I had the
great honor of being able to call Kevyn
Aucoin , my friend. He wasn’t only a magnificent artist , but more important ,
a magnificent human being. My older sister , Liza Minnelly , introduce as in
1991. We instantly hit it off.
Kevyn did my
make up for photo shoots with my sister and for the 1993 Tony Awards. But I
always remember the day we spent together in my bath room. Kevyn taught me how
to do my own make up. He told me to stop plucking my eyebrows every five
minutes and , as we were finishing , he made a list of what he used. I asked him to come to
Bloomingdale’s with me , fully expecting him to say “ NO” but he said he’d love
to and laughed so much that we were exhausted. I got into a cab kissed him
goodbye.
Over the
years , I’d also buy Allure every month to read his column. His work has truly
made make up as important as fashion.
Spending time
with Kevyn was like being hugged. He was an angel and all of us who knew him were
lucky.
