Top 40 Louise Nurding Quotes

By the way, you won’t put that thing in about me wanting to have sex on a football pitch, will you?

I’ll teach my kids right from wrong, but I’m never going to teach them that they can’t have fun. They’ll make mistakes; they’ll do things they regret, like we all have.

The gold iridescent ‘Naked’ outfit is perhaps not my finest moment.

My business partner and make-up artist Kim Jacob and I have employed every member of staff, decided where every desk in the office should go, tried every product on our faces.

For a performer, passion is far more important than technical skills. If a dancer’s leg isn’t at a perfect angle, I can see past that, but if someone’s dead in the face, it’s really boring.

I’d love to do a safari holiday somewhere in Africa – maybe Kenya or Tanzania. I have never been, and we’ve deliberately waited until the children are older so that they could appreciate it, learn something and come back with stories.

I love Stella McCartney because she’s timeless and classic, and I love Isabel Marant for wearability – you don’t need ‘an occasion’ for her clothes.

After having your first child, it’s a massive shock to the system. I work in an industry where people judge you and the way you look, and you always want to put your best foot forward when you can.

I’m embarrassed to admit that I’m still scared of the dark. I have to have a light on all night. It’s completely irrational, and my son is the same. I just hate the dark.

There are very few people I would trust to look after my children.

I think we make a common mistake of all wanting to look younger, and I think there is nothing more attractive, charming and endearing than when you meet a woman and you think she looks amazing for her age rather than 20 years younger because of this, that and everything else.

I don’t get involved in football! I haven’t got a sporty bone in my body.

I suppose I try to dress for women like me, women I would look at and think, ‘Ah, she looks cool, she looks nice’. You kind of get to an age when you know what suits you.

I don’t feel body confident at all! Anything but, actually.

As much as we love being sociable on holiday, part of me craves the idea of being away, staying in a hut on the beach, and maybe not seeing anyone for days apart from Jamie and the boys.

I hate sport. I like girlie things.

Growing up, I was never the kind of girl to dream about wedding dresses and pretty houses.

I love Pilates – I am a really big believer in it as a practise; I think it’s fab.

I grew up in a few houses because my dad was a builder, so we used to build and sell quite a lot.

I have a good shopping relationship with my mum. She lets me buy, and she spectates. I take advice from her, and I give it, too.

I wish I was told to look after my teeth when I was younger. My smile is really important to me and one of my biggest assets, so I’m very conscious that I need to keep it in top condition.

I’ve always been a bad flyer, but I don’t let it get in the way of travelling. I love stepping off the plane and feeling the heat and the foreign smell of being somewhere different.

I like to work; I like to be creative. I work in the entertainment industry where work may come up, and it may not, so I wanted to do something proactive. I’ve got a brain; I don’t want to just sit at home – I want to do as much as I can.

I own some Victoria Beckham dresses; they make me feel great.

I’m not somebody who likes to show off my cleavage, and I don’t dress up for the papers.

If you feel uncomfortable about something, just because you’re in the public eye, it doesn’t mean it doesn’t hurt when people say things.

I have quite dark skin, and when I had my son, I suffered quite bad pigmentation; I had dark patches on my face. Everyone said it would go, but it would take a very long time for them to even slightly disappear.

I think wearing less makeup can seem a bit scary for some women because we get so used to seeing ourselves look a certain way.

New Zealand was one of the most beautiful countries to drive through for the scenery and the vast scale of the place.

It’s inevitable: as I get older, I am going to get more wrinkles; it’s something you have to accept.

One thing I wish I’d done differently in my career is insist on having friends or family on tour. I was really young when I travelled the world with Eternal, and I was always homesick.

I really believe less is more. When you get older, too much makeup can be ageing, and when you’re young, you should enjoy the fact your skin is free from lines and wrinkles rather than overloading it with products.

I love Spanish cities, particularly Barcelona, Madrid and Palma, which has the most amazing cathedral that I once went to for a wedding.

Being in the pop group Eternal gave me the most wonderful opportunity to travel the world, and I have visited some spectacular countries.

I can play the piano. I started off with lessons, and then, as we always had a piano in the house, I would play around and became quite good.

All my friends are girls. I just prefer the company of women.

Our life may look glamorous, but we scream at the kids, and I have to tell Jamie to tidy up if we have guests coming over.

Age is just a number, and I know so many women who look fabulous at 40, 50 and 60 so it doesn’t scare me. It’s inevitable – I will get older, and the wrinkles will come, but I’m not that bothered.

There are hundreds and hundreds of women who are married to footballers, and we get to see a very small handful of them. They are all different individuals, and they choose the way they want to live their life or look, and I don’t think it is really fair on anyone else to judge.

I absolutely love reading; it is a fantastic way of unwinding.