Alejandro singer Lady Gaga has brought out her own charity lipstick. Gaga, real name Stefani Germanotta, has launched a lippy called Viva Glam GaGa for MAC cosmetics. The lipstick will help to raise money for the MAC Aids Fund. It can be bought for £12.50 and all profits and sales go to the charity. And the 24-year-old's new cosmetic appears to be going down a storm. MAC chief executive Nancy Mahon said: "It's all about being glamorous and having fun but also helping a very good cause."

It's hard to believe at first glance that this is the garish and outrageous Lady Gaga.

But on closer inspection, underneath that casual attire, the Telephone star is unmistakable.

The 24-year-old singer chose an unusually dressed-down outfit to go out for coffee on the day she was named the most important star in showbiz.

She left the rubber, lace and studs at home as U.S. magazine Time included her in the annual 100 'movers and shakers' list.

Off-duty: Lady Gaga leaves the costumes at home as she stops for coffee in Los Angeles - but she could have done her flies up

Her hair loose and unbrushed around her shoulders, she seemed a little taken aback as she was confronted by the cameras as she left the coffee shop with a friend on Thursday afternoon.

Maybe it was because she was caught wearing clothes not normally seen on the controversial singer.

Or maybe it was because the zipper on her shorts hadn't been fastened properly, leaving a gaping hole.

Coffee break: Gaga and her friend leave the shop clutching their hot drinks in the California sun

Singing sensation, sex symbol, rumored hermaphrodite ... and celibacy advocate?

If you've seen her music or seen any Lady Gaga pictures, you know about her racy, sexually-charged

songs and outfits. But the star says she's celibate.

Come on ... really? Really.

"I can’t believe I’m saying this – don’t have sex," Lady Gaga told the UK's Daily Mail while discussingher

role in Mac’s Viva Glam campaign, which supports global HIV and AIDS projects. "I’m single right now

and I’ve chosen to be single."

"Because I don’t have the time to get to know anybody," she said. "So it’s OK not to have sex,

it’sOK to get to know people. I’m celibate, celibacy’s fine."

Celibacy is something Lady Gaga wants "to celebrate" with her fans.

"It’s OK to be whomever it is that you want to be," she said. "You don’t have to have sex to feel

good about yourself. If you’re not ready, don’t do it. If you are ready, there are free condoms given

away at my concerts when you’re leaving!"

She's a real humanitarian.

The important thing, Lady Gaga said, is to be true to yourself: "I remember the cool girls when I was

growing up. Everyone started to have sex. But it’s not really cool any more to have sex all the time.

It’s cooler to be strong and independent."

Unlike Bristol Palin, she practices what she preaches.

Says she's proud to be a role model, too. "When you’re in the public eye, you’re a role model whether

you want to be or not. I want to be. I’m not one of those self-obsessed artists who don’t care about

their fans. It’s not just about the music."

She may be a little misunderstood at times, but Lady Gaga made sure she sent out a message few outside of Japan would understood as she landed in the Far East.

The singer arrived at New Tokyo International Airport in Narita, east of Tokyo, with a message inked on to her forearm - written in the Japanese alphabet of Katakana.

In an angular grey asymmetric suit, with wide parachute trousers, huge black platform heels, leather cuffs and sunglasses the 24-year-old superstar growled and waved at fans.

Far out in the Far East: Singer Lady Gaga arrives at the New Tokyo International Airport in Narita, east of Tokyo, for the Japanese leg of her world tour

 

Ahead of the pack: The singer had a temporary tattoo written in Japanese Katakana in black marker, reading: "I love little monster." on her forearm - and the same message on her £3,000 handbag

 

She also carried a large white Hermès Birkin bag (worth £3,000) which she defaced with the message "I love little monster, Tokyo love." in the Japanese alphabet of Katakana - and she had "I love little monster" written on her forearm.

The singer refers to her army of loyal fans as her little monsters.

Gaga, real name Stefani Germanotta, is in Japan as part of her Monsters Ball world tour.

Big in Japan: The pop superstar will be performing concerts in Kobe and Yokohama over the next four nights before heading to Stockholm in early May

 

She will be performing concerts in Kobe and Yokohama over the next four nights, before heading to Stockholm in early May.

Over the weekend her first album, The Fame, went back to the top of the UK album chart for the fourth time.

The LP, which was released in January 2009, made its first appearance at the top of the chart exactly a year ago and has spent a total of 48 weeks in the top 10.

Toned down: The singer was a little understated in comparison with her usual wacky looks - here she is flanked by her security team

 

Her return to number one pushed last week's chart-toppers, Boyzone, down to number two.

Meanwhile, fellow female performer M.I.A has criticised Lady Gaga's music, dismissing it as "20-year-old Ibiza disco" and accusing her of mimicking.

In an interview with the NME the singer said: 'She models herself after Grace Jones and Madonna but the music sounds like 20-year-old Ibiza disco.

'She’s not progressive, but she’s a good mimic. She sounds more like me than I f*****g do! That’s a talent… but she’s the industry’s last stab at making itself important.'