- Growing Up
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- Nov 07, 2020
Skin Quotes
From skincare habits to what it means to feel comfortable in your own skin.
Several of the quotes here come from people talking about their actual skincare routines - oil cleansers, sensitive skin, and makeup that evens out skin tone without hiding it. For a broader take, see Care quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Hair
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- Nov 07, 2020
Even though I was very young, it was traumatizing seeing someone try weird things on their skin all for the sake of being lighter. It's as common as relaxing your hair or maybe even brushing your teeth. I had friends not wanting to do it, but their moms gave them creams to help lighten their skin. That's how accessible it is.
- Bad
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wanted to bleach my skin so bad, but my sister always discouraged me. She'd say, 'This is a bad thing. Don't try it.'
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mom was the only one who didn't bleach her skin. She was the one who kept her natural complexion. So yes, I consider her a role model. All of her other family members would say to us, 'Oh, your mom is so beautiful. She's lucky she kept her skin.' Those comments stayed with me.
- Nov 07, 2020
I was so ashamed of it that I would spend hours in the shower crying and trying to wash my skin off.
- Inspiration
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was younger, I didn't have any inspiration to like the skin I was in.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
In my family, only my brother has a similar skin color. But in Senegal, the color is common.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's my job to accept my youth, to spread my story, to let people know who I am as an individual, because there's so many people who are blinded and think less of me because of my skin color.
- Hit
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- Nov 07, 2020
My skin is 24 karat gold when a sun hit it.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
We carved it in stone: no matter the place of your birth or the hue of your skin, you can live in California in safety, dignity, and, yes, sanctuary.
- Night
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't have time for any special skin routines. Many a night I go to bed with the gloppy mascara and all.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
Long ago, I had to sort of learn to have a thick skin to read some of the things you read in the papers and to also keep my ego in check when you read some really flattering things in the papers.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The more normal it gets for people to see people of a gender or skin tone they wouldn't expect in jobs that they wouldn't expect, or speaking a way they wouldn't expect them to, the more it cultivates a sense that we share more than separates us.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's funny that all these goths paint their faces with such white make-up and that is the actual colour of my skin, I am that pale!
- Boots
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- Nov 07, 2020
It makes my skin crawl to think about the violent ways snakes, lizards, alligators and other exotic creatures are raised and killed for boots, bags and belts.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Could people be trained to be less gullible? Or are you as stuck with gullibility as you are with skin colour?
- Politics
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not talking ideas, or even presentation. It's like in politics: You have to sell something to become an electric player - like your skin or your heart.
- Paint
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- Nov 07, 2020
I taught myself to paint African-Americans, mostly people roughly my skin tone.
- Light
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- Nov 07, 2020