Anastasia Soare

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

“I like to do my eyebrows last - but of course, it's down to personal preference. For me, I do them last because then I can balance out my entire make-up look with my brows at the end.”

“Instagram is a 24-hour online magazine. You can see everything you like non-stop, and it has certainly had an effect on the makeup industry.”

“A thicker brow looks more feminine.”

“It's fun to experiment like Rihanna, but if you start tweezing brow hairs excessively, I can guarantee they won't grow back.”

“Start step by step. I didn't start being a big company in the beginning. You go to the bank for loans when nobody knows about you.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“I'm not saying I'm the best. There are many painters in the world. But there is only one Picasso.”

“Models used to shave their eyebrows so they could pencil them in very thin.”

“Brows that are too round tend to elongate the face making eyes look droopy and tired.”

“My secret for over pluckers is to keep some brow pencil on your brows at all times, even when you go to bed... If you keep product on your brows at all times they will always appear perfect, and you will not obsess on every little hair that is out of place.”

“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.”

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

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