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My Final Images are inspired by the young and confident performance artist Sally Bowles from Cabaret mixed with elements of the rich and beautiful delicate details from the recent movie The Great Gatsby. I have edited the images to a slight dreamy effect to portray the characters strive to achieve her dreams and representing a strong woman. Both these ideas were sparked and produced from the design I had made for my timed assessment partner. I did not add any jewellery to both looks as I wanted them to be as sophisticated as possible and to concentrate on the strong features that are enhanced with the make up. The first image shows Charlotte my model and first thing I noticed about her was her strong and bold eyebrows that were perfect to work with and I had to make them the star of the show. Because of her big bold features I thought the hair was best gelled back with the waves I had created to give the hair more texture whilst still tied back. The rounded bowl shaped hat completed her look as she looks as though she is ready to dance on stage. 

I wanted to continue the cabaret performer look with my second image. Originally I was going to use the full fringe blonde bob wig from the wig practice session, however on the day of the shoot it was unavailable so I had to make the long blonde wig work with my look. The short bob would have looked more original and a bit more edgy, but luckily this still suited the look. This wig was synthetic so I could not have curled it as I was thinking to. This had taught me a big lesson and In future to be one step ahead! 

Timed Assessments

Here is my mood board I created for my Timed Assessment partner Hayley when I was in the role of the Designer. 

My Inspiration and design was based on Christina Aguilera starred in the movie "Burlesque" 2010. She is the modern Sally Bowles and I really wanted to merge them together to make a strong and contemporary face.

This was the Face Chart I designed for my partner. 

This was the Face Chart given to me by Hayley when It was my turn to be the Make up Artist. 

Here is one of the Final Images of my Timed Assessment 

Timed Assessment Reflection

I found that my partner and I communicated really well as we had arranged to meet outside of teaching sessions quite a lot of times. She was always on time and showed she was keen in discussing my design so she could understand more of what was written and see from the face chart with the notes I had prepared. She was a very good listener and told me honestly that she thought my notes were too in depth and found them confusing in the end. However in the practice session she constructively used that time to go through my instructions step by step and asked me a lot of questions regarding the things she didn't understand. She documented all the important steps in order to achieve the correct look. She had a positive attitude towards the challenge despite she was feeling nervous. She showed good organisation skills for the day of the assessment and that she proved that she could apply solutions to problems she faced under pressure.

I have learnt that make up is more than just what we draw out onto a face chart. Communication was key to this assessment that turned out successful on both sides. Practising and more practising is the second most important as without it, everything wouldn’t have gone so smoothly as it did. The more practice the more confident we were. I found that my strengths were communicating with my partner regularly and building a good relationship between us during this whole process. My weakness was keeping track of time and in future I need to think about how to spread time out fairly in creating a certain look. I also found that i struggled applying the moustache under pressure, so that is a skill I definitely need to improve on too. Overall I think this challenge has taught me a lot and it has made me notice my weaknesses which is always good as this encourages me to improve as a designer as well as a make up artist.

Wig Work

TOOLS

- Brush/comb

- Hair grips 

- Hair pins (big ones with two ends going outwards)

- Elastics

- Wig cap

- Scratch wig

APPLICATION & HEALTH & SAFETY

- If working on short hair, make pin curls all over the head until all hair is securely flat to the head.

- With long hair, split the hair into two evenly and French braid the hair and make it as flat and tight as possible to the head. We want an even and smooth surface.

- Braid from root to tip and then wrap around the head.

- Apply wig cap on top of the head and tuck any loose hairs back into the cap.

- Model needs to hold two fingers up at the front to help you pull the scratch wig securely over the head. 

- Secure the wig on by gently sliding big hairpins with two ends, where it isn’t noticeable, through the wig cap back into itself to make sure the wig stays on if model is wearing it for a long period of time.

- Be very cautious not to dig into the scalp when doing this, as it is hard to feel where the real hair is under the cap.

I think I will use this use this wig to create one of my Berlin Inspired Final looks as I love how it has the futuristic style that will update the Berlin style make up. 

A Change In Advertising

I came across a great post on the Upworthy website which was called:

"A Catalog That Believes Reality Can Sell Clothes Better Than Photoshop"

The following images are from the catalog for Debenhams, I really wish every store expanded their ideas of beauty like they have here.

Video Inspiration - What Is Beauty?

In this project we are to explore the means of beauty in this modern world, find out how we as individuals perceive beauty and more importantly what it means to me. By watching this video as my first step into this journey, i find it really inspiring as it opens so many views to the word beauty. I particularly like its main point of putting across that beauty can be seen in anything, from a painting to a place of memory. I strongly agree to this opinion as I believe that as long as you believe you have beauty inside of you, it could be one thing you like about yourself, then let that shine through and people will see you as beautiful.

Contemporary Anita Berber Inspired Look

After practising abstract painting again in the studio using supra colour, I wanted to create a more contemporary editorial look using Anita Berber as my main inspiration.I came across these fashion and make up editorial images and I was really inspired by the dramatic effects of eyeliner, fluttery false eyelashes and the distinctive white shadows that really stands out to give an elongated and wide eye look.

They all have that Berlin-esk feel to them.

So then I started experimenting on my model and this was my outcome:

Anita Berber

 

 Anita Berber was another icon that lived in the Weimar period. She was a German dancer, actress and writer. This painting of her was created by Otto Dix who was a german painter and printmaker. He is famously known for his realistic depictions of Weimar society.


Here is my abstract attempt of using the painters technique of creating different textures and lines. I was looking at Anita Berber's make up and tried to interpret it in this experiment of using the Supracolour grease paint palette.

An Abstract-esk design by Alex Box that reminds me of Anita Berber and her famous bold eyeshadow and striking red lips. 

I like how the hair stylist for this look has complemented the abstract make up by cutting jagged and uneven edges into the fringe. This really brings out and enhances the brush strokes on the face and imperfects the look perfectly.