Cher is one of the current faces of MAC Cosmetics, and as such, she is required to give fabulous interviews about beauty, hair, styling and makeup. I wish Cher would give these interviews all the time! When Cher was first on the scene, she was known as more of “unconventional beauty,” because back then, the beauty standard was blonde, blue-eyed, apple pie sh-t. Cher always rocked her long, dark hair and her big, hypnotic eyes and her “ethnic” nose. Of course, over the years, Cher has had a lot of plastic surgery. But I would still credit her – as many do – with changing beauty standards at the time. Cher chatted with People Magazine about beauty, hair dye and more. Some highlights:

Her jet-black hair is here to stay: “[Going gray] is fine for other girls. I’m just not doing it!”

Filming a MAC Cosmetics commerical with Saweetie: “I never met her, but I saw a video, and I liked her essence. We got along really well. Now she comes to dinner!”

She still likes having fun with her makeup: “It’s all about having fun. I just think that people who worry about the way someone puts on their makeup should get a life.”

Her own beauty philosophy has changed through the years. “It’s had to morph. It’s had to have changes,” she says, adding that rather than being in a full face of makeup these days, you’re more likely to see her with a freshly-washed face and “hair in a knot, because I’m going to the gym.”

Big eyelashes & advice: When she wants to get glam, she’ll reach for “big eyelashes,” she says. (And for those hoping to impersonate her iconic look, Cher has some very sage advice: “I think a little bit less is more, because sometimes you can shoot for it and shoot past it.”)

She was one the first celebrities to do a beauty & fragrance brand: “I paid a big price for doing [the infomercials]. I took so much heat from that, really … [now] things have changed completely. You keep going and that’s the challenge. Things don’t always go right and you have to be willing to just put yourself out there, put your ass on the line, put a big target on it and then keep going.”

Don’t stop being a girl: The challenge to “do life on your own terms” is key, she says, and when all else fails, there’s always lipstick and those big eyelashes: “You know what? You never stop being a girl. If you never stop being a girl, you’ll never get old.”

[From People]

That’s kind of depressing actually? “If you never stop being a girl, you’ll never get old.” At some point, “girlish” doesn’t actually cut it? I mean, I get that she’s saying to retain your inner child, your inner girl and keep having fun and dance like no one’s watching. But “never getting old” just isn’t a realistic goal! As for never going grey… I suspect that for Cher in particular, it’s because she’s worn wigs for years. But I bet she still dyes her real hair, and I feel that. I hate seeing the grey come in nowadays, it makes me feel f–king ancient.

Photos courtesy of Avalon Red, Backgrid.