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" The lipstick, to make a matte that feels like heaven, is unheard of. "
Pat McGrath
Feels
Make
Lipstick
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" My beauty regimen is simple but concise: I exfoliate my face once a week, then cleanse. If my skin needs an extra boost, I use SK-II Facial Treatment Mask and SK-II Eye Mask for about 20 minutes. It's the best thing for a healthy, glowing complexion. "
Pat McGrath
Face
Simple
Eye
" When I'm home in New York, I wake up early so I can check e-mails and call my London agent, and start my day with a cup of Ristretto cofee from my Nespresso machine. "
Pat McGrath
New
Start
Day
" I think with beauty there is so much to be done. A pill that will give you everlasting youth. To choose the exact age you want to stay at from a hundred pill bottles? That would be fun. "
Pat McGrath
Youth
You
Fun
" Makeup is an extraordinary tool that allows me to share my inspirations, my fantasies, and my vision with the world. "
Pat McGrath
Vision
World
Extraordinary
" You can't do shiny skin for high-definition cameras without it looking awful. HD shows off all of your imperfections. Even selfies require a flawless finish. "
Pat McGrath
You
Finish
Looking
" Use colors on eyes that contrast with the iris to make eyes appear more vibrant. "
Pat McGrath
More
Contrast
Colors
" When I was a child, the world of makeup was so different. There wasn't the wide range of shades available for darker skin tones like there is now. "
Pat McGrath
Skin
World
Now
" Apply the lipstick first and then the gloss in the middle of the lips to add a touch of light. "
Pat McGrath
Light
Lipstick
Touch
" I've always wanted to have my own business, but not in the traditional sense... I always found that quite off-putting. I just wanted to be different. "
Pat McGrath
Own
My Own
Business
" Makeup is malleable and mercurial: The biggest joy I have every day is the opportunity to create, to play, and to invent with something I've loved forever. "
Pat McGrath
Makeup
Day
Joy
" I'm the ultimate beauty junkie - that inspiration, obsession, and addiction is one of the main reasons I founded Pat McGrath Labs in 2015. So, when fellow beauty junkies spot me, there's nothing I enjoy more than discovering what they're addicted to. It's so inspiring! "
Pat McGrath
Enjoy
Me
Nothing
" I wear very natural makeup, but it's made up out of five foundations to make that perfect skin, and my lipstick might be three different lipsticks mixed together, so it's a kind of obsession in a different way. "
Pat McGrath
Perfect
Makeup
Lipstick
" Before the lipstick goes anywhere near the lips, I like to apply a tiny amount of foundation or concealer to create a really great base. This then makes it easier to guide the bullet of the lipstick along the lip outline. "
Pat McGrath
Create
Foundation
Great
" I knew I wasn't going to make money in the beginning, so I found another way to support myself - I was a receptionist. It's quite smart to work that way. Otherwise, you get vicious and desperate, and no one wants to work with you. Build your career slowly; then people start to trust you and pay you well. "
Pat McGrath
You
Work
Trust
" I don't go to the spa or get my hair done enough. I don't go to the gym enough. But I do take five, six weeks' vacation; the industry does. "
Pat McGrath
Done
Vacation
Hair
" My mother was my first and most important influence. When I was a little girl, she would take me shopping for pigments that flattered dark skin tones, mixing and playing until she'd created her ideal shade. "
Pat McGrath
Girl
Me
Mother
" My makeup routine is a small amount of base, a mascara, nude eye shadow, and a lip balm or a gloss. When I go out at night, I wear a blusher and tons and tons of mascara - very easy, very fresh, very light. I can't sit around doing my own makeup all day - I wish I could. "
Pat McGrath
Light
Shadow
Day
" That's the best pigment, anyways: something that works for everyone because it's just so rich. "
Pat McGrath
Everyone
Rich
Because
" Thin applications and small amounts in the right places is kind of the way to go with metallics for every day. "
Pat McGrath
Every Day
Kind
Right
" My earliest memory was watching my mother do her makeup. She was obsessed with beauty and collected makeup and experimented with it. I think it's a lot of young men and women's experiences, growing up: watching the ritual of what their mothers would do. "
Pat McGrath
Memory
Mother
Men
" The fatter the eyeliner, the easier it is to use. With a pencil, just draw the shape you like and clean up the mistakes with a bit of cleanser. "
Pat McGrath
Clean
Pencil
Mistakes
" Let the people you love know that you truly love them. "
Pat McGrath
Love
People
Them
" When I'm on set, I must focus on other people's make-up, not on mine. "
Pat McGrath
Set
People
Other
" It's amazing to know that my work as a Artist can influence women around the world, and my visions for new products can shape the future of beauty for women. "
Pat McGrath
Beauty
Work
Women
" I look for anything new and inspiring - in the worlds of makeup but also jewelry and decor. I never know what will inspire me. "
Pat McGrath
Know
Inspire
Jewelry
" I just loved makeup. My mother loved it as well - and was obsessed by the fact that we couldn't find any makeup for dark skin. "
Pat McGrath
Dark
Skin
Mother
" Channel your heartbreak into work, then use that extra money to treat yourself to a new handbag. "
Pat McGrath
New
Money
Treat
" There's nothing better than a woman who has aged wonderfully. "
Pat McGrath
Than
Aged
Better
" Something most people don't know about me is that I'm obsessed with technology. With that in mind, the 'material' I'd most like to experiment is the material that has yet to be invented. "
Pat McGrath
Mind
Technology
Me
" Sometimes nothing happens at a show for the first two hours, and in the last hour, we have to do all 70 girls. It's an adrenaline rush. "
Pat McGrath
Nothing
Show
Sometimes