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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

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Francois Nars

Time

Child

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" I don't think there's a major change between runway and real life anymore. "

" I fell in love with New York. I moved here 25 years ago in 1984 after I lived in Paris for six years. In the 1980s, it was the place to be. Here I was able to create NARS, which I would not have been able to create if I stayed in France. "

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Francois Nars

World

Fashion

" 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. "

" My mother never wore much make-up, and she was a kind of natural beauty; she knew just how to enhance what she had. "

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" Go with what you're attracted to. "

Francois Nars

Attracted

You