"A person's face is like a blank canvas. Makeup is the paint that dictates the mood of the piece. Everything a true artist creates is from the soul. Love, pain, joy transcends through every piece that is created as does makeup on a person's face." -- Vanessa Ly
"Happiness is beautiful. If makeup makes you happy, then wear it! If not, then don't worry about it. Regardless we should all strut our stuff, be confident, and be happy, because that's what true beauty is." -- Sioned Kay Kirkpatrick
"I wear makeup to the degree that it pleases me; I always think about who I am doing it for and what it does for me." -- Halah Ahmad
"I love and hate makeup, just like I love and hate anything that is both creative and destructive. Treating women’s faces like art is a beautiful idea, but attaching our worth to a mask of ourselves is absolutely destructive. Each woman has to find her balance.”-- Amanda Beattie
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