Kevyn Aucoin quotes

Life is too short to spend hoping that the perfectly arched eyebrow or hottest new lip shade will mask an ugly heart. (Kevyn Aucoin)
Today I choose life. Every morning when I wake up I can choose joy, happiness, negativity, pain... To feel the freedom that comes from being able to continue to make mistakes and choices - today I choose to feel life, not to deny my humanity but embrace it.
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I'm going to insult a whole industry here, but it seems like TV is for people who can't do film. I'm not talking about actresses; I'm talking about lighting people. Lighting on TV is just so... it's sinful, it really is.
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Fear is the most debilitating emotion in the world, and it can keep you from ever truly knowing yourself and others - its adverse effects can no longer be overlooked or underestimated. Fear breeds hatred, and hatred has the power to destroy everything in its path.
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Beauty has a lot to do with character.
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Beauty is about perception, not about make-up. I think the beginning of all beauty is knowing and liking oneself. You can't put on make-up, or dress yourself, or do you hair with any sort of fun or joy if you're doing it from a position of correction.
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My entire mission in life is to help women take over the world. Not by force (the route so many men have taken since the beginning of time), but with compassion, perseverance, and love.
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Perfection is boring. If a face doesn't have mistakes, it's nothing.
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Yes, but everyone is beautiful to someone.
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Another thing that's pathetic is this rule that you have to look ugly to get respect as an actress. Jessica Lange had to make herself look really bad to prove that she had amazing talent.
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Growing up, my ideals were Barbra Streisand, Cher, and my mom. (Kevyn Aucoin)
Soon I realized that if beauty equalled forgiveness, I was never going to be forgiven.
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That's why I began doing makeup in the first place: I was hoping that through helping people see the beauty in themselves, I could try and find it in me.
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The faces I see in the modeling industry can get dull.
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I spent much of my life hiding.
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I think the responsibility lies with the fashion world as a collective. We have to demand more variety.
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When I was growing up, the men in my life were abusive; women were the ones I ran to for comfort.
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I also have this incredible love for women.
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I'm very passionate about what I do.
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I'd rather have huge success and huge failures than travel in the middle of the road.
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There are two types of people in the world: people who are passionate about things, and people who've had their passion punched, beaten, or whatever out of them. (Kevyn Aucoin)
Today I see beauty everywhere I go, in every face I see, in every single soul.
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I'm not saying that putting on makeup will change the world or even your life, but it can be a first step in learning things about yourself you may never have discovered otherwise. At worst, you could make a big mess and have a good laugh.
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Audrey had an angelic quality about her. She didn't act like she was better than everyone, she just had a presence, an energy, a sort of light coming from within her that was overwhelming.
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It's our hearts and brains that we should exercise more often. You can put on all the makeup you want, but it won't make your soul pretty.
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