Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Anastasia Soare

Eyebrows are the most difficult beauty feature to master - we all have different bone structure, brow texture, and coloring.

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

In America people get depressed for no reason. They say, 'I'm sad my boyfriend didn't call me.' I tell them, 'How would you like to spend 12 hours on a line to get bread or a chicken?' That is depressing.

I know how to sew, knit, I'm a great chef, and a good dancer.

Full brows frame and accentuate your eyes, so you can get away with wearing less liner and mascara.

The human eye uses the eyebrow as an anchor point for the rest of the face. This is why a woman can look truly stunning without any makeup but perfectly shaped, full eyebrows.

For fragrance, I only wear Portrait of a Lady by Frederic Malle. People at work know I'm there when they smell it.

People didn't believe that eyebrows were a business. I believed in it, and I think that's enough. If you believe it, you can do it.

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

I realized that nobody paid attention to eyebrows. In Romania, it was the norm. I thought, 'This is Hollywood. We work with the most incredible, beautiful models and actors and this is important.'

In 1997, I decided to open a salon in Beverly Hills. At that time there were no products for eyebrows, so I developed a line.

Richer brows give you a sophisticated, feminine look.

In Romania it was normal that when you got a facial someone would tweeze your brows.

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.

If you have belief in what you do, you have a great technique, good quality product and a good service, you can expand even when there is economic turmoil.

Hair on the eyebrow droops because of aging, so a groomed eyebrow on a man opens the eye and makes him looks younger.

I use the golden ratio to create the perfect shape on my clients' faces.

The fact that I didn't speak English I think was the most difficult thing for me.

You can't survive if you don't make money. But as far as I'm concerned, we never, ever make a product with the idea that we'd make a lot of money. We make products because we're inspired by the idea that people will love it.

When I'm in the bathtub, I could have my champagne here and my caviar, just to be glamorous enough. I work really hard and I deserve everything.

I don't like to see mess.

You should shape your eyebrows according to your facial structure.

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

We all have different brow bones, and different amounts of space between the eyebrow and the lashes; the space on the upper lid is bigger or smaller, the space on the bridge of the nose or between the eyes is wider or narrower. Everyone is different.

I don't think thin brows will make a comeback; women have finally seen how much more beautiful their look can be with a properly shaped eyebrow.

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

I grew up in Romania studying art and architecture.

In my early 20s, living in a communist regime in Romania, success to me simply meant leaving and coming to America.

If you have smaller eyes, you should choose a thinner brow that isn't very dark in color. This will open the eyes.

When I went to art school in Romania, we learned the Golden Ratio Technique Theory, which taught us that when you draw a portrait and want to show an emotion, you change the eyebrows. They are the most important feature on the face.

Brows should begin directly above the middle of your nostrils. The highest point of the arch should connect the tip of the nose with the middle of the iris.

Being asked by Oprah Winfrey to be on her show and do her eyebrows in 2006 - to me, that was like getting an Oscar. It was a stamp of approval from a woman that is incredible. It propelled my career to a different level.

While designing, sewing and cutting patterns for clients, my mother was always telling me to make sure the upper part of the body was balanced with the lower part, an A-line skirt to minimize hips or shoulder pads if a client was smaller on top. I was training my eye to create balance.

People in the beauty community don't like copycats, so I think it's important to stay true to who you are and people will stay your customer.

When you're trying to recreate an era, eyebrows and hair are the most important thing to consider.

I love RuPaul.

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.

The first thing I do before I get out of bed is reach for my phone and open Instagram.

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

I have a Pasquini, the old-fashioned Italian coffee machine. I have to make my coffee because I know exactly how much I want and how strong I like it.

I'm always trying new creams and products to keep my skin youthful, hydrated, and protected from the sun.

I was fresh off the boat from Romania, and one of my clients was the agent to all of the '90s supermodels: Gail Elliott, Naomi Campbell, Stephanie Seymour, Cindy Crawford. I had no idea who these girls were! They were so gorgeous, absolutely the most beautiful women I have ever seen in my life.

I saw so many opportunities in the U.S. because I knew that I could make a living doing things I could never do in Romania.

Good eyebrows give your face definition.

If you ask me, I think knowledge is power and and being able to do your own makeup, or someone else's makeup, is power in itself.

I do my hair and makeup every day like I'm going to a party.

To be honest, I don't think I ever had thought I had to be successful. I just saw a need and I liked to be challenged, that's my personality.

You couldn't have too many dreams because in the Communist regime, everything was cookie-cutter.

My daughter was the one actually who believed in social media - she pushed me to get into Instagram, Snapchat, and everything else.

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

Me and my daughter, we are obsessed with makeup and so are our followers, and we communicate, we want to know what they like, what they want, what is their perfect, ideal product that's missing on the market? So everything we create, we share and we give credit to our followers.

I don't ever take lunch. If I were to go to lunch I would waste four hours.

I don't like to judge. Fashion is a form of expression, so to each their own.

A man should not get his eyebrows shaped, he should get them groomed.

It doesn't matter how late I come home - it could be two o'clock, three o'clock in the morning - I have to take off my makeup.

Don't worry about being famous or making money; the most important thing is being the best. You have to become a master of your craft, and everything else will come.

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!

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.

I've known Oprah since 1998 or 1999. It is incredible how amazing she is. When you are around her, you see how considerate, giving and wonderful she is with the people around her.

In 1990, there were no services catering for eyebrows in Hollywood.