Francois Nars Quotes
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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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You can look glamorous even if you're a housewife, any job you have.
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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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My vision was to create makeup that was more transparent but with formulas that last. I follow my instincts - it's all very spontaneous!
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A fresh face with a red lip is timeless. It's supermodern and relaxed but very chic.
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You create the color first, and then the name that fits. It depends - there are no rules. You watch a fabulous old movie, and you suddenly get inspired by it to create a lipstick shade, or you walk through a gorgeous garden and find the most beautiful flower shade for an eye shadow, and then you name it.
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True icons are larger than life, unforgettable with an elegance that's mesmerizingly timeless.
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We love those under-eye circles. It's real life.
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I think there was a freedom in the 1920s and 1930s: a certain liberty and evolution of women.
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You are born with this love; fashion and beauty are a part of who I am.
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Wearing colourful eyeliner in a graphic shape is the epitome of make-up as an accessory.
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I had no connections, and the fashion world was a closed elite. So my mother made appointments for herself with three top Parisian makeup artists and spoke highly about me... she was my first publicist!
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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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I don't think there's a major change between runway and real life anymore.
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I really wanted to have a different approach of beauty because when I came to America, they were still heavily, heavily plastic. The ads were so heavily retouched.
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Women are being more experimental with eye color.
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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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Women have to find their own personality, their own style, and what suits them the best.
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I think everyone deserves to look better and to look good.
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I thought make-up was a very sensual thing.
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I never stop thinking about names of products. It's a process that happens 24 hours a day.
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There is a tendency to feature more actresses on covers, but I'm a big model lover. I grew up watching these models, and they gave me the wish, the need, to work in the fashion industry. I loved watching them - their beauty, the way they worked in front of the camera and that power of transformation, especially in the Seventies.
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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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I was a very lucky child because at the age of 16, 17 years old, my parents would buy me clothes from Yves Saint Laurent, which was an incredible luxury at the time, but I was attracted to that whole world. I had a pretty nice little wardrobe by the age of 17.