But, ultimately, Aucoin’s legacy will be taking makeup sculpting mainstream and introducing makeup contouring to the everyday woman. In 1982, Aucoin met Jed Root, with whom he moved first to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and then on to New York City. Hoping to get noticed, Aucoin did pro bono makeup on models for test shoots (one of his early canvasses was ’80s supermodel Paulina Porizkova). His most daring stunt to get noticed was arguably when he dressed Root as his agent in a suit from the Salvation Army, and the two of them brought his portfolio to the offices of Vogue. “He would just plant himself in front of me,” recalled Linda Wells, an editorial assistant at Vogue’s beauty department at the time. “He was more passionate and more obsessed than any other person I’ve met in my life.” a b c d e f g h i j k l Levy, Ariel (July 22, 2002). "Makeup Breakup". New York. Archived from the original on October 12, 2008 . Retrieved October 3, 2006.

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Alan Cumming, Tori Amos, and More Attend the 2017 Emery Awards Honoring Kevyn Aucoin". Vogue . Retrieved November 22, 2017. 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. I've never completed one of the looks featured in the book. That's not what makes the book so valuable to me. You don't have permission to access "http://www.sephora.co.uk/p/Kevyn-Aucoin-Making-Faces-Soft-Cover-Book" on this server. Over the next three years, Aucoin did the makeup for 18 American Vogue covers as well as numerous covers for other fashion magazines, including Harper’s Bazaar and Cosmopolitan. In fact, between 1987 and 1989, he did nine Vogue covers in a row as well as seven Cosmopolitan covers. He was part of a movement that pushed fashion into the mainstream in the early 1990s, and it was Aucoin who changed the way high-profile models did their makeup, ultimately transforming Naomi Campbell, Kate Moss, Christy Turlington, Cindy Crawford, Linda Evangelista and Paulina Porizkova into supermodels and cultural icons.As a child, he was effeminate, loved Vogue magazine and all fashion magazines, blasted Barbra Streisand and was completely fascinated by makeup. He was relentlessly targeted by bullies for much of his childhood but, despite this adversity, his passion for makeup always prevailed. He borrowed makeup artist Way Bandy’s 1977 instruction manual entitled Designing Your Face: An Illustrated Guide to Cosmetics from the local public library (failing to ever return it), and increasingly saw physical transformation through makeup as his way out of small-town life, once saying: “If I could just make things look better, things would be better.” Eight months after moving to Manhattan (where he spent his first winter in an unheated Hell’s Kitchen walk-up), Aucoin got his big break when he was booked to do Meg Tilly’s makeup for a spread in Vogue, which would be shot by acclaimed fashion photographer Steven Meisel. Part of an ongoing series of 29Secrets stories, taking a deep dive into the history of legendary beauty products and iconic fashion and pop culture moments… Aucoin made appearances on Good Morning America and The Oprah Winfrey Show. [17] He played as himself in an episode of Sex and the City called "The Real Me" (Season 4, Episode 2), doing Carrie Bradshaw's makeup for a fashion show during New York Fashion Week. In addition, he appeared with Cher in "Gypsies, Tramps, and Weed" (Season 3, Episode 7) of Will & Grace. Giving voice to our expertly curated product edit, Inside Space features a broad range of topical editorials, practical advice and shoppablestories.