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