I did a shoot with massive iguanas in Costa Rica when I was modeling back then. They were like little dinosaurs, and they sat right across my arms and by my face. The guy told me not to make any sudden movements because they had enormous claws. The guy said he would rip my skin if he attacked.
It was hard knowing that you walk into a store sometimes, and you're wearing a baseball cap and a hoodie and some baggy jeans, or your skin is a little darker, and the clerk is just staring at you a little bit harder. The cops treat you a little differently.
I take off my makeup with coconut oil some nights. It sounds like it would clog your pores, but I swear it's saved my skin.
Sometimes, people can be extraordinarily judgmental and closed-minded to anyone different or special, which is why it's so hard for young people in this day and age to be comfortable enough in their own skin to not listen to the people picking on them.
What spirit is so empty and blind, that it cannot recognize the fact that the foot is more noble than the shoe, and skin more beautiful than the garment with which it is clothed?
The finest clothing made is a person's own skin, but, of course, society demands something more than this.
None of us is responsible for the complexion of his skin. This fact of nature offers no clue to the character or quality of the person underneath.
You start out giving your hat, then you give your coat, then your shirt, then your skin and finally your soul.
I use products with coconut oil in them all over my skin.
When it's colder, your skin needs more attention.
I'm mildly obsessed with skin care. I do a lot of masks at home, like Elisha Coy's Korean Collagen masks. I also use an embarrassingly wide variety of facial creams.
Skin is made in large measure of a protein called collagen.
Too much collagen will damage the skin. You will get collagen overload.
What is the difference between a taxidermist and a tax collector? The taxidermist takes only your skin.
In the womb, humans are free of microbes. Colonization begins during the journey down the birth canal, which is riddled with bacteria, some of which make their way onto the newborn's skin.
As far back as I can remember, I knew there was something wrong with our way of life when people could be mistreated because of the color of their skin.
I am able to hang with the hardest, the baddest, the worst, and I'm able to hang with the most proper and be at ease. I'm able to hang with any skin colour, any belief. I just fit in everywhere.
My skin's not a normal sight. When a photographer says, 'I don't know what it is, but that's just not it...' I know. They like the different colours of my skin. They're not getting them with a particular outfit.
I want to get comfortable with my insecurities until I am no longer insecure. I want to be comfortable in my skin so that I do not need to dump any of my discomfort onto someone else in the form of judgment.
I'm comfortable in my own skin, no matter how far it's stretched. Ha ha.
