Unless she's putting together a look for "The Voice," Stefani doesn't necessarily think about pairing her beauty look with her outfit. "In my everyday life, it's more about looking in the mirror and figuring out what has to happen here," she says. "Let's try to fix this. You know what I mean? And what's my mood and where am I going. I pretty much wear inappropriate makeup in the daylight all the time."
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No Regrets
Even though she's taken big risks and worn some out-there looks over the years, Stefani says she has no regrets in the fashion or beauty departments. "Why regret life?" she asks.
"The only regrets I would have would be working with a makeup artist and I didn't like it, and I just let it go and didn't speak up," she says. "I learned over the years that there are not a lot of people I trust to do my makeup, but when you find someone that is incredible, it's just the greatest thing in the world." (Stefani has been working with makeup artist Gregory Arlt [shown here] for years.)
"Other than that, it's life, and you understand why you did it. And why regret it because you lived it?"
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Living in the Moment
I ask Stefani if anything still makes her nervous even though she's been performing for more than 20 years. And she says "of course" but that she's embracing a more spiritual "live in the moment" life philosophy right now.
"Even before I go on stage, life is so crazy and chaotic and emotional, and I've been doing a lot of shows with No Doubt and sometimes I don't even know where we're going to be," she says. "Like where are we going? I don't even know what the stage looks like until I see it. So I just say a little prayer and whatever happens … I love that. It's so much funner to be spontaneous and in the moment and not to try to plan it out."
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