Kevyn Aucoin Quotes

No amount of makeup can mask an ugly heart.

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.

The fact is, there really is no such thing as 'normal' - everybody's different, and that is the essence of their beauty

Today I see beauty everywhere I go, in every face I see, in every single soul, and sometimes even in myself.

Perfection is boring. If a face doesn't have mistakes, it's nothing.

Glamour is not self-conscious; it’s not trying really hard. It’s just expressing your own truth. I think that’s what the essence of glamour really is—expressing your uniqueness.

Beauty might bring happiness, but happiness always brings beauty.

Life is too short to spend hoping that the perfectly arched eyebrow or hottest new lip shade will mask an ugly heart.

For me, beauty is synonymous with uniqueness . . . perfection is mundane, boring, and emotionless. It is by celebrating the differences in others that we can begin to accept our own individuality.

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.

Everyone is beautiful to someone.

Beauty is about perception, not about make-up. I think the beginning of all beauty is knowing and liking oneself.

Beauty has a lot to do with character.

The future belongs to thouse with open minds aand open hearts, who can appreciate beauty in all it's forms.

There are no rules when it comes to makeup!

Makeup should be fun, not fascist.

I'm very passionate about what I do.

If you want to look your best, be creative, try some new ideas, and have fun doing it.

I understood early that beauty was power.

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.

Beauty is about perception, not about make-up.

Today I choose to feel life, not to deny my humanity but embrace it.

I think the responsibility lies with the fashion world as a collective. We have to demand more variety.

It is the free spirited men and women that we most admire and often envy - those individuals who dare to be themselves.

Soon I realized that if beauty equalled forgiveness, I was never going to be forgiven.

I'd rather have huge success and huge failures than travel in the middle of the road.

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.

I also have this incredible love for women.

When I was growing up, the men in my life were abusive; women were the ones I ran to for comfort.

The faces I see in the modeling industry can get dull.

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.

I never went wrong by being myself.

I don't use 'always do this,' 'never say that' and I never give advice because I'm not the end-all, be-all authority.

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.

I spent much of my life hiding.

Growing up, my ideals were Barbra Streisand, Cher, and my mom.

Today I see beauty everywhere I go, in every face I see, in every single soul.