Sara Gerwat MUA: " You can put on all the makeup you want, but it won’t make your soul pretty"

https://hautemakeup.wordpress.com/2014/07/18/thatface-kevyn-aucoin/

Kevyn Aucoin was born 1962 (died in 2002) in Louisiana and adopted by Adrian Aucoin and Thelma Suzanne Melancon. Even though he was one of the greatest Make-Up artists his personal life wasn't that nice. He was bullied throughout school and later when he just started to work as a Make-Up artist he was rejected by women because they didn't want him to do their make-up because he was a man. He was suffering most of his life from acromegaly(result of the tumor, but no one diagnosed the tumor until 2001) and later he was diagnosed with a pituitary tumor. He died due to a liver and kidney failure that was caused by some of the painkillers he took.
But when it came to Make-up he was very successful. After moving to New York and working unpaid he was discovered by Vogue. He worked a lot with Vogue but also collaborated with Revlon and developed with them their 'The New Naked' line, which covered all skin tones. In 2001 he launched his own make-up line under the name 'Kevyn Aucoin beauty'. He also wrote 3 books.

The Art Of Make-Up

http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Art-Makeup-Kevyn-Aucoin/dp/0062730428

Making Faces

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Making-Faces-Kevyn-Aucoin/dp/0316286850

Face Forward

http://ana-lee.livejournal.com/222253.html

He was loved by the celebrities he worked with and was described as having a special charm and a nice personality. 1994 he was awarded with the CFDA ( Council of Fashion Designers of America) Award, which was the only time a Make-Up Artist was honored with this award. This shows his immense influence in the beauty industry. "Being largely responsible for the beauty stylings of the 1990s such as Brooke Shield’s matte lips, Christy Turlington's arched brow and Cindy Crawford’s lipliner". http://www.anothermag.com/current/view/4039/Remembering_Kevyn_Aucoin

Persons he worked with

MARY J.BLIGE, MISSY ELLIOTT, LIL'KIM, BEVERLY PEELE, CHER, MADONNA, CINDY CRAWFORD