What I am is a heretic who’s recanted and, thereby, in everyone’s eyes, saved his soul. Everyone’s eyes but one, who knows deep down inside that all he has saved is his skin.
There are two things in life that I really wanted to do: be an actress, and to be in skin care, and I’ve gotten to do both of them.
People who face discrimination due to the color of their skin, are often obstructed by institutional barriers across our society – from education and housing, to employment and healthcare, to voting rights and the criminal justice system.
Skin care is so much more important than makeup. Makeup is for when you’re having fun and going out. But your skin is forever.
I have a thick skin, but I have a heart.
Despite what anti-aging ads say, growing older can be better. I feel better in my skin, 100 percent. You have greater effects of gravity, but the better sense of yourself you have is something I wouldn’t trade. Women who lie about their age – ‘why?’
When I was younger, it was harder for me to find a black eyeliner that would actually show up on my skin. Being a dark-skinned woman, when you find something that actually shows up on your face, you love it even more.
I remember taking my makeup off at a Saint Laurent shoot, and I was dragging it across my eye. The makeup artist was like, ‘Don’t do that to your skin! Don’t pull it like that!’ And I’m like, ‘Really?’
I love new cities, and if I haven’t travelled for a month, the need to go somewhere starts to gets under my skin.
Far too often, I have been accepted or rejected for work because of the color of my skin.
I love you more than my own skin.
I’m not too big on moisturisers and fancy skin products. I keep my grooming regime nice and simple.
Good skin is the best foundation for your makeup.
I love to act because I love trying on other people’s skin.
Many people say that recovery from an aneurysm is like having a layer of skin ripped off – your experience of life is more intense.
The funny thing is, when I ask people with dark skin if they would change their color, they tell me no, and when I ask women if they would rather be men, they tell me no, and I get the same response when I ask people with unusual anatomies if they would take a magic pill to erase their unusual features.
Already from your own cells scientists can grow skin, cartilage, noses, blood vessels, bladders and windpipes. In the future, scientists will grow more complex organs, like livers and kidneys. The phrase ‘organ failure’ will disappear.
I’ve always understood that, as a woman and as a person of color, I would always have to work harder; I would have to have thicker skin. I would have to be more mindful of my reactions, the way I spoke to people.
A stem cell is essentially a blank cell capable of becoming another, more differentiated cell-type in the body, such as a skin cell, a muscle cell or a nerve cell.
Skin care is massively important to me. My mom instilled that into my brain from a pretty young age.
There comes a time in your life when you become comfortable in your own skin.
I do feel like I’m at ease in my own skin when I find an androgynous balance.
People don’t associate red hair, pale skin, and freckles with beauty.
I try to shave at night so my skin has a chance to settle by the early morning call-time.
In India, people love turmeric. They make turmeric milk, and sometimes I mix it with some cream or yogurt and turn it into a scrub. You’d be amazed at what it can take off your skin.
