Quotes by Kevyn Aucoin

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

Audrey had an angelic quality about her. She didnt 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.

Beauty has a lot to do with character.

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.

Im 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.

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.

Id rather have huge success and huge failures than travel in the middle of the road.

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

Beauty is about perception, not about make-up. I think the beginning of all beauty is knowing and liking oneself. You cant put on make-up, or dress yourself, or do you hair with any sort of fun or joy if youre doing it from a position of correction.

Thats 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.

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

While traveling around the world, Ive had the opportunity to work with every living beauty icon. Ive learned to appreciate idiosyncrasy. The fact is, there is really no such thing as normal - everybodys different, and that is the essence of their beauty.