“I’ve been living in New York since I was five; when we moved here we lived on the Upper West Side. Read more

"I don’t wear makeup myself—only sometimes if I have a big pimple." Read more

"I’m inspired by the makeup of silent-film stars; it’s such a great look. So I guess I’m dressing for the theater of my life." Read more

"I spent most of my life as a ballet dancer striving for classic perfection and beauty. After I stopped, I was ready to have more fun defining what beauty meant to me." Read more

"I've learned that if you wear bright lipstick, people won’t really notice the rest of your complexion." Read more

"I happen to think people are more interesting when they look ugly." Read more

"My mom’s German and my dad’s Greek. I grew up bilingual—German and Greek—and I started speaking English in school in Munich, in the 5th grade. Read more

"I love to be told that my hair is very complicated. If a hairstylist wants to hook me, they should tell me that I have very difficult hair to cut." Read more

The fashion blogger (and newly minted editor of Cosmopolitan.com) on begging for work, double-washing her face, and piling on the glitter Read more

“I was never really a beauty junkie, but it’s just those chromosomes that make you walk into a magazine’s beauty closet and think, ‘Oh my God, that is a wall of shampoo. Read more

The sisters behind the fashion and lifestyle site speak candidly on the correlation between hair and confidence, their simplified beauty routines, and drugstore lipstick to buy by the handfuls Read more

"I get to talk to so many people in a day, and I’m always asking everyone what they use," says the Poland native. "That’s how I’ve found everything I now use. I only wear a few products, so I want them to be great." Read more

"There’s some quote I read recently that said, it takes 10 years to look like an overnight success or something like that. People don’t know that you’ve been hustling for along time." Read more

"The band name is about saying ‘no’ to projects when your heart isn’t in it. It’s really important to make active choices in life. It leaves space for the things you really want to do." Read more

"I love life—I don’t want to spend two hours getting ready in the bathroom every day." Read more

"Do I feel beautiful? No. But I feel all sorts of other things instead, like exuberant and glamorous." Read more

"One of the first mean comments I got on my site was someone who said I had ‘slutty eyebrows.’ I cried and called my friends saying, ‘I had no idea my eyebrows were slutty!’" Read more

“I’m very involved on a shoot with the decisions about hair and makeup. I don’t just wait until the model comes out, ready—it’s too much fun! Read more

"For filming, we walk a fine line between looking like real people and looking camera-ready. It takes a full hour-and-a-half in the makeup chair every day to complete the look." Read more

The Italian on 'Super Tuscan' skin, disposable razors, and his hair-grooming routine: "I go through a bottle of Kiehl’s gel every two weeks" Read more

“I think that I try to be as organic as possible. Read more

"I rely on green juice for beauty. It’s great for staying calm, staying sane, and for getting glowing skin." Read more

"I know it's the feminist line to say, ‘I wear makeup and get dressed for myself and not for men and not for other people,’ but I don’t find it to be true for me, personally." Read more

“I am French—I’m from Paris, I grew up in Paris. It’s true that French are not very sophisticated in the sense that they don’t dress up for dinners. Read more