President Obama's 100-day plan is pretty impressive. I think it's a Wow 100-plus days. The administration is not operating from fear, it is trying to drive change for the future, and that's a good thing.

Avon is a unique place to work; we've got family-friendly policies. We have more senior women in high-level management than any other company; 46 percent of our officers are women.

I can only have dinner with my girlfriends once a month instead of once a week.

That was very much ahead of its time back in the 1880s and, not surprisingly, it was met with some resistance. [I]f you fast forward to today and the fact that we're the single largest source of employment for women (broadly speaking, as the reps are independent contractors), we've been an important creator of entrepreneurship for women.

Talent is the No. 1 priority for a CEO. You think it's about vision and strategy, but you have to get the right people first.

You know, you go home and you try on a new mascara, and I guess a male CEO can't do that.

The product is second to managing the people.