By Hayat Mohamed, BlackVoices.com

We caught up with the fun and spunky Tasha Smith before the premiere of her new movie, 'The Longshots', and asked her to spill the beans on how she manages to stay so beautiful. Much to our surprise, she didn't hold back at all. You may want to get a pen and paper because if you're like us you'll be trying some of these tips pronto!

Smith acts alongside Ice Cube and KeKe Palmer in the film 'The Longshots' which depicts the true story of Jasmine Plummer, an 11 year-old-girl who became the first female to play in the Pop Warner football tournament in its 56-year history.

KeKe Palmer plays the role of Jasmine and Smith plays her mother, Claire Plummer, in the film. "I think the film has a lot of heart," said Smith. "As you see the story you see how the life and energy of the town changes just because of this little girl's transformation." 'The Longshots' hits theaters August 22.

What are you wearing tonight to the premiere?

I think I'm wearing a Bagley Mischka royal purple dress. If I don't wear that then it will be a Nicole Miller in purple as well. It's all about purple! Oh and some Jimmy Choo shoes.

What fashion beauty trends have you recently jumped on?

Gladiator shoes and I'm trying to ease into the mini skirt. As long as my legs are, my legs have never been something I've truly embraced but I'm trying to let the girls out.

Whose style are you really diggin' these days?

I love Rihanna's look from head to toe. I think her style is so cool, funky and designer chic all wrapped into one.

How would you describe your own style?

I've been more on the clean and girly look with a lot of dresses and what not. I've been doing the clean straightforward, elegant look. You could call it the fun elegant look.

What's your daily skin regimen?

Olay Henderson face wash and there's this cream that I've found that is incredible, it's like magic. It's a little on the pricey side but it's the best stuff I've ever used. It's called Diamond Cream by Natura Bissa, it's a line out of Spain. You can only get it at Nieman's and it's amazing. They have a great face wash as well and sometimes I go back and forth between Olay Henderson's face wash and Natura Bissa's face wash as well as their cream. At night time, I wash my face with either Natura Bisse or Olay Henderson but the trick for night time is Carol's Daughter face butter. It's truly butter for the face! It keeps the skin so vibrant in the morning. People are always saying "Oh my God your skin is just glowing!" It's very thick but it conditions the face and it's the best.



What are your favorite make-up products?

I go for the natural look but I have to tell you, Laura Mercier has an amazing liquid foundation that's very light and very sheer as well as Bobby Brown's liquid foundation. I've been trying to do not as much powder. I like to have a bit of the dewiness going on because sometimes I feel that powder just accents every wrinkle you could possibly think of having. It gets up in every nook and cranny! I feel like less powder under the eyes the better because it doesn't dry out the eye as much. Bobby Brown has an incredible concealer that I use as well.

Do you think it's difficult to for women with dark skin to find make-up that matches?

No, not at all! I have always found that one color never works; you have to mix it to get the color you want. Whenever I sit down to get my make-up done and the make-up artists has one color and thinks she's going to use that all over my whole face, she not doing her thing right! That doesn't work and I'm not having it.

What is your ideal hairstyle?

I change my hair like I change my underwear girl. My natural hair is very thick and with me trying to work out, sometimes it's difficult for me to manage because after sweating out at the gym with a recent press, my roots become frizzy or if I have a perm, dampening the hair and trying to figure that out isn't so fun. I'm not a girl that likes living in the hair salon every two weeks. I don't do that, I need some hair that I can manage even when I'm at the gym. So I find weaves to be more manageable, it's a convenience thing for me. Sometimes my hair is inconsistent because every time it's time for me to change my weave always I'm trying something new. Right now I'm wearing these individual twists which are fun and it worked for the summer. This is really my summer look although it isn't the clean and chic look that I like. I love the straight hair, blown out with a nice cut. I'm missing my weave and I was also enjoying the bang, so I'm think I'm going back to the bang; long straight side, nice bang.



What are your makeup don'ts?

I say don't wear black lipstick and black liner. That black or dark brown lip liner, that's not blended in with the pink or peach lipstick. That to me is a ghetto no no!

What beauty product can you just not live with out?

I couldn't live without my diamond cream, or my Carol Daughter's face butter.

What are some beauty secrets that you have, home regimens?

Queen Helene! Your grandmother has probably heard of it. You can find it in any drugstore, Rite Aid or CVS drugstore. Queen Helene is a line from back in the day. They have great cocoa butter that is just amazing and they have a great face scrub. Their apricot scrub and oatmeal scrub are great and they have an awesome mud mask. Queen Helene is the best. My home facial regimen is Queen Helene. And I don't care how expensive you go, nothing is going to top Queen Helene. Queen Helene is between $2.99-$3.99. Some of their products include: a mud pack mask, Apricot Moisturizing facial mask, Vitamin C and Honey peel off mask and the Apricot Scrub. Queen Helene leaves your skin glowing. You'll spend $12 on all of it!