Three Brush Makeup Challenge

The brushes I decided to use for this look are; foundation brush, blusher and angled brush.

I chose the foundation brush to apply the base. The blusher brush I used to apply blush and a bit of contouring and highlighting and the angled brush on the brows, eyes and lips. 

Charles Fox brushes that I used

 Final look on myself

Evaluation Of The Project

This was our first assessment. The brief was very clear and I had no trouble with understanding what I had to do for this project. Also, starting a blog was very new to me and I was a bit scared. Regardless, I tryed to post everything on time, and soon blogging became a part of my everyday life and I love it. 

By taking elements from the Elizabethan era and adding contemporary ones, we had to create our New Elizabethan. There are a lot of New Elizabethans these days. I chose Rihanna, based on her style and the way she dresses. Through the films about Queen Elizabeth I and all the research, I've really learned a lot. It made me realize how much influence that era had on everyone and it is still around us in so many different ways. 

I've had many ideas for my design but wasn't sure how to combine everything into my final look. Many face charts and a lot of practice later, I've came up with my final make up design. It is a 'Queen Elizabeth meets Rihanna' inspired look; pale face and purple lips.50 Even though it is a very simple look, I really like it. I think that my partner, Greta, did a good job and I'm very happy with the final outcome. I gave her my face chart, notes and a list of products and we practiced a lot. She did the same for me, and I think we were a good team. I definitely wouldn't mind working with her again in the future. 

Final Assessment - In The Role Of The Designer + Peer Evaluation

I never knew you could actually use make up on paper. I found creating face charts very fun, but it takes me a while to create one. For this project I've made quite a few, and it took me a long time until I came up with the look that I loved. I was experimenting with different colours and shapes. My final design is a 'Queen Elizabeth meets Rihanna' inspired look. A quite simple design with purple lips and pale face.

I gave my face chart to my partner right after I've created it and she practiced a few times before the assessment. She has experience it make up and I don't think this was difficult for her at all. The only thing she might have struggled with was making the cheeks even and round. On day of the assessment she was fully prepared. She had the notes that I've given her, all the products that she needed and managed to complete the look on time. I like the final outcome and it is exactly how I wanted it to look. However, symmetry is something that she has still to work on, just like me.

 Side

Front

Final Assessment - In The Role Of The MUA + Peer Evaluation

This was my first timed assessment. I was nervous, but prepared. I had all the notes and products that I needed as well as the face chart. Each time I practiced this look I asked my partner, Greta, if it looks good, should I put more/less product etc. She wrote down all the notes so I know in what order to do the make up, and gave me the false lashes and foundation she wanted me to use. 

The assessment went well, I've done the look just on time. I am quite happy with the outcome. I've done art before, and don't have a lot of experience as a MUA, but I did my best. I could see straight after I took the photos the areas I need improve on. My base is blended into the hairline nicely. One eyebrow has more product than other one. Also, I need to work on my blush application. I think I've done a good with the eyes and the false lashes, but one lash is more red. I think I wouldn't spent as much time as I did on the lips if I used a lip pencil.

Greta was a really good partner and designer. She was always in the lessons, and we stayed in the studio to practice. Her face chart and notes were very clear and I think we were a great team. 

 Final look 

(Nov 26th 2014)

 Final look 

(Nov 26th 2014)

The face chart and list of products 

(Nov 26th 2014)

The notes

(Nov 26th 2014)

Practice For The Final Assessment

My partner for this assessmet, Greta, gave me the face chart with her design and I tried to create her look on her. Her New Elizabethan is Lady Gaga, which I could see straight away when I saw the face chart..

Greta's Face Chart

Products used to create her look: 

Base: Make Up Forever Velvet Foundation + Primer + Loose powder (Illamasqua)

Contouring: 101 (Blusher Palette by Kryolan)

Eyebrows: 101 

Eyeliner: Black Pepper (Kryolan)

Cheeks: TO + Youth Red (Blusher Palette by Kryolan)

Lips: Gold (Supracolor)

Face Painting: Black + Gold (Supracolor) 

Final look

Model: Greta 

(Nov 17th 2014)

 Final look

Model: Greta 

(Nov 17th 2014)

The reason why I didn't finish the eye makeup is that I didn't have enough time. This look takes a lot of time to create and it was quite hard for me to do it in the time that we will be getting in out timed assessment. Greta told me she would make a few changes so that I can get the look done on time.

Kat's told me to try to apply the foundation on the lips before the Supracolor Gold, because the application would be easyer. Also she mentioned that I should use a thinner brush to draw the lines, but unfortunately the brush I used was the only one I had so I tryed to improvise. 

In Sue's lesson she gave me a new face chart with a complete different look. 

Greta's face chart 

Products used to create her look: 

Base: Make Up Forever Foundation + Primer + Loose powder (Illamasqua)

Eyebrows: Black Pepper (Kryolan)

Eyeliner: Gold (Supracolor by Kryolan) + white pencil (along the water line)

Eyeshadow: Fennel (Kryolan)

Cheeks: TO + Youth Red (Blusher Palette by Kryolan)

Lips: Gold (Supracolor) + Red Lipmix + Matte Mixing Medium (MAC) 

Top Lashes: Red (Supracolor) + False white lashes

Bottom Lashes: white mascara

Practice in Sue's lesson

(Nov 19th 2014)

This is a look that I was much more confident doing. The cheeks are something that I need to work on perfecting and making them even.

I did the same look in Sharon's lesson next week, day before the assessment. I didn't use the false lashes just because we have already used them once and I didn't want them to be ruined of full of glue in the timed assessment. 

Have to work more on the base and cheeks!

 Practice in Sharon's lesson 

(Nov 25th 2014)

Practice in Sharon's lesson 

(Nov 25th 2014)

Elizabeth: The Golden Age

Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) is a film directed by Shekhar Kapur and written by William Nicholson  and Michael Hirst. Cate Blanchett plays Elizabeth.
I absolutely love the hair and makeup in this film, but that is something that I covered in one of my older posts. This post is about how the film is connected to my New Elizabethan in terms of fashion and styling. And of course, it's the huge sleeves. The sleeves were not only worn by Elizabeth, but other actresses too, because they were part of the fashion back then. But after comparing the images from the film and Rihanna's, I realized that Rihanna wears bigger sleeves! This is not a surprize since we all know how much she likes to experiment, have fun with her outfits and take fashion to the extreme. 

Cate Blanchett as Queen Elizabeth

image from the film

(2007)

(source: http://diletant.ru/articles/4938339/?sphrase_id=1068889 -date: Nov 22nd 2014)

Image from the film

(2007)

(source: http://www.imagozone.com/filme/Elizabeth-The-Golden-Age/Elizabeth-The-Golden-Age-023?size=full - date: Nov 20th 2014)

Rihanna (2009)
Photographer: Janet Mayer

(source: http://fametastic.co.uk/archive/20090505/16282/photos-rihanna-at-the-costume-institute-gala-2009/ -date Nov 9th 2014)

Rihanna at 2010 ECHO Awards at the Palais am Funkturm in Berlin, Germany

Photographer: Andreas Rentz

(March 4th 2010)

http://www.thegloss.com/2014/05/15/fashion/rihanna-makes-fun-prombat-prom-dress-alexis-carter/ -date: Nov 25th)

http://www.rap-up.com/2010/03/04/rihanna-arrives-at-echo-awards-sets-billboard-record/ (date: Nov 25th 2014)

Creating My Final Contemporary Elizabethan Makeup Look

Since I decided to use gold in my final design because it is a royal colour, I tryed to create one more face chart with a gold and red lip... 

Products used:
Contouring + Eyeshadow: Bronzing Sun by Kryolan
Blush: 665 G by Kryolan
Lashes: black mascara (left) white mascara (right)
Eyeliner: Supracolor Gold by Kryolan
Eyebrows: Black Pepper + Supracolor Gold by Kryolan
Lips: Gold (top lip line) + 081 Supracolor 

 Face chart

(Nov 22nd 2014)

Purple Lips

While going through Rihannas photos, I noticed that purple is also a colour she loves to wear on her lips. Here are images of her wearing purple lipstick at the Paris Fashion Week (2009). 

Rihanna at Paris Fashion week

(2009)

(souce: http://www.omowrites.com/2009/10/02/trend-report-electric-purple-lips/ - found on Nov 22nd 2014)

I placed a purple lip chart over the red lips in the face chart above to see if it could work and what changes could I make to create a look with purple lips. 

Purple lips face chart

(Nov 22nd 2014)

This is the face chart that I created and took to our lesson where my partner practiced the look on me. 

Elizabethan elements: pale face, rosy cheeks

Contemporary elements: eyebrows and eye makeup, purple lips

Products used: 

Base: Alabaster (Kryolan) + Illamasqua Skin Base White + Loose Powder

Cheeks: 665 G + Youth Red (Blusher Palette by Kryolan)

Lips: Purple/Lila + Gold (Supracolor by Kryolan)

Eyebrows: Black Pepper (Kryolan) 

Eyes: 665 G + Gold ( in the inner corners) + dark brown mascara
                                

(Nov 22nd 2014)

When my partner, Greta, started doing my makeup in the lesson, I made two very little changes in the look. I decided to add some purple eyeshadow in the shade Shallot, by Kryolan, with Black Pepper on the eyebrows and went with gold only on the bottom lip, it was too much if I kept it on the top one too I think. 

And finally, I created my final look for my first timed assessment. It took me a long time but here is the final face chart that I gave to my partner and the look she created in that lesson. 

Products used: 

Base: Alabaster (Kryolan) + Illamasqua Skin Base White + Loose Powder

Cheeks: 665 G + Youth Red (Blusher Palette by Kryolan)

Lips: Purple/Lila + Gold (Supracolor by Kryolan)

Eyebrows: Shallot (Kryolan) 

Eyes: 665 G + Gold ( in the inner corners) + dark brown mascara

Final look face chart

(Nov 24th 2014)

Pracice look

(Nov 24th 2014)