Three Brush Challenge:

Three Brush Challenge:Analogous

In this blog I will be writing about the continuing theme of colour and in this blog I try out my 'Analogous' look. Analogous look is a look/design using colours that are all close together on the colour wheel and blend together. The task for this lesson was to again use three brushes to create a my designed look. When created the look I started off by cleaning my clients face and then applying the Matt primer from illamaqua. To apply the base I used the healthy serum foundation by bojour and buffed it all over the skin with the kubiki brush. To finish the base using the wooden spectacular I mix together the right shades of concealer and apply it under the eyes and any blemishes, then blending it in with the kabuki brush and finished it off by setting it with loose powder. Then moving on to the eye area I first took my eyebrow clear gel and brush up my models eyebrows to create a ferral brow look. Continuing with the eyes using the flat eye brush I took the light pink peach colour and pattered it onto the lids. Then with the light orange I put this in the crease line and buffed it out and then put the darker orange over the top and blended out again. Finishing with putting the lightest yellow eye shadow under the brow bone and blending this out. To continue with the cheeks I took my angled contouring brush and again using the light pink/peach colour brushed this along under the cheekbones and then contoured the a mix of the two orange eye shadows under this. To finish the look I go to the lips first applying a white supercolour to act as a base for the eye shadows to stick to. I then take the light pink/peach colour while using the flat brush and press this onto the lips until I was happy with the coverage. Finally I took the light orange and pressed this in the corners of the lips with my finger and then did this again with the darker orange, giving the lips a gradient effect.   

Products: 

- Angled contour brush

- Flat eye shadow brush

- Kubuki brush 

- Eyebrow clear jel

- eye shadow pallet ( charles fox)

- Super colour Pallet

- Healthy mix serum foundation

- Matt primer 

- powder puff

- Setting powder 

Evaluation

Evaluation

Overall, I am pleased with my progress throughout this unit. The main aim for this unit was to create our own ‘New Elizabethan’ look, meaning we had to study the Elizabethan era and then re-create our own contemporary interpretation. I really enjoyed this aspect of researching into the background of this era, as it is one of my favourite points in history and having to apply it creatively made it really enjoyable. When creating my final design I researched into my favourite character ‘Anne Vavasour’ and I found out about her personal life which I then interpreted into my final outcome. I believe whilst being taught new skills in make-up application it has really helped me develop my ideas for my look and provide me with skills that I will use throughout my life. Also these skills have helped me to learn the construction of my partner’s design and to be more confident in working with others. Regarding my final design, I feel that I created a look that takes elements from the Elizabethan era but also represents my character in a contemporary finish.

To improve on this unit I would have referenced more in my blog and I should have attempted to do more background research into this era to help improve the quality of my work. I feel that overall this project have given me a good starting point in improving and expanding my knowledge for make-up which I can go on to use in other projects further in the future. 

Peer Review:

Overall, I believe I have grown in confidence with working up close and personal with other people as this is an element to me that is very new and this whole experience have taught me how to plan my time and organize practice sessions. When working with my partner sometimes it was difficult to find time when we were both free to practice and share design but in total I feel that we both gain a fair amount of time to achieve a confidence amount of practice. During the assessment I believe my partner achieved my look well as some areas of my design where more difficult than others. For example my partner had to create straight and curved lines free handed, which can be quite hard to achieve. Referring to the final finish of my design, I know that my partner completed it to a standard that I would have done myself. To improve I felt that the lips where slightly smudge and could have been more tidy. When completing my partner’s design I felt that I was given enough time to practice as the main body of her design was quite simple therefore it did not take me very long to complete. However during the practice she did inform me on how to improve my techniques when doing her looks e.g. making sure that I blended in the blush and contour together. Again referring to her final design the only aspect that I struggled with is the small detailing of pearls that she had glued on over her crease line which I believe I completed well as it was very fiddly and difficult to place.

To conclude I believe that this first experience of working up close and personal with people has really benefited me giving as it has given me more confidence to try out new tasks and has greatly help me improve my time management skills which I can apply to more projects further in the future. 

By Amelia Richmond-Knight  

How to face chart?

Face Charts 

In this blog I will be writing about how to create and make your own face charts. As I had never done make-up professionally before I was unaware of how face charts were done/made. Therefore in this lesson we were tolled the basics of how to create your own. Face charts are used by makeup artists to test out or plan a look. They are also used to record a look that has been tired out on someone, like for a fashion show or photo shoot, so they are very important to make-up artist to practice and achieve their perfect looks. Other uses to face charts are that they keep a record of all the products used for different parts of the face by listing it on the side as when creating a face chart it is done with real make-up rather than art supplies. During this lesson we were shown a video on you tube on how to create a face chart by going through some basics like the skin, shadows and contours. I learnt some key techniques when creating my own face charts which where:

- use smaller and stiffer brushes when creating detail or eye shadows

- buff the powder in circular motions

- to create eyelashes you can use black eye liner or pencils 

- use darker shades to create contour and shadows

Examples:  

Reflection:

Then after learning about all this information we were given the chance to create our own face charts. I did find this a lot harder than expected, as it was harder to move the products around on the paper as we were just using normal paper. On the other hand, in the future when I create my ideas into designs I will have different paper to use which is design to make it easier to move the make-up. Over all I found this really helpful as it gives me a better understanding on why the face charts are used and how to create them for my work. 

By Amelia Richmond-Knight

Three Brush Challenge

Complementary look: Three Brush Challenge

In this blog I will be writing about a challenge we were set in class. The task is called 'The three brush Challenge' meaning using one of the looks we design we could only use three brushes out of our make-up sets to complete it. I chose my complementary look which is made up of greens and yellows and the brushes that I chose to use where the kabuki brush, flat brush and angled brush. My look that I design was quite simple but as well quite abstract as I wanted both the colour to really stand out against each other.  

To start this look I set out my station and as I have mentioned picked out what three brushes I would use for my design. I chose the kabuki brush as I could use it to apply and blend in the foundation and also as a contour brush as well. The flat brush would of course be used for the eye shadow and lastly the angled brush was used to complete the winged liner and lips. To start this look I first clean off my models face for any excess make-up and then applied primer all over the skin to set ready for the foundation. Using the foundation I mixed up the right colour for my models skin type and tested it under her chin. When having the right shade of foundation I used the kabuki brush to apply and then further buff in the foundation to give a clean and even finish. Then after finishing the base I completed the eyes first by applying the lighter green to the lid of the eye and then using the darker green I put this in the crease and blended it out. Then using the angled brush I used the black super colour pallet and made a winged eyeliner. To complete the eye look I used a disposable wand and brushed through the green super colour through my models eyebrows. For the contour for this look I used the kabuki brush again and first took the light green eye shadow and contoured it under thee cheeks, forehead and under the jawline. Then using the darker green eye shadow I then contours this on the cheekbones on top of this to give the look more definition and shadowing. To finish the look I took the yellow super colour and patted it onto the lips with my fingers and then with the light green super colour I lined the lips with the angled brush and then smudge it within the yellow.      

Products:

- Kabuki brush

- eye shadow pallet

- foundation pallet

- concealer pallet

-matt primer 

-super colour pallet

-flat brush

-angled brush

-mascara wand

Reflective:

To improve this look I would have used real eyeliner instead of the supercolour as the supercolour did tend to smudge when my model opened her eyes as the supercolour would not dry. As well with the eye shadow I needed to blend in the eye shadow better if I had another blending brush but as this was not apart of the challenge I could only use three brushes.

By Amelia Richmond-knight

Traditional Elizabethan

Traditional Elizabethan

In this blog I am writing about how to create an original Elizabethan look to start this I used the Illamaqua white skin base as Elizabethan women would have white pale skin to show how high they were in Royalty as the working class would have tanned skin from working outside so by having pale skin this highlights their status. After the foundation I used the supercolour and a disposable maraca wand and brush it through the brow both ways. Also using the same tool and white supercolour brushed this through the eyelashes, making the model look down therefore first brushing it down, then up and then across on the bottom lashes doing this on both eyelashes. For the blush I got my model to smile and with a round brush put on a pink blush on the apples of my models cheeks. To finish the look I used a red lipstick from the lip pallet and either using a brush or your finger dabbed onto the lips.  

Products:

- illamasqua white skin base 

- kabuki brush 

- blush pallet 

-rounded brush

- supercolour pallet

-lip pallet

-angled brush

-disposable wand 

- foundation flat brush

-matt primer

Examples:

Here are some traditional examples of Elizabethan make-up that I have found my version is following these kinds of concepts that are shown below. Most Elizabethan looks will always include a white base for the skin as this show the concept of how rich you are which is explained in a previous blog and rosy cheeks were always included too. Most looks in this era are to show off how much money you owned or to reflect certain emotions/feeling as most people in this era could not read or write therefore colours had meanings that would portray things. For example in most of Queen Elizabeth 1st painting she wore pearls which was too represent her virginity as white is the colour purity and pearls are an expensive item. To see an example of this era of look being recreated click on this link.

By Amelia Richmond-Knight

Contouring

Contouring

In this Blog I will be writing about how to contour. To start the contouring first you have to start with your base so as written in my other blog I put on the foundation and concealer making sure it matches the skin. We were taught when contouring if you were unsure of the placement of were the contour is feel lightly with your thumb to wear the cheekbones are and brush the contour down under it or get your model to suck their cheeks in. Always contour under the cheekbone and then highlight lightly on the bone as this brings it out. Then to finish cheeks you can lightly add a light blush, making your model smile to put it on the apples of the cheeks. Other, places can be contoured too like up the sides of the nose, under the chin and around the forehead but remember to keep it light as its a beauty make-up look we were trying to achieve meaning we would want to keep it subtle.

Products:
-foundation
-matt primer
-foundation flat brush
-concealer pallet
-small flat brush
-powder
-powder puff
-contour pallet
-blusher pallet
-round brush

By Amelia Richmond-Knight

Partners:Final Make-up

Partners:Final Make-up

This is my final outcome of my partners make-up design, I believe that the overall look went well as I completed the whole look in the dedicated time. I started the look by cleaning my partners face with cleaners and toner and then primed the face. Then using a liquid highlighter I put this all over the face like a primer which my partner wanted as she wanted the shimmer look for her make-up instead of a mac look. For the base I used a foundation and the illamaqua white foundation and used a beauty blender putting this evenly over the face. I powdered under the eyes so that were the skin is thinner it would keep the product on better but not too much as my partner wanted a shiny/dewy look rather then matte. Then continuing with the shiny look I used a powdered highlighter and highlighted the forehead, nose and cheekbones. Then I contoured and blushed the cheeks making the contour dark and the blush very pink and vibrant. For the eyes I used a cream base and then in the crease used a brown both from the M.A.C pallet. Then for the eyebrows my partner wanted feral brows which I ran through with white from the supercolour pallet. For the lips I used a dark rues colour and put that in the center of the lips and then used what was left of the foundation/white base mix in the outer corners of the lips. To finish off the look on the crease line of the eyes I stuck on small white pearls with eyelash glue for extra detailing. Overall I believe I achieved this look quite well and improved on my contouring as in the first practices it was not as blended.

Products:
- Matt primer
- highlight gel
- beauty blender
- powder highlighter
-pink blush
- dark rues lipstick
-illamasqua white base
- disposable wand
- eyelash glue
- small white pearls
- mascara
- contour pallet
-contour brush
-angled brush
-eye shadow pallet
-flat brush 

   

By Amelia Richmond-Knight