Lauren Mayberry Quotes

I don't know any women who don't think about what they look like, and I don't know any men who don't think about what women look like.

I think women are very attractive.

There's a lot of stupid men out there who feel like makeup is a betrayal of the truth, and that is so funny to me.

Competing in pageants made me hyper-aware of the unfair expectations society places on women in terms of youth and beauty. But it also gave me empathy for women who use beauty as a creative exploration. When expressed healthfully, dressing up, doing hair, crafting makeup, etc., is an art form.

If you don't wear lipstick, I can't talk to you. You need to have lips - they are important for getting men.

It would have been very easy for me to put on a little tight skirt and go out and try what I always call the 'Barbie doll' roles.

If you look at tennis, the girls have become much more attractive; they wear makeup. In my generation, you were a tennis player. It wasn't like you had to look a certain way.

Is it just me, or is the world full of beautiful women?

I liked women as a shape to dress.

I definitely love women. They are more attractive to the naked eye.

I live by a man's code, designed to fit a man's world, yet at the same time I never forget that a woman's first job is to choose the right shade of lipstick.

I think trying too hard to be sexy is the worst thing in the world a woman can do.

Old women should not seek to be perfumed.

I had no interest in people telling me to be feminine, to be ladylike, to wear dresses - it just made me rebel completely.

I don't like acres of faceless girls walking.

On the ground, I am a professional cricketer - I don't need to wear lipstick. If I want to look good, I know when to wear make-up. I do not accept it being put on my face when I am wearing the India kit.

For women, style codes are not merely about being smart or presentable, they are a platform for judgment.

Isn't it incredible how, you know, people have to fight to look like themselves. It's so crazy to me.

I was a tomboy growing up. Even after I started modeling at thirteen, I didn't learn how to do my makeup.

Much of the discussion around how people look at women focuses on culture, as if the media is entirely to blame. As if, without magazines and commenting hosts, we'd all suddenly dress in practical overalls and only judge a person on the quality of their charity work and poetry.

Beauty pageants in general are foreign and noxious to me: I can barely muster the energy to put on lip gloss and mascara.

There are some women out there who are just going to look better with a mustache: that's statistics.

The reason there are so few female politicians is that it is too much trouble to put makeup on two faces.

I see explicit covers on magazines, and they're getting even more explicit, and it's like, Are women being empowered, or is this just what sells magazines? Are they feeling pressured, or have they really come into themselves and are saying, 'I am woman, hear me roar?'

I know what women want. They want to be beautiful.