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" Sometimes I'm attracted to more odd girls with stronger faces and features or a softer beauty with a lot of character. "
Francois Nars
Beauty
Character
Sometimes
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" 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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" I was spoiled growing up in the 1970s because magazines were publishing the photographs of Helmut Newton and Guy Bourdin without compromise. You really felt that sense of freedom through their images. "
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" I think everyone deserves to look better and to look good. "
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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 think Edie Sedgwick comes back, too. Every five or six years, there is always something about Edie, because she was so modern and stylish and elegant and hippie-ish, all at the same time. So I think that people will always love her. "
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" I'm not an easily depressed person. "
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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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" Go with what you're attracted to. "
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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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You
" Find your own way, have an open spirit, and believe in your own beauty. "
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" I didn't want to create a makeup line for one ethnic group; it had to be multi-ethnic. To me, beauty is beauty. It doesn't matter to me what colour the skin is. "
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Skin
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Group
" I've seen makeup destroy people and make them look bad if it's badly done. "
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" 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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Me
" True icons are larger than life, unforgettable with an elegance that's mesmerizingly timeless. "
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Elegance
Than
" I photographed Alek Wek. She was amazing, and nobody knew about her then. It was a really strong photograph of her. "
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Her
" Kate Moss makes you dream. She has such a passion for art and the creative process. "
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Art
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Dream
" 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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New York
Paris
Place
" 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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More
" I would find myself in these photo shoots with models and makeup, and I got swept up in it all. "
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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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Strong
Woman
Long
" I think if you take good care of your skin, you can achieve better make-up. "
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Better
You
Care
" 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
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" I think it's important that you know every detail when you open a store, that you pay attention to everything. "
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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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Time
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" 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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Mother
" Women don't want to feel like they're wearing makeup. I hope I was partly responsible for that. "
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Hope
Want
" Women are very unpredictable. "
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Very
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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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Women
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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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People
Confused
Things
" 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. "
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Looking