This book is great for beginners who want to get a brief but informative look into the makeup industry. It's a far cry from anything he could do before he passed away, but I felt like sharing for the sake of the review. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. 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.

Kevyn Aucoin shares his secrets, explaining not only the basics of make-up application and technique but also how to use those fundamentals to create a wide range of different looks. I've read it several times myself and my friends and family are always picking it up when they come over. That's exactly what you'll be able to do with the help of books authored by legendary makeup artist Kevyn Aucoin.

A successful makeup artist to the stars presents more of his makeup hints and tricks in an illustrated guide that serves as a follow-up to his previous The Art of Makeup.

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. Also, a BIG plus, is that Kevyn was not afraid to use women of all colors, black white, asian, whatever. I will insist other people read it so they can tell me what it says and how we could all learn from it. He features both friends and family, along with remarkable transformations of recognizable famous faces!Impressive, almost unbelievable imagery from one of Hollywood’s most talented Make Up artists of our time (RIP).