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" I can't remember the first time, but I've worked with supermodels almost from day one. "
Francois Nars
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" Makeup is an accessory to fashion. You buy a bag, you buy shoes, you put on eyeliner, you buy a lipstick, makeup compliments the clothes. "
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" It's not that I'm easily shocked. It takes a lot to shock me. And wildness I like. But vulgarity shocks me. "
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" My mother hated foundation; she hated having a mask on her face - and she pushed me to build my own vision and concept of beauty for women. "
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" I made contours and all that, but in real life, you have to be very careful with that because you can go out in the street and look terrible. All those girls who show how to do contour, they do it quite well, but they're like makeup artists. They're in artificial light. "
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" Some people put a lot of fuss around them. I'm not an entertainer. Let's not get things confused. "
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" I was a very lucky child because at the age of 16, 17 years old, my parents would buy me clothes from Yves Saint Laurent, which was an incredible luxury at the time, but I was attracted to that whole world. I had a pretty nice little wardrobe by the age of 17. "
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" I think if you take good care of your skin, you can achieve better make-up. "
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" Makeup is very important for a show. It's really an accessory on the runway. You have to be sure that it fits the clothes. "
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" My mother and my two grandmothers, I was lucky to have three women around me growing up that were very special, very elegant women, very beautiful women. They were my first step into the beauty world, let's say, and then the fashion world, of course. "
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" Women are very unpredictable. "
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" I love the architecture magazines and all of the French magazines for decoration or whatever. I end up enjoying them more sometimes than the fashion magazines. "
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" It was the early Seventies, and I discovered makeup by going through my mother's fashion magazines. I fell in love with the photos, the models, the fashion. "
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" A fresh face with a red lip is timeless. It's supermodern and relaxed but very chic. "
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" Transparency is more sexy than a full, pancake finish. "
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" I'm very nostalgic - and I don't care. "
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" I remember this time I worked with Linda Evangelista on a shoot for Richard Avedon. I just put grease on her face, and it was beautiful. "
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Face
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Remember
" My goal was always to make the girl look real and look beautiful. It didn't matter how much makeup. Sometimes it was none at all. "
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" I loved working with Avedon. "
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" Women don't want to feel like they're wearing makeup. I hope I was partly responsible for that. "
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" Even with - the best make-up in the world won't look good if you don't cleanse and exfoliate and have a good basic regime. This is why one of my goals has always been to create a skincare line. "
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You
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" My vision was to create makeup that was more transparent but with formulas that last. I follow my instincts - it's all very spontaneous! "
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" I love strong looks, so to me, no makeup is strong. As long as it makes a statement, that's what I like. The girls look very real, and I'm probably the only makeup artist who will say that I love a woman without makeup. "
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" I'll keep creating modern, deep, rich and adventurous colors and products that inspire creative expression every day. "
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" I wanted to be a make up artist. I did it, and the road that I took was quite good. "
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" In this world, you do your job, a good job, and that's what counts. "
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" I thought make-up was a very sensual thing. "
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" I think there was a freedom in the 1920s and 1930s: a certain liberty and evolution of women. "
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" I'm always scared of trends. The runways are always so trend-oriented, but I always feel for the women. The real women that buy cosmetics want to see the trends, but they don't necessarily go for them. And I always encourage women to find what looks best on them. "
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" I love to collaborate with artists, like Guy Bourdin and Steven Klein, who don't have any boundaries. "
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