NARS Satin Lipstick - Honolulu Honey (Beige) 0.12oz (3.4g)

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EVANGELISTA: When you work with a retoucher, do you talk to them and tell them what you want? Or do you sit there and guide them, direct them? Guy bourdin waS onE of ThE phoToGraphErS who rEaLLy infLuEncEd mE To bEcomE a makEup arTiST, and i fELT ThaT hE dESErVEd To bE GiVEn crEdiT for ThaT. François Nars NARS: It actually ended up that Stephanie gave me one of her prints. [ laughs] I have two prints of Stephanie from when we did Egoïste—one where she has a little monkey on her shoulder. EVANGELISTA: There’s always so much hype when you launch a new collection. The blogs go crazy. Does that freak you out? EVANGELISTA: I think I might know someone who can do it. Speaking of video cameras, do you remember the video camera we bought together on the street?

NARS: Yes. She’s brand-new to me, so I can’t say. She’s got a look, yeah, but having a look is not enough. To me, that’s not necessarily a model. Before you, there were people like Veruschka. Those were models who will stay forever. I feel today, no matter what, you don’t really see girls that you feel have the potential to stay and become really iconic. I’m sorry, but that’s how I feel. EVANGELISTA: It’s those colors you always mixed together to put on my face—the colors that you used on me. They were flat and matte, and then you’d add.EVANGELISTA: I can only do Honolulu Honey. [ sings] Honey, where’d you get those eyes? [ both laugh] I love my Honolulu Honey. EVANGELISTA: You know, I would never do that for anyone else. You know what a prude I am. I mean, I had to hold my hands over my boobs when you did my makeup. [ both laugh]

EVANGELISTA: I thought you were critiquing. I thought I was gonna be thrown out for the knees and the gums. Hydrogenated Polyisobutene, Synthetic Wax, Polyethylene, Dimethicone, Dicaprylyl Carbonate, Bis-Diglyceryl Polyacyladipate-2, Hydroxyapatite, Diisostearyl Malate, Microcrystalline Wax/Cera Microcristallina/Cire Microcristalline, Hydrogenated Polydecene, Phytosteryl/Octyldodecyl Lauroyl Glutamate, Calcium Sodium Borosilicate, Glyceryl Behenate, Sorbitan Sesquiisostearate, Tocopheryl Acetate, Tocopherol, Passiflora Edulis Seed Oil, Moringa Oleifera Seed Oil, Isopropyl Titanium Triisostearate, Calcium Stearate, Tin Oxide, Simethicone, Bht, Phenoxyethanol, Fragrance (Parfum), Linalool, Citronellol, Limonene, [+/- (May Contain/Peut Contenir): Blue 1 Lake (Ci 42090), Carmine (Ci 75470), Iron Oxides (Ci 77491), Iron Oxides (Ci 77492), Iron Oxides (Ci 77499), Mica, Red 28 Lake (Ci 45410), Red 33 (Ci 17200), Red 33 Lake (Ci 17200), Red 6 (Ci 15850), Red 7 Lake (Ci 15850), Titanium Dioxide (Ci 77891), Yellow 5 Lake (Ci 19140)]. NARS: Unfortunately, nothing from Penn. I almost got a print that I wanted to buy. It was a print from Worlds in a Small Room—you know, the project with tribes that he had photographed. I didn’t move forward, though, and I regret it so much now.

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NARS: I think I was tired of the South of France. I wanted to go somewhere else. The New York story is very easy: I was working on a job for American Vogue with Polly Mellen, and she was the person who said to me, “You have to come to the United States.” I didn't notice any scent or taste, though there is "fragrance (parfum)" listed in the ingredients--it smelled neutral, not waxy but I just didn't get any scent. EVANGELISTA: So when you started NARS, why did you go to Fabien to help create the brand and the campaigns?

NARS: Of course it’s annoying. It’s getting so hard to find the good names after almost 20 years. I have this little agenda that I’m filling up 24 hours a day with names. So I’m working on it even when I sleep. Sometimes I wake up and write down a name in my agenda. Can you imagine? NARS: It’s really crazy. Bourdin was one of the photographers who really influenced me to become a makeup artist, and I felt that he deserved to be given credit for that. We have purples and coppers . . . I mean, I knew the photographs so well that it was kind of easy to put the whole thing together. His son, Samuel, gave us access to all of the archives, so I was able to use the images as part of it. NARS: Oh, me too—of that time. The fabulous thing is that I have so many videos. I never transferred them to digital. I need a professional to do it—somebody I can trust, who will not duplicate them or sell them or put them on the internet. You have to be so careful. That’s why I never went forward with transferring them. But there is such gold on those tapes. NARS: Well, now it’s getting quite big. We create a lot of products. After almost 20 years, you also have to be sure that you don’t recreate something that you’ve done already.

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i aLwayS fELT LikE i couLd do makEup wiThouT So many producTS . . . ThE fun parT of doinG makEup iS rEaLLy mixinG ThinGS. François Nars NARS: 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. haVinG a Look iS noT EnouGh… i fEEL Today, no maTTEr whaT, you don’T rEaLLy SEE GirLS ThaT you fEEL haVE ThE poTEnTiaL To STay and bEcomE rEaLLy iconic. François NarS NARS: Other people have tried very hard, but I think I’ve still got the best names. There’s nothing you can do, so you have to take it as flattery. NARS: They’re from that little camera I used to use—tiny tapes, like cassettes . . . What were they called? V8? No, that’s a drink. [ both laugh] Hi8? In any case, I’ve kept them buried in a box in a dry place. I know Steven is also dying to see them again.