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" Women don't want to feel like they're wearing makeup. I hope I was partly responsible for that. "

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" I never stop thinking about names of products. It's a process that happens 24 hours a day. "

" 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! "

" It really has stayed practically the same. It wasn't like I used to do wild punk make-up: no, I always had the same vision. "

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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. "

" My mother and my two grandmothers, I was lucky to have three women around me growing up that were very special, very elegant women, very beautiful women. They were my first step into the beauty world, let's say, and then the fashion world, of course. "

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" The '80s and '90s were the greatest time to be a makeup artist. "

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" We love those under-eye circles. It's real life. "

" In America, when I first came here, they were used to wearing more make-up - thicker foundation, more Max Factor, that sort of thing. But you have to know who you are and what you look like: if you know yourself a little bit, you don't need to follow trends. "

" As a make-up artist, you always want to be in a good light, whether you're walking down the street or in a restaurant. It is a very key element to me; you can't apply good make-up in a bad light. "

" 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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" 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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