Kevyn Aucoin dies at age 40
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
Celebrity makeup artist passed away May 7 from complications of a metabolic disorder associated with a pituitary brain tumor. Aucoin, who was developing his own cosmetics collection, was a contributing editor to Allure, the creative director of Beauty.com and the author of three books including the most recently published Face Forward. Over his 20-year career in the industry, Aucoin worked on design projects for Prescriptives, Chanel, Estee Lauder and Revlon. The artist also was responsible for the redesign of Shiseido's couture line Inoui and designed Ultima II The Nakeds. Donations can be made to the Hetrick Martin Institute at 212-674-2400...