Practical Assessment - My Design Outcome

Peer Review Evaluation:

In preparation for the assessment it was unfortunate that my partner wasn’t able to practise my look on me. She didn’t turn up to class to practise it so instead we had plans to practise it over the weekend. During the weekend she was very unwell so we couldn’t practise at all. Instead, I sent over images of the makeup on myself, product list, the step by step guide and the facechart so she could have a better understanding of what she was going to do.

As my partner was very unwell during the assessment, her appearance wasn’t particularly professional and as she hadn't been able to practise, she appeared very nervous and under confident in what she was doing. Unfortunately, I was unable to help her any more than I already had. She gave the make-up her best effort though and she completed it in time. The technique of the application wasn’t as directed as she used her hands to apply the base when I would of preferred her to use a brush for a better blend and application as directed. She then powdered the face and applied more base over the top which made the texture go a little bit strange and also left my face dewy rather than matte. The lips were also not quite like on the face chart or my examples. Rather than covering the whole lips with colour, I just wanted the lips to be in a ‘love-heart’ shape. The outcome still looks good but not like my contemporary Elizabethan design that I presented. 

The contouring was done well and so was the mascara application, but I felt that there were quite a few things that could have been really improved on. This would have been down to lack of practise as I know my partner has better capability than that. Other than that, the outcome in the photos looks professional and I am happy with how it turned out. I'm just being picky but my partner did a really good job, especially under the circumstances.

Practical Assessment - My Design Proposal

Product List:

·    Cleanser

·    Toner

·    Moisturiser

·    Illamasqua matte primer

·    Illamasqua white base

·    Bourjois liquid foundation

·    Illamasqua loose powder

·    Illamasqua powder blusher – Disobey

·    St Trpez bronzing brick

·    Maybelline gel-cream eyeshadow - gold

·    Maybelline collossal mascara – black

·    Kryolan Supracolor palette – 082

·    Illamasqua liquid metal palette – Electrum (gold)

Step By Step:

·        Prep the skin – cleanser, toner, moisturiser.

·        Apply Illamasqua matte primer.

·        Apply Illamasqua white base to highlighted areas of the face, the centre of the face and the neck.

·        Apply a Bourjois fondation to the rest of the face.

·        Powder face with Illamasqua loose powder using a puff and a large brush.

·        Contour at the cheekbones, jaw line, inner corner of eyes, sides of nose and forehead using Illamasqua Disobey powder blusher.

·        Shade under and around eyes using Illamasqua Disobey powder blusher.

·        Using St.Tropez bronzing brick, emphasise the contouring.

·        Apply gold gel-cream to eyelids and blend up and outwards at the sides of the face.

·        Wet an angled brush and use the warm brown of the St.Tropez bronzing brick to fill in and shape the eyebrows.

·        Apply a small amount of black Maybelline mascara using a disposable wand.

·        With a fluffy brush, apply deep red (082) Kryolan colour in a ‘love-heart’ shape, creating a smudged effect. Dab on more in the centre to deepen the colour.

·        Using an angled brush, line cupid’s bow with gold from the metal Illamasqua palette.

Final Presented Face Chart

My final facechart is a slight development of my previous facechart where I used warm tones with a metallic twist. This design is inspired by symbolism of colours. Gold was associated with status and royalty and was only available to wealthy people. So, for this look I wanted to develop on a metallic theme following a royal inspiration. I also wanted to create a twist on the standard pale faced Elizabethan trend and take a contemporary route by heavy, dramatic contouring with the highlighted areas of the face as completely white. I then paired this look with a simple burgundy smudged ‘love-heart’ shaped lip with a gold outline on the cupid’s bow. I have left the mascara very subtle and the eyebrows compliment the colour scheme.

Practising this look: