According to Kevin, he argues that makeup can make anyone any race they want, saying he can be Asian one moment and Spanish the next. If you practice and master the looks in the book then you will be able to handle pretty much anything else the industry sets before you. Kevyn Aucoin also offers tidbits about his philosophy on makeup and charming stories of his life that relates to makeup. I was pleasantly surprised to learn that it's a book about feeling comfortable with yourself, no matter how made up you are.

I got this book thinking I should wear more makeup so I won't be mistaken for an undergrad all the time, but it left me feeling like makeup is not necessary at all. The next section, which is entirely celebrities, is more "glamorous" but gives you the details of how to acheive those looks as well.We can take inspiration from makeup looks from different cultures and imitate the looks of different races. Rita is Ferns best friend, she had a crush on Ambrose through high school but grew up into a bad situation. He features both friends and family, along with remarkable transformations of recognizable famous faces! There a loads of full colour pictures inside and many useful techniques from a great make-up artist. The typical bombshell looks would have been more memorable and groundbreaking if Kevin used untypical and diverse models instead of simply sticking a blonde wig on a white model and recreating the spitting image of Marilyn Monroe.

while i love and respect kevyn aucoin and what he has done for makeup artistry, and i loved hearing about his thoughts and experiences in this book, it is truly such a mess. Kevyn Aucoin's faces appeared in editorial features, fashion shows, music videos, and advertising campaigns as well as on the covers of virtually every major magazine. Back then I was probably more interested in the pictures than anything else this book had to offer (it has a lot! To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. I think that the climate of today's cancel culture would definitely not let him get away with saying that so this book definitely shows it is from another era.Third, it is easy to see this as art, and faces as canvases, and Aucoin as a skilled and generous artist. I've kept it through several moves, including a period of my life where all my belongings were split between the three friend's houses I was couchsurfing on.

That's exactly what you'll be able to do with the help of books authored by legendary makeup artist Kevyn Aucoin. So many beauty resources aimed at trans women seek to assimilate us into a cisheteronormative view of beauty; we are enticed with the promise that we too, if we learn how to use blush, can ascend into unremarkability. I in fact, went to a company halloween party as a very convincing Betty Boop using techniques I garnered from this tome. Aucoin's gift was seeing the beauty in everyone and in bringing it out by being present and highlighting what's already there, and that is something which is simply not bound by time; it's just pure artistry. Kevin Aucoin shares his secrets, explaining not only the basics of makeup application and technique but also how to use the fundamentals to create a wide range of different looks.This was the first book on beauty I encountered that suggested to me that makeup can be used to express a feeling, a facet of yourself, an aspiration of who you wish to be in the moment. Still, I feel some concepts were a little dated such as using the exoticness of Asian women as a makeup look and picking a white model to illustrate this beauty.