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"   Photo: Courtesy of Julie Schott  Veteran beauty guru Val Garland has a long month ahead, but on the evening of her first makeup test of the season with M.A.C for Monique Lhuillier, the legendary face painter was decidedly calm. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;ve worked with M.A.C for such a long time and I really know the Monique woman,&amp;quot; she told us. Here, Garland talks New York nails, power breakfast, making the perfect cup of tea, and more. You were just on holiday. Did you get in some good reading?  I&amp;#039;ll give you three great books: Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter and The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey were amazing. And The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman also made a lasting impression on me. Is there a suitcase you trust to get you through fashion month? I always use the same ones personally and for work by Swiss Army . They&amp;#039;ve got four sets of double wheels, so it&amp;#039;s eight wheels. If I am going on a short trip, I use a green one by Globe-Trotter  with a leather strap. What are your New York City rituals each season? I&amp;#039;m always excited for a mani-pedi. You girls take it for granted because there is a nail salon on every corner, but it&amp;#039;s not quite like that in London. I go to Celina Skin &amp;amp;amp; Nail Care on the Upper West Side. A model took me there about 30 years ago and it was amazing. It takes a while because they&amp;#039;re so thorough. I also love Jin Soon.  How about breakfast? It&amp;#039;s a big deal here. A couple of seasons ago, we were coming out of Lincoln Center and I discovered a restaurant called Caf\u00E9 Luxembourg. I always go there after I finish my shows because you can get a real American breakfast. This morning we had a chicken and egg whites protein breakfast from Gemma, right next to the Bowery Hotel where we&amp;#039;re staying. On days with back-to back shows, what&amp;#039;s the secret to staying energized? I have a Super Six juice with extra kale! My favorite is kale, celery, carrot, beet, apple and cucumber. You can get it anywhere. I don&amp;#039;t drink a lot of coffee, but I&amp;#039;m a big tea drinker. I like proper English tea and I get very annoyed when people don&amp;#039;t make it with boiling water. See the spring 2014 Ready-to-Wear collections. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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