Face Forward
Face Forward
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- Features A-list celebrities undergoing incredible transformations
- Teaches you how to create a runway-ready look
- Step-by-step instructions accompany each photo
- Takes the mystery out of makeup
- Allows you to learn from one of the most sought after makeup artists
The ultimate beauty bookboth gorgeous and practical. Face Forward showcases Kevyn Aucoins incredible transformations of famous and ordinary people alike, and reveals through its step-by-step instructions how makeup can give anyone a variety of different faces. Making Faces has sold 350,000 copies in hardcover and 200,000 copies in paperback to date. Face Forward has already sold more than 250,000 hardcover copies. Kevyn Aucoin is indisputably the best-known makeup artist in North America today.C
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Review by J. Lizzi for Face Forward
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If you’ve ever looked at fashion magazines and wondered what makeup techniques went into creating the look, “Face Forward” may give you all the answers you need. Not only did Kevyn Aucoin do all the makeup in this book, but he also wrote it and contributed to the photography, art direction and design. He is a genius. Period.Outside of the introductory chapters, the book is divided into five main parts: 1) “Behind Beauty,” where Kevyn describes how he treats the face to bring out a wide range of attributes; 2) “Face to Face,” which consists of in-depth photography and illustrations of the steps involved with creating beautiful looks; 3) “Dimensions,” where Kevyn explores the “classic personifications of beauty” by making up actresses and models to look like stars of the past; and 4) & 5) forward-looking concepts of makeup techniques and the future of beauty, also using the faces of actresses (and even his mom).I think it’s great that someone as talented as Kevyn can be so generous in explaining his craft, but even if you’re not into that, “Face Forward” holds up fantastically on its merits as an art/photography book: the resemblance of the current stars to the past ones is incredible (e.g., Winona Ryder as Elizabeth Taylor).This book may be a little advanced for makeup artists who are just starting out, but hey, makeup is art, and art is about ideas, so it’s definitely worth checking out. For anyone who is just plain interested in fashion and style, “Face Forward” will be intriguing, even if only for the skill exhibited in transforming one famous face into another. It’s a masterpiece.
Review by Denise Crawford for Face Forward
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Aucoin produces yet another beautiful and fun book about the art of make up. However, Face Forward is much like Making Faces without the practical techniques. The book follows the same format as Making Faces without many improvements. The book begins with general articles about brows, lips, eyes, color, etc. However, these articles are truly general and only give written directions to achieve the looks in the photos. If you have the facial structures of the models, then these sections will be very useful to you! For the rest of us, I found the preliminary sections to be fun but not helpful. The next section entitled “Face to Face” is useful with many before and after photos. The techniques are written and illustrated by photos of the make-over subject throughout the process. The looks are very natural and complimentary to the different ethnicities featured. I wish there were more makeovers in this section! The final section entitled “Dimensions” features 48 different looks that are fun but not realistic for everyday use. In fact, most of the techniques demonstrated would only be useful for Halloween or a costume party. This section features many stars from Madonna to Tina Turner but offers little substantive content for everyday use. Being a make-up-a-holic, I found Making Faces the better buy of the two. If you have to choose, choose Aucoin’s first book for practical use. For fun, this book definitely takes the cake.
Review by DONNA IVERSON for Face Forward
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I saw Kevyn on the Oprah show! How beautiful the women were after Kevyn’s talented artistry. The book is a must have. It shows the techniques that even we can use. Explained so even we can actually understand. This will be a great christmas gift for my girlfriends with the “six essential items” he recommends attached to the gift box! (so martha…..I know)…..
Review by Karen Redmond for Face Forward
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Kevyn Aucoin has outdone himself again. This is an awesome step by step account of how to transform yourself. I have his other books and I can definitely say that this is my favorite. He takes everyday people and morphs them into a more glamourous version of themselves. This man is a “Master Beauty Magician”!
Review by Kathleen for Face Forward
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Although Kevin Aucoin is an unaparalleld make-up artist, I was disappointed in the lack of practical hints and techniques for the average person in this coffee table book. Another irritation is the refusal to give name brands for the various foundations, mascaras, blushes, and liptsticks used. The excuse that Kevin gives that, “they may be out of use in three months” just doesn’t fly. The real reason is based on the $(dollar) sign–Revlon, Chanel, Arden, Estee Lauder et al. may not hire Mr. Aucoin if he recommends one brand over another. This is not helpful to the reader who has no idea what a “reddish-brown cream blush” or a “light beige lipstick” is.That being said, the make overs of stars and every day people are amazing.