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" I love so much the models from the '60s and the '70s. They were extremely professional, great models who knew how to work the camera so well and loved fashion and had a great sense of style. "
Francois Nars
Work
Fashion
Great
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" People have to learn that everybody is the same. If you wake up in the morning, even if you're a movie star, you look like everybody else. The reality is that makeup is there to help. That's what it's for. "
Francois Nars
Wake Up
People
Morning
" I never stop thinking about names of products. It's a process that happens 24 hours a day. "
Francois Nars
Thinking
Day
Never Stop
" I'll keep creating modern, deep, rich and adventurous colors and products that inspire creative expression every day. "
Francois Nars
Day
Creative
Inspire
" I would find myself in these photo shoots with models and makeup, and I got swept up in it all. "
Francois Nars
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Myself
Find
" I launched NARS with 12 shades of lipsticks, and many, many launches later, I'm still most proud of our lipsticks. "
Francois Nars
Proud
Many
Most
" 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. "
Francois Nars
Fashion
Early
Makeup
" I think it's important that you know every detail when you open a store, that you pay attention to everything. "
Francois Nars
Pay
You
Detail
" 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. "
Francois Nars
Important
Runway
You
" We are not afraid to be a bit different, to make shades that are bold. "
Francois Nars
Different
Bold
Shades
" When you photograph someone, you have to make them feel good, and you know that they want to look good. It's the same relationship that you have when you apply makeup on somebody. We're almost like shrinks. "
Francois Nars
Feel Good
Makeup
Relationship
" A fresh face with a red lip is timeless. It's supermodern and relaxed but very chic. "
Francois Nars
Face
Fresh
Lip
" 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. "
Francois Nars
More
Architecture
End
" Women have to find their own personality, their own style, and what suits them the best. "
Francois Nars
Personality
Women
Suits
" You create the color first, and then the name that fits. It depends - there are no rules. You watch a fabulous old movie, and you suddenly get inspired by it to create a lipstick shade, or you walk through a gorgeous garden and find the most beautiful flower shade for an eye shadow, and then you name it. "
Francois Nars
Shadow
Walk
Eye
" 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. "
Francois Nars
You
Look
Goals
" I've always loved the way movie stars in the Forties looked when they were off set. Shot poolside or at their home, they always wore a matte red lipstick with practically no foundation - it was how they wore makeup in real life. "
Francois Nars
Red
Home
Life
" I chose makeup over photography because there was something very sensual about makeup that I loved. But photography was always in the back of my mind. That was always something that I was very connected with: looking at magazines, enjoying photography, and then taking pictures myself when I was a kid. "
Francois Nars
Loved
Makeup
Looking
" Women are being more experimental with eye color. "
Francois Nars
Color
More
Women
" You are born with this love; fashion and beauty are a part of who I am. "
Francois Nars
You
Love
Beauty
" We don't tell women how to look but give them the products and inspiration they need to feel and look beautiful. "
Francois Nars
Need
Beautiful
Feel
" 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. "
Francois Nars
Want
Women
Find
" I loved working with Avedon. "
Francois Nars
Working
Loved
" Sometimes people are very not sure of themselves, so you really have to give them that confidence. Even models - they need to warm up sometimes on photo shoots. "
Francois Nars
Confidence
Sometimes
Need
" True icons are larger than life, unforgettable with an elegance that's mesmerizingly timeless. "
Francois Nars
Timeless
Elegance
Than
" I think if you take good care of your skin, you can achieve better make-up. "
Francois Nars
Better
You
Care
" 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. "
Francois Nars
Fashion
Clothes
You
" It's very refreshing to go away and take a break, to clear your head, and just get into something else. "
Francois Nars
Clear
Refreshing
Head
" I never thought make-up was like brain surgery. "
Francois Nars
Like
Brain
Never
" I thought make-up was a very sensual thing. "
Francois Nars
Thought
Very
Thing
" Wearing colourful eyeliner in a graphic shape is the epitome of make-up as an accessory. "
Francois Nars
Graphic
Epitome
Shape