Presentation feedback...

I feel that my new Elizabethans were chosen well and others appeared to be interested in them also. My presentation itself finished at exactly 5 mins, I learnt from my hair presentation to put less writing onto the presentation and so with my makeup presentation i chose to present this from my blog to help give a more relaxed feel and to ensure i just bullet pointed and then elaborated from those to really ensure i kept the audience captivated, i feel as though i was confident in my presentation and was able to speak and engage everyone within the room well, and everyone seemed to be paying attention and interested in what i was saying.

Over all i felt the presentation went well and i felt far more confident than i thought i would have done.

I feel as though i have learnt and gained from the experience skills on how to properly present to a group of people ensuring they have confidence in you and how to come across as relaxed rather than panicky, i feel that although i was nervous at first it was a very good and valuable experience.

Texture...

After creating my final face chart and design i looked at if it would be possible to add a soft texture into the mix and so i went to fabric land and found a really beautiful thin lace that would be thin enough to show my soft makeup through.

However after discovering that many other people were playing around with the same concept i chose to leave this idea alone and look for something else. I then stumble across some small pink tones mesh leaves in a craft store and thought they would act as a good replacement to blusher.

However after discussing this with sue, we decided that it could very easily look like a wound on the face if it wasn't stuck down in the correct way and this may add pressure to my peer in the assessment. Also i think it took away from the gold lip slightly and may have been to much with my hair design and hair piece as well and so i decided to leave it and stick to the original idea of the pale pink blusher applied close to the nose.

Inspiration from a magazine...

I was flicking through the pages of Vogues December issue when i found a shoot that so obviously screamed contemporary Elizabethan that i would have been foolish not to have documented it.
This shoot was title still life and the caption quoted "Fall for a season well versed in dark beauty. The new masters brim with opulent fabrics, pearl drops and exquisite hand crafted detail" This quote alone is enough to send the imagination wild. When i read this i imagined velvet, rain drops, black masks, green opal stone, elizabethan fabrics of flowers and leaves.

I really like these images and i like the dark theme he has kept through out, although some of the models are styled in white garments there is still a glumness about the photo which could be seen to reflect the darker ways in which they lived.

Source: Vogue UK Decmeber issue

Photographer: Josh Olins

Stylist: Lucinda Chambers

Paperself lashes...

During a technical lesson with Lara we were given the opportunity to use paperself's lashes to incorporate into our face charts inspired by monochromatic, analogous, neutral and complimentary colour palettes. I chose to use my Monochromatic face chart in which i chose to work with the colour pink, I transferred my chart onto someones face to start with and then i began to choose how i was going to incorporate my lashes i was given. 


The face chart:

The application:

Paperself 'scorpion' lashes

When it came to applying the lashes i wanted to apply it somewhere other than the suspected place of along the lash line as lashes. Although these would have looked beautiful worn as lashes with my look i chose to play around a little more. I chose to stick them around the brows instead, i really liked the idea of using them to extend the brow and add shape around the eye. I really like the outcome and i think it came out really well and complimented my look. This was a really fun and creative workshop and i really enjoyed being introduced to the product in which paperself offer.

Hendrik Kersten

Hendrik Kersten is well known for the portraits he creates of his daughter. When looking at these images you can see extremely strong connotations to the classic Elizabethan portraiture of the 15 and 16 hundreds. I really like how he creates the image with an almost dullness across them as if they are the aged paintings we see when looking at images of the Elizabethan people. I find them really inspiring as images and they are something i find interesting.

photo found: http://sannehavinga.blogspot.co.uk/2009/11/hendrik-kersten.html

viewed on: Wednesday 20th November 2013

 photo found: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/144748575495620605/

viewed on: Wednesday 20th November 2013

photo found: https://www.pinterest.com/katyalev/h-kerstens/

viewed on: Wednesday 20th November 2013

Liquid gold...

I was really fond of the idea of bringing in the concept of colours you associate with royalty and richness, therefore i chose the colour gold and i really liked the idea of a gold lip with high shine. To do this I used the illamasqua liquid metal palette and selected the gold from there and on top i packed on the gold shadow from the mua glitter ball palette.

My initial idea to use the rich colour gold rather than red or navy came from this image from paperself with the gold band around the hair line. I really liked it. However i didn't want to simply copy and apply the same colour in the same place, in one of the images above you can see i played around with contouring in the same place however i really didn't like the effect it gave and therefore i chose to take the concept of the high shine gold and apply it else where, I chose the lips because i really liked that i could play around with the shape i was creating and so i experimented with a full gold lip, a gold bitten lip and also a gold lip applied on top of a brown liner to see if it enhanced the effects. All of which can be seen above. For my final design i chose the gold bitten lip, it seemed more interesting and still suited my idea of a soft understated look but just added enough interest and that thing it was missing.

The new Elizabethan presentation...

My interpretation of the brief:

• Through my research i decided to look at classes in make-up:

Wealthy- Pale complexion, large forehead, flushed cheeks, rouged lip
Peasant- Tanned complexion, large forehead, flushed cheeks, rouged lip

• because of this i decided to approach the brief in a very classic way, by using the classic look that each Elizabethan desired as the base for all the make-up looks I would go on to create.

• From here i added contemporary detailing such as contouring and added colour in different ways 

Inspiration:

Exploring ideas:

3 final ideas and experimentation:

Final Idea:

Communication:

• Step by step on how to create the look
• Face charts with full product and equipment list
• Link to blog to understand all research and direction towards my chosen final design

Shakespeare poetry...

Sonnet 132: Thine eyes I love, and they, as pitying me

Thine eyes I love, and they, as pitying me,
Knowing thy heart torment me with disdain,
Have put on black, and loving mourners be,
Looking with pretty ruth upon my pain.
And truly not the morning sun of heaven
Better becomes the grey cheeks of the east,
Nor that full star that ushers in the even
Doth half that glory to the sober west
As those two mourning eyes become thy face.
O, let it then as well beseem thy heart
To mourn for me since mourning doth thee grace,
And suit thy pity like in every part.
Then will I swear beauty herself is black,
And all they foul that thy complexion lack.



Information found: http://www.litera.co.uk/william_shakespeare_poems_on_beauty/

Modern day Elizabethans...

The queen

Photo found: http://www.go30.co.uk/romford/happy-birthday-to-the-queen/

Viewed on: Monday 11th November 2013

• Epitome of the modern day Elizabethan
• Had the most impact on Britain within the 20/21st century 
• She's admired by many of all ages and backgrounds

Katie Piper

Photo found: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/real-life-stories/katie-piper-looking-for-love-and-her-dream-843196

Viewed on: Monday 11th November 2013

• Known for her acid attack
• Now an ambassador of her own charity and many others working to help those with scarring etc
• Goal to create a new vision of what can be deemed as beautiful within society
• Seen as a very positive figure within society, whose story and work to date has impacted many people of various ages and backgrounds, many people have heard her story and see her as a role model to society 

Alvin Ailey

Photo found: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=1808

Viewed on: Monday 11th November 2013

• Alvin Ailey was a choreographer in the 20th century
• He changed dance as we know it 
• He created the first all black dance company, which was unheard of in his time
• This really changed the way people looked at the arts and in particular dance and culture within it 
• Due to his courage and risk when he was beginning his own company, this had a large impact on what dance is today
• He is now a very respected figure within the world of dance

Coloured contour...

Here are the images of me practising extreme contouring using the same concepts learnt in our colour theory lesson. Here i have used 2 colours. The pinky red tone used to show where you would contour on the face, to add shape and definition. I used the blue and gold to show where on the face you would highlight to bring out areas of the face and help with the shaping.