Technical Notes: Skin Base

·      Cleanse, moisturize, and tone skin.

·      Can mix the foundation colours on the back of your hand.

·      Test for right foundation colour on jawline.

·  Look at models skin type (dry and/or oily) and decide what products to use.

·      Mix a primer in with the foundation and apply. 

·      Primer can be used alone as a base on men, children, or women as a minimal make-up look.

·      Tinted moisturizers are good for men.

·      Too much make-up on men can flatten their skin.   

·  Start applying the base in centre of face and work outwards in circular motions.

·      Use a smaller rounded brush around the eye area.

·      Can hold side of face with a puff to keep the eye steady.

·      Take base all the way up to lash-line and over ears and down neck to wherever the clothing starts.

·      Conceal on top of base.

·      Look for redness around mouth, nose and corner of eyes.

·      Pink tones in concealer get rid of blue tones under eyes.

·      Yellow tones get rid of purple and brown tones.

·      Conceal one to two shades lighter than the base.

·      Powder on top of base.

·      Powder sets the base and reduces shine. 

·      Can use a puff to press the powder into the skin by rolling it across the face.

·      Powder eyelids well.   

Technical Notes: Cleansing, Toning and Moisturising

Step One: Consultation

·      Ask model if they have any allergies.

·      Ask them if they wear contact lenses.

·      Look to see if they have dry or oily skin types.

·      Tell them you are going to wash your hands (then wash hands thoroughly). 

·      Always use products for sensitive skin.

Step Two: Cleansing

·      Cleansing helps to avoid acne.

·      Use cotton wool pads and put cleanser on them.

·      Stand behind model and look into mirror. 

·      Make sure models eyes are shut as it can irritate their eyes.

·      Sweep the face in upwards motions and also do neck. 

·      Make sure all make-up is removed around eye area by using cotton buds right up to and along lash line.

Step Three: Toning

·      Same process as cleansing.

·   On eyebrows, go in both the opposite and same direction of hair in order to remove all eyebrow makeup.

Step Four: Moisturizing

·      Use only a pea amount- don’t want models skin to go greasy.

·      Rub into fingertips and gently massage into face.

Creating My Partners Design: Assessment Outcome and Self Evaluation

My initial reaction to my partners contemporary Elizabethan design is that it was a subtle and simple take on traditional Elizabethan make-up and hair with modern influences. She had chosen a complimentary colour scheme of green and red which reminded me of the Elizabethans, as red was considered to be a royal colour, and my partner had designed her face chart with red cheeks and lips which are very much Elizabethan inspired, and the gold detailing in the make-up also reminded me of the richness and royalty in the Elizabethan era.  My main concerns about creating the look were that the make-up was very simplistic so had to be executed very precisely and well as any mistakes would show up very obviously, such as a slightly wonky lip line or if the eye shadow wasn’t blended around the edges enough. I was also slightly nervous at first about doing the mascara as I initially found it difficult getting right to the root but after practice I now feel comfortable doing it. If it was my design I would have probably put more gold in the eyelashes to really make the eyes look bright and stand out. I could have perhaps improved my make-up application by doing a slightly finer gold line under the brow like I had done previously when practicing the make-up, and by slightly intensifying the green shadows on the eye. 

 

 

Practicing My Partners Contemporary Elizabethan Look

 

Here, I have practiced my partners contemporary Elizabethan make-up look for the assessment. I started by applying a base of satin primer mixed with the foundation shades 'Alabastar' and 'G177' and buffed evenly over her face, neck and ears. I then concealed her skin using 'D6'. Next, I applied a red cream blush in 'Libido' to her cheeks to give them quite an obvious red glow. I then powdered over the whole face thoroughly. I then applied a khaki green eyeshadow all over her lids and blended outwards to create a soft smokey eye, and I also put some of the eyeshadow under her bottom lashes. I then put mascara on both her top and bottom lashes to open up the eye. For the lips, I used a MAC red lip liner and lined and filled in the whole of the lip, and then went over the top with the shades 'LC005' and 'LC007' from the lip palette. To finish the look, I used the gold in my aqua colour palette and highlighted under her brows, on her cupids bow and on the tips of her lashes. 

I am pleased with the way the make-up has turned out but in the assessment I will try and intensify the green colours on the eye as they are quite pale.  

 

Assessment Outcome

This is the outcome of my make-up design created by my partner in the timed assessment. I am pleased with the outcome of the design and she created it closely to how I originally created it myself. She buffed the base into the skin well and applied the correct amount of lush to my cheeks. She also did the white eye make-up well but perhaps could have blended the white foundation underneath my eye which printed from my lashes away. The black eye make-up was done well but the paperself lashes were meant to be placed under the eyebrow not over it. She did the lips well.

Testing My Face Charts: Look Three (Final Design)

 

This is my third design from my face charts and it is the one I have chosen to use as my final look for the assessment. I started by applying the same base as in my other two designs and powdered over the top. I then applied 'tremble' blusher to my cheeks so that I had quite pink cheeks like the Elizabethans. I then used 'creep' eye shadow from the naked palette to create the winged shapes over my eyebrows and I slightly blended the edges so that the lines were not too harsh. I then applied a pair of paperself lashes to my eyebrows to add detail. On my eyes, I lined my waterline with a white pencil eyeliner and used the white Illamasqua foundation on my eyelashes, which is Elizabethan as they had very little eye make-up. For the lips, I did the same as I did on my first face chart where I used my MAC lipstick in 'cyber' and dabbed the gold eyeshadow in the centre of the lips. On the neck, I used my patterned stencil and liquified my gold eyeshadow with duraline and painted it onto the stencil. However, I didn't like the outcome as it looked messy as the pattern didn't work properly and also the gold started to go flakey, so for my final design I will not include the pattern on the neck. 

I am pleased with my final design as I think it has the right mix of Elizabethan make-up with the pale skin and rosy cheeks and colours used, and contemporary make-up with the patterned eyelashes on the eyebrows and how I have applied the make-up.  

 

 

My complete look: