Carrying Quote by Susie Dent

There are certain shades of limelight that can wreck a girl's complexion.

— Audrey Hepburn

Here are certain shades of limelight that can wreck a girl's complexion

— Audrey Hepburn

“The summer dresses are unpacked and hanging in the closet, two of them, pure cotton, which is better than synthetics like the cheaper ones,…

— Margaret Atwood

“Victorian rigidities were such that ladies were not even allowed to blow out candles in mixed company, as that required them to pucker their…

— Bill Bryson

I colour my hair mousy brown and I wear makeup only on stage. I use Laura Mercier - something called Biscuit, I think. I…

— Jane Birkin

“Hooray for whitehood! Could do without the sunburn, mind. It’s hard to get the balance right. I only have to gaze at a blank…

— Charlie Brooker

“She went alone to the vast room where the second-hand clothes were kept. Later, she thought it the happiest hour of her life. There…

— Martine Bailey

“Taverns, and the dozens of dramshops that catered to seamen and the laboring classes, were often run by widows who received free licenses from…

— Mike Wallace

Certain shades of limelight wreck a girl's complexion.

— Holly Golightly

“According to Yiannis' sister Irini, who had trained as a hairdresser in London, the British spent their long winters in grey and black, and…

— Alison Fell

“ The Lilly in a Christal You have beheld a smiling Rose When Virgins hands have drawn O’r it a Cobweb-Lawne: And here, you…

— Robert Herrick

Before me, everything was black or navy blue or gray or brown or beige, things like that, for daytime. I began using shocking pink…

— Elsa Schiaparelli