After my Lesson with Sue Maidstone in contouring, Me and my friends decided to spend a couple of hours in the photographic studio. We went to the dressing room part in the storage cupboard to practise skills we've learnt in Sue's class. I also decided to practise a full makeup look on Annie because she is my model for the assessment we have to do in Chris Overend's class assessment 'the beauty shoot'. We have to take 3 images in Black and White and another 3 in colour. So I thought I could do a test shoot. After finishing Annie's makeup In the dressing room I then set up the studio with a couple of my Classmates and Chris Overend's help as he had popped in to help another group. Chris helped us set up our lighting as I wanted a glowy effect.
Health and Safety check:
- Check that all bags and belongings have been stored away properly.
- Make sure my client is sat comfortably and caped.
- Cover my work station with couch roll.
- Make sure all of my brushes have been washed and sterilised with Isopropyl ready for application.
- Complete a consultation form with my client and check for any Contra-indications.
- Wash hands with soap and water to prevent bacteria from being transferred to my clients face.
- Decant products onto my Palette to prevent cross contamination.
- Cleanser and toner.
- Kryolan foundation palette.
- Mac studio full coverage foundation in NC10.
- Ben Nye Banana powder.
- Illamasqua sculpting powder.
- Mac translucent powder.
- Coastal Scents blush palette.
- Mac cool neutral palette.
- Nars concealer.
- Mac black and white eyeliners.
- Annies own mascara.
- Mac lip liner.
- Mac please me lipstick.
- Mac gel liner
Tools and Materials used:
- Cotton buds and pads.
- Decanting sticks.
- Foundation brush x2.
- Kabuki brush.
- Large blending brush x2.
- Contour brush.
- Translucent powder brush.
- Blusher brush.
- Highlighter brush.
- 3 Eyeshadow application brush.
- 2x Eyeshadow blending brush.
- Eyeliner brush.
- Mascara wands.
- Lip slanted brush.
- Pencil sharpener.
- Baby wipes.
- Eyebrow brush and shadow brush.
Makeup Overview:
Base: I wanted Annie to have a natural but polished look. I wanted her to have dimension to her face and it be a warm look so I applied a bit more concealer (Annie's own Mac studio full coverage foundation) under her eyes and took it up to the top of her cheek bones. I then set this with Ben Nye banana powder to set. I then applied a bit more Illamasqua sculpting powder to under the cheekbones, temples, forehead and the sides of her nose. I then applied a light pink blush to her cheeks and then set this with mac translucent powder. Eyebrows: For her eyebrows I used the dark brown from my Mac cool/neutral palette and with a slanted brush created the eyebrow shape and filled them in. I also used the Nars concealer to highlight the brow bone and define the eyebrow shape. Eyes: I used Dark brown eyeshadow also from my Mac cool/neutral palette on the ends of her eyelids, in the crease and to the bottom lashes and blended this out. I then applied the white from the same palette to the middle of her eyelids and to the corner's of her eyes and blended this also. I applied some black liner (but faintly) close to her top lash line to create a bit more definition to Annie's eyes and then got her to apply her own mascara as I wanted her to get really into the root as I needed definition. Although I'm very comfortable applying someones mascara I thought she could get closer as she's used to doing her own mascara. I then applied some white liner to her water line to make her white parts to her eyes look whiter and to make her eyes look bigger. This also makes the eyes look fresh and sparkle. Lips: Then lined her lips with a deep pink liner close to her natural lip colour. Then using a lip brush I filled them in.
Outcome: I took some photo's to document the application and outcome. I am really pleased with the end result. I think Annie looks beautiful in the final shot. I feel that I have really achieved a natural flattering look even though I used quite a lot of makeup to achieve this. Annie was also very happy with the outcome and this was great to hear. I feel that if you can make your client or model feel beautiful (depending on the look your going for) It's easier to get the best out of them on Camera. I really loved how Annie's eyebrows turned out too as I was going for an Audrey Hepburn look with the thick brow and natural beauty. I feel like I have achieved this. I'm really excited to shoot my final piece now. I feel like I have picked the perfect makeup and accessories and most importantly I feel I have picked the perfect model to create the image I want.
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