Making Faces by Kevyn Aucoin, Donald F. Reuter, Gena Rowlands Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Making Faces
Book Review: Making Faces is a Valuable Tool
Summary: 5 Stars
Making Faces by Kevyn Aucoin has been a valuable tool to me in my drama classroom. While teaching my students the proper way to apply stage makeup, I have used this book as a reference many times. Making Faces has been especially valuable when teaching my students how to use makeup for corrective purposes, and how to make them look like a celebrity. My students enjoy the pictures of the actresses made up to look like other iconic actresses. They were able to use the pictures as a guide for their own make up plots. Aucoin not only uses many colorful pictures to show the proper techniques and transformations, he also uses step-by-step instructions on how to create the look. Not only did I enjoy the pictures and instructions, but I also enjoyed reading the excerpts about his childhood and career in the makeup industry. I would recommend this book to anyone who is interested in makeup as an art form, theatrical makeup, and/or for someone who is interested in improving his/her appearance and technique.Book Review: Extremely talented, not for everyone
Summary: 4 Stars
Kevyn Aucoin is definitely everything his reputation says he is. This book is excellent, informative, and extremely well put together.
The only down side of it is he does not address Asian beauty. He address caucasian, black, and latin, but not asian... so Asians, this will be good if you want to learn about how to work on all the mentioned faces, but your own...not so much. For those asians whose eyes do not pleat (hooded eyes, or non-creased eyes) this book will not help you dress those and rare style of eyes.
His technique is fantastic and I like his commentaries, very down to earth, though his work is outta-this-world amazing.
Book Review: Making Faces, wow
Summary: 5 Stars
Making Faces is an excellent book. However, it might not be what you expect. This book is wonderful provided you are looking for something a little more outlandish, extravagant, or theatrical. It focuses on color, mood, and the art of makeup. Book Review: Amazing talent
Summary: 4 Stars
I bought this book for my wife who works in a salon. But I find myself entertained by it too! Kevin is a fantastic makeup artist (which is obvious when you first open the book). I think anyone in the fashion/beauty industry should see this book. The book has makeup tips and tricks and plenty of beautiful pictures of celebs and normal people made to look like models, goddesses, and celebs from the past. A gorgeous book to own!Book Review: Not for beginners
Summary: 3 Stars
I bought this book because I don't have a lot of prowess with makeup at all, and I wanted to develop some skills using basic tools. This book, filled with beautiful pictures of beautiful people, assumes a basic knowledge of makeup and a steady hand for application. Maybe eventually I'll make more use of it, when I master the simple steps from other sources of information.