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Quotes About Makeup

Naturally, Mrs. Knudson wore too much makeup; women always put on too much makeup when someone dies.
~ Philip K. Dick
She must be in eighth grade--maybe seventh. She's old enough to wear make-up, but she hasn't figured out yet how to wear it well.
~ David Levithan
some cigarettes and when I returned she sat me down to discuss the Winter Olympics. "Did you see it on the TV? That Tonya Harding? I never liked her. She's a street fighter is what she is, a dirty snot. Nancy Kerrigan I like, but not that street fighter." Tonya Harding really is something else. I resisted the story until I saw a picture of her. With her fierce makeup, she looks like a child's drawing of an angry babysitter.
~ David Sedaris
Lucifer waits in the wings applying his makeup, ready to take center stage once his servants have finished entertaining us into insouciance
~ Dean Cavanagh
Being in the beauty industry, since there wasn't many men in makeup it was weird and obviously at beauty events we would get weird looks. But over time it's been amazing seeing how accepting everyone is when it comes to boys wearing makeup.
~ Bretman Rock
I think Sephora is great; it's so accessible, and there are so many different palettes that you can get.
~ Kat Graham
I fell into makeup by accident, but I found my love for it, and once I realized that I could actually turn it into a huge business, that's when I started taking it a little bit more seriously, but it's always something that I knew could be something.
~ James Charles
I admire anyone who does stage all their life. It's so tough, and it also made me really appreciate how lucky I am with film. You have to do your own makeup with stage, and you have to do so many un-glamorous things.
~ Ellie Bamber
Being on stage taught me how to apply eyeliner.
~ Darcey Bussell
If I want to do a smoky eye, I tend to focus more on the eyeshadow versus the eyeliner to avoid looking like a Duran Duran album cover. And if I do a smoky eye, I'll probably do a nude lipstick. I tend to fluctuate between reds and nudes.
~ Kat Von D
As I get older, I feel like I look better with less makeup. More makeup just creases more and looks like you tried too hard to cover up a bunch of stuff, versus 'OK, I've got decent skin, and that's what I'm going with.'
~ Kirsten Green
I started work as a makeup artist at the BBC, which was a vibrant, exciting and caring place.
~ Dave Myers
I'm all about a big lash. I love a good mascara. I use Tom Ford lipsticks. I think he has the most vibrant colours, especially pink or orange or vampish reds, and that's about it.
~ Poppy Delevingne
Use colors on eyes that contrast with the iris to make eyes appear more vibrant.
~ Pat McGrath
My two favorite parts of what I do are definitely writing the music and then writing and directing the videos to support each song. As well as doing my own makeup and styling for the videos.
~ Melanie Martinez
Leah and Gregory met through friends. I imagine the introduction was something like, "Hey, he's rich and has a summer house in Montecito and she's a hot makeup artist who was a yoga instructor and can still put her legs behind her head." Aaaaand cue Mendelssohn's "Wedding March.
~ Unknown
Emme is obsessed with makeup. She puts blush on her eyes, shadow on her face--it's very artistic. And she loves my shoes. She's been walking around in my heels ever since she was a year old.
~ Unknown
Men sucked. They were the root of every problem any woman could ever have. They were the reason for bras, the need for makeup, hair stylists, shaving legs, and high heels that made the arch feel like it had a steel rod slammed up it. They were picky, arrogant, argumentative, and so damned certain of themselves <...>.
~ Lora Leigh
No makeup. She moves like a ballet dancer, with a powerful and fluid grace. The kind of woman Mal can never be. The kind of woman who makes Mal feel like an oversize, blundering Labrador retriever.
~ Unknown
patterns of cloth busier than the makeup girl at a Kiss concert
~ Jim Butcher
Mister Dresden. What happened to your face?" "It's always like this," I said. "I forgot to put on my makeup today.
~ Jim Butcher
I love the confidence that makeup gives me.
~ Tyra Banks
Confidence is everything, but a little makeup can't hurt.
~ Bobbi Brown
Makeup can give you the confidence to...change your job, move abroad, get a pay raise.
~ Charlotte Tilbury