Colour concept number 2 Native American Indian

I have already chosen 1 colour for my colour concept idea BUT i have ANOTHER! I will be doing 2 models and 2 different colours. I am deciding to do BLUE also i have so many different ideas for my blue colour concept I'm thinking to do a native American Indian like Pocahontis i want to stick with the tribal theme with the hair and clothes but i want to make it a more editorial look with the makeup i was thinking a cut crease.
I want to have flawless skin minimal on the eyes maybe a very light cut crease but i want to have war paint on the models face to really bring out that Native American Vibe but still being editorial.
I want my model to have a feather headdress and a bow and arrow to give more of an native American Indian vibe.
The reason why i have chosen blue is i really want to come out of my comfort zone and have a mix up with different colours i don't usually use and have a play about.
Blue to me symbolises Freedom, Loyalty, Strength, Intelligence, Bravery, Calm and Strength. I combined all these meanings and come up with my theme as to me a Native American Indian is all of them things.

I want to have a male and female Indian in the shoot the male would be topless in Indian style pants a feather headdress on and i would want the whole of the top half of his body to be oiled up and really highlighted to give that glory effect.
For the makeup i would apply face paint on his face as the native American Indians have on their faces and maybe some on his body and arms.

Pintrest:2014:American Indian: War Paint

Design Chart for Colour concept

Editorial Magazine pictures

In lesson we have been looking at editorial magazine look books and what all the photos have in common. So every photoshoot always has a fashion story to it for example the story behind the photos could be all about the makeup and have a model in plain clothing but the makeup really screams at you. 

In all photoshoots there is a reason for everything such as the positioning of the model the poses the composition, lighting  ect.

I have chosen 4 photos from the Louis Vuitton Look book, you can see that the fashion story is based on the bags the models makeup is very plain and basic its the same in all photos again with the hair its scraped back looking sleek and its all the same in each image.  You can see that the photos are in a magazine. The clothing again is the same in all the images its all white as the photographer wants everyones attention to be drawn to the bag as thats the vocal points for the images. 

As you can see all the poses on each picture are different but there posing to show the bag off more. All the photos are full body shots, i think there would of been a lot of soft boxes around as the photos are very bright.

Colour concept planning

So in todays lesson i practiced another look for the colour concept still sticking with my colour purple  i wanted to make it more glam this time by doing a really nice smokey purple eye. I thought it looked amazing with my clients eyes as she has piercing green eyes and purple really makes green eyes pop.
I have so many ideas i want to put into place i really want to do 2 models one being a more glamour look and the other i want to be more native American tribal with my own twist. I want to get a feather headdress that the tribe used to wear but really bling it up.

Purple: To be purple symbolises royalty, wealth and luxury.

When I think of purple

-Wealth

-Royalty

-Power

-Mysterious

-Magic

-Diamonds

-Lavender

-Calming

-Wisdom

-Peace

-Pride 

The color purple is a rare occurring color in nature and as a result is often seen as having sacred meaning. Lavender, orchid, lilac, and violet flowers are considered delicate and precious.

The color purple has a variety of effects on the mind and body, including uplifting spirits, calming the mind and nerves, enhancing the sacred, creating feelings of spirituality, increasing nurturing tendencies and sensitivity, and encouraging imagination and creativity.

Purple is associated spirituality, the sacred, higher self, passion, third eye, fulfillment, and vitality. Purple helps align oneself with the whole of the universe. Different shades, tints, and hues of purple have different meanings. Light purple hues represent feminine energy and delicacy, as well as romantic and nostalgic feelings. Dark purple hues evoke feelings of gloom, sadness, and frustration. Bright purple hues suggest riches and royalty.

Light purple or lavender is a feminine, graceful, elegant color that has long been associated with refined, wealthy women. While the color purple represents royalty, lavender represents beauty and femininity. Lavender is considered to be the “grown-up” pink. Its lighter lavender shades have a sacred place in nature, with lavender, orchid, lilac, and violet flowers considered delicate and precious. The color lavender suggests uniqueness and specialness without the deep mystery of the color purple.

Too much purple brings out qualities of irritability, impatience, and arrogance. Too little purple brings out feelings of powerlessness, negativity, and apathy.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

http://www.bourncreative.com/meaning-of-the-color-purple/

Professionalism

So we had a lecture today on what we think professionalism is in the make up industry. Some girls have mentioned how they have been to huge makeup academy's and they haven't behaved in the professional manner for example they haven't used disposable mascara wands this is a huge thing as you are contaminating your products with peoples germs and you are causing cross contamination and if a client is starting out with a eye infection but doesn't know then your passing it on to your next client and this is called cross infection. If this happens and your client sews you and they have found out that you haven't been hygienic then you could get in a lot of trouble!

We came up with some key points what we thought professionalism is in the makeup industry;

·      Hygienic

·      Good communication skills

·      Good time keeping

·      Correct clothing

·      No bad breath

·      Open and closed questions

·      Up to date with the fashion and the latest trends

·      Cleaning products, using disposables, never double dip

·      Insurance

·      A professional portfolio of images

·      Learn to market yourself

·      Learn to be collaborative

·      Gain work experience

·      Be able to take direction from authority

·      Know how to use your social media & web development

·      Assist other artists to pick up skills and build up contacts

·      Network to discover new opportunities

·      Keep learning

·      Read makeup books

·      Keep practicing your skills

·      Be on trend

·      Review the catwalk shows to gain insight to makeup trends and new product launches

·      Invest in a decent camera

Monographic Makeup

So in class we got set a task to use only one colour to do a Monographic makeup (Makeup photo graphed in black and white) For my chosen colour it was blue i felt like it would work well and i have a lot of different shades of blue in my kit.

Anna Told us for the colours to stand out in the photo's the makeup will have to be quite bold for the camera to pick it up.

I found the brows quite difficult to do as i used a blue lipstick to fill them in and it was very sheer and it wouldn't blend very well. So i applied a blue eyeshadow over the top to make it a slight bit darker and to make them more noticeable.

For the contour it was quite difficult to blend as i had used a foundation on the skin then went in with a blue eyeshadow on a contouring brush and it didn't really want to budge. So i decided to take a big fluffy brush and blend it with that it seemed like the eyeshadow just wanted to stick to the skin.

I think to avoid this next time i will apply a translucent powder to the skin to set the foundation then i can apply the eyeshadow on top and this will help blend together because they are both powders. It would be just like applying a trasition shade on the eye to help all the colours blend together if you are doing a smokey eye.

Recreating Katie Moore Editorial look.

So as you may see from the previous post that Tai's friend Katie Moore came into our lessons to give us some demos and to tell us a little bit about herself and her work. She created a beautiful black smokey eye and bright red lip editorial look and we had to recreate it.                                                  

I started off with my clients eyeshadow as black is one of those colours that has a lot of fall out and if its on foundation its a pain to remove i started of using a maybeline gel liner in black and i put it all over the lid using a small flat brush making sure all the lid was covered as it would be really stand out if you missed a slight bit. Once it was on the eye using a fluffy blending brush i started to start to blend up using circle motions to get rid of any harsh lines around the side as we want the eyeshadow to be seamless. Once i was happy with how my base was then i went in with a black eyeshadow from Urban Decay called black out and slightly packing on that product to set it and to give it more colour and again ensuring the edges are blended out using a clean Mac 224 brush.

To give the eyes bit more of edge to them i went underneath the lash line with a smaller flower tip brush and the same black shadow and ran it underneath and blended it out slightly as you still want the colour there and using the maybe line eyeliner i went slightly into the waterline this is just to make the eye deepen slightly. Once i was happy with the eyes and they was blended well i applied a slight bit of mascara to the top and bottom lashes.

Once the eyes was done i went in with the skin using Mac NC20 on the client she would of been a NC15 but she had fake tan on and we always want to match the face to the colour of the clients neck even if they are wearing fake tan. I applied the foundation all over the skin and using a powder brush and patting the product into the skin not only does this give you an amazing flawless coverage it also sets the product into the skin. Some people think by buffing the product into the skin you will create a nice finish to the skin this just moves the product around on the face and it doesn't set.

I wanted my client to have a quite heavy coverage skin so i applied a slight bit more than i usually would do and pat it into the skin.

I used Mac studio Sculpt concealer under the eyes, down the bridge of the nose, on the forehead and on the chin to highlight all the areas using a small fluffy powder brush i patted it into the skin.

Once the face was highlighted i set the areas with translucent powder to make sure theres no creasing. 

Using Mac Dark tan bronzer i lightly bronzed up the face and contoured to give it more definition and colour to the skin i didn't want a really heavy contour i blended it out so it didn't look so fierce.

For highlight i used Mac's extra dimension highlight and slightly added it to the high points of the face such as cheek bones, nose and cupids bow. 

Once everything was done the last thing i done was i went around the lips with a illamasqua red lipliner as we are using a red lipstick its known that red lipsticks bleed quite a lot this means it looks messy and gets everywhere without using a lipliner this just ensures that the lipstick doesn't smudge.

The only thing i had a problem is with the lipstick i find that using red lipstick gets everywhere and tai shown me how to correct this and making the lips look a lot neater by sharpening a lipliner really sharp and usingmy finger to really lift the lip up so you can really get in there to sharpen it up and make sure its all even.

 Before and After

Katie Moore Visit 27/2/17

So part of our Work based placement Tai's friend Katie Moore came into our lesson and spent the whole day with us and done 2 demonstrations a black and white makeup look and a more editorial full black smokey eye with a bold red lip.

Katie trained with Tai in Manchester University doing their makeup degree and after she qualified she moved to London for work. She has done amazing and she's worked with some amazing companies such as Vogue and many celebrities. 

I think the day with her really inspired me as i want to be doing exactly what Katie is doing with her career.

So as you can see from Katie's makeup look that she has left the brows and made the eyes really black and dramatic there quite blown out at the sides aswell. Her skin is full coverage and quite dewy with a slight blended out contour. 

Colour concept Practical

For my colour concept i designed my look that i wanted to create a Avant Garde heavy purple cut crease. I wanted to create something that was very bold and really stands out i used a mixture of purples to get the depth to the purple by using the two purples in the urban decay Electric palette and the dark purples in the NYX colourful palette to really build up the definition into the crease so the eye doesn't look flat. For the inner corner i added a Topshop Holographic eyeshadow and that really made the eyes pop it was a silvery eyeshadow and when the light hit it, it turned pink and purple.

To really get that bold heavy cut crease i used a lilac shadow for the transition shade then i started to build up the shadows focusing on the crease and bringing it slightly out near the inner corner using a 224 Mac brush doing circle motions blending that product in so theres no harsh lines. Using darker purples i started to slightly add them into the crease and buff them together to get that definition in the crease and i carried on adding small amounts of eyeshadow until i was happy with the colour pay off.
Once i was happy with how strong the colours looked in the crease i got a flat concealer brush and used my concealer and slightly carved where i wanted my cut crease to be once i have done this you would need to go over the eyelid again with patting motions just incase any fallout has gotten on the lid. I set the lid to prevent creasing with a cream eyeshadow and using patting motions again with a flat shader brush i packed that shadow on. But the clients eyes kept creasing just on the lid area she said she always had this problem i think next time instead of going straight in with a concealer i will put a primer on to ensure that the shadows stay put and don't move. For under the lash line i went in with our first transition colour and applied a holographic shadow into the inner corner to make the eyes POP.

The eyebrows i didn't want them too heavy i wanted them to be a natural colour and still have a slight bit of definition to them i used a mixture of two products the Anastasia Beverly Hills Pomades in Taupe and Medium brown to match the clients hair colour. I went under the clients eyebrows with a flat concealer brush and Mac studio sculpt concealer in NW15 and patted it into the skin again to set the concealer into the skin and i done the same for all over the lid to create the blank canvas for the eyeshadows.

For the skin i wanted a flawless finish so i used Mac studio fix fluid in NC15 and doing patted the product into the skin using a powder brush i find doing it like this creates a flawless finish and if you use blending motions on the skin i feel like it doesn't give you as much coverage as your wiping the foundation away. By patting the foundation in also it sets it and you don't loose as much product as you would buffing it into the skin and gives you thats flawless finish. I added a slight  bit of LA girl concealer in porcelain under the clients eyes just to highlight the area and patted it in using a clean foundation brush and set with translucent powder. For the contour i applied a slight amount of Mac bronzer in dark tan just to give the face bit more colour and structure and finished off with a dab of Mac extra dimension highlight.

I found that the concealer and powder that i used together didn't really work well together as there was slight creasing under the eye my client said that this does happen a lot to her skin and i applied just a slight bit of cream eyeshadow to prevent it showing on the camera. If it was a real shoot then it would be really noticeable due to the bright lights and it could ruin your photos but you can take your makeup to the shoot with you and just add some finishing touches to the makeup.

 

Colour theme designs

For our concepts my class has chosen colour we all have to pick a colour and design a makeup and then we can use it in our showcase. I have chosen the colour purple I think it works well on any eye colour and it really stands out so well.

I want to do something more adventurous I want to do a more avant garde look I want very bold, heavy eyes, fluffy brows flawless skin a heavy contour and I'm thinking a ombré lip. 

I have started to design my look on a face chart to see what can work and what cant.

 

As you can see I have really emphasised the crease as the crease is the main key focus I have built up the colours to give the crease more definition i have used the Urban decay Electric palette. I have smoked under the eyes with one of the same purples that was used to build the crease up.

The skin is very bronzed and structured with the contour.

Look Good Feel Better 13/02/17

So as part of our work experience 2 lovely ladies came in from the company Look good feel better to have a chat about the charity and what they do etc. So it is a charity providing support to women with cancer and its free. The charity is there to help these ladies and give them support and a lot more confidence within theirselves they do this by providing makeup and hair work shops showing the ladies how to apply makeup especially to the areas where they have lost hair such as eyebrows and eyelashes and a lot of people going through Cancer treatment their skin turns grey so the ladies that volunteer for the charity will demonstrate how to cover it up. Not only this the ladies are given a huge goodie bag full of makeup, skin care and a full size perfume to cheer them up and to encourage them to wear makeup to make themselves feel better.

For women with cancer it must feel so daunting and life changing not only this its the stress that their bodies are changing and their appearance is changing. They may feel like they have no one to turn to for some support. But the ladies at Look Good Feel Better are there to help and i think its an amazing charity and theres only 1 in the UK. I think its really nice for all the ladies as they are all in the same situation and its nice for them to be able to socialise and have that support that they need. There is cooked food and all drinks available and again its all free for everyone. I can imagine how amazing the women feel after they have applied their makeup and gotten to socialise with more women in the same situation as them their confidence would of doubled and thats amazing as these ladies need to feel amazing especially for what they are going through.

The first LGFB workshop was in 1994 and has helped over 130,000 patients and there is all different venues all across the UK with the workshops and masterclasses available for women suffering from cancer.

Anyone is welcome to volenteer to help out with the classes and just show support for everyone there if your interested you can head over to the look good feel better website and apply to be a volunteer.