Image Creation photos

These are all the photos from my image creation shoot and i had to choose my 4 from.

Image Creation 4 Makeups Planning

We have been set a task to design a makeup in either Film, Theatre, Catwalk, Avant grade or Fashion editorial where we want to improve in. I have chosen fashion editorial magazine as thats the style of work i enjoy doing but i want to improve on it especially using colours that i wouldn't normally use. I have picked yellow and orange and i want to create a smokey eye using them colours and be more confident. The Brand i have taken inspiration from is Kenzo mainly from their Spring summer collection as its so creative and in all of their collections the makeup is so unique and its really inspired me to use colours i wouldn't use like orange. As its coming up to festival season i want it to be based around festivals, we have just had coachella and there is so many people recreating all festival makeup and thats really inspired me to do it. Brookelle Mckenzie on instagram has really give me inspiration with her festival makeup and i want to recreate it how she's done hers unlike other peoples festival makeups she's used oranges and browns and it looks amazing.

Brookelle Mckenzies Festival Makeup.

Bella Fiori: Youtube: Festival

I want it to be creative with the look i want it to look like a sun set with oranges and reds and some browns. So for my research i have looked at sunsets and the colours and how the colours blend together. I don't want my make up to be still wearable and classy but you still know its festival inspired with the outfit and hair. On some of the photos i will add some small lines using eyeliner on to the nose and the bottom of the lip and i will add small dots just above the eyebrow using a glitter eyeliner so its like the tribal boho festival effect which is really in at the moment.

I want the skin to be dewy but flawless with a slight contour but i want the skin to be glowing.

I have chosen to do these looks as i want to really focus on the Fashion side but doing something different like the art on the face. I want the eyes to be based with the orange, reds and a dark brown in the crease to give it that depth that it will need.

The brows will be fluffy and minimal product in them i still want that structured look but only near the ends of the brow i want the front to have hardly any product through.

In all 4 of my looks i want them to be the same apart from the lips on some of the pictures and the face art but i want all the pictures to have completely different poses some where my model is lay on the floor and some standing to make them look completely different. I have decided that as i always go for purples and pinks and all brights on the eyes i will do something i don't usually do oranges, reds and browns.


For the outfit i want it to be a festival boho style flowy dress with bare feet as it will really bring out the boho in the look and to accessorise with a flower crown.

H&M Cochella Style dress

Bibliography 
Brookelle Collage Photo Left to right 
First picture https://www.instagram.com/p/BS_LR5ZDAQ4/?taken-by=bybrookelle
Second Picture https://www.instagram.com/p/BEcQGRaxtbw/?taken-by=bybrookelle
Bella Fiori youtube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3yJ2SYRY-Y\
H&M Dress http://www2.hm.com/en_gb/productpage.0478710002.html#Black

Showcase Makeup Planning

For my showcase i have decided to do a Futuristic theme i want to do a space woman with bold bright makeup to really stand out i want to use pinks, purples, greens and blues with white in the waterline and white on the bottom lashes to make the eyes stand out a lot more and to make them look bigger.
I want the brows to be still natural looking but with some definition and not too much product in them to make them look too harsh. I really want the brow bone highlight so strong to enhance the brow bone.
For the lips i am going to be using a lilac lipstick with a purple lipliner and apply a pale shimmery green eyeshadow over the top to create a holographic space looking lip.
For the skin i want a flawless base with good coverage from the foundation with a light contour and a holographic highlight.

I want my models hair to be a pretty modern mohecan style up do sprayed with silver glitter.

I want to add glitter stars to the underneath the eyes and on the chest.

The outfit will be all silver i have decided i am going to be using a silver leotard and silver boots to really give off the space woman look.

I had gotten my ideas and inspiration from youtube  when watching my daily youtube videos and also pinterest and i had gotten really inspired by the space theme and the colours so i wanted to recreate it for myself but put my own twist on it using all bright colours to make the look stand out more.

Collage i created with my inspiration 

Video 1

Video 2

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Video 1-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Lovk1Vu2vg&t=156s
Video 2-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzCZ2jCdPys
Collage Left to Right;
Image 1 https://instagram.com/p/4W3QaARRJr/
Image 2 https://uk.pinterest.com/pin/365213851016280723/
Image 3 https://uk.pinterest.com/explore/galaxy-makeup/
Image 4 https://uk.pinterest.com/pin/508203139185922197/

WBP Evaluation

Whilst being on Work Based Placement it's taught me so much about being a makeup artist i have realised that in the industry its all extremely fast paced, your clientele differs from one to the other you could work with really young girls to a lot older women, you will be working on any age, sex, race there is. I really have learnt from working with my friend in the hospital and some other patients how much makeup can make a impact on someones self esteem they could be feeling at their lowest and you can apply some makeup to their faces and they feel so much better about themselves even when they are feeling at their lowest and that makes me feel so privalidged to be able to do makeup. When the ladies from Look Good Fee Better came in to talk to us i really wanted to help people with illnesses just to see what an impact it can make on someones life just to spend some time with them and apply some makeup to their face.
I have really enjoyed the whole of the WBP especially the photoshoots its opened my eyes more in which pathway i want to take when i have finished my degree i want to go into catwalks and fashion shoots i love the whole idea of having to do as many models as you can and some you have to build the makeup up like from one of my previous posts i wrote how if your on a fashion shoot you have to work from the most minimal makeup then your looks gradually get heavier. I have realised how frustrating it can be for makeup artists with models not turning up or being late, the lack of time you can get to do a models makeup and hair etc. I have really enjoyed working with different people and making connections from the models to the photographers and even to other makeup artists. I have swapped details with other people in the industry and we have said if we ever need a photographer, MUA or a model then we will get in contact. I believe that in the media industry its all about who you know and word of mouth and also the more voulentry work you do it will eventually pay off. As i have done so many free makeups i have really seen an improvement in myself not just my technique and ability but my timing and my professionality with other members of the public i really do think that doing WBP has really helped me in my confidence also in the manner to speak to new people with confidence also i believe that when we have had guest speakers in from the industry i think that has helped me massivley in the fact that they have answered any of my questions that i had about working in the industry and even down to how they first started off to not getting paid for all their hard work to getting paid really well and to the companies they work with such as Vogue and to anyone thats a really big achievement.
 I will defiantly be carrying on in my spare time to do voulentry work as that will get my name around and then i will be able to hopefully start to get paid work, i am trying to get onto a fashion show or a catwalk as thats the industry I'm really into.
I think my best part of WBP has defiantly got to be going to New York and speaking to different makeup artists and watching a demo at Chic studios as i have realised that different MUA'S from all around the world do makeup completely different. As we over in England have huge trends for really heavy makeup and when we went to America it was nice to see that they wasn't all about extremely heavy drag style makeup and its nice to see how different MUA'S like to work and to see their different techniques.

WBP HOURS

For our Work Based Placement we have been required to do 40 hours to complete the course at first i found it really hard as i was emailing companies asking if i would be able to help out or even watch and use it as my WBP but a lot of them did say due to it being a fast working environment i would just be in the way and they don't have time for me to drag them behind which is understandable but i had managed to get my 40 hours some of them have been provided from Anna and Tai but some i have managed to get myself.

Look Good Feel Better-1 hour
Katie Moore demos-6 hours
Arranged Photoshoot- 5 hours
Uni Photoshoot- 6 hours
Arranged Photoshoot- 6 hours
Makeup's for Cf Patients- 4 hours
Natalie Wright Demo & recorded interview- 6 hours
Makeup for Cystic Fibrosis charity night- 3 hours
The Gugenhine museum NY- 2.5 hours
Industry of Fashion NY- 30 mins
Demo at Chic studios NY- 1 hour
Demo with Jenny Leonard- 3 hours
Photoshoot with photographer Lucy Carr and model Rhianna Bass 3.5 hours

Final showcase SIFI concept evaluation

Overall on my Sifi concept for showcase I really enjoyed it and I think that my planning and my work really payed off. I really wanted a more up to date fashionable makeup look as I put in my planning, the key feature i wanted to stand out was the eyes with all the bold colours, the white bottom lashes, the white in the water line and the glitter stars under the eyes. Due to me having to do the makeup at 12 o'clock and it getting marked at 8 o'clock I think that was the only problem as the hair had dropped slightly where my model had knocked it even though I had covered it in hair spray all over the hair and put so many clips in. I wanted the hair to look like a pretty, more fashionable up do mohican style and I really liked it and I just sprayed all silver glitter in the hair to tie in more with the theme. If I could go back and change bits from my look I would apply a slight amount of black mascara to the lashes to blend into the false eyelashes, I would use a stronger adhesive for the glitter on the chest as I had a lot of stars and glitter and some of it had come off when she got hot and sweaty as the room was really hot I didn't take that into consideration how hot it could of been and I should of brought more glitter stars and glue but I thought that they would stay on. But if I were to do it again I would cover the whole of her chest in the stars but use a stronger adhesive.

I think if we got graded earlier it probably would of been better as my model was drinking and eating I kept having to top up her lipstick and the eyeshadow pigment that I applied on top and it didn't look as good as it did the first time so I had to try and keep it as tidy as possible it started to look slightly "crispy". If I was to do the lips again I would take into consideration the length of time that the model would have to have the makeup and the lipstick on and I would find a longer lasting liquid lipstick like the Limecrime Holographic liquid lipstick so then I wouldn't have to worry about it sliding off and I know that it will be exactly what I want without using a eyeshadow pigment and by using the pigment it will dry out the lips as it is a powder on top of a lipstick and the models lips wouldn’t feel great as they are not getting the moisture they need and it would just make them feeling extremely dry and crusty.

I was really happy with my costume I think it looked amazing I bought a dance silver leotard and 1960’s silver tall boots it went really well with the theme. For the accessories I bought a child’s toy gun and sprayed it grey and I cut the bottom of a yoghurt pot and stuck it to the front of the gun and sprayed it grey to make it look like a space ray gun I was going to spray it silver to match the outfit but I wanted it to stand out and if there is too much silver it could look over the top.

If I could redo the makeup I would make it more difficult for myself like a rainbow cut crease with glitter this is what I was planning but the fact that I couldn’t practice on my model as she was from the casting call made me slightly worried. Because I didn’t want to plan a cut crease look if my model had a hooded eye or no eye space then I would have to make something up on the spot to suit her eye shape. I think what I had done the rounded blown out eye suits every eye shape and I personally thought that would have been the safer option. I tried to see her eye shape from the photos that was provided from the casting call but I couldn’t see that well.

I would like to recreate my look and do it all weird with the cut crease, crazy backcombed hair maybe some white contacts, and a different colour contour.

But overall I liked the way it turned out and I think it really suited the theme and purpose.

The finished look.

Products used:
Mac Studio Fix Foundation NC20
Mac Select Cover up Foundation NW15
Mineralised Skin Finish Dark Tan
Anastasia Beverly Hills Pomade Dark Brown
Mac Extra Dimension Highlighter Soft Frost
Mac Nylon
NYX Macaroon Lipstick Lilac
NYX Prismic Shadow Holographic Green
Urban Decay Electric Palette  

Avant Garde Demo snake inspired

As we have been looking at Avant garde makeup Tai had planned out a demo to give us a idea how crazy we can go as theres no rules to avant garde anything is possible. Her inspiration was based on a snake.

Snake demo step by step; (From kizzys notes)

• Clense tone and mositurise - use the technique effleurage to plump the face. tone will remove excess oils
• - blend product down to get a moist neck, clean base

• snake is inspiration - hydraveil , glossy texture

• flat foundation brush to prime the skin ( using hydraveil) - helps clean up any residual products from the eye area - silicone based so smoothing for mature skin , dewy skin 
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• radiance veil - illuminating , use flat brush to apply, then buff in fouousing on central panel of face , zoeva 122 - small stipple brush. 
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• skin base 02 shade, flat brush  apply to centre of the face and buff out avoiding the hairline and ensuring the  cremises (creases) are completely covered/ filled 
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• touch of foundation , one side of a flat brush and pat under the eye to cover ark area
• rebuff because of inprints from fingers resting on face - stipple brush 
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• aurora cream based highlighter by illimasqua, use 227 zoeva - mac 217 ( very similar) buff down the nose and over the eye lids 
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• move from brow to brow ensuring comb through ( rub disposable into foundation) this will coat the eye brows evenly and minimalize the brow
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• pale lips out more , load the stipple brush with a small amount of make up, circular motions 
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• apply cream to the eyes and nose again - before shot ensure you buff again as cream creases 
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• smaller flat brush to cover small space under eye - use this to make the foundation meet the lash line 
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• bend the wand to get a better application on more product from the container ( front of disposable slicks out - wont cause a black dot on the Inside) want lashes to be bitty/ clumpy ( not perfect lashes) not flicking it , wiggle lashes to form clump, not after full effect , bare bottom 
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• correction technique - 
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• load up a pointed brush with black gel liner , use pupil as a guide for symetery (centre, dots )
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• nyx matt lip cream - layer it up / build it up , dot work , work over the natural lip line 
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• section the hair into a off centre parting ensuring there are 2 large pieces of hair left down (fringe), with the rest of the hair starting from the crown tie this up out of the way. 
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• with the 2 front sections spray setting spray in front sections ( away from models face )
• comb through. 
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• bring the hair forward and manipulate it into shape
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• apply fishnet to over the face and secure with Kirby grips ,
• to locate the hair differently  manipulate it  with the end of a tail comb through the fish net (push and pull) 
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• apply final pre made piece. 

Time efficient strategy Task

As Anna had shown us how you can create 3 looks in 1 to save time we had a task to do to ensure that we understood and to see how quick we can do it.

We had been given a piece of paper with a theme on and only the model could see what it was and they had to guide the makeup artist what to do and only using 3 products we had 10 minutes to do it with the model guiding us and dropping hints in what we can use on them then we would move 1 place up to a next model and they would do the same and we would work on top of what someone else has already done on the model.

The first one i had to do was Sports wear

The 3 products i used was foundation, High lighter and Bronzer 

Before

After

This look was the 40's the products used was 

2 eyeshadows, and bronzer

Before



The Last look was lingerie 

After

After

Before



I just added more foundation, Bronzer and Highlighter.

Time efficient strategy, 3 makeup looks in 1, Anna's Demo

We had a demo of Anna how we can change one look into three different looks and the main rule is always start from the one thats got the least product on for example if your working for a company and they require the same model to be in 2 different shoots for different looks one for a beach look and one for a really grunge look you would always start with the beach look then you can increase on the intensity of the shadows and build up your products. Its easier this way as you don't have to wipe a full face of makeup off and then start all over again as you can imagine it saves a lot of time and its more professional than just handing your model a wipe.

Anna chose 3 categories for her makeup to be based around, Catalogue, Beach and glam she started off with catalogue as its minimal makeup and worked her way through the different looks and slowly getting darker and heavier.



This was before any makeup application

Natural catalogue makeup

• Cleanse the face removing any makeup, or access oils on the skin
• Prime the Skin Illamasqua matte vail (Unless the client has dry skin then you would need to use something more hydrating so it allows the base to be more smooth and allows the makeup to have a nice base for the foundation to sit on top)
• Anna applied the foundation on the back of her hand and as it was too thick then she mixed it together with a primer just to thin it out to give a more natural look and won't look cakey as it wouldn't suit the purpose.
• Apply the foundation on a flat foundation brush and buff it into the skin with a buffing brush this just saves time, doesn't waste your products, and doesn't leave streaks on the skin.
• Anna applied a cream concealer from a palette under the eye area and blended it out but she also took it onto the lid to give the lid a base like a primer would do to ensure the shadows get their full potential. Mainly focusing the concealer under the eyes, around the nose, in all the creases and on any blemishes on the skin.
• She then filled the brows in with a soft angled brow brush and lightly applying small amounts of product through the brow and combing through the brow and with a mascara wand ensuring there isn't too much product in the brow.
• After she had done that Anna lightly applied a slight bit of brow gel to the brows just to keep them in place.
• For the eyes Anna used a tiny amount of a light brown shade into the crease using a fluffy blending brush ensuring that she's blending as she goes, then she added a slight amount of a darker brown 2-3 shades darker than the first shade swell focusing this right into the crease adding depth and definition to the eye.
• With the same dark brown shade that was used under the lash line
• Added mascara on disposable mascara wands 
• Anna added a slight contour using a matte bronzer with no shimmer, going along with the natural contours of the face.
• A small amount of blush was added to the apples of the cheeks.
• Using a lipliner go around the lips and add a slight amount of nude lipstick.

Beach look

Because a full face of makeup was already done to create the next look there is only small amounts that need to be done to create this look such as;

• Adding a gold to the lids 
• Deepen up the bronzer to the skin giving it that sun kissed look.
• Adding highlighter to all the high points of the face 

Glam Look

As this is the last look this will always be your heavier look and these are the steps that Anna followed.

• She added a dark black matte shadow into the crease to give more definition and ensuring that its blended out and being careful of any fall out
• Then building that black up creating a smokey look
• Add a small amount of eyeliner to the lid close to the lashes so this gives the illusion of thicker lashes
• Set the liner with the a black eyeshadow this can also be made to soften and smoke the liner out 

WBP Natalie from the Makeup Armoury

For a part of my Work Based Placement a lady called Natalie Wright came into show us some Special effects demos, answered any questions we had for her and also she let us interview her whilst we was recording for our Promotional video we have to do for the end of the year. Natalie trained with Taibah  in University on her makeup course once she finished her degree she decided to moved to London where she would get more work. She's worked with so many clients and brands such as Vogue thats such a massive achievement for any makeup artist. Whilst working hard doing clients and working for various brands she decided to get her own shop "The Makeup Armoury" its a huge warehouse is packed with all six stock, with plenty of space for storage, shoots or a lounge on the couch, as well as a fully-functional studio space and it has everything all you need as a SFX artist. 
Natalie's demo was really good and she's extremely talented in what she does and if anyone is looking to be a SFX artist then you would learn a lot from her demos. All the products she used in the demos she sells at her store so and some SFX products are really hard to get hold of but she's made it easier for people to get hold of the products. 
The Makeup Armoury is based in Iver - close to both Pinewood and Shepperton studios, and easily accessible from the M25, Heathrow airport and Iver rail station. 




https://www.themakeuparmoury.com  (the link to her website)

Aswell as watching her demo for our WBP we asked her a few questions about her career and how she got there whilst recording for our promotional video we are creating.