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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 discovered I was passionate about the creative process, the product development, creating a concept around a fragrance or lipstick.

I'm definitely living my dream.

When we moved to Europe when I was a teenager, I really did not want to go. I was happy in my school, with my friends, but looking back on it, it was the best experience I've ever had. We traveled every weekend. I experienced incredible new cultures, museums, cities, and it really opened up my eyes.

I'm very detail-oriented, which is good and bad. Because I will wake up in the middle of the night thinking about something or seeing a mistake, thinking about it, and I immediately send an email - I'm very focused on details.

I think it is very important to learn to say 'No.' I think it is sometimes important for brands or the creative director to learn to say, 'This might be on trend, but it is not right for us.'

Even though beauty is very much my heritage, my real passion is accessories and home.

People always associated me with 'Vogue,' 'Vogue Living,' or 'Elle Decor.'

I came from a very corporate environment, but my own style is quite approachable, warm, and very detail oriented.

It's important to always mix the past with the present. I think that makes it feel more authentic and real.

I'm the only person who's uninspired by the Starbucks mocha peppermint whatever-it-is.

If you're on a night flight or are incredibly tired from jet lag, somehow a tiny bit of bronzer and self-tanner on your face, legs, and arms just makes you feel rejuvenated and refreshed.

A travel-size dry shampoo is the answer to many problems.

We have a house near East Hampton, and of all the beaches I've been to, I think there is something so beautiful about Long Island beaches. I love them in the fall and winter.

I never wear too much jewelry. I never wear a ton of pattern. Sometimes I'll go big, but it never feels right.

The biggest beauty myth is that everyone looks better without makeup. That's not true. Makeup is important.

I usually keep my personal style simple and streamlined. I like classic colors like black, white, and beige. White and black is my favorite color combination, and I like to finish up my look with an accent of gold jewelry.

I have a dual role as founder of AERIN and Image and Style Director of Estee Lauder. So work is a bit of a juggling act.

I leave work by 6:30 P.M. so I can spend some time with the children. Inevitably, we'll end up watching basketball or football. I live in a house of boys, and they're all sports mad, so I don't stand a chance.

Be assured, fellow citizens, that in a democracy it is the laws that guard the person of the citizen and the constitution of the state, whereas the despot and the oligarch find their protection in suspicion and in armed guards.

For then only will you be strong, when you cherish the laws, and when the revolutionary attempts of lawless men shall have ceased.

He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.

Memory is the mother of all wisdom.

It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.

There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.