Remembering Kevyn

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

                Kevyn 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. 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 we 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 good-bye,

                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.

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Wrong Costumes

A year ago, my friend and I joined the Calendar Girl Audition in a radio station outside our town. We heard about this audition from our neighbor a week before.

At first, we were very nervous. This was because it was our first time to join such an audition. We got there by bus. It took 2 hours to get there. When we arrived, we saw many people who also the contest. After we examined more carefully, we been realized that all of the contestants wore red and white costumes. Then, we asked the committee why the contestants were in red and white. The committee told us that it was the major requirement to join the contest. Meanwhile, my friend and I wore the wrong costumes. I prepared a long blue gown, while my friend prepared a colorful gown. We were very desperate because we did not join the audition.

After that, we went home sadly.

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Painting the Hall

One morning, one of the Witch’s friends came over to visit. When she looked around the room, she said, “Your house is ugly. My house is more beautiful than yours, and the walls are brighter.” The Witch was very angry when she heard this and she shouted, “Get out of my house! And don’t ever come back here!”
       After his friend left, the Witch looked around her house and she said to herself, “My friend was right. My house looks ugly and the paint is faded. I have to repaint it.” Then she went to the shop and bought a can of paint.
      After lunch she started to paint, and she worked very carefully. In the afternoon she finished the lower part of her house. When she wanted to start painting the upper part she found out that she couldn’t reach it. Then she got an idea. “I will use my magic broom!” she shouted. “Broom, oh my broom, turn into a paint and paint my walls!”
      Suddenly the broom turned into a paint brush and it started to paint the upper walls. It worked very fast, and in ten minutes all the job was done. The Witch was very happy.

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An Excursion to the Botanical Garden

On Thursday 24 April we went to the Botanical Garden. We walked down and boarded the bus.

After we arrived at the garden, we walked down to the Education Centre. The third grade students went to have alook around. First, we went to the first farm and Mrs. James read us some information. Then, we looked at all the lovely plants. After that we went down to a little spot on the Botanical Garden and had a morning tea break.

Next, we did sketching and then we met the fourth grade students at the Education Centre to have lunch. Soon after that, it was time for us to go and make our terrariums while the fourth year students went to have a walk.

A lady took us into a special room and introduced herself. Then she explained what we were going to do. Next, she took us to a pyramid terrarium. It was really interesting.

After we had finished, we met the fourth grade students outside the gardens. Then we reboarded the bus and returned to school.

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