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" Wearing colourful eyeliner in a graphic shape is the epitome of make-up as an accessory. "
Francois Nars
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Epitome
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" Looking at flowers, simple things in life. I don't need to look at gold and a castle; sometimes its very simple things that are very beautiful. I am keeping my eyes fresh to find beauty in many places, and in gold, too, sometimes! "
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" It's one thing to read about how makeup is applied. It's another thing altogether to watch it being put on. "
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" 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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" 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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" 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. "
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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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" Sometimes I'm attracted to more odd girls with stronger faces and features or a softer beauty with a lot of character. "
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" 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. "
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" I loved working with Avedon. "
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" I'm very nostalgic - and I don't care. "
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" 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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" My interpretation of the word 'ugly'... I like ugly beauty. That can happen. In France, we have phrase 'jolie laide.' We like certain women who are not pretty or cute - it's the opposite in France of pretty. It's more strange and interesting. "
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" I hate knowing where people go to the bathroom. You follow them going to pee, to eat - I hate everything when it comes to reality shows! "
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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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" 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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