I got this book thinking I should wear more makeup so I won't be mistaken for an undergrad all the time, but it left me feeling like makeup is not necessary at all. Also, a BIG plus, is that Kevyn was not afraid to use women of all colors, black white, asian, whatever. i’ve ‘read’ this from cover-to-cover but have yet to practice the techniques generously detailed in the book (it’s the first makeup book to really show contouring to the public, though drag queens had already been way ahead of all of us during this time).

I'm not sure how many times I've read this book, but this was the first time I truly appreciated it.the graphic design within is not only dated but so poorly executed that it's painful to look at parts of the pages at times. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.

There a loads of full colour pictures inside and many useful techniques from a great make-up artist. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Rita is Ferns best friend, she had a crush on Ambrose through high school but grew up into a bad situation.

The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Seeing a book by Kevin Aucoin written in the early 2000s reinforces the fact more than ever: lines are blurring and boundaries in beauty are disappearing. Back then I was probably more interested in the pictures than anything else this book had to offer (it has a lot! Fern was terrified because when she got the news she didn't know what had happened to him and in all that had happened she still loved him.