She gave up beauty in her tender youth, gave all her hope and joy and pleasant ways she covered up her eyes lest they should gaze on vanity, and chose the bitter truth. less than 1 minute read
Thanks to capitalism, the importance placed on beauty has never been so manipulated. We are the guinea pigs force-fed ads that tell us how pathetic we are: that we will never be loved, happy or valuable unless we have the body, the face, the hair, even the personality that will apparently be ours, if only we buy their products. less than 1 minute read
I thought to be feminine was to give in to straight culture, or the beauty standard, but in my heart I had a flair for fashion and style. They were passions I kept secret because I didn’t understand I could love clothes and hair and makeup and still like girls. less than 1 minute read
I think we have become obsessed with beauty and personally I’m really saddened by the way women mutilate their faces today in search of that. less than 1 minute read
Bologna is the best city in Italy for food and has the least number of tourists. With its medieval beauty, it has it all. less than 1 minute read
The value of old age depends upon the person who reaches it. To some men of early performance it is useless. To others, who are late to develop, it just enables them to finish the job. less than 1 minute read
And I think of that again as I’ve written in several of my beauty books, a lot of health comes from the proper eating habits, which are something that - you know, I come from a generation that wasn’t - didn’t have a lot of food. less than 1 minute read
