Ep 53. The Journals Of Legendary Makeup Artist Kevyn Aucoin + The Makeup Museum

Making Faces And Beauty-full Places. The recently established Makeup Museum located in downtown New York City explores the history of beauty and its ongoing impact on society. It’s a cool and dynamic space that celebrates beauty culture; one particular exhibit dates back decades, showcasing Erno Lazlo’s personalized skincare prescriptions for both Marilyn Monroe and Jackie Kennedy. But on this podcast, we talk Kevyn Aucoin, the iconic makeup artist and beauty pioneer whose work made a huge impact on the beauty industry, and also on us, at Story + Rain. Working with his family, the Makeup Museum has digitized over 1600 pages from his 7 journals. The legendary talent and visionary kept years of calendar-planner books that he added visual elements to: magazine cut outs, polaroid photos, and stickers decorated each dated section. Today, those pages provide a fascinating inside look into not only all of his famous projects and top jobs, but his creative life and mind. We sat down with two of the museum’s founders, Doreen Bloch and Rachel Goodwin---the celebrity makeup artist whose work you recognize on such stars as Emma Stone and Julia Roberts. We were joined by Kevyn Aucoin’s niece Samantha Adkisson, who shares intimate details about her uncle, his vision, and his journals. We discuss the museum’s founding, working with artifacts, Kevyn Aucoin’s place in pop culture + more. This is an incredibly exclusive talk with The Makeup Museum and on one of the ultimate pioneer creatives of our time, Kevyn Aucoin.