My Makeup Design, Final Images and Evaluation

When I came to Southampton Solent I was the most excited about learning and improving on my make-up skills because its where my passion really lies. I really enjoyed learning new techniques and gaining tips from my lessons and I am pleased that I think I have improved my skills.

My Make-Up Design

I was really excited by my hair design because it was so different to anyone else's that I'd seen and I think it showed that I thought outside the 'box'. In my make-up design I wanted to show the contrast between what I think the Elizabethan women's makeup used to look like and how Elizabeth I tried to portray her makeup to look. I therefore made the skin around the eyes look really smooth and even and then the rest of the face very textured and cracked looking. I then used the rosy pink colour that the Elizabethan women would have used on their lips and cheeks, but placed it in the contours of the face, as this is currently the contoured look is more popular at the moment. I gave Charlotte very clear instructions of how I wanted the makeup to look and how I wanted her to achieve that look. I showed her how thick I wanted the flour and water mixture to be and talked her, very slowly, through the whole process, as she had never done anything like it before. I gave Charlotte an equipment list and provided her with any extras needed. 

Charlotte listened well and was very good at taking instruction. She really wanted to make it look perfect so we practiced many times and made small adjustments every time. I am really happy with how the look turned out! I think she did the look the best she'd ever done it, in the assessment. I am so pleased with how well the flour and water mixture cracked and flaked because it is exactly how I pictured it to look in my head and I think the lighting has picked it up perfectly. I love how the red colour underneath the cracked 'skin' shows through to make the skin look more painful. I would have liked her to have taken the white further into the hair line so it wasn't such a sharp line and I would have liked her to have taken the white colour and flour mixture further round the sides of the neck, again so it wasn't such a harsh line. I am really happy with the pink contouring on the cheeks and around the nose. My eyebrows are naturally uneven which could have thrown her off, but she followed my natural brows and pulled it off well. My ears could have been slightly whiter to match the skin around my eyes, but she did still cover them well. The skin round my eyes look very smooth and perfected which is the look I was going for. Over all I am really happy with how my looked turned out!