When I first got into making makeup, I didn't necessarily want to start a company. I just wanted to make a lipstick that looked like lips, only better.

Eating right and exercising is more important than what you put on your face.

I'm not really Type A, but A minus.

I love old funky things. Color just makes me happy, and things all lined up.

Nobody is the color of translucent powder. Instead, choose a powder that matches your skin tone.

Every business decision I ever made I learned from my grandfather Papa Sam. He moved here from Russia when he was a boy. He worked his way up selling newspapers and ladies' handbags, and eventually, he became Cadillac Sam, one of the biggest car dealers in Chicago.