We are not women of color. I am a woman with skin of color. I am not an ethnicity, but a skin tone. That's why my book covers everything from a blond and blue-eyed Brazilian to a woman from the Philippines who may be as dark as I am.

Beauty is being comfortable and confident in your own skin.

I don't look like a white woman. I look Somali.

This country has really moved on to a more multicultural way of thinking, ... I just want to celebrate the women. Sure this is all about makeup, but it's also about some other things that are more deeply rooted. I just want to open a dialogue where we can talk about these things, where we can define our own beauty and approve of ourselves. We have to approve of ourselves before anyone else will. Women need to celebrate their God-given beauty instead of always trying to be something else.

It doesn't matter how long my hair is or what colour my skin is or whether I'm a woman or a man.

This had mythical proportions. A beautiful blond guy, his wife and this mysterious woman who gets under the husband's skin. It's basic storytelling.