Face Forward: Kevyn Aucoin Makeup Techniques
Face Forward is a digital PDF guide to makeup techniques by Kevyn Aucoin. This illustrated book presents makeup as a practical craft and an artistic form. Instant download is available after purchase.
Aucoin demonstrates how to create multiple looks while showing how makeup can highlight individuality. The book combines instructional material with extensive fashion, beauty, and portrait photography.
This digital edition is suited to readers exploring cosmetics, makeup artistry, beauty imagery, and celebrity photography.
Book Overview
Face Forward is an inspirational how-to guide to makeup by Kevyn Aucoin. It explains approaches to creating varied faces and looks, supported by photographic examples involving well-known performers, models, and public figures.
The book includes an introduction, getting started, behind beauty, face to face, dimensions, moving forward, looking forward, acknowledgments, and credits. Its visual presentation includes creative direction, illustrations, art direction, design, principal photography, and makeup by Kevyn Aucoin.
What You’ll Discover Inside
- Makeup techniques presented through an accessible how-to format.
- Ways to create multiple looks using makeup.
- Photographic examples featuring figures including Celine Dion, Julianne Moore, Sharon Stone, Susan Sarandon, and Jennifer Lopez.
- Portrait and beauty imagery by photographers including Walter Chin, Patrick Demarchelier, Billy Jim, Irving Penn, Steven Klein, Steven Meisel, Herb Ritts, Warwick Saint, Eric Sakas, Albert Watson, and Firooz Zahedi.
- Sections covering getting started, behind beauty, face to face, dimensions, moving forward, and looking forward.
- Credits for the book’s creative direction, illustrations, art direction, design, photography, and makeup.
Why Face Forward Matters
Face Forward documents makeup as both a technical practice and a visual art. Its combination of instruction and professional photography offers a focused reference for readers interested in beauty presentation and portraiture.
The book also preserves a record of collaborative fashion and celebrity imagery from the photographers and creative professionals credited in its pages. It is relevant to makeup enthusiasts, artists, photographers, and readers studying beauty-related visual culture.
Book Details
| Author | Kevyn Aucoin |
|---|---|
| Title | Face Forward |
| Subject | Makeup techniques |
| Format | |
| File Type | |
| File Size | 58.7 MB |
| File Size Bytes | 61596573 |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 178 |
| Publisher | Little, Brown and Company |
| Publication Date | October 25, 2001 |
| Edition | First Edition |
| ISBN-10 | 0-316-28644-3 |
| LCCN | 00-103729 |
| Printed In | Italy |
| Dimensions | 9.05 x 0.5 x 12 inches |
| Rating | 4.6 out of 5 stars |
| Review Count | 930 |
| Best Sellers Rank | #51,460 in Books; #2 in Cosmetics (Books); #13 in Celebrity Photography; #18 in Portrait Photography |
| Creative Direction and Illustrations | Donald F. Reuter |
| Art Direction and Design | Donald F. Reuter and Kevyn Aucoin |
| Principal Photography | Kevyn Aucoin |
| Makeup | Kevyn Aucoin |
Device Compatibility
This is a digital download, and no physical copy will be shipped. Access is available after purchase.
The PDF can be viewed with appropriate Kindle apps, tablets, desktop computers, mobile devices, or compatible reading apps. Device features may vary by application.
FAQ
When can I access Face Forward?
Access is available after purchase, with instant download delivery for the digital file.
Will I receive a physical book?
No. This product is a digital download, so there is no physical shipping.
Which devices can open the file?
The PDF can be read with suitable Kindle apps, tablets, desktop, mobile, and other compatible reading applications.
Download Face Forward for a practical and visually rich reference on Kevyn Aucoin’s makeup techniques.
Verified Bibliographic Details
| Featuring Photography By | Walter Chin, Patrick Demarchelier, Billy Jim, Irving Penn, Steven Klein, Dah Len, Steven Meisel, Herb Ritts, Warwick Saint, Eric Sakas, Albert Watson, and Firooz Zahedi |
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