Timed assessment: In the role of the makeup artist

Health and Safety check:

1. Check that all bags and belongings have been stored away properly.
2. Make sure my client is sat comfortably and caped. 
3. Cover my work station with couch roll.
4. Make sure all of my brushes have been washed and sterilised with Isopropyl ready for application.
5. Complete a consultation form with my client and check for any Contra-indications. 
6. Wash hands with soap and water to prevent bacteria from being transferred to my clients face. 
7.  Decant products onto my Palette to prevent cross contamination. 

Materials and equipment used:

1. Foundation Brush x2
2. kabuki brush
3. translucent powder brush
4. blending brush
5. Large eye shadow application brush 
6. small round eye shadow brush x4
7. precision eyeshadow brush x2
8. slanted lip brush x2
9. large lipstick application brush
10. mascara wands
11. tissues
12. couch roll
13. cotton buds and pads
14. wooden spatulas
15. SD card
16. Camera Canon 550D 
17. sync cable
18. Hot shoe adaptor

Products used:

1. Cleanser, toner and moisturiser
2. Illamasqua satin primer
3. Illamasqua white base
4. Illamasqua translucent powder
5. Illamasqua black eyeshadow
6. Mac bronze shadow
7. Mac rust shadow
8. Mac gold eye cream (used on the lips)
9. Erins own lipgloss
10. Kryolan supracolor in white
11. Erins own mascara
12. Illamasqua highlighting shadow

Technique and routine:

1. First I cleansed, toned and moisturised Erin's face ready for makeup application.
2. I then applied the satin primer
3. I then applied the white base with my foundation brush and buffed it in with my kabuki brush.
4. I then applied a thin layer of translucent powder all over the face to set the base. 
5. I then marked out the shape around the eye that I was filling with eyeshadow with my precision brush(at the top as the bottom was to be blended out).
6. I then used my large shadow brush to fill this space with the bronze shadow.
7. I then used my blending brush to blend out the bottom
8. I checked the symmetry of each side and corrected any mistakes.
9. I then went over the lid of each eye with the rust coloured shadow blending as I went
10. Using the black I filled in the crease to create some dimension to the eye. I also went under the lash line.
11. Erin then applied her own mascara to get right down to the root of her lashes.
12. I then began brushing the eyebrow hair (creating symmetry with each brow) upward. This was to make the eyebrow hair white and to make them look longer.
13. I then applied the white supra colour to the lashes.
14. I then filled in Erin's lips with the gold eye cream and went over it with the lipgloss.

Outcome and Final Personal Evaluation:

This has been a really interesting experience for me. When we first exchanged designs I found it quite hard to interpret Erin's face chart. I struggled with where she wanted the colour to go around the eye and how deep she wanted the colour to go etc. After completing Erin's design I felt that the first practise went ok and that I could manage the design once I had had a few practise sessions. Erin did however feel that her design didn't have to wow factor so she altered it slightly which I absolutely loved. I feel that its a much stronger final design and is a great opportunity to showcase my makeup artist skills. I struggled again with the timing of the first practise but my technique was much better with this design. I really understood Erin's face chart and I felt that our communication was much improved.
We both made ourselves available for practise times out of session times and I felt that Erin was really great at giving constructive criticism and direction for the look. We were very honest with each other through the whole process which we both valued as this helped achieve the best final result. I feel that we worked together very well and were a great creative team. I think we connected through the creative process and built a good trust between us which was invaluable in this project as we are working so closely with eachother's creation that we are both so passionate about.  

Im really pleased with the final result. It took me an hour to complete so I used the rest of the time to perfect everything before taking the photos and showing Sue. I feel that I demonstrated a really good application and performed well under pressure to the desired time limit. I was mostly impressed with the symmetry I managed to achieve with the makeup and the blending underneath the eyes. I felt really calm once I got started and was really eager to get started. I had really prepared for this assessment and practised precision and lines at home and practised a few times on Erin to get the look perfect. I struggled with timing when me and erin first swapped designs and with the precision of the lines Erin wanted for her design but through practise I over came these difficulties. I absolutely love this design and think it goes beautifully with Erin's skin tone and hair colour. I wanted to connect with the design so I could create it with the same passion as I would with my own design. I feel I have managed to do this with the final application.

From the makeup artist to the designer.

I felt that Erin prepared her final design really well. She supplied me with clear face charts, photo's from our practise shoots and detailed explanations for what she wanted the final outcome to look like. She talked me through the products she wanted me to use and how she wanted me to use them and she gave great constructive criticism. This all really helped me perfect the application for the timed assessment. The only criticism I would give to Erin would be next time to do a run through on herself of how she wants the end product to look so that I have a better understanding of the desired outcome. I think seeing the images in photographic form before any practises start is really beneficial when interpreting someone else's design. Erin and I had many practises before the assessment which I really appreciated as this gave me the time to perfect my application and build my confidence with her design.