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A sneak peek at the real back cover of Hard Candy courtesy of Madonna Fanzine:



Can't wait for the hi-res!

Gina Brooke on makeup, Madonna and embracing our age

"Madonna is inspirational - and not just to me". The singer, who was recently inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, has an enviable energy level and drive, says Gina Brooke, Madonna's makeup artist and artistic director for Japanese beauty line Shu Uemura.

"She surrounds herself with people who are just as driven and hardworking," Brooke said last week before jetting off to London to join Madonna on a video shoot. "It keeps you on your toes."

Since teaming up with Madonna in 2005, Brooke says she has to be prepared. "(From) shadow to lashes, to diamonds, you never know what kind of request you'll get.

"When she requests something that I disagree with, what can I say? She's the queen of reinvention." In 2006, Brooke created a pair of mink and diamond eyelashes for Madonna's "Confessions on a Dancefloor" tour, setting off a lash trend that saw Shu Uemura selling a similar model for $10,000.

Wearing an outdated style of makeup will make you look older than you really are, she says. "If you embrace your age, people will be more happy with themselves." Bad lighting is a woman's worst enemy, Brooke says. Applying makeup in front of the bathroom mirror is akin to doing it in the dark. Women tend to over-apply cosmetics in bathroom light, and when they see themselves in natural light, they're shocked by how overdone they look. While she doesn't buy into cosmetic trends, Brooke says strong eyes and warm lips are popular right now.

She and Madonna went that route for the cover of Madonna's new CD "Hard Candy," set for an April 29 release. "She told me, `I want it to look really clean and bare and make it about the eyeliner,' " Brooke says.

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The Hard Candy Songwriters

Here are the complete writing credits for Madonna's "Hard Candy". As you can see - and just as reported by Madonna Tribe a few weeks ago, 7 tracks off the new album come courtesy of Pharrell Williams (eight, including the Japanese and iTunes pre-order only bonus track "Ring My Bell"), and five are composed together with Timbaland aka Timothy Mosley and Justin Timberlake.

Other interesting tidbits include writing credits for Nate ''Danja'' Hills on three songs, for Hannon Lane on "Dance 2night" and "Voices", for Kanye West on "Beat Goes On" and a contribution you will certainly have no problem to recognize - the one of the very talented Joe Henry on "Devil Wouldn't Recognize You".

Candy Shop
Written by Madonna and Pharrell Williams

4 Minutes
Written by Madonna, Timothy Mosley, Nate Hills and Justin Timberlake

Give It 2 Me
Written by Madonna and Pharrell Williams

Heartbeat
Written by Madonna and Pharrell Williams

Miles Away
Written by Madonna, Timothy Mosley, Nate Hills and Justin Timberlake

She's Not Me
Written by Madonna and Pharrell Williams

Incredible
Written by Madonna and Pharrell Williams

Beat Goes On
Written by Madonna, Pharrell Williams and Kanye West

Dance 2night
Written by Madonna, Timothy Mosley, Hannon Lane and Justin Timberlake

Spanish Lesson
Written by Madonna and Pharrell Williams

Devil Wouldn't Recognize You
Written by Madonna, Timothy Mosley, Nate Hills, Justin Timberlake, and Joe Henry

Voices
Written by Madonna, Timothy Mosley, Nate Hills, Hannon Lane, and Justin Timberlake

Ring My Bell
Written by Madonna and Pharrell Williams

Source: Madonna Tribe

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