Technical Notes: Lips

·      For a neutral lip use a lip liner 1-2 shades darker then lip.

·      Can create a fuller lip by dabbing a frosted powder on centre of lip.

·      Ombre can make lips look fuller.

·    Can exfoliate lip by putting exfoliator on a muslin cloth and work in circular motions from centre of lip outwards.

·      Put balm on lips immediately after exfoliating.

·    When lining lip with pencil, keep pencil on lip to make sure the line is straight and draw back and forward.

·      Start lip liner in centre of lip and draw outwards.

·   When making fuller lips, start by lining actual lip shape and then work outwards.

·   To make a lip matte you get a tissue and press it over the lip and press a translucent powder through the tissue onto the lip.

·      Gloss makes lips look fuller.  

Technical Notes: Elizabethan Make-up

·  Mix matte primer with white Illamasqua foundation on back of hand.

·    Can use foundation brush to apply evenly all over face and buff in well with a large blending brush to get an even finish.

·      Go into eyebrows with the base by going against the hair.

·   Take the white base down to the clothing line, in ears, and round neck.

·      Can use a smaller brush to make sure base is applied right up to the waterline.

·      Powder whole of face well by pressing into skin.

·      With the blush, apply in circular motions on apple of cheeks.

·      Put some blush onto the lips.

·      Make lashes white with white foundation and apply with a mascara wand.

Technical Notes: Eyes and Lips

Eyes:

·      Prime eyelids.

·      When using grease based eye shadows powder face after.

·      Powder eyelids well before using powder eye shadows.

·      Put lighter colours on first.

·      Use an eye shadow brush to apply.

·      Add eyeliner after eye shadow unless you are doing a smoky eye.

·    With mascara, use disposable mascara wands and do not double dip.

·      Brush the wand on top of the lashes first to remove any product that has fallen onto the lashes, then brush upwards, then do the bottom lashes. 

·      Throw your mascara out every 3 months.

·      Hold brush at the base to apply eye shadows.

·  Once the light colours have been applied to the lid, put lots of powder under the eye to catch any powder that falls down.

·      Shade in socket line and lash line.

·      Blend any edges you don’t want with powder and a cotton bud.

·    Use an angled liner brush and pull up side of face with a pad and line on lash line. Can smudge the line with a cotton bud.

·      Do mascara last (after lips etc).

·      Can use a lash curler before or after mascara.

Lips:

·      Can exfoliate lips with a dry toothbrush.

·      Eight hour cream is good instead of lip-gloss.

·     Use lip-liner close to the lipstick colour, and fill entire lip with liner then go over with lip colour.

·      Can use black eyeliner to line dark lips.

·      Can dot edge of lips with lip-liner to make it easier.

·      Can use Illamasqua angled liner brush to apply lip colour.

·      Brush lipstick towards centre of lip.

·      Add lip-gloss to the middle of the lip.  

 

Technical Notes: Colour Theory

·      Tint is when white is added to a colour.

·      Shade is when black is added to a colour.

·      Tone is when grey is added to a colour.

·      Harmonious colours sit next to each other on the colour wheel.

·   When applying colour to the face, smaller brushes give a stronger colour.

·  Use a colour to highlight down the centre of the face (forehead, nose, cupids bow, arch on chin).

·     There are three points in applying eye shadow to highlight the eye, the inner corner of the eye, the middle of eyelid, and the arch of brow to the edge of the brow.

·  Take your highlight colour and shade under the eye across to the highest part of the cheekbone in a triangle like shape.

·    A useful tip to follow when contouring is you take your contour in the line from the corner of your mouth to your tragus in your ear.