Testing for Claudia's make-up

 Here are some tests I did before doing Claudia's make-up. I only did the face and the head part, not on the neck too because this was just a test. I wanted to see if I don't have a bald cap to put on my head to cover my hair from the gelatine and I use bubble wrap instead will work and it did, so that's the method I'm going to use when shooting Claudia. I pinned the bubble wrap securely onto my hair with bobby pins and then put gelatine on top of it. I also glued if with a special nose glue to make it stick on the skin surface, but that I have done only on the face not on the hair haha. Then I've created the shape I wanted on the face with the gelatine that I've made myself (ASDA gelatine with foundation to give pigment) and then put blood on top and coloured with supracolour a bit. Then I've left out some of the hairs and that's the look! Pretty! :))

Second practice session for TA

For the second practice session I've finally decided about the final hair and make-up design that I'm going to recreate at both timed assessments. 

The make-up, even though it looks simple, took more time than I expected and to balace the time spent on the make-up and hair I had to re-think the way I do my character's hair.

 I've opted for a very defined centre parting with sleek hair on the sides, following that the longer hairs at the front, like a fringe, to be curled with a medium-sized tong. This will be historically accurate for the period that the character "lived" in and also will take less time than a hairstyle full of small curls. Also, it is better for continuity and it works on my model's hair which is kinda short. It also helps to give the idea of a very polished man and the little curls on the forehead  that this very beautiful man might be evil, because to me, the little curls look like little horns to me.

The make-up took longer to be applied perfectly, because I really wanted to make his skin look the best but without making it look over the top. This is my final idea and I really liked how it looked like, and I'm going to keep it this way and also draw the face ad hair chart for it. I've sorted out the eyeshadow and made it look better and not so feminine like before and now I'm satisfied with it. 

I've also took continuity notes for both hair and make-up and I only need to finish drawing the facechart and we're done. The continuity notes will appear on another blog post.

Pictures with the final result (continuity):

Other pictures (continuity and step by step):

First practice session for TA

I somehow decided to do the third facechart with the beautiful Dorian and the second version of the thir hairchart, but without the parting. Doing that was amazing because the hair looked really, really nice but not so late-Victorian like, so I will fix this in the second practice. I liked how the make-up looked overall, but still I think that next time I will do things a bit different and I will ask my model to help me with his skincare. He had flaky skin because of dehydration and I suggested him to scrub his face with sugar and honey the night before the second practice and until next week to apply daily hydrating face cream so foundation will look more natural and less flaky on his skin. I threaded his eyebrows and I feel sorry that I didn't take a before picture because I'm really proud of how they looked like after this. In addition to scrubbing his face he will need to scrub his lips too as they wee really dry and the gloss, even if hydrating, didn't look it's best. Moreover, I think that next time I will apply less make-up or change the way I apply it because how I applied the eyeshadow made him look more feminine than I wanted and next time I will change it a little bit.