Kat Von D & Me: Separated At Birth. Sort Of.

I may be lacking the tattoos, a televised and highly dramatic lifestyle, and a boyfriend who plays with MÖTLEY CRÜE, but I do have one key thing in common with Kat Von D: I, too, refuse to be seen without makeup.

Guess what else she told the L.A. Times:

You always have on great makeup -- and you launched your own line of cosmetics, Kat Von D for Sephora, this past summer. What's your philosophy on makeup?

I never let people see me without makeup. And it's not an insecurity thing. The perk of being a girl is being able to wear makeup and dress up. It's another artistic outlet. And the 45 minutes it takes me to get ready . . . is very therapeutic for me. It's hard to start my day without that. You can tell my mood by my makeup. When I'm depressed, it's really dark. Then I'll do super-dumb happy makeup. Like, I'll do one eye electric blue and one smoky brown, and you won't even figure it out until you're talking to me -- then you're like, "Whoa!"

Red lipstick is a trademark for you -- what's your favorite red to wear?

Mine! I did four lipsticks for Sephora. And I was like, "I'm going to make the four best lipsticks ever." I have every red ever made -- from Cover Girl and Mary Kay to Chanel and MAC and MAKE UP FOR EVER. I went through all my favorites and said, "If this was mine I'd add more purple, use a different finish."

Is it fair to say your style is steeped in rock music?

Yeah, for sure. Music has influenced everything from my tattooing to how I talk to how I walk, I guess. I was classically trained in piano since I was 6. Then in my teens, my older sister introduced me to Metallica. It was all over. I had a mohawk soon after that. I like everything in the extreme. I'm 5'8, but I wear platforms because I like to be an Amazon. [She's clad in 4-inch Miu Miu platforms and a T-shirt that reads "Argentina," where her parents are from.]

Read the full interview here.