Designs + My Design Journey

Here are the final designs I have whittled down to. The design I am going to choose is the bottom one, with the gold cupids bow, being dragged through the lip. I have chose this as my final design because I believe it best represents the look I am wanting to achieve. I am using the red and gold as symbolism for power and importance, as I believe Elizabeth words were most definitely that. I like am going to only use part of the face white, and the rest will be my normal skin tone, or maybe darker to create contrast and give a contemporary feel.

Here are some final make up experiments done on Bryony. I am very happy with the outcome, I also think the look should be matte, as Elizabeth always had a powder perfect complexion. 

Preparation for assesment. - 

How To Create The Look;

Here is a general over view of the look you will be executing today. My inspiration has come from a combination of Elizabethan + Geisha references. 

This guide is divided into sections of :

Make-Up

Skin Consultation :

Chosen Design :

Make Up Product + Equipment List :

Make Up - Step By Step :

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Hair

Scalp + Hair Consultation :

Chosen Design :

Equipment List :

Hair- Step By Step :

Skin Consultation :

Age - 21

Allergies - None

Skin type - dry and sensitive

Any products that do not agree with the skin - no

Skin regime - Exfoliate every other day, cleans tone and moistures daily.

Any skin conditions or acne? No

Product + Equipment List

Skin Prep:

Cleanser 

Toner

Moisturizer 

Baby buds

Illamasqua Matt Primer

Skin Base:

Illamasqua White Foundation

MAC Face + Body Foundation

Illamasqua Translucent Powder

Lips:

MAC ‘Basic Red’ Lip Liner

Illasmaqua ‘Gold’ Liquid Metal Palette

Kryolan Lip Palette - LC005

Eyes + Brows;

MAC ‘Fascinating’ White Kohl Pencil 

MAC White Lipmix

Eye Palette - Barely There Pink

Cheeks; 

Illamasqua Cream Blusher - Promise

Brushes

Foundation Brush

Lip Brush

Blending Brush

Fine Liner Brush

Contour Brush

Disposable Mascara Wands

Make Up - Step by Step;

Step 1 

- Cleanse, Tone and Moisturize skin.

• Remove any mascara with baby bud
• Apply Matt Primer all over using foundation brush.

Step 2

• Making sure there is a sure divide in colour, apply white foundation to the top part of the face/over the eyes and on the nose. Use sparingly and let the coat build slowly NOTE - do not apply to much, keep buffing into the skin.

• On the lower part of the face, add MAC Face +Body foundation and blend slightly where the two different foundation tones meet.

• On the neck and ears apply white foundation and do the same buffing technique as before.

• Apply Translucent Powder all over face.

Step 3

• Apply Lip Liner to the outside of the lip and accentuate the Cupids Bow

• Fill lips in with lip palette color chosen using flat lip brush.

-Get the Liquid Metal Palette and draw on the Cupids Bow and dragging the line down the center of the lip and onto the bottom - use fine liner brush.

Step 4

• Using the eye Kohl, draw on the inside of the eye

• Apply white lipmix onto a mascara wand and comb through the brows and lashes (top and bottom)

• Apply ‘barely there’ pink eyeshadow to the lid, with the blending brush

Step 5

• With the Cream Blusher, apply with a contour brush and blend high up on the cheeks and following the cheek bone 

• Add translucent powder on top

Peer Review Evaluation

Myself and Bryony (my partner) practiced my design in stages. Firstly we focused on the make up. I gave Bryony my face charts to take home and have a look at, with a product list in preparation for when we got together next. Bryony took it upon herself to try the make up design out on herself and sent me some images, this made me a lot more confident about Bryony executing my design. and over all I was so happy with how it had turned out. We then practiced a few times on myself, but funnily enough the best it turned out was on the assessment day. The hair we practiced in lesson, was extremely straight forward as the head-piece had already been made prior. 

Bryony looked very well turned out, and seemed relaxed on the day of the assessment, which then made me more relaxed as I knew I was in good, reliable hands. 

There isn’t anything I would have done differently with regard to the application of makeup, it turned out exactly how I wanted it to, I couldn’t have been happier. 

Bryony went above and beyond with regard to my design, she listened, took it upon herself to practice the look in her own time and kept calm and focused during the assessment. I am really proud of our team work and final outcome.

some photos before the final photoshoot.

Self Evaluation

My initial reaction to Bryony’s design, was relief. It looked like a well thought out, yet simple to execute design. My only concern was creating the volume of hair. I wasn’t too keen on the idea of crimping the hair, as I didn’t know if would look a little tacky, but it surprised me and turned out perfectly. It gave the exact result Bryony was after, created texture and I realized that by backcombing I could keep the texture of the crimping, but triple it in size. There isn’t anything I would change with regard to the final design. I was unfortunately very unwell on the day of the assessment and had just been let out of hospital, which is so typical, but I managed to push through and despite not feeling 100%, I really gave it my all. Bryony said she was happy with the final images.