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Makeup only for girls?..................................................................................... 4
Michelle Phan is Back!.................................................................................... 6
Feature Designer - Brittany.......................................................................... 8
Feature Designer - Maria.............................................................................10
Feature Designer - Kaylene....................................................................... 12
Feature Designer - Rachell..........................................................................14
Major Events.....................................................................................................16
Products............................................................................................................ 18
Beauty App.......................................................................................................21
FeaturedLook-TheArtOfTheCutCrease............................................22
T is for Tone.......................................................................................................30
Personal Story..................................................................................................38
Kevyn Aucion....................................................................................................42
CONTENTS
table

There has been stereotype
on make up and the female
gender for the past decades
that makeup is only for
girls. This can be shown
by the observation made
on makeup and beauty
advertisments displayed in
the makeup market, all the
models are female. Most
likely the targeted market
of those advertisements is
directed towards female as
well. Even the employees
in the makeup stores are
displaying that female is the
predominant group in the
makeup industry.
However, for the past few
years, the male gender
seems to be interested in
this industry too. Thanks
to internet, espesically
Youtube. Both genders
are more exposed to the
makeup industry more than
ever. The number of male in
this industry is growing. This
is displayed through the
increasing number of male
beauty guru on Youtube.
This phenomenon is not
only occuring on the
Youtube platform, but also
in the makeup industry as
a whole. Many professional
makeup artists are in fact
male. In the 2016, teen
vogue nominated eleven top
makeup artists. Out of the
eleven artists, six of them
are male. This shows that
the male gender is emerging
into this industry and they
are slowly dominating the
professional field.
After the U.S, I can
confidently say that Korea
is the second largest
entertainment industry. In
the Korea entertainment
industry, many male
artists are using makeup
to enhance their facial
features. Korea is now doing
a good job in normalising
the use of makeup on guys,
and it is definitely affecting
people’s perspective on
makeup and the male
gender.
Hence, for our magazine,
we have chosen a neutral
toned colour theme to
display our respects for
the male workers in the
makeup industry and wish
to celebrate the gender
equality in utilising makeup
as a tool to enhance some
flaws.
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girls?
MAKEUP IS ONLY
FOR

is listed as
one of the
top 11 make
up artist in
2016 in Teen Vogue magazine. He is L’Oréal
Paris’s brand ambassador. He has a total of
167k followers on Intagram right now.
@sirjohnofficial - Instagram
Sir
John
James
Charlesis a 17-year-
old beauty
guru who
first began his career on Youtube. He is now
the first male CoverGirl ambassador.
@jamescharles - Instagram
is also a
beauty guru
on Youtube. He has a unique sense of style to
his makeup. He has been named on Buzzfeed
for ‘16 Men Who Dominated Makeup in 2016’
second on the list after James Charles.
@thomashalbert - Instagram
Thomas
Albert
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isback!
Michelle is a sensational
Youtube content creator.
She is one of the greatest
beauty guru on the Youtube
platform. Her specialty in
the graphic design field is
typography and illustration.
Her passion for graphic
design began since she
was a child. She remembers
that every single hand
writing competiwtion she
has enetered. As well as
the chinese hand lettering
classes she anticipated
every weekend. For months,
her almost nine million
subscribers have left
agonizing comments on
her older videos, wondering
where the makeup guru
had gone. The only signs
of activity on her account
came when some of her
clips were deleted and her
profile picture became a
simple black square with
a geometrical shape at its
center.
‘Michelle why is your
picture black? I am worried
about you,’ one of her
subscribers wrote under her
latest video.’ Please come
back like once a month or
something. I love you so
much Michelle you were
the reason I even joined
YouTube. I pray I can meet
you one day...’ But the guru
remained mostly offline,
save for a few tweets and a
now-deleted video in which
she asked her followers
what beauty products they
were yearning for.
“I peaced out because I
think I was going through
depression. I don’t know
because I didn’t go to a
hospital or anything or get
diagnosed, but I was taking
a few quizzes online and I
felt really sad everyday,”
she said.
Phan seemed to be on top of
the world at the beginning
of 2016, when she landed
the covers of Nylon and
Forbes magazines.
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This is research not into
the clients business, but
into the actual logo style.
This is where we seek out
a look, a style, an approach
or attitude, usually to attain
a period or style that we are
unfamiliar with, or to refresh
ourselves with what is new
or successful. Eg. Find logos
of similar business’ and
critique them. This is where
you look for inspiration.
Designer Wendy
Stamberger said “I look
more for techniques and to
ask myself why a certain
logo looks corporate, or
what makes a really good
health care logo: or for
example why do I like this
logo and dislike that one?”
“Imperfection is beauty,
madness is genius and
it’s better to be absolutely
ridiculous than absolutely
boring.” - Marilyn Monroe
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FEATURED
designer

With such a plethora of
choice it may be hard to
find the right designer for
your specific needs. Below
is a short guide to help you
make the right choice when
choosing a logo designer.
These points could also be
useful when hiring a web
designer, graphic designer,
or any designer for that
matter. I don’t want this
post to come across as
self promotional, however,
I’ve linked to my own
examples to show you how
I personally communicate to
potential clients the value of
my design work. For other
designers, I hope this in turn,
gives you an idea of how
you too can communicate
the value of your work.
Previous identity projects
will results. You how I
personally communicate to
potential clients the value of
my design work. For other
designers, I hope this in turn,
gives you an idea of how
you too can communicate
the value of your work.
will give you a good idea
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HorneBrittany

"Life is full of beauty. Notice it. Notice the bumble
bee, the small child, and the smiling faces. Smell
the rain, and feel the wind. Live your life to the
fullest potential, and fight for
- Ashley Smith
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FEATURED
designer

With such a plethora of
choice it may be hard to
find the right designer for
your specific needs. Below
is a short guide to help you
make the right choice when
choosing a logo designer.
These points could also be
useful when hiring a web
designer, graphic designer,
or any designer for that
matter. I don’t want this
post to come across as
self promotional, however,
I’ve linked to my own
examples to show you how
I personally communicate
to potential clients the
value of my design work.
For other designers, I hope
this in turn, gives you an
idea of how you too can
communicate the value of
your work. Previous identity
projects will give you a good
idea of what skill level your
designer is at and what you
can expect though this is not
to say that a new designer
can not produce results.
will give you a good idea
of what skill level your
designer is at and what you
can expect though this is not
to say that a new designer
can not produce top quality.
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NguyenMaria

"Peace is the beauty of life. It is sunshine. It is
the smile of a child, the love of a mother, the joy
of a father, the togetherness of a family. It is the
advancement of man, the victory of a just cause,
the triumph of
-Menachem Begin
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FEATURED
designer

Kaylene is a second year
graphic design student
who is currently studying
at Queensland University of
Technology. Her specialty in
writing competition she
every weekend. Now her
dream has came true in
studying the dream of her
course and being able
to create her first very
magazine.
Her love and passion for
graphic design will never
end. hic design student
every weekend.
Now her dream has came
true in studying the dream
of her course and being
able to create her first very
magazine. Her love and
passion for graphic design
will never end.
page 13
ChanKaylene

Developing the logo
design concept(s) is where
creativity comes into play,
this is where the designer
must create the logo by
using the design brief and
the research conducted.
Some designers use a
napkin to sketch, some
use a sketchbook and
some use the computer as
paper, this is all a matter of
personal choice, however
using a computer first
up is not recommended.
When conceptualising,
some designers are mainly
concerned. graphic style
and image of a piece. while.
“We live in a wonderful
world that is full of beauty,
charm and adventure.
There is no end to the
adventures that we can
have if only we seek them
with our eyes open.”
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FEATURED
designer

Rachell is a second year
graphic design student
course and being able
to create her first very
magazine. Her love and
passion for graphic design
will never end. hic design
student who is currently
studying at Queensland
University of Technology.
Her specialty in the graphic
design field is typography
and illustration. Her passion
for graphic design began
since she was a child. She
remembers that every single
hand writing competition
she has enetered. As well as
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BaldiRachell

MAJOR EVENTS
to attend

mecca events
beautycon
Join Mecca Costmetica in store with iconic
makeup artist, a clean living enthusiast and
the creator of the makeup line, RMS Beauty.
Rose–Marie Swift. Allow Swift to personally
guide you thoroughly through her detailed
instructions on her tips and tricks of how to
create a fresh, flawless makeup application.
She is one of the upmost respected makeup
artists in these successful makeup industry.
IMATS will help you stay on the trend and
discover the best tools and products to use.
Learn from major makeup industry leaders
and expand your networking with emerging
artists. Discover your love of body painting,
makeup effects and gain valued inspiration.
imats show
Sat July 22 – Sun July 23, 2017.
Sat August 12 – Sun August 13, 2017.
Friday 12th May – Friday 19th May 2017.
BeautyCon is a place where many content
creators, majorly famous celebrities, young
fans and well–known branded companies
group together in order to celebrate make–
up as a tool for self–expression and sharing
their big enthusiasm around the world of
beauty and create meaningful connections.
page 17

Ladies and
gentlemen, boys and girls,
Jeffree Star is loading up his
Louis Vuitton suitcases and
heading to Australia. Go
and buy some sunglasses
because the future is bright
for this multi-talented
make up artist/designer/
model/ musician, who hits in
September.
The tour follows the release
of Jeffree’s album Beauty
Killer - a buffet for the ears.
Featuring cupcake pop
and razor sharp guitars,
the album exhibits the
flamboyant artist’s diversity.
Jeffree himself says “Every
song has a different feel to
it. There’s even some club
anthems mixed in there.”
The self proclaimed ‘Head
of the Makeup Mafia’ and
‘Queen Bitch Supreme
Among Internet Royalty’
stared his music career
when he put some beats
behind his mouthy opinions
and cyanide laced wit.
Star began writing “really
crazy lyrics” to rap beats,
in homage to his obsession
with hip-hop which led to
a chance encounter with
Peaches drummer Sam
Maloney, who produced his
first solo tracks in 2006.
He has toured extensively
in the US, joining the likes of
Eagles of Death Metal and
Metro Station for rock and
electro-pop inspiration.
Since his first EP and single
releases, Jeffree has become
the darling of MySpace with
his vivid cerise hair and
heavily tatted complexion
gaining the number one
position on the MySpace
charts and staying there
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PRODUCTS
for you
Jeffree
Cosmetics
Star

‘till Star is ready to leave’.
But the wonder of Jeffree
Star doesn’t stop there; his
live shows are as bold and
as shocking as the man
himself, which he daringly
showed to the Warped Tour
‘09 crowd.
“I’m not a man, I’m not a
woman, I’m a mannequin”
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L’Oreal’s Makeup Genius
app is pretty different and
has a pretty awesome face
detection technology. You
don’t need to take a selfie
or upload an image from
the gallery to make it work.
Instead, the app works like
a video where you can pout,
smile and do various things
as the makeup stays put on
you virtually.
Users can even create
several looks or choose
from existing ones as they
make their smartphone their
mirror!
“Try makeup looks and
products on yourself and
see them move with you
in real time. This exclusive
technology from major
Hollywood studios has
never been seen before in
the world of beauty. Create
your own or try ready-
to-wear looks curated by
makeup artist instantly.
See yourself made up
in just one click. Virtual
makeup try-on has never
been more real.”
The Makeup Genius applies
bronzer, eyeshadow, lip
gloss, and eyeliner in real
time using facial recognition
technology, enabling the
virtual make up to stay in
place as you move your
face.
The technology captures 64
facial data points and 100
different facial expressions
to accurately place the
make up.
The app scans your face,
and then allows you to try
out different products or
entire make up looks.
You can then save your
selfie, share it on social
media, and purchase the
products directly through
the app.
According to L’Oréal, the
app works on all ethnicities
and in over 400 different
lighting conditions to ensure
how the make up appears
in the app is accurate to the
product.
page 21
BEAUTY APP
makeup genius

You have no doubt seen this
trending all of everywhere
throughout your Instagram
feeds, Snapchat and Twitter.
After all, when a make-up
technique promises to offer
you big and brighter eyes,
it goes viral. And like most
flourishing makeup trends,
this one originates from the
Kardashians.
Cut creasing is a technique
created with eyeshadows
that has still been around
since the days of the silent
films. Employed as a way
of drawing guided attention
to actresses eyes in black
and white films, the style
was softer than the modern
version, but had the same
premise.
Simply put, apply a lighter
shade eyeshadow all over
your lid and then add a
darker shade of eyeshadow
on top of your lid crease.
Hence the name cut crease.
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THE ART OF THE
cut crease

Start up with an eye primer,
then apply a light shade of
eyeshadow over your whole
lidspace all the way up to
your brow.
Use a dark eyeliner to sketch
a V-shape. Start from the
crease in the middle of your
eye and connect to the outer
corner. With a brush blend
the line you’ve just drawn
towards the outer corner of
your eye.
Using the top line of your
eyeliner as a guide, apply
the eyeshadow over the line
and slightly blend above to
create a soft smokey effect.
Add definition to your lash
line with winged eyeliner.
Brush the same eyeshadow
you used above your cut
crease, along your bottom
lash line.
Finally, apply mascara and
add false lashes for a more
dramatic look.
CREATING THE
look

Urban Decay Naked Two
Eyeshadow Palette
This palette provides variety
from light to dark, warm to
cool, matte to glitter. There
is a look for everyone in this
product. Perfect for creating
a feirce cut crease. Place
Foxy right onto the center
of the lids, smoke out the
crease with tease and cut
it with YDK for a dramatic
glam look.
Urban Decay Eyeshadow
Primer Potion Original
Use this product on the lid
to keep everything in place.
The key to a good cut crease
is keeping everything clean
and defined.
Too Faced Better Than Sex
Water Proof Mascara
Use this product for a dark,
sultry lashes that will wear
all night. There is nothing
quite worse than a mascara
smudging during a night out
and ruining your cut crease.
page 29
RECOMMENDED
products

T IS FOR TONE
skintones

If you are a warm skin tone,
you are in good company.
Celebrities Natalie Portman,
Jessica Alba, Lindsay Lohan
and Jennifer Lopez all flaunt
their sunkissed undertones
in many glamourous ways.
You can too, once you get
savvy into making the most
of your special skin coloring.
Choosing wisely for a warm
complexion then result in a
healthy glow, blemish–free
skin and big gorgeous hair.
It is all about the differing
shades you decide to make
from head to toe, and paying
special attention to the area
closest to your face.
Once you have determined
your correct skintones and
have selected the makeup
and clothing to match, you’ll
be amazed at how easy it is.
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WARM IT UP
warm undertones

We “cool” chicks know that
looking our best starts with
understanding our cool skin
tone. By getting savvy to
the best hair and makeup
for our specific coloring, we
are guaranteed to sport a
healthy glow every day. Get
hip to what “cool” celebrities
such as girl Cameron Diaz,
Elizabeth Hurley, Courtney
Cox, Olivia M and Meg Ryan.
Looking our ultimate best
is related to all the colours
we place on our hair, face
and bodies. When we pick a
flattering shades for our skin
coloring, instantly we look
smoother and brighter, our
hair shines, eyes sparkling.
Does that sound too great
to be true? Well, try it out.
Some of our beauty tips for
a cool skin tone and see the
difference for your own self.
The best way to determine
your skin tone is by placing
each your hands on a piece
of silver and gold wrapping
paper. Run this test through
natural light to get the best
effect, since artificial lighting
will skew the results. Do you
look better in silver or gold?
Cool skin looks better with
silver and vice versa as gold.
page 33
KEEP IT COOL

There are some big beauty
questions that many could
have perfectly answered in
about three seconds.
There are a few about your
favourite pressed powder or
liquid, your hairstyle, if you
get a lot of zits. Others are a
lot more difficult to answer.
There are a tonne of tests
out there that will teach you
in how to figure it out, but
once you know, what good
does it do for your beauty
routine? There are so many
different techniques to look
“Make your unique skin colour,
embrace it!” – Rebecca
out for. If you know that you
are pale, does knowing your
skin undertone really impact
the type of foundations you
purchase and apply daily?
Actually, it is kind of a huge
deal because it is not just as
simple as being so pale.
“All skin complexions might
change depending on a tan
or freckles, for example, but
your skin undertone never
changes” she says.
We went to a professional
skin expert to find out what
exactly you need to know
about your skin undertone
and what knowing that little
fact really does for your skin.
There is a greater difference
between a skin complexion
than one’s skin undertone.
In fact, there are so many
elements to consider when
discovering your skin.
You may have had already
known that you either have
a pale, medium, or a deep
skin tone—it can easily be
seen. That is what makeup
artist and founder of Rouge
New York Rebecca Perkins
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find your toneLET'S TONE UP

says it is your “complexion.”
But how light or dark your
skin is, is based completely
separate from your actual
undertone. You may be able
to discover many products.
Finding foundations entirely
matching correctly to your
lightened and darked tones
of your skin, however if the
foundation has the incorrect
undertone, it will never be
a perfected match. Perkins
says that this is something
that lots of her customers
struggle with on the daily.
Is there another difference
between the two? Indeed,
your skin’s complexion can
change. It doesn’t matter
how much sunlight you get
(or avoid), you will forever
have that undertone. Have
you heard of warm and cool
undertones? Well, of course
you would’ve—but did you
know there are a lot more
undertones than even that.
According to Perkins, there
are also neutral undertones
like beige, as well as red,
orange and olive skintones.
These skintones combined
with your complexion, will
make up your unique skin
color, embrace it!
So how do you tell what you
are? Check our your veins.
“If the veins under your skin
are blue, then you likely lean
towards the cooler end of
the spectrum,” says Perkins.
“If they look green, you are
more likely to have a warm
skintone. This translates, for
example, cooler colour tones
of pink blushes will work for
a cool-toned person.
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Shopping for makeup can be
a hassle as it is, so knowing
your skin’s undertones will
help you in narrowing down
your selections to products
that suit you the best. Don’t
worry, your skin’s undertone
won’t jeopordise your choice
of eye makeup options.
Girls who have any signs
of cooling undertones can
flaunt any eyeshadows
and vice versa. Mostly all
shades of eyeshadow that
look most flattering on you
will have more to do with
your hair, eye color and
your personal preferences.
Whereyourskin’sundertone
does come into play is when
it comes to facial makeup,
like foundation, concealer,
contour, and blush.
Similar as to foundation, if
you have cool undertones,
you should select a cool–
toned contour shade and if
you have warm undertones,
you should select a warm–
toned contour. Contouring, it
is meant to create a natural,
shadowed like effect that’s
achieved by applying shade
that matches to your skin’s
undertone into the hollows
of your cheekbones, is right
under the jawline and along
your temples, toward down
the sides of your nose.
“If you choose a shade that
is opposite from your skin’s
undertone, the results can
be far less than the natura
look!”. Says makeup artist
Amanda.
Bear with us, were about to
throw a wrench into things!
When it comes to blushes,
it is generally best to wear
a blush that’s opposite from
your skin’s undertone (this is
just a suggestion!). A blush
shade that’s different from
your skin’s undertone will
pop more with dimension.
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your skinMAKEUP FOR
icy cool

Let’s start by clearing up the
confusion around skin tone
verses skin undertone. Your
skin’s tone can be described
as being a porcelain, ivory,
medium, olive, deep tone.
Your skin’s undertone lies
beneath your face and can
be described as being cool,
warm, and or neutral. Don’t
beleive into the assumption
that fair-skinned people are
cool skinned and that dark–
skinned girls are undertone.
page 37

TRAVEL BEAUTY
essentials

Pack dry shampoo, because
let’s be honest, we’re not
washing our hair every day
on vacation.
A face mask is one of those
non–essential yet essentials
that will really make you feel
instantly better when you’ve
been wondering around in a
foreign location all day long.
Plus, if you don’t have room
to pack your favourite night
cream, this one will help you
wake up with refreshed and
incredibly dewy skin. Don’t
leave your skin-care routine
back home. Keep on top of it
by bringing along your daily
cleanser.
Sure, you could simply just
squeeze loose items right
into your cosmetics pouch.
Or instead, you could add
just one. Most bb creams act
Whether you or your friends
are heading out for a long
weekend escape or a couple
of weeks away, there is no
need to say bon voyage to
looking your ultimate best.
Travel light and still feel like
you have all your makeup
and hair needs on hand with
this jet–setter’s checklist of
what to stow when you’re
on the go.
like secret skin perfectors.
Playing the role of primer,
moisturizer, sun protection
and foundation all in one—
making them the ultimate
multitasking superstars that
should definitely get a first–
class ticket on any trip.
A hard–working concealer is
an absolute must–have item
for any red-eye trips where
you’re not expecting to get
much sleep.
“When I boarded off of
the plane from Brisbane to
Los Angeles, I desperately
needed some heavy duty
coverage under my eyes.
Luckily I had pre–packed a
great concealer to cover up
all of the dark circles from
the long flight,” said beauty
enthusiast Brittany Horne.
Keep your pout nourished
and soft with a moisture–
boosting lip balm.
Find yourself a palette that
can provide you everything.
I do recommend the Tarte
Tartlette original palette for
go-to day and night looks.
page 41

KEVYN AUCION
extraordinaire
page 42

I was 14 when I discovered I
have an oval face. I learned
this from reading Kevyn
Aucoin’s ‘‘Making Faces,’’ a
glossy volume published in
1997 that quickly became
a kind of sacred text among
teenage girls.
We all trekked to the
Borders at Winrock mall
in Albuquerque to buy a
copy, using the savings we
had built up by babysitting
or halfheartedly frothing
lattes for minimum wage.
We lugged the book home
commune in private with its
thick, creamy paperstock full
of wisdom about lip shapes,
brow bleaching and false
eyelashes.
We propped it against
the bathroom sink as we
mashed our fingers into our
cheekbones, feeling for deep
bone structure. We pored
over close-ups of celebrity
pores, eager to claim affinity
with the actres supermodel
whose skin most matched
our own.
The girls who learned from
Aucoin that they had heart-
shaped faces let everyone
at school know about it
in the nasal braggadocio
common to a certain breed
of adolescent queen bee.
They were special; the rest
of us could only dream of
possessing jawlines that
end point like valentines.
‘‘Making Faces’’ transform
Aucoin, at 35, into an
instant expert on the
art of being beautiful.
He published three such
coffee-table treatises
in all, but ‘‘Faces’’ is his
masterpiece, the purest
distillation of his view that
makeup is performance,
an opportunity for women
(and drag queens, of
course) to gleefully
metamorphose with just a
few sweeps of a brush.
When ‘‘Making Faces’’ came
out, we had no Sephora, no
YouTube tutorial to lay bare
the intricacies of the smoky
eye. What Aucoin did, first
with ‘‘The Art of Makeup’’ in
1996 and then with ‘‘Making
Faces,’’ was give us a codex,
a working syllabus, a kind of
‘‘Joy of Cooking’’ with kohl.
In the introduction to
‘‘Faces,’’ after a page of
candid Polaroids of the
celebrities whose cheeks
he had made dewy a ’90s
who’s who that included
Drew Barrymore, Linda
Evangelista, Courtney Love,
Tina Turner, Lady Bunny
Aucoin wrote of growing
up as a ‘‘gay, effeminate,
hyperactive,adopted child
with a serious lisp’’ in
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“Today I see beauty everywhere I go, in every face
I see, in every single
- Kevyn Aucoin
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southern Louisiana. ‘‘While
the other boys in my school
dreamed of traveling to
the moon or winning the
Super Bowl,’’ he wrote, ‘‘I
dreamt of glossy red lips
and sparkling skin. By the
age of 11, I knew I wanted
to be a makeup artist.’’ Until
I read ‘‘Faces,’’ I had always
regarded makeup as a
secret skill to be mastered.
Aucoin insisted it was a
game anyone could play.
You just had to decide who
you wanted to be that day.
‘‘Making Faces’’ grouped
techniques under types,
creating looks based on
the women we aspired
to be. There was the
Chanteuse, the Bombshell,
the Gamine. Each was
defined by a particular
makeup application, and
each came with her own
vignette. Of the Heroine,
defined by pink blush and a
minimal taupe lip pencil, he
wrote: ‘‘From Joan of Arc to
Amelia Earhart ... their look
was ethereal yet practical
to the point of androgyny.’’
Aucoin saw makeup as
mythmaking: join the ranks
of great women with a
smear of pink gloss.
The point is that his 3 books,
The Art of Makeup, Making
Faces and Face Forward
are definitive. Sold out an
auditorium in Pasadena for
a contouring master class
that cost as much as $1,000.
The Aucoin contour book,
a boxed set of bronzing
and luminizing powders
that honors his legacy, is
available at Sephora.
Apply foundation and a
cream or powder a few
shades lighter than your
skin tone to your forehead
and cheekbones and down
the center of the nose.
Brush on a color a few
shades darker and ruddier
than your skin tone to the
jawline, hairline, sides of the
nose, and in the hollows of
the cheeks. But after you
swirl the colors together and
smooth out the lines, your
cheeks will appear to jut out,
your nose will look regal.
Done right, your face is
chiseled, marmoreal worthy
Rodin.
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Contouring is not easy to
master. It has taken me
half a year of practice to
flesh out the subtleties of
my angles, to learn how to
whip up that soft, creamy
glow that is the promise of
hundreds of thousands of
YouTube tutorials.
In one interview, Aucoin
described learning
‘‘How to dive into people’s
souls and to interpret that
on their face. ... My goal in
life is to have women take
over the world.’’
This kind of empowerment
lingo has become the
currency of YouTube
tutorials; stars of the
medium, like Michelle Phan,
Bethany Mota and Zoella,
chirpily chat about beauty
as power, step-by-step
makeup lessons as radical
self-love. But their words
don’t carry the weight
that ‘‘Making Faces’’ did.
Aucoin’s book was like a
trusted friend with whom
you were making your
first vulnerable forays into
vanity. It had none of the
public, noisy conformity
now required to go viral.
Book was like a trusted
friend with whom you were
making your first vulnerable
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forays into vanity. It had
none of the public, noisy
conformity now required to
go viral.
Book was like a trusted
friend with whom you were
making your first vulnerable
forays into vanity. It had
none of the public, noisy
conformity now required to
go viral.
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