Induction Week

 

In our first week of University, we had an 'induction' to the course and all of the happening's that will occur throughout the year. During the Summer, we were asked to make mood boards which I have previously elaborated on. When we met our peers, we were then asked to present these to one another in small groups. We then evaluated our mood boards, explaining what we liked and disliked, and perhaps some things we may have done differently to improve the overall finish. This was nice as an ice breaker as it got the whole class chatting and feeling at ease with one another. It also gave us a little bit of background knowledge into one another's ambitions and dreams for the future.

Another task was set for the class, in which we were given brown paper bags. We then had to create a piece of 'art' upon these bags which was in relation to who we wanted to be in 5 years time. This was quite amusing and interesting to see how creative other people were with their imagination! I rather enjoyed this light hearted task, as it also got the class chatting and mingling with one another. It was definitely a positive way to get everyone interacting. Here is a photo of my paper bag!

 

During this induction week, we were very lucky to have had two different makeup brands come in and do a talk with us about various different products and the great use of them. The brands were Illamasqua and Charles Fox/Kryolan. This was so helpful and gave us all a real taste of what is to come from this course and the experience that we will gain from it.

Charles Fox is only located in one area; Covent London. They have been around for 160 years and they are still a great success. They usually sell their products mainly to makeup artists. They also have over 80 Kryolan stores all over the world, as they are an incredibly well known brand/company. This company also produce other products than their own including; Becka and Illamasqua. Charles Fox provides for a wide variety of makeup industries, such as; special effects, TV and film, catwalk, body art and photography.

They explained many products and the way they work which was so helpful when I'm hoping to become a success in the fashion editorial makeup career path! Here's a number of different makeup products they mentioned and explained:

- HD primer
- Ultra under base; very hydrating for the skin
- Perfect matte; helps for makeup to grab onto the skin e.g. good when trying to camouflage a scar
- Ultra setting spray; keeps the makeup looking 'matte'
- Loose powder; waterproof, good for bridal, underwater or theatre shoots
- Translucent powder; ideal for beauty or theatrical work
- Ultra cream powder; good skin coverage and setting the makeup
- Lip stains; they leave a matte, velvety finish on the lips
- Makeup corrector pen; great for when doing fine line work such as eyeliner if you make a mistake
- Cream eyeliner; water and smudge proof

We were given another task to do for this induction week which helped us to become familiar with our surroundings and find areas in which may be of use to us throughout the next year. We were required to take a 'selfie' of different locations. I did this with one of my friends from the course; Amelia Gravelle, We were asked to find some 'hero products': MAC, Smashbox, Benefit, Bobbi Brown, and Laura Mercier.

Hero Products
Bobbi Brown- Shimmer brick
- Gel eyeliner (Bobbi Brown were the first to bring an eyeliner out!)

MAC- Lipsticks
- Fix plus spray
- Studio fix foundation
- In extreme dimension lash mascara

Laura Mercier- Secret camoflauge
- Foundation primer
- Tinted moisturiser SPF 20

Smashbox
- Photo finish foundation primer
- Waterproof shadow liner
- Step by step contour kit

Benefit- Hello flawless oxygen wow SPF 25
- Boi-ing industrial strength concealer
- Watt's up soft focus highlighter