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