"Here in America, you accept the best version of yourself. In France, it�s like, this is the way I am."

"Me, without artifice. If you don�t like it, too bad for you. We are also very rebellious.... We only can do 15 minutes of makeup every morning. The French girl is kind of lazy... [B]eing natural is really something we have in our DNA. Most of them don�t wear anything, have super-long, messy hair... strong lipstick, nothing else � maybe pink. If anything else, it�s a strong, sexy messy eye that looks like they did it with their fingers, which is probably true. They�re sexy, but not glamorous."

From "Why French Women Don�t Contour." (There isn't even a French word for contouring.)