When I was growing up, the men in my life were abusive; women were the ones I ran to for comfort.

That's why I began doing makeup in the first place: I was hoping that through helping people see the beauty in themselves, I could try and find it in me.

When I was growing up, the men in my life were abusive; women were the ones I ran to for comfort.

Growing up, my ideals were Barbra Streisand, Cher, and my mom.

There are two types of people in the world: people who are passionate about things, and people who've had their passion punched, beaten, or whatever out of them.

The fact is, there really is no such thing as 'normal' - everybody's different, and that is the essence of their beauty

Today I choose life. Every morning when I wake up I can choose joy, happiness, negativity, pain... To feel the freedom that comes from being able to continue to make mistakes and choices - today I choose to feel life, not to deny my humanity but embrace it.