Jeannie Mai

Think about the blouse you want to wear for that big meeting with your boss, or the skirt you want to reserve for a client dinner. Once you've pinpointed the item that you'll feel good in, the other pieces will fall into place.

Anything that's shiny, you can mix together. I love rhinestones with sequins, or baubles with fun gold metallics.

I was low-key abusing myself. The idea of being skinny became something that was most appealing to me. Even if you watch 'The Real,' from season 1 to season 4, I was always 100 lbs. I started to really work hard to stay petite and to not gain weight and to stay sample size.

I love how it feels to go into the gym, crank all my favorite music and literally sweat out all of the things that stress me out.

I realized that I had an eating disorder in which I controlled myself to a point that I would not let myself enjoy what I wanted to eat or eat what I needed to eat, all to stay a certain size.

Spring is all about looser garments.

Vests are very flattering on every body type. The key is to make sure you get a vest that's soft in fabric.

In spring, you can have a little bit more fun with color and be out there.

The No. 1 thing you have that costs nothing is your imagination: role play.

I've had past boyfriends and a couple girlfriends.

I think women are very attractive.

My Aunt Linh had to reimagine her life after she was diagnosed with RMS, especially when she was faced with certain challenges related to her fashion and beauty routines.

Most women don't think to wear bold lip colors, which is just all the more reason to dig out those lipliners and lip colors and put them on.

Every woman should absolutely own at least one staple skinny jean that is a) a dark wash denim and b) at least 2 percent spandex to have that everyday comfortable wear.

As a kid, I hung out a lot at Golfland in Milpitas.

In L.A. there's diet trends, there's the new nip and tuck people are doing, the new person who is in town you never saw before.

I really love, honestly, just being with your best girlfriends.

My favorite memory was tubing with Mama Mai. We had never done it before, and we told the guy driving to go as fast as the boat could take us.

I used to hate being short.

There is nobody else, on the entire earth, like Mama Mai. Nobody who thinks like her, says what she says, or drags you into the trouble she does. It's the most exhilarating and fun time of anyone's life.

I learned that you can never ever have enough quality time with Mom.

While many of us use beauty products every single day, we fail to recognize how much waste this can actually create if the empty bottles aren't recycled.

I believe the green movement is gaining momentum because people are becoming more educated about the real importance of living green.

My ultimate getaway is Vietnam. It has a little bit of everything when it comes to culture, amazing food, beautiful people, exotic sights, sounds and profound history of love, bravery and resilience.

I always say, men's ankles are kind of like men's version of cleavage. That's what I think, because it's sexy. It shows, like, you dare to go there.

Tosh.0' - I consider it my ab workout from laughing so hard.

I only wear underwear from Target.

I'm Asian. Anything Boba please.

I like watching movies at home and recreating my own theater.

If you don't know where to find self-love, you're going to spend the rest of your life trying to find it somewhere else.

Just speaking for myself, when I'm complimented for being Vietnamese-American in television - the only one - that doesn't make me feel happy, that makes me feel really lonely, actually.

I recently learned that Lake Como is one of the most romantic places two people could go. That beautiful great lake is a majestic reminder that love is unconditional when you flow and nourish one another, constantly and unconditionally, like water.

I speak Vietnamese and conversational Spanish.

If there were only one place to eat, I would pick anywhere in Northern Vietnam where you get the French and Vietnamese culinary fusion.

Summer is always a great time to have fun with beauty and fashion and celebrate our changing looks.

I love Marie Osmond. Marie Osmond is really cool.

Stop baby shaming people to make us feel like there's something wrong with us if we don't want children.

I was the person who had a 10 lb baby on my arm called my purse, and now that I have a crossover bag it's stupid. I realize I need my wallet, my phone and my lip gloss - that's it.

The best investment would be a Monika Chiang handbag. Her stuff is so on point. Her pieces are really classic, sophisticated, expensive-looking and they're just chic.

I think we as women go too far with bags that are super-weighted and I have found that when you give yourself that room to stuff things in you will do it.

Your story, background, the music you listen to, the emotions you feel, your lifestyle, goals - all of this is your personal style.

I practice wearapy: it is a psychology between colour and texture. Take your emotions - what is it that you want to accomplish for the rest of the day? Pick that feeling and channel it into a colour.

Loose, breathable fabrics are great... choose brands that have soft blazers such as loose linen or cotton - it doesn't have to be a structured blazer with shoulder pads.

No matter how expensive an item is or how good it looks, if it doesn't fit you properly, it's not going to deliver the same image that it should.

Nutmeg and cinnamon are my favorite fragrance enhancers.

On my show 'The Real,' we often encourage women to fight against body-shaming and own the skin that they're in.

Jobs give people a sense of independence, security and self-confidence.

Selling the commodity of humans has to be the biggest business out there, as it is the most lucrative. I cannot go to sleep at night, unless I know that I am using all of my platforms to fight human trafficking.

My family would try and trick us and I would come to a party and she would be there. When I tell you the 'Love & Hip Hop' scene is nothing compared to what was happening with me and mom... throwing things at each other, the cursing, the words.

I was married to someone who had more money than me, but because I was the stronger earner and we lived in California - a shocking thing slapped me in the face when we divorced and I had to end up paying him my earnings.