Kevin Aucoin

Kevin Aucoin.com. (2014). About. Available: http://kevynaucoin.com/the-brand. Last accessed 5th December 2014.
Softspoken.com. (2014). Who was Kevin Aucoin. Available: http://www.softspoken.com/2012/08/kevyn-aucoin-the-makeup-master/. Last accessed 5th December 2014.

Kevin Aucoin was a extremely influencial Make Up Artist. He was born in 1962 in Louisiana. After a supposedly troubled childhood, he set off in 1983 for New York after spending years preparing his portfolio. He was lucky and met contacts at Vogue and began working backstage with Steven Meisel at important fashion shows. After this his career really took off, and ten years later he was known as a 'Make up legend'. He worked with A list Celebrities such as Naomi Campbell and Julia Roberts. Many regarded him as a friend and loved working with him purely because he was such enjoyable company. Gwyneth Paltrow once said 'The best thing about him doing your make up is that you get to spend time with him'. He released a game changing collection for Revlon which was the first brand to  introduce a range of foundations with different undertones such as pink or yellow. This influenced other brands such as M.A.C. In 2001 he released his own line of Cosmetics, which is still produced today. I love the brand, and my favourite products are the Sensual Skin Enhancer, and Sculpting and Highlighting powders. I find that the products that he produced are very versatile and can be used for a variety of things. For example, I sometimes use the Sculpting and Highlighting powders to create a simple eye look when want to minimise the amount of products I am carrying.