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Karin
Nuñez de Fleurquin
Jewellery Designer
What’s your daily beauty routine?
I take a quick shower, and afterwards use a
good facial cream. My son, Rocco, is four
and he just loves everything that is even remotely
feminine: my heels, my jewellery, my
clothes, and my beauty products! So every
morning he follows me into the bathroom to
watch my every move. While I’m fi xing my
hair I put a bit of lotion on a cotton ball for
him, and he rubs it onto his legs. It’s our super
cute morning beauty ritual.
Do you use a lot of make-up?
I leave the house without any make-up on,
but I’ve made it my habit to apply some of
it in the car on my way from dropping off
the kids at school to my workshop. The rest
of my make-up I like to put on in my workshop,
and sometimes I’ll do a small touch up
in front of the big mirror in the store. I also
make sure the shop smells like my favourite
perfume, Narciso Rodriguez.
Do you pay special attention to your appearance
when you’re in your shop?
I think having nice and pretty hands is a necessity
when you work in a jewellery store. I
always look at people’s hands to see if they are
nervous people or if they smoke a lot. Unfortunately
I have real worker’s hands. I’d like to
have those beautiful, long nails, but for jewellery
designer that’s pretty diffi cult. So I make
sure to keep my nails short and trim, and I
paint them in a fi ery red on special occasions,
because it makes me feel more chic.
What was your biggest beauty drama?
While I was in college I once seriously over
plucked my eyebrows. When I came out of
the bathroom I saw the look of shock on my
roommate’s face. I barely had any eyebrows
Beauty Parlours the ladies
Karin’s Favorite
Style icon?
Sophie Marceau
Hairdresser?
Steven at Patrick’s International
in Antwerp
City?
Paris
Make-up brand?
Shiseido
Motto?
Lachen is gezond!
(Laughing is healthy)
left. I went to a beauty salon to get it fi xed,
and I nearly agreed to have them tattoo eyebrows
onto my face. But then the beautician
drew them on in pencil and the effect was
even more horrendous, so I decided to leave
it as it was. And let me tell you, eyebrows
take a long time to grow!
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