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I understood early that beauty was power.

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Kevyn Aucoin
Age: 40 †
Born: 1962
Born: February 14
Died: 2002
Died: May 7
Businessperson
Make Up Artist
Make-Up Artist
Photographer
Shreveport
Louisiana
Beauty
Power
Early
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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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Everyone is beautiful to someone.
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If you want to look your best, be creative, try some new ideas, and have fun doing it.
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Soon I realized that if beauty equalled forgiveness, I was never going to be forgiven.
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No amount of makeup can mask an ugly heart.
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The future belongs to thouse with open minds aand open hearts, who can appreciate beauty in all it's forms.
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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.
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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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I'm very passionate about what I do.
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Today I choose to feel life, not to deny my humanity but embrace it.
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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'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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Beauty is about perception, not about make-up. I think the beginning of all beauty is knowing and liking oneself.
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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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It is the free spirited men and women that we most admire and often envy - those individuals who dare to be themselves.
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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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I also have this incredible love for women.
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Growing up, my ideals were Barbra Streisand, Cher, and my mom.
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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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Life is too short to spend hoping that the perfectly arched eyebrow or hottest new lip shade will mask an ugly heart.
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