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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
- Want
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a teenager, skincare is about putting no oil on your skin because you don't want any blemishes, and then in your thirties, you're putting as much oil as it can take to avoid wrinkles!
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My biggest advice for girls - and this is something that I wish I could have known when I was younger - is to have thick skin. It's something that you definitely develop when you get older, but when I first started, I was so obsessed with pleasing everybody. I wanted everybody to like me and to like my songs.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
The key to transforming your look with a collar is ensuring that it looks as if it's part of the dress, so there shouldn't be any skin visible underneath.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
Once, when I was about eight, my mum handed me a sandwich, and I remarked: 'What are those weird things on your hands?' I was referring to the visible pores, which were such a contrast to my own alabaster-smooth skin. My mum looked mortified, while my grandma laughed and said: 'They're nothing - look at mine!'
- Moment
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember the moment I first became aware of aging. I was 30. I looked down at my knees, and the skin above them had become a little loose. And I thought, 'And so it begins!'
- Effort
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have such thin skin, so I make a concerted effort to avoid reading anything about myself.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm trying to get under people's skin in a way. I don't like films that go in one ear and out the other.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
The truth is I've always taken very good care of my skin and always, always worn make-up.
- Hair
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- Nov 07, 2020
The color of somebody's skin or the way he wears his hair or clothes has nothing to do with anything.
- Fear
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's heavy, but I am able to carry it. Why? Because I'm an African woman. An African woman carries heavy loads anyway. That's how we are trained; we are brought up that nothing is unbearable. I use that now, positively. I use that now to have the thick skin that I have, and not fear, and move forward, and push; and push forward.
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
An African woman carries heavy loads anyway. That's how we are trained; we are brought up that nothing is unbearable. I use that now, positively. I use that now to have the thick skin that I have, and not fear, and move forward, and push; and push forward.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like an occasional glass of wine, though I don't drink before a shoot or a show - blotchy skin is not a good idea, however good your make-up artist.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020