Quotes from Anastasia Soare

When I finally came to the United States, I was forced to get a job right away. I spoke no English - none. I started working as an aesthetician in this beautiful boutique salon in Beverly Hills. Being an aesthetician didn't require an elaborate vocabulary in English. My first client was Cindy Crawford! I swear.

My secret for over pluckers is to keep some brow pencil on your brows at all times, even when you go to bed... If you keep product on your brows at all times they will always appear perfect, and you will not obsess on every little hair that is out of place.

A mechanical brow pencil can create the appearance of fine brow hairs.

I'm blessed. I wake up happy every day.

The only thing that will change with fashion is the brows' thickness or thinness. Every season the arch will be the same.

Brows that are too round tend to elongate the face making eyes look droopy and tired.

If you have a bold brow, it's best to forgo a super-smoky eye and make the lips dramatic instead.

When I meet a woman, I know how her brow will look.

I'm not a fan of brows that look blocky and square-like at the front.

There weren't any brow products when I was in my 20s. Women simply tweezed! Now, of course, I use every single brow product I make.

Draw attention to the brow bone by accentuating the area between the eye and the brow with a highlighter.

Women love lash tinting because it makes the eyes really pop in red-carpet photos.

I'm not saying I'm the best. There are many painters in the world. But there is only one Picasso.

In Romania, during the communist regime, we were very culturally suppressed. At 18 years old, I wasn't allowed to wear bell-bottom jeans and eyeliner. I couldn't understand why!

I think an eyebrow can change the way you feel. It changes everything about your confidence.

I'm surrounded by a lot of women and they really inspire me every day.

My goal is always to bring a sense of balance, symmetry, and proportion to each individual face. The brows are an essential starting point.

My calculus teacher would send me home every weekend with 400 problems to solve. At the time, I felt it was so strict and demanding, but now I realize that the workload instilled in me a sense of discipline, and showed me that even if I wasn't inherently skilled at something, I could be, with enough dedication and practice.

Going to beauty school and art school in Romania helped me to think of why we use makeup, and it's exactly how you do portrait. You use pencil to make a 3D effect. Makeup is the same... You are able to create an illusion of perfection and balancing proportion.

If you're lacking hair in your brows, applying powder over a waxy pencil will make the color stick.

I like to brush my brows up and curve them toward the end.

In grade school, my mother, who was a professional tailor, would make all my clothes. I became obsessed with designing them myself.

I like to do my eyebrows last - but of course, it's down to personal preference. For me, I do them last because then I can balance out my entire make-up look with my brows at the end.

Living in Constanta under communism, we did not have the ethnic diversity that I then encountered in America.