“To meet a beautiful woman is one thing, but to meet your best friend in the most beautiful of women is something entirely apart.”— Chris Van Dusen, Simon Basset, Regé-Jean Page, imdb.com
“It became second nature to compare my appearance to every person who caught my eye, so I found myself in this continuous cycle of picking at my face while slowly watching my self confidence plummet before my very eyes.”— Orion Carloto, nylon.com
“You can have it both ways! You can have it all! And if you try them and hate them, well … hair grows, and you’ll be back to a 'Gerard Way in 2019' look in no time.”— Madeleine Aggeler, thecut.com
“The core of 'The Queen’s Gambit'—a young woman struggling to matter at all becomes a great chess player—might be impossible for her to play.”— Sarah Miller, newyorker.com
“Everything has a face, a cute face. I want my knife to have a little blue penguin face on it. Why not? I have to look at it.”— Cat Marnell, thecut.com
“I believe that in this worldview, which is the dominant one, beauty is seen as the only legitimate capital that women are allowed possess. But beauty is supposed to serve power’s interests. When beauty occurs in an “unruly body”, such as a non-white person’s body, then it is an existential threat.”— Tressie McMillan Cottom , tressiemcphd.medium.com
“Let me show you just how beautiful you are.”— Mike Flanagan, Peter Quint, Oliver Jackson Cohen, imdb.com
“If you've ever been exposed to wildfire smoke and noticed your skin breaking out soon after, the smoke could have been the culprit.”— Kelly Dougher, allure.com
“People will risk everything for a little bit of something beautiful.”— Kate Elizabeth Russell, amazon.com
“Pay attention to my layering and blending. You are going to see in the end that, once the makeup is done, even though I’ve used so much product and so many techniques on this model’s face, in person she’s going to look softer, more feminine, not intimidating. Very doll-like.”— Mario Dedivanovic, newyorker.com
“March is Female Empowerment Month. If you’re looking for ways to celebrate the women in your life, spend some time with them, send them a heartfelt message, or gift them something they’ll appreciate:”— Kelly Peacock, Thought Catalog, thoughtcatalog.com
“If women wanted to be appreciated for their brains, they’d go to the library instead of Bloomingdale’s.”— Mike Bloomberg, vanityfair.com
“There's so many beautiful things in the world.”— Chris Butler, Adelina Fortnight (voice), Zoe Saldana:, imdb.com
“The right face mask can change your whole face and outlook on life.”— Alison Hinman, thoughtcatalog.com
“'Sports have been cut out of the beauty conversation for too long—we want to merge that gap,' explains Harris.”— Lauren Valenti, Vogue, vogue.com
“Some influencers are going to extreme lengths to get their skin camera-ready amid this daunting new technology.”— Bianca Lambert, huffpost.com