Making Faces

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The second part includes detailed and illustrated step-by-step guides on how to achieve dozens of different make-up looks. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.

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. I tried to recreate one of Kevyn's looks on Lisa Marie Presley, which has always been one of my favourites. That's exactly what you'll be able to do with the help of books authored by legendary makeup artist Kevyn Aucoin. 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. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.He does a GREAT job of summarizing styles throughout the decades and gives you step-by-step instructions with color and makeup suggestions for you to replicate the looks. Kevyn does a really great job of encouraging the reader to experiment with makeup, and not just with colors, but also with the way you apply it, location, tools, and more. 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. Now, he is one of the most notable makeup artists of our generation and seeing him live his truth and release such popular makeup products is very inspiring.

I should also note that the instructions regarding application are far from ample, but personally I skimmed over these parts. Impressive, almost unbelievable imagery from one of Hollywood’s most talented Make Up artists of our time (RIP).

Perfect your makeup artistry with Kevyn Aucoin The Making Faces Book, a collection of makeup tips and techniques as well as stunning illustrations and photos. He was a guest on many television programs, including Oprah, the Today show, Good Morning America, VH-I's Fashion Television, MTV's House of Style and Entertainment Tonight. If I had not seen the step by step directions for some of the looks, I would have NEVER guessed who it was!

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.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. Kevyn Aucoin also offers tidbits about his philosophy on makeup and charming stories of his life that relates to makeup.

the photos and actual makeup looks in this book are stunning, and as i said i really enjoyed hearing kevyns thoughts, which are mostly the books saving graces for me and keep its rating two stars, but with all its deficits in mind, i wouldnt recommend this book to as many people as i thought i might. There a loads of full colour pictures inside and many useful techniques from a great make-up artist.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. Also, a BIG plus, is that Kevyn was not afraid to use women of all colors, black white, asian, whatever.