Growing up what were the films, celebrities, music, and magazines that informed your sense of beauty? Did you have a beauty icon?
FN: Greta Garbo — I loved her in the movies Ninotchka, Flesh and the Devil, and Queen Christina. She was perfection back then . . . the most beautiful woman in the world!
Can you tell us a bit about the first time you painted someone's face? How did it make you feel? What effect were you trying to achieve?
FN: It was actually my mother. She let me practice makeup on her – she really has helped shape my vision and the artist I am today.