Friday Pretty: Kevyn Aucoin
By GlindaKevyn Aucoin was the first makeup artist to show up on my radar way back when in the mid-80’s. Hey, way-back time machines are fun, no?
He was a talented man, and one of the first (and best) to showcase and share his techniques so that “normal” women could get similar looks. Here are some stunning transformations from his bestselling books Making Faces and Face Forward.
And people wonder why I love makeup.
Martha Stewart as Veronica Lake
Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins as Josephine Baker
Calista Flockhart as Audrey Hepburn
Demi Moore as Clara Bow
Christina Ricci as Edith Piaf
Celine Dion as Maria Callas
Gina Gershon as Sohpia Loren
October 14th, 2011 at 10:59 am
He was SO incredibly talented, and he really did seem to see the potential beauty in every woman and knew precisely how to bring it out. Plus, he seems like was just a really sweet guy.
October 14th, 2011 at 5:21 pm
Honestly- reading Making Faces changed how I felt about makeup and made me feel like it was possible to wear makeup without looking cheap.
And I totally agree that the best part is how he got it across that women were beautiful when they looked like themselves. (How that fits with his making-celebrities-to-look-like-other-celebrities I’m not sure, but it does, strangely enough.)