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According to an old astrology book, Taurus - the bull of the Zodiac - is a symbol of "tenacity, strength, virility, and power". And Taurean Gun [Nowak]'s tenacity, along with her love and understanding of color, is certainly part and parcel of Face Stockholm's enormous success. Known in the make-up industry simply as FACE, the story of Face Stockholm began 26 years ago, when Nowak felt there weren't enough colors around to play with. In the 1970's and 80's she had a string of hip fashion boutiques in Stockholm but was getting bored and ready for something new. Although it's hard to imagine now, those were the days when makeup colors were limited to electric blue mascara and pink lip gloss, and makeup artists were folks who worked in theaters and on film sets. That's how bleak the outlook was when Nowak opened her first Face Stockholm shop in 1980.
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"Mom is a Taurus," says Martina Arfwidson, co-founder of Face Stockholm, about her mother Gun Nowak. "If it weren't for that fact, I'm not sure we'd be here today."
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