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"  On the phone from her studio in the trendy Eleventh Arrondissement, Vanessa Bruno lets us in on a little secret: The fashion designer\u2014queen of oh-so-French basics (silk crepe blouses, fitted blazers, and the signature sequin-adorned Cabas tote) and a favorite of the laid-back L.A. set (see Bilson, Bosworth)\u2014admits she&amp;#039;s a tad nervous about this interview. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m not this girl who wears a lot of makeup,&amp;quot; she says. &amp;quot;I don&amp;#039;t know if I can give good tips!&amp;quot; Get her talking, however, and she quickly proves herself wrong\u2014Bruno is clearly well schooled in beauty. Before her design career she worked as a model, and she recently undertook a new project that firmly positions her in the fragrance world: a partnership with French cosmetics giant Biotherm. &amp;quot;They came to me to help with the artistic direction of the holiday packaging,&amp;quot; says Bruno, who bundled the products in sequins, naturally. &amp;quot;And then it turned into a fragrance collaboration, designing the bottle and the scent. So, voil\u00E0! My fragrance, L&amp;#039;Eau!&amp;quot;  Your clothing epitomizes understated sophistication. Does that philosophy carry into your beauty routine? For me it&amp;#039;s about natural beauty, but that doesn&amp;#039;t mean I don&amp;#039;t wear makeup. It starts with having beautiful skin\u2014it&amp;#039;s like the perfect lingerie: It makes everything look better in a very discreet way. I moisturize every day and drink a lot of green tea. Foundation needs to contour the face, not go everywhere like a mask, so I just apply a little here and there and stay away from too much powder, which makes anyone look older.  Any other daily staples? I love Chanel mascara. I use brown\u2014it&amp;#039;s not too dark and makes my lashes look really long. I also use Shiseido eye shadows in nudes, purples, dark grays\u2014earthy tones. I mix three lighter colors together on the back of my hand and then two or three darker shades and softly blend the customized result together on my lids. It&amp;#039;s just enough color to make my eyes stand out.   Sounds like you picked up some pro tips during your modeling career . Before I would go out on the street after a modeling job, I would make sure I only had one feature made up\u2014a rule I still follow today. If you do the eyes and wear dark eye shadow and mascara, don&amp;#039;t do anything to the mouth. It&amp;#039;s too much. And if you&amp;#039;re doing the lips and want to have a beautiful red gloss, then the eyes should be superbare. That&amp;#039;s the kind of makeup that stands out to me.  What&amp;#039;s your biggest beauty indulgence? My hair color. I was blond growing up, so even though I dye it about every three weeks, it still feels natural. I don&amp;#039;t think I could ever be a brunette or redhead! But I don&amp;#039;t do much to it, style-wise. When my hair is wet I use a little Leonor Greyl Serum de Soie Sublimateur for conditioning and let it air-dry.  Do you have any tricks for preparing for a big event? For French women, our style, whether it&amp;#039;s day or night, doesn&amp;#039;t really change. We don&amp;#039;t suddenly decide to wear a chignon or a ponytail or curls if we usually wear it straight. I wear my hair the same way all the time! It&amp;#039;s boring, but it&amp;#039;s my style.   You stick to what you like. Did you learn that lesson the hard way? Of course! When I was 18, I had the whole &amp;#039;60s rockabilly look. Pinned-up hair, dark eyeliner\u2014when I look at a picture now, I&amp;#039;m like, &amp;quot;Oh my God!&amp;quot;  What inspired your fragrance? In French we say la ros\u00E9e du matin, &amp;quot;the fresh morning dew.&amp;quot; I wanted to create a fragrance that smelled like walking into a garden in the morning, so it has notes of two types of roses, but also a little cedar. After you shower, you need something that&amp;#039;s not too heavy, not too sugary or sweet; you need lightness. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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