Practising Partners Design

Here is a practise I did of my partners makeup design for the Contemporary Elizabethan look. First of all, I started by blocking her eyebrows out with soap. This required about 4/5 layers on each eyebrow with a lot of pressure to try and make the eyebrows feel smooth.

I then continued onto the Kryolan base foundation  all over the face (also covering the eyebrows), buffing it into the skin and then powdering with Illamasqua translucent powder. Once the skin was powdered all over, I moved onto contouring the face. My partner asked for me to use a shade darker than the base foundation and apply it from the hairline downwards (about half way down the forehead), and then buffing it so that it blends into the base foundation.

After that, I progressed onto the chin area, creating a precise white line right along the jaw line using my foundation brush from ear to ear with the Illamasqua white base foundation. Again, Rachel wanted the white line to stay prominent on the jawline, but blend it upwards into the cheekbone. For the assessment, I will make sure I make the white makeup more prominent as Rachel gave me feedback and said that the white makeup was not strong enough.

Rachel then wanted me to work along the neck with the Illamasqua white base foundation again. This time, working along the white line I had created, I had to create a 'dripping' effect downwards on the neck. This was to make it look like paint was dripping from the white area. That is another reason as to why the jawline needed to be a stronger colour as it would blend better with the white paint effect on the neck.

I then had to move onto the lips. I used a mac lip liner pencil to line the outer edges of Rachel's lips. I found this very difficult as my fingers kept going into the dripped white foundation therefore the overall look began to look messy and I could not be as precise on the lips as I wanted to. I suggested to Rachel that when she writes up her method,
that she makes sure I do the dripping paint effect last.

I then filled the lips in with a mac lipstick, and applied a
gloss over the top. I then had to simply apply a little bit of a cream based eyeshadow into the sockets of Rachel's eyes to give the eye some depth - to make her 'lack of eyebrows' stand out. Due to finding it difficult to apply the lip products, the outer line was very messy which is something I need to improve on therefore I will practise on model's before the real assessment. By having this practise, it has made me aware of what needs to be improved or adjusted.

Unfortunately, due to the lack of communication from my partner, this has been my only practise for her makeup design. Thankfully, I feel rather confident in doing the makeup as it is quite a basic look. I am very disappointed in working with Rachel though as I have not had the confidence in relying on her to  attend lessons at all. This has been a very hard project for me due to Rachel's lack of commitment.