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Remembering Kevin

I had the great honor of being able to call Kevin Aucoin, my friend. He was not only magnificent artist, but more important, a magnificent human being. My older, Liza Minnelli, introduced us in 1991. We instantly hit it off.

Kevin did my make up for photo shoots with my sister and for the 1993 Tony Awards. But I will always remember the day we spent together in my bathroom. Kevin taught me hot 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 off we went. By 6.30 p.m , we had shopped our brains out and laughed so much that we were exhausted. I got into a cab and 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 fashion.

Spending time with Kevin was like being hugged. He was an angel and all of us who knew him were lucky.