When James Molloy speaks, you can't help but listen. So passionate is he that, at the recent MAC Autumn/Winter 2012 trend presentation, every single person in the audience was deeply engrossed in everything the Asia-Pacific regional director of makeup artistry had to say. Then again, with a background that includes working with designer labels (Alexander McQueen and Balenciaga) and celebrities (Dita Von Teese and Emma Watson), why shouldn't people listen?

Here, after all, is a man who truly knows and enjoys what he's doing. And, as Female Network settled into an interview with James himself, we found that he was also more than willing to share his expertise with more and more women.

Browse through the gallery for James' answers to the questions we asked him, plus a preview of MAC's Autumn/Winter 2012 collection.

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(Watermarked photos by Mike Dee; all other photos courtesy of MAC)