Gwen Stefani preferred make-up to toys as a child. The "Rich Girl" singer used to raid her friends' mother's make-up boxes at every opportunity and loved experimenting with cosmetics.

Gwen told TV Hits magazine: "I was always the girl who, after school every day, would say, 'Ask your mom if we can play with her make-up! And then we'd do that for about four hours! I would burn everybody with the curling iron, I'd do make-overs on everyone.

"I was a make-up artist in a mall when I was 17 so it's always something I've been into."

Mother-of-one Gwen insists she rarely goes out without make-up and doesn't care what people think about her obsession. The 37-year-old star - who is married to British rocker Gavin Rossdale - said: "Everyone has criticized me for wearing too much make-up but I've also made a career out of it!

"My make-up must have is my lipstick. It's what my husband likes me in and I definitely try to please him!"

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READER COMMENTS (1)
March 1, 2008 - 09:45AM - gwenny
this is so true, she did make a career out og wearing a lot of makeup say, in her rock steady days on stage, so no matta how much makeup you wear, it goes to show you that if you get discovered you could have a career! go gwen wo! haha that goes for me and gwen cus dats me name, too
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