Kevyn Aucoin: A Beautiful Life (0743456424)

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Author: Kerry Diamond, Kevyn Aucoin
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0743456424

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Kevyn Aucoin: A Beautiful Life
by: Kerry Diamond, Kevyn Aucoin

Editorial Review:

There has never been a more influential and beloved makeup artist than Kevyn Aucoin. He was the makeup artist of choice for every major movie star, pop icon, and supermodel around, and in the process became as celebrated as his favorite personalities. His life was a dizzying mix of fame and glamour: Presidents and princesses knew his name, and his work appeared on countless catwalks, red carpets, and magazine covers.
But Kevyn's mission wasn't to make the beautiful people even more alluring. Inspired by his difficult childhood in a homophobic Southern town, he chose to see beauty everywhere -- in all faces, races, and sexualities. For Kevyn, who struggled his entire life with feelings of inadequacy, inner beauty was as important as the physical beauty that surrounded him.
Kevyn Aucoin: a beautiful life chronicles the magical journey of this makeup guru as seen through the eyes of his family, friends, lovers, and fashion-industry insiders. It traces his beginnings in a Louisiana orphanage, where his unmarried sixteen-year-old mother placed him for adoption, to the mysterious illness that tragically ended his life at the age of forty.
Here, Gwyneth Paltrow, Julia Roberts, Janet Jackson, Barbra Streisand, Britney Spears, Tina Turner, Cindy Crawford, Naomi Campbell, Hilary Swank, Christy Turlington, Isabella Rossellini, and dozens of other luminaries reveal in exclusive interviews what made Kevyn so talented, funny, fiercely loyal, and ultimately irreplaceable.
Also included is the first-ever compilation of the makeup techniques that made Kevyn so legendary, accompanied by easy-to-follow step-by-step photos. He refined these signature tricks throughout his career and relied upon them to turn the most celebrated beauties into something extraordinary.

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Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

Very Pleased with Review:

I purchased this item as a gift. I gave it five stars because it was listed as a "used" item. If it were any more perfect, it may as well had been new! It was packaged pretty well. It took a little bit longer than expected, but I didn't really want to spring for the expedited shipping.
I haven't had any complaints from my sister, so I guess it was a perfect gift!

Very inspirational..a view inside the Makeup Maverick:

I thoroughly enjoyed "Kevyn Aucoin a beautiful life: The Success, Struggles, and Beauty Secrets of a Legendary Makeup Artist".
His friends and family gave a thorough view inside the life and times of the VERY talented Kevyn Aucoin. It was a story that ended all too soon for this reader.

A sweet tribute:

I was so sad when Kevyn Aucoin died, because his looks were amazing. He really was an artist, and just did such creative things with makeup. This book is a bit of a biography, and a tribute to his work. You get a bit of a timeline through the chapters of his years in Louisiana, then heading to New York and getting more and more prestigious gigs. And you get sweet tributes from the many whose lives he touched, especially a lot of famous women - Tina Turner, Gwyneth Paltrow, etc - who he worked with. There... more info

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