Kaitlyn Bristowe Quotes

If you want to do what you want to do, you have to look a certain way.

Just like any other girl, I felt pressure to look a certain way. Act a certain way.

A lot of my friends say, 'Did you even put on makeup?' and that's exactly what I want.

I really do believe that my style is informed by the fact that I had such issues with my appearance at various times of my life.

As a woman, and as somebody in the public eye, we always have to be ready for the red carpet and have the nicest outfit, work with the best makeup artist. While all that's nice, we're also human beings.

I've worked so hard to eliminate the inner geek from my life. I suddenly realize I have no patience for those people who still have their geeks showing. Now I see why being 'normal' has been so important to me.

I'm not girly girly enough to care how I look on TV, or if I'm wearing the correct make up.

I find the whole concept of being 'sexy' embarrassing and confusing. If I do a photo-shoot, people desperately want to change me - dye my hair blonder, pluck my eyebrows, give me a fringe. Then there's the choice of clothes. I know everyone wants a picture of me in a mini-skirt. But that's not me.

Some people say, 'If she's so real, why does she call herself with a made-up name?' Well, India is my real name. Or they say, 'If she's so real, why does she wear makeup?' I didn't know there was anything wrong with makeup.

I got interviewed by one writer who started with the line, 'Mary Gauthier is a woman who clearly doesn't care how she looks.' I do too. It's just that I'm not very good at it.

Don't know which one is worse, doing your own thing or just being cool.

Looking good has never been the most important thing to me. Maybe it's because I'm more conventionally, um, acceptable, so it's not an issue for me. I don't know.

I like to look nice, but I'm not marketing being beautiful.

I just like to look beautiful sometimes.

My clothes don't make one a different person, just more of oneself.

I didn't figure out the makeup or cute hair or clothes until oh, maybe my junior year of high school.

I'm not a girl who needs to put on a whole face of make-up before I leave the house.

I have a friend who, if she has a bad hair day, it affects her whole mood because it is part of her sexuality, her confidence. I don't have that problem any more.

I'm very different to my mum. I'm not as beautiful as she is, nor - she probably despairs about this - as groomed. I certainly rebelled against her idea of looking well turned-out. I spent several years with a shaved head in jeans and baggy shirts.

During my first photo shoot, I was unhappy because they put so much makeup on me and straightened my hair. I've been stubborn ever since.

I remember straightening my hair because I wanted to be like everybody else, and now the fact that anybody would emulate what I do? It's just funny.

When I dress in a certain way and do my hair and makeup in a certain way, it's not to get attention.

My appearance has changed a lot over the years, but it has far more to do with how I feel about being a woman.

But I'll never be one of those women who feel that they always have to wear earrings and aren't properly dressed without them.

Pat Phoenix kept that amazing sassy look. I always wonder, was that because she was thrilled with that look, and thought it looked marvellous, or was it because she was too scared to change it? It's a double thing. Security and insecurity.