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" I've seen makeup destroy people and make them look bad if it's badly done. "
Francois Nars
Destroy
Done
Look
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" 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. "
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Sometimes
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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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" I like shocking, but I don't like to shock as an automatic process. Sometimes it happens, but it's not my main drive. "
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" I never stop thinking about names of products. It's a process that happens 24 hours a day. "
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Day
Never Stop
" I love the dramatic idea of having nothing on. "
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Love
Idea
Having
" 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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Architecture
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" I have always been attracted to faces that are different. "
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Faces
Been
Always
" It's very refreshing to go away and take a break, to clear your head, and just get into something else. "
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Refreshing
Head
" A fresh face with a red lip is timeless. It's supermodern and relaxed but very chic. "
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Face
Fresh
Lip
" I like beauty to be a bit edgy, not typical. For me, the only rule is looking good. "
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Beauty
Edgy
Good
" I would find myself in these photo shoots with models and makeup, and I got swept up in it all. "
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Got
Myself
Find
" It's very hard for me to photograph someone when I'm not attracted by who they are. "
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Someone
Photograph
Very
" I'm not so interested in perfect, plastic beauty, and I think it translates in the girls I've shot over the years for Nars, from Guinevere to Iris to Mariacarla. I love those girls. I love the more interesting faces, with maybe a strange nose, not just the Texan blonde. By picking those girls, I think it's changed what I've seen in other campaigns. "
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Love
Beauty
Blonde
" I never thought make-up was like brain surgery. "
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Like
Brain
Never
" Having worked with so many of the geniuses, I'd learned so much. It's the best sort of photography school, to work with people like Penn or Avedon or Meisel. "
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Best
Work
School
" 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 photographed Alek Wek. She was amazing, and nobody knew about her then. It was a really strong photograph of her. "
Francois Nars
Knew
Strong
Her
" Find your own way, have an open spirit, and believe in your own beauty. "
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Find
Way
Beauty
" You can look glamorous even if you're a housewife, any job you have. "
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You
Job
Glamorous
" A woman who hides behind a mask of makeup is still going to have to take it off at some point... and deal with reality. "
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Mask
Makeup
Behind
" I always had a vision about beauty in general, so probably that's what really drove me into that direction of creating a makeup brand. "
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Beauty
Makeup
Me
" I'm always looking to the lightweight superproduct that you apply and almost don't see. That's the ultimate, at least for me. "
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Always
Looking
Me
" 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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Vulgarity
Shock
Shocked
" 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. "
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Shadow
Walk
Eye
" I think less is more when it comes to make-up; this really helps achieve a lighter complexion. Heavy make-up creates a canvas and can dull the skin. "
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Achieve
Less Is More
More
" 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. "
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Work
Fashion
Great
" I launched NARS with 12 shades of lipsticks, and many, many launches later, I'm still most proud of our lipsticks. "
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Proud
Many
Most
" There was a time when you would dream about, say, movie stars. Now, you virtually follow them into their bathroom when they're going to the loo. "
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Time
You
Stars
" I think if you take good care of your skin, you can achieve better make-up. "
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Better
You
Care