important. Live your A MASK, THEN IS LOOKING life and be a kid and don’t think, WASH IT OUT. You became famous I wish I was skinnier. I wish my FOR MY BODY, FORWA R D butt wasn’t so fat. I LIKE ALMOND fast at 21. How did OIL. I RUB TO, IT’S you avoid ending up With your style, IT IN AFTER A a party kid? you’ve never been SHOWER.” > I grew up in L.A. and did all that IRO top, $308; iro DOWNLOADING when I was younger. I went to the someone who’s .fr. Meira T necklace, clubs and did all the drugs and showing off a low-cut price upon request; THE DECIDER alcohol. I got it out of my system, this or high-cut that. meiratboutique.com. so by the time I was on The O.C., > Yeah, I’m pretty modest. It’s I was like, “Wow, I can just enjoy just what I’m drawn to. It’s OK APP ONTO this.” Then I started dating a to be sexy every once in a while, co-star [], so it but you don’t have to show HER IPHONE, was more of a domesticated everything to be sexy. thing; you’re just home or with TO HELP HER friends—and not out to party. What’s your idea of a hot style? What’s a perfect > Sexy cuts of dresses, like a MAKE LITTLE healthy day to you? halter style. You’re not showing > I think it’s really nice to wake cleavage, but it’s still a really sexy DECISIONS up in the morning and walk dress. I bought this pantsuit, outside. And I like to relax. I really like a onesie, that’s black, and think your state of mind is so the back is open. It’s all about MORE EASILY. important. It’s all about being subtleties. Keep ’em guessing! happy. That’s the biggest thing to having a healthy life. There’s too “OH MY GOD,” much focus on weight and how If you ever have you look, and a healthy lifestyle days when you look SHE SAYS. to me is a healthy state of mind. in the mirror and think, Eh, how do “I NEED IT When do you you snap out of it? feel your all-time > If I’m feeling bad, I’ll eat better. RIGHT NOW!” unhealthiest? When you’re having a lot of > My unhealthiest is when I greens, you’re going to feel better binge on Flamin’ Hot Cheetos, than if you’re eating a bunch of crap. So that’s when I would have my kale shake. I’m not Miss Juicer, but like I said with

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What’s your secret to getting in such great shape? like, “Oh! I’m in a dress. But I’m > I tried a personal trainer sleeping!” I secretly wish I was this year, for eight weeks. My 80. If I could, I would be 80. boyfriend was in China doing It would be amazing. a movie [Outcast], and he was HOW TO getting in serious shape for What is your biggest it, and I was like, “While he’s health regret? What is the appeal BE YOUR gone, I’m gonna do it. He can’t > When I was a teenager, I was of being 80? come home and look like that obsessed with being tan and > You can do whatever you OWN and I got nothing to show for it.” frying myself like a lobster with want, and no one is going to So I fully took it on, three times no sunscreen. And now I see mess with you. You can go to STYLIST a week. I was totally committed it on my face. It’s not about sleep at 9 p.m. and not get Our style fairy, aka and was really proud of myself. appearance; it’s more about reamed for it. Because I do Rachel, shares her I was exhausted! Every day your skin and cancer. Now I that—I watch my shows in bed top tips for spinning I would go to work and be like, always put sunscreen on my with my friends and go to bed your closet into gold. “I can’t lift my arms.” face, but I use a natural one at 9. My newest show is Family called VMV Hypoallergenics. Feud with Steve Harvey hosting. That sounds tough. And I always have sunscreen I’m not afraid of the early bird 1 on my lips because I had special. I will eat dinner at 5, What’s your dream sun poisoning there when Splurge on a nice no problem. And I cannot walk black blazer. workout? I was 16. I like Sugar because around my house without they have tinted ones. That or a leather What aLwaYs > Dancing in a hip-hop class. slippers. So that’s why the jacket is worth It’s a workout, but you’re doing nightgowns work. I’m bringing it spending money on, maKes Rachel… something fun. I want all my Your skin still seems on early. Sexy, huh? [Laughs] since it’s versatile. girlfriends to go and take a to have that radiant, “But it has to be …LAUGH: class. I’ve always wanted to forever-young look. What do you value basic,” says Rachel, “MY BEST FRIEND, learn the “Single Ladies” dance “so it works with a LEAH. ALSO because how amazing would > I’ve always looked young more than anything because I’m so short, and dress, a skirt, jeans FRIENDS, THE it be if we all started busting it in Hayden? or shorts.” out somewhere randomly? especially if I’m dressed down. > He’s so incredibly supportive SHOW. SO FRIENDS When I have a baby, everybody’s and considerate. It’s so basic— AND FRIENDS. Do you have a trick going to be like, “Awww, poor that should be there. Because 2 IT’S ALL ABOUT teen mom. Poor girl.” And Teen these things are so much FRIENDS!” Mom is my favorite show. That’s for getting yourself more important when you’re Rev up outfits what I download and watch on with accessories. back in the moment? older. I’ve been in my …FEEL SEXY: the plane. Like, don’t talk to me, “Once you have your “MAYBE SOME > When I’m on vacation, I’ll be I’m watching Teen Mom. I know, relationship for seven years, favorite basics— like, “I only have two more pathetic. But it’s true. so we’ve grown up together in NEW UNDERWEAR days,” and then, “OK, I only a way. This is my partner, my your favorite pair of AND A PRETTY jeans, your favorite have another day and a half.” Let’s talk fashion. support, just there for me no T-shirt, that black BRA. STEP IT UP I have to remind myself: Be in matter what. And vice versa. blazer—all you have A NOTCH FROM the present. You have to figure What do you to do is spice it YOUR REGULAR. out how to calm yourself down have too much of in What is on your NO-WIRE and just breathe. It takes me up with a supercool so long to shut my brain off. It is your closet? bucket list? pair of shoes or COMFORTABLE like nonstop chatter up there! > [Laughs] Good Lord. I have > I have always wanted to skydive, a scarf,” she says. COTTON ONES.” a collection of nightgowns. I’m but I actually can’t physically really into the granny nightgown, skydive, because I have chronic …FEEL So how do you shut I’m just gonna say. Like, full-on sinusitis. So that’s a bummer, 3 INVINCIBLE: off your brain? long-sleeve, long nightgowns. right? I can’t scuba dive, either— Instantly reshape “BUMPING SOME > You know what I do? [Laughs] They’re supercomfortable! although I’m happy about that. your waist. TUNES. I LIKE I’m going to sound like a crazy I don’t want to! I also have a bad Want to nip off a few OLD-SCHOOL R & B, person. I just picture blackness. And what does hip. See? Eighty. [Laughs] But pounds? Create a LIKE JODECI—OR It helps me when I wake up to start a family would be good, flattering hourglass BRITNEY SPEARS.” in the middle of the night and Hayden think of the any year in the next few years. figure. “If a dress I can’t fall back asleep and I hear granny nightgown? I’ve always wanted to be a mom. doesn’t have any …FEEL PEACEFUL: that chatter in my brain > He’s actually a fan. [Laughs] I have always wanted kids. I shape,” Rachel says, “I TAKE A BATH that just doesn’t stop. I will I wear them often. They’re cozy. can just see this little toddler “give yourself a waist STYLING BY ALMOST EVERY literally picture black. You just feel so free. You’re waddling around the house. with a belt.” KATE MOODIE HAIR BY GREGORY NIGHT. I DO SALTS, RUSSELL AT I SOAK, I BUBBLE!” THE WALL GROUP Karen Walker sweater, $310; EASY RECIPE MAKEUP BY RACHEL karenwalker.com. Sretsis GOODWIN AT skirt, $380; sretsis.com. IRO THE WALL GROUP sandals, $688; iro.fr. RACHEL’S STEAK WITH ARUGULA MANICURE BY ELISA WISHAN AT “I didn’t eat beef for three years, but I recently started eating it again because I needed iron. So this is the latest THE WALL GROUP thing we do, with vegetables from my organic garden. It’s so yummy.” TO MAKE IT: Marinate heirloom tomatoes in balsamic vinegar, olive oil, kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper. Then grill steak. Once meat is done, add fresh arugula to tomatoes, toss and serve on top of steak. SCAN TO SHOP! SCAN THIS PHOTO TO PURCHASE THE PRODUCTS IN THIS STORY (LEARN HOW ON PAGE 10). 98 HEALTH.COM JUNE 2014 99