Francois Nars Quotes
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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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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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We are not afraid to be a bit different, to make shades that are bold.
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I loved working with Avedon.
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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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The '80s and '90s were the greatest time to be a makeup artist.
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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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I think if you take good care of your skin, you can achieve better make-up.
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Being a studio make-up artist and working on magazines was the only thing I wanted to do.
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Having worked with so many of the geniuses, I'd learned so much. It's the best sort of photography school, to work with people like Penn or Avedon or Meisel.
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I launched NARS with 12 shades of lipsticks, and many, many launches later, I'm still most proud of our lipsticks.
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It was never in my mind to be famous.
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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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My goal was always to make the girl look real and look beautiful. It didn't matter how much makeup. Sometimes it was none at all.
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You can look glamorous even if you're a housewife, any job you have.
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I love the dramatic idea of having nothing on.
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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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From the start, I used a different kind of girl in Nars campaign images. My choice to use models of colour such as Alek Wek, Naomi Campbell and Karen Park Goude was absolutely a deliberate one. I felt that makeup was universal and should apply to everybody.
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True icons are larger than life, unforgettable with an elegance that's mesmerizingly timeless.
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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'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.
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I like shocking, but I don't like to shock as an automatic process. Sometimes it happens, but it's not my main drive.
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Kate Moss makes you dream. She has such a passion for art and the creative process.
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My vision was to create makeup that was more transparent but with formulas that last. I follow my instincts - it's all very spontaneous!