Makeup is about balance. When the eye makes a statement, the lips should be quiet.

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.

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.

Makeup is an accessory to fashion. You buy a bag, you buy shoes, you put on eyeliner, you buy a lipstick, makeup compliments the clothes.

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.

When you photograph someone, you have to make them feel good, and you know that they want to look good. It's the same relationship that you have when you apply makeup on somebody. We're almost like shrinks.