Darcey Bussell Quotes

Growing up on stage, I was introduced to makeup at a young age and I will never forget the first time I tried on a L'Oreal Paris iconic lipstick - it was instant glamour and I've been hooked ever since.

I've had a lifelong love affair with makeup. When I was a little girl, I used to take my mother's makeup and paint all of my dolls' faces, and I even painted the dog's face!

British actors wear wigs a lot. I find it to be a nice ritual at the end of the day, take the wig off, clean the makeup off, go home, leave work behind me.

An actress in a film starts every day with an hour and a half in front of a mirror, with hair and make-up and costumes.

With wearing makeup a part of my job as a model, one might think I'd get tired of it, but I absolutely love it.

Makeup and beauty is essentially art so I really can't say that I dislike any trend. I love seeing innovation and creativity. It feeds my soul!

I have been interested in beauty from an early age. My sister used to put face masks on me and do me up with my mother's makeup!

If you give me an eyeliner, I can create 40 looks with that - whether it's liquid or pencil.

I'm a smoky eye girl. I love playing with eye colors, metallics... fun stuff!

Just like I am obsessed with the history of fashion, I love reading about the history of makeup.

I've never liked spending a lot of time on beauty stuff. I have two eye pencils that I use, and that's it.

I am intimidated by that eyeliner in a pot. You have to take a brush and wet it and then dip it in and get it straight. It's just a mess.

I think that it's really nice to learn that makeup is different for every person. Everyone has a different feature on their face that they like to show off.

I pay attention to how every makeup artist does everything.

I find most men don't like a lot of makeup.

But when I went on the stage to do a show, I would put on makeup because I felt that it enhanced my act; it drew attention to what I was doing.

If I wasn't even famous or had any success, I would still wake up and put tons of make-up on, and put on a cool outfit. That's always been who I've been my whole life, so that's never gonna change. I love fashion. I love getting dressed up. I love Halloween, too.

Courtney Cox got me this Laura Mercier tinted moisturizer. She wears it, too! If one of us finds a product we love, we buy it for the other.

I got obsessed with makeup and makeup artists when I was young, with people like Kevyn Aucoin.

I don't think makeup is rocket science or a cure for cancer.

I know some women are intimidated by makeup.

I think that makeup can be challenging, especially when you are younger.

I wear tinted moisturized since, on the stage, we tend to wear such heavy stage makeup.

I love the creative outlet of designing, and I love make-up and products and feel like I find so many great products around the world that I want to recreate, so I want to do that or design.

I always wanted to be a makeup artist. When I don't get to have my stylist, I do my own makeup!