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I’ve always loved the beauty world. Ever since I was a child, I looked at magazines and wore fragrances and tried out samples and sets. I worked at Clinique in the creative department for a summer during high school. And when I graduated from university,

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So the idea of being able to shop cross-category to buy the beach bag, the summer lip gloss, and the pillows for your pool house makes it into very focused, easy life.
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Beach Category Cross Easy Focus Focused Ideas Life Pillow Shop Summer
You always have to stay true to yourself.
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Stay True Yourself
Luxury is anything that feels special. I mean, it can be a moment.
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Beach Beautiful Children Feel Moment Special
I’ve always been inspired by beautiful interiors.
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Always Beautiful Inspired Interior
Even if I wear jeans, I still wear a blazer and jewelry. I think there is something nice about coming to work and dressing nicely.
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I discovered I was passionate about the creative process, the product development, creating a concept around a fragrance or lipstick.
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I think to make your home as comfortable as possible is so important.
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Comfortable Home Idea Important Possible Thinking
I love laugh lines. It means you’ve had a good life.
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Good Laugh Life Line Mean Positive
It can be a walk on the beach, it could be a kiss from your child,or it could be a beautiful picture frame, a special fragrance. I think luxury doesn’t necessarily have to mean expensive.
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Beach Beautiful Expensive Kiss Luxury Mean Necessarily Picture Walk
I figure if I take my children’s work seriously, maybe they will too. And it reinforces the idea that art is not something alien and esoteric. Anyone can make art.
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Alien Children Esoteric Figure Idea Reinforce Seriously Something
When I was creative director [at Estée Lauder], I was always being asked about my beauty must-haves. From there I had this fun idea to create a line of what was in my makeup bag. But I also love accessories, and people associate me with home, family, and beauty.
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Asked Beauty Creative Director Fun Girl Home
Beauty is my heritage and my core. But my passion is design for the spaces where we live and work.
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Beauty Core Design Heritage Live Passion Space Work
When I took the job as Estée Lauder’s creative director, the first thing I did was go into the archives! I love taking our heritage and making it modern.
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As a girl, my favorite toy was my dollhouse; if I could still play with it now, I would! I used to love a well-arranged room: the furniture, the fabric, the lighting.
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Always Arranged Asked Creative Director Fabric Furniture Lighting Love Room Well
I come from an environment where the men actually say, “Is it OK if I take off my jacket?” in a meeting. Everyone wears suits; it is a very dressed-up world.
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Actually Coem Environment Jacket Meeting Men Nice Thinking
I think it’s so much fun to create a space. As the world has gotten more and more hectic – with these horrible catastrophes [happening] – people are going out less, ordering in, [having guests over]. People love to be in their homes.
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In terms of pots and pans, I just use the basics – Im not a snob like that.
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There’s something really interesting about that as a trend, that whole idea of lifestyle and being happy in your surroundings.
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Being Happy Idea Interesting Lifestyle Really Something Trend Whole
My mom has always been kind of my backbone. She keeps me strong. She is a mother, a friend. She is really everything to me.
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Backbone Mom Mother Strong
One summer I worked at Estée Lauder, and I really enjoyed the whole creative process.
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Creative Enjoyed One Process Really Summer Worked
AERIN is saturated with the qualities that have surrounded me my entire life, many of which came from my grandmother, Estee: passion, style, hard work, family, and, of course, all things beautiful.
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When children are little, they really need you in one way. When they’re bigger, they need you as a friend.
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I have a lot of passion. I have a lot of pride. I think I do get that from my family. But you can be driven and be nice.
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Driven Family Nice Passion Pride
I think talented people are priceless. And I think people that are knowledgeable and experienced – and I think there’s a balance of new talent and experience, which makes, I think, Estee Lauder really special.
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Experienced Knowledgeable People Priceless Special Talented Thinking
Beauty is my heritage, but home decor is very much my passion.
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Beauty Decor Heritage Home Passion
Mom used to frame everything we made, and now I’m following her example. It makes children so proud to see their work on display instead of hidden away.
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Art Children Display Everything Example Following Hidden Make Mom Proud Work
I have always loved books, and as a mother, I wanted to share my passion for reading with my children.
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Book Children Mother Passion Reading Share

I’ve always loved the beauty world. Ever since I was a child, I looked at magazines and wore fragrances and tried out samples and sets. I worked at Clinique in the creative department for a summer during high school. And when I graduated from university,

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