Kevyn Aucoin
—Kevyn Aucoin
http://kevynaucoin.com/the-brand
Kevyn with one of his many A-list client's Cher
http://articles.latimes.com/2014/feb/18/news/la-ar-makeup-show-la-features-kevyn-aucoin-20140207
Kevyn with one of his many A-list client's Cher
Kevyn Aucoin is one of the world's most renowned make up artist's. Kevyn Aucoin was born in Louisiana and travelled to New York City with just his portfolio and no previous formal work as experience, he luckily managed to get a chance meeting with Vogue magazine which is were Kevyn's life changed forever and the rest was history. After just a few months working for Vogue, Kevyn began working closely with US fashion photographer Steven Meisel for couture and high fashion shoots.
It only took Kevyn a decade to become a legend in the fashion and makeup industry which is nothing in the makeup world, you would normally have to work for free for around 5-7 years to get a big break but nothing compared to the scale Kevyn achieved in such a short amount of time. Kevyn worked on the many faces of A list celebrities and models some of the famous names included Cher, Gwyneth Paltrow, Janet Jackson and Courtney Love.
He also released three books that went on to become some of the bestsellers in America these being;
http://kevynaucoin.com/the-brand
Kevyn was also hired by the makeup brand Revlon in 1993 to become there creative director for there Ultima II cosmetics line and helped to launch the new collection The Naked's, he then later went on to launch his own cosmetics brand "Kevyn Aucoin" which is still in high demand today.
In September 2001 Kevyn was unfortunately diagnosed with a rare type of tumour that he supposedly had for the biggest part of his life but it went unnoticed until then, Kevyn later passed away in May 2002 but it wasn't the tumour that resulted in his death it was of liver and kidney failure due to toxicity caused by prescription painkillers.
Kevyn Aucoin's legacy will always live on due to the way he changed makeup and how he enhanced beauty and didn't alter or change it, he also won the first ever Council of Fashion Designers of America Award for Makeup Artistry (CFDA) in 1994 and remains to be the only makeup artist to ever have been awarded such honour.
http://www.anothermag.com/current/view/4039/Remembering_Kevyn_Aucoin
Kevyn was also hired by the makeup brand Revlon in 1993 to become there creative director for there Ultima II cosmetics line and helped to launch the new collection The Naked's, he then later went on to launch his own cosmetics brand "Kevyn Aucoin" which is still in high demand today.
In September 2001 Kevyn was unfortunately diagnosed with a rare type of tumour that he supposedly had for the biggest part of his life but it went unnoticed until then, Kevyn later passed away in May 2002 but it wasn't the tumour that resulted in his death it was of liver and kidney failure due to toxicity caused by prescription painkillers.
Kevyn Aucoin's legacy will always live on due to the way he changed makeup and how he enhanced beauty and didn't alter or change it, he also won the first ever Council of Fashion Designers of America Award for Makeup Artistry (CFDA) in 1994 and remains to be the only makeup artist to ever have been awarded such honour.
http://www.anothermag.com/current/view/4039/Remembering_Kevyn_Aucoin
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