Kevin Aucoin: ‘Face Forward’
VALERIE REISS
10/10/2000
If namedroppers had a nation, Kevyn Aucoin would be king. But a fun and just ruler he would be. Aucoin’s third makeup book, “Face Forward,” begins, “I have a confession to make. My entire mission in life is to help women take over the world.”
At Chelsea Barnes & Noble, he will expound on this mission, plus myriad ways he has tweezed a brow and shaded a cheekbone. He will also be signing copies of Face Forward, his new tome that features celebrity-to-celebrity makeovers (two namedrops in one!) including: Calista Flockhart as Katherine Hepburn, Martha Stewart as Veronica Lake and Alexandra VonFurstenberg as Cher. There’s also ordinary made-over folk and illustrated step-by-step instructions for creating each look.
Aucoin writes a monthly column for Allure magazine and is Beauty.com’s makeup advisor. His last book, Making Faces, sold over 430,000 copies. The event should be a hit. Who knows? One of his gratefully gorgeous names might drop in the flesh.