Contemporary Gothic Victorian Hair

Putting The Hair Into Rollers For The Look

Put the hair into a side parting, do it so that if allows the hair to fall to the side that has the most volume.

Put the hair into square sections that are not larger than the curling iron.

Take the hair in the tong and role the hair down.

Keep the tension on the hair strong.

When the hair is curled take it off the role and place it so that it sits next to the line on the parting.

Use Kirby grips to hold them in place until they have cooled.

Do 3 rolls onto the side of the hair with the most hair and 2 on the side of the hair with the littlest hair.

Add 1 or 2 rolls at the side of the face.

Start by pulling them away from the face but roll them towards the face.

At the crown of the head add 1 roll.

When going down the back of the head do a brick work design so that there are no gaps.

When creating a soft hair look using the curls, remove the kirby grips from each roll and using a paddle brush gently brush the hair whilst holding onto it.

Creating An Up Do With The Hair

Section off the top 3 curls of the hair.

Keep one of the 2 curls from the other side.

Taking the afro comb, run it through the hair.

Tease the top section of the back of the hair.

With the loose sections of hair at the front start pulling it back collecting other sections of loose hair so that there is a twist going around the back, pinning it in place with Kirby Grips using fine pins place them under the twist and go up.

Taking the 3 curls at the top release the bottom one and place it so that the curl looks flowing, allow it to fall naturally so that it looks natural.

Take the next two and do the same so that it starts to layer up putting the pins at the gravity point to make it the most secure.

Creating Curly Hair From The Same Hair

If this look is being done straight after curling remove the pins once cool and simply shake the head or vigorously run the fingers through it to add volume and body.

Dark Eyes and Lips

In this weeks lesson we were looking at and creating dark eyes and lips. We did this so that we could practise and learn the techniques as well as giving us ideas for our Claudia and Mrs Laderman looks. We first had a demonstration of how to create a dark eye and lip look. We then went away and tried to create a dark eye and lip look on our model. 

When creating a dark eye look it can be better if you use different shades of dark colours to give it more definition and depth. 

Make sure you blend your edges well to get rid of any harsh lines.

Apply your lighter colours to the inner areas and darker colours onto the outer edges focussing on the outer v and crease. 

When applying eyeliner ask your model if she has any preferences or apply the eyeliner of your choice making sure to cover any areas of skin that show through to make it more seamless. 

Apply a good coat of mascara, but curl the eyelashes before if you need to. 

When creating a dark lip outline the lips first to create a line to follow and stop the lipstick from bleeding over the edges. You could also fill in the lips with a liner to help the lipstick last longer. Apply the lip colour with a flat edge brush so that you can create a clean and neat line.

I liked creating this dark eyes and lips look. I think that it is a classic look and is a style that is a necessity to know when learning to become a make up artist. I wasn't happy with the make up that I created as I know that I can create better make up. I had an image that I was getting inspiration from and think that I tried to copy that too much rather doing a look that would suit my model. I also wasn't happy with the lips that I created as it was messy, and I know that I could create a neater look.

Creating Light Scarring With Moulds

Using a cotton bud apply pros-aide onto the mould that you are using, as well as the skin.

Once the pros-aide is dry it will go tacky and clear, place the mould and using your hands to press it into the skin. 

Using witch hazel you can blend the mould more easily into the skin. Using a cotton bud blend the mould into the skin. 

To get rid of the shine from the mould, and make it look more realistic, apply loose powder onto the blended in mould. 

Using a foundation that matches the skin tone apply it onto the mould. 

Using the red tones from the Kryolan Supra Colour Palette apply them onto the mould to make it look more realistic. After this apply some wound filler to make it look even more realistic. 

Apply some false blood onto the mould to add to the realism. 

Creating Estella

This week I created my version of Estella. I designed my look to be very natural, pretty and simple as within my look I wanted to highlight her youth and beauty. I also wanted to keep the make up realistic to the time period, so it was therefore very minimal. I really enjoyed this informal assessment because it was nice to create a pretty look. So far in this unit and course there has been little chance to create a beauty look. Overall I liked the look that I created because I think that it was simple so conveyed her youth but was pretty which showed off her beauty which is a strong theme throughout the novel of Great Expectations. I think it was a pretty look as it accentuated the natural features of my model. I don't think I would change the way that I did the make up too much I think it looked fresh and natural and suited Estella's character well. I also liked the hair look, like the make up, it was simple and was a very traditional Victorian style. I think I executed the style well. I have previously struggled with creating neat sections, so in the assessment I made sure that I spent more time in trying to make them neat. I think that I did this well, however after looking back at the photos I think that in some areas it could have been more tidy, the middle parting was also slightly wonky and did not go back in a straight line. If I did it again I would make this line more straight. I would also tidy up the bun at the back, I was pleased with the overall shape, but however I think it could have been neater as there was a large bump at the top of the bun which I believe could have been made smaller. I think in the technical part of the assessment I improved on my practise look, however in the assessment I was keen to make the top of the hair as smooth as possible, as that was a very important look in the Victorian era, so I used hair spray. Although it did the job I think I used too much so it almost ended up looking greasy. In the practise I did not do this and think it looked better, if I did it again I would leave out the hairspray or use less. The images below are of the Estella look that I created.

Miss Havisham Continuity

This week was the continuity assessment of my Miss Havisham look. I had to recreate the original look that I carried out a few weeks ago and try to make it exactly the same. The aim of this assessment was continuity, this is am important skill, and something that I need to practise if I want to be a make up artist. In some film and television productions scenes can be shot on a different day, but the make up, hair, styling and props all needs to be same, other wise it will be distracting for the audience and distract from the story or point to the film or television show.

In the previous assessment I had made notes on things that I thought was important when carrying out my timed assessment therefore going in I was confident that I was able to carry out the look well. As well as the notes I also took step by step images, of the stages of the look, in the first assessment which I printed out and could therefore refer to throughout the second assessment. I had also practised a lot so this also added to my confidence. During the assessment I began in the same way by starting with the hair. I made sure I referred to my notes so that I had the same amount of curls and figure of eight twists. Overall I was pleased with the look of the hair style, I think that it looked very similar to the original look, so I was pleased with the way that it turned out. In the images the placement of the hair is slightly different, which does alter the overall effect of the look, which I am slightly disappointed with. When creating the make up look I also started off doing exactly the same way, always referring to the notes and images that I took in the original assessment. I was pleased with the way the make up turned out I do believe it looks similar. It was difficult to create the dry lip effect as I was creating it using duo lash adhesive, this means that I had to create the dry lips effect from scratch each time meaning that it was difficult to create them exactly the same. Due to this I spent the most  time on this and focused on the images that I took of the lips previously. I was pleased with the way that they turned out and do believe that they look similar. Overall I think that the whole look does look similar I believe that the eye make up does look slightly darker in the first assessment image, however I think this could be due to the lighting, as there is more shadow. I was also concerned in the second assessment that the colour of the hair was not as white and looked very dissimilar. However after looking at the images side by side I can see that there is not a huge amount of difference.

I thought this was a good assessment and I enjoyed creating the look again, I thought it was challenging but interesting as it highlighted the importance of attention to detail as well as writing, and taking visual notes.

Assessment 1

Assessment 2

Creating Burns

When creating a burn you can use Gelatine from the supermarket or you can use Jellac Latex.

For this look I used Gelafix Skin

Tools:

A pin
Spatula
Supra colour palette
Foundation palette
Translucent powder

You will need to melt the Gelafix in a microwave. You only need to do this for a few seconds.

Once it is melted and cool enough to be comfortable on the skin, using a spatula apply it to the skin in a patting motion.

To help blend it into the skin you can use warm water to smooth it out and more blend able.

Once the gelafix is dry you can powder over it with translucent powder.

After this you can use the supra colour palette to add colour to the burn.

Use reds and brown colours to make it look more realistic. You can also use reference pictures of real burns so you can have a look that you are trying to achieve.

Once you have got the desired colours you can go over it with a cream foundation on a sponge to make it blend more seamlessly into the skin.

The Burn I Created

Miss Havisham Hair Practise

I decided to practise hair look so I could make sure I was fully prepared for the assessment. This was good as I could make slight changes and make my design even clearer in my mind and have the knowledge of knowing exactly what I was doing. I separated the hair into two layers, I divided the bottom sections and wrapped them round pins in a figure of 8 motion. I then ran the straightener over the sections. After all the sections were wrapped and cooled I released them. I combed it through so that it would become larger and also backcombed it to give it more volume. Once this was done I let the top section down and curled it away from the face. I like how the look turned out and thought that the hair look good and turned out how I had envisaged. I think that the effect of the curly hair over the frizzy hair turned out well as to me it looked as though she had started to get ready for her wedding day but had however paused and never resumed, leaving it to get messier over time. For the assessment I will add dry shampoo to the hair to make the hair look white, I also intend to make the eyebrows white so that I make them match.