Quotes About Beauty

I don't know why I've always been so captivated by architecture.

Doing as many makeovers as I do, I've learned a few things about what makes women feel better about themselves. The starting point is usually getting a new haircut. I don't want to generalize, because every case is different, but I think it's best to err on the side of styling your hair shorter the older you get. In my opinion, it's generally not a good look for women over thirty to have hair way below their shoulders.

It's assumed that light-skinned women have no problems or issues, but they are judged before you know who they are.

You create the color first, and then the name that fits. It depends - there are no rules. You watch a fabulous old movie, and you suddenly get inspired by it to create a lipstick shade, or you walk through a gorgeous garden and find the most beautiful flower shade for an eye shadow, and then you name it.

When it comes to lingerie, there are no rules. I feel the sexiest when I'm myself, no hair, no makeup.

My parents made the decision never to focus on my looks, and I had no sense of myself as beautiful.

At 14, I'd have given my left arm to be a boy: I thought I was horrible and that no-one would ever find me attractive.

You, too, women, cast away all the cowards from your embraces; they will give you only cowards for children, and you who are the daughters of the land of beauty must bear children who are noble and brave.

All which is beautiful and noble is the result of reason and calculation.

My art flatters nobody by imitation; it courts nobody by smoothness, tickles nobody by petiteness... there is no finish in nature.

Coco Chanel once said that what makes a woman look old is trying desperately to look young. Why should one be ashamed to be 84? Why do you have to say that you're 52? Nobody's going to believe you anyway, so why be such a fool? It's nice that you got to be so old. It's a blessing.

Against her ankles as she trod The lucky buttercups did nod.

I've been embracing the red lip and just wearing it every day, not just for going out. And I get so many compliments on it. I love the Julie Hewett Rouge Noir: it's sort of a forties red.

I just enjoy the sound as I hear it in everything around me. The high and low frequencies of sound bewitch me. Whether I am in a shop, in the bathroom or listening to noise that my fans make... everything is music to my ears and drives me. I just put all these things in rhythm when I'm playing.

Of all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable.

Instagram is a 24-hour online magazine. You can see everything you like non-stop, and it has certainly had an effect on the makeup industry.

None of the European girls, including Anita Ekberg, has anything not found on American girls as well.

I've never met a woman ever, anywhere, bar none, that was more feminine than Dixie Carter.

Flowers are restful to look at. They have neither emotions nor conflicts.

I realized that nobody paid attention to eyebrows. In Romania, it was the norm. I thought, 'This is Hollywood. We work with the most incredible, beautiful models and actors and this is important.'

Normal is in the eye of the beholder.

Guess girls are normally blonde, blue-eyed bombshells. It was nice to be a brunette one.

I'm normally getting glammed for my events and when I can give my skin a break, I do.

Normally, I only put on a little foundation and I think that's because I wear make-up for work so much. I am a big fan of mascara though.