In Making Faces, Kevyn Aucoin, North Americas preeminent makeup artist, shares his secrets, explaining not only the basics of makeup application and technique but also how to use those fundamentals (sometimes in unconventional ways) to create a wide range of different looks. Making Faces features step-by-step directions, instructional full-colour sketches, and a gallery of noncelebrity transformations, as well as fabulous images of stars and supermodels as youve never seen them before.Lush and enticing, Making Faces satisfies on many levels: extraordinary photography, surprising makeup looks on A-list celebrities (Julia Roberts, Demi Moore, Courtney Love), and recipes for doing it yourself. ~ Mirabella Kevyn Aucoins new beauty bible is the Genesis, Chronicles, and Revelations of makeup. ~ Allure Kevie isnt a makeup man, hes a magician. He creates an atmosphere of beauty mixed with magic. ~ Cher Kevyns progression of work over the years has elevated makeup to an art form. ~ Tina Turner Kevyn enables each and every one of us to play the character we want to play, be the person we want to be, and most important, feel the best that we can feel about ourselves. ~ Drew Barrymore
The faces that Kevyn Aucoin has made are stellar and luminous: Cher, Tina Turner, Vanessa Williams, and Julia Roberts are but a few of the stars in Aucoin's galaxy of clientele. More than making do, making up is the art of achieving your own special look, and Aucoin insists that there are no hard and fast rules--except for the obvious ones, such as "Don't put lipstick in your eye."
The first section offers, in his own words, Aucoin's favorite ideas, tricks, and techniques for enhancing, defining, and altering facial features with makeup. You'll learn how to care for your skin, what foundation to use with your skin type, and transformational magic for that central player in the drama of beauty: eyes. Through his gallery of noncelebrity before-and-afters, Aucoin shows clearly how to use his fundamentals to achieve dozens of different looks.
The gorgeous final chapter reads like a list of exotic characters in a play--the Vamp, the Siren, the Diva.... In fact, such celebrities as Isabella Rosselini, Demi Moore, and Nicole Kidman pose as these dramatic, splendidly made-up characters. These sumptuous photographs are accompanied by full-page illustrations listing the "ingredients" required to create these looks as well as simple directions for achieving them. The introduction by the author, at once amusing and endearing ("...trying to conceal the fact that I was a gay, effeminate, hyperactive, adopted child with a serious lisp in southern Louisiana would have been like trying to hide Dolly Parton in a string bikini!"), and Aucoin's commentary throughout, makes Making Faces a unique reference book--beautiful, informative, and personal.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
My wife loved it....too bad she wanted to experiment on me.:
Wife loved the book. Me, though, felt scared and weird. Guys shouldn't look like chicks. At least not until Saturday night....
Great for Inspiration:
I was excited to receive this book since I had always admired Kevyn Aucoin's amazing work. I thought the introduction to the book was wonderful. For me, as a how-to guide the book falls short (yes, even with the explanations and drawings). Somehow I cannot get my make-up to ever look like the photos. But as a book to draw inspiration from this is a great book! I am glad that Aucoin's work and legacy can be preserved with this publication (and with his other books as well).
Best makeup book around!:
I not only purchased this book for myself but I have also given it as a gift. I love it and the person I gave it to was overjoyed! It is the bed makeup book I have ever read and I would recommend it to anyone!
You can teach an old dog new tricks:
This book is very informative and fun to read as well. Kevyn has many faces in this book, some famous and some friends. Wonderful before and after pictures with nice stories about each person.Nice stories about how each person met Kevyn, or feels about him. Photos of everyday, evening and extreme makeup. Shots of famous faces Kevyn turned into other famous faces (Lisa Marie Presley as Marilyn Monroe). Very easy to follow the steps needed to create whatever you are looking for. I always wondered how... more info
