Dry and Dirty Skin, Rashes and Fever

In class we experimented with rashes and dirty skin, I was particularly interested in doing rashes simply using powder and eyelash glue to create 3D effect. 

I didn't really plan on how it was going to go, for me it was an experiment and it was either going to go good or bad. But I think it went surprisingly well and looks like a real rash although with more time I could of improved a little bit because there's always room for improvement. Luckily, my model had acne based skin and was easy to get the pimples in the skin to create the rash. 

Contemporary Victorian Gothic Hair styles- Inspired by American Horror Story

The things you will need: 

• Curling tongs

• Pintail Comb

• Paddle brush

• Hairspray

• Sectioning clips

• Kirby Grips

Method: 

• Brush through the hair, ensuring that there are no knots. 

• Section the hair with your pintail comb, into a side partin.

• Create two barrel curls going away from the partin on the side that the hair is parted. And about one inch in width and 2 inches in length, secure with kirby grips as it cools.

• Create three barrel curls (curls away from the partin) of the same size, on the other side of the partin,  on top of the head. Secure as they cool. 

• Curl the remaining hair underneath the curls on both side vertically. 

• At the back of the hair, divide into three sections vertically. The middle section should be wider, the same length that the sides curls are. Create curls downwards, horizontally. With the two sections on either side, create curls the run vertically down the back of the head. Secure with grips. 

• Spray with hairspray to hold. 

Dark Eyes and Lips

Most of Gothic Horror Make-Up is based on dark eyes and lips. Everything in horror is dark and gloomy but it can also have a sparkle of beauty and elegance with it. Dark eyes and lips make-up is mostly my favourite and how I would normally do my own make-up. Here are a few different looks that I have created, a red lip is essential!! 

Look 1:

This look was inspiration from a romantic gothic make-up YouTube video that I watched. On my eyes I used grey and silver tones and added eyeliner for that special effect and even underneath the eye to give it more outline and also a simple red lip! 

Look 2: 

The ombré lip is always a winner! I used black eyeliner and red lipstick to create this look.

Look 3: 

Created with browns and gold eyeshadow to give a precision look, no eyeliner used but dark brown eyeshadow used on the lower lashes to give more depth to the eye. Extreme contour on the cheeks finished with a classic dark red lip! 

Creating Estella

In class, we had to evaluate Estella's personality and which way we wanted to go with it. I was in a group of 3 so we decided to split half and half of the face. The split personality that we chose were, evil, devious and mean and on the other side, beauty and grace. I created the evil look, we wanted colour but also darkness, we thought that Estella seemed cold and dark so we chose a colour theme of blue, black and gold...

My Design:

I chose this design to not only fit my Estella personality but to also fit my model...

I was not very pleased with how my Estella went, I decided that I didn't like my Estella design too late. But I will learn from my mistakes! I'm happy that my look does look like my design and resembles it but as I didn't like my design I thought I would do another design to prove to myself that it could be better if I wanted it to be... 

Creating Miss Havisham- Continuity Image.

I'm gutted to say that I wasn't the best prepared doing my Miss Havisham, I totally panicked about it because I didn't understand the full brief but I managed to get through it. It's not to the best of my ability but at that time I tried to get it as close as I wanted it. I used the old age make up technique to create my Miss Havisham and it worked really well on my models face so I was happy. 

Burns

Burns are created by using Gelatine. Gelatine can be bought in various forms, Block Gelatine from Kryolan, Gelatine in a bottle form, and Food Gelatine by Dr.Oetker. You can decide how fresh the burn is, whether it be weeping, old, new, or shiny. 

Health and Safety: 

•Do a heat test before applying to the client.

•Always ask the client if they are allergic to anything. 

•Check for skin conditions/infections. 

•lways sanitise hands before working on someone. 

•Always remove product from the palette with a spatula. 

•Brushes are to be cleaned between clients. 

Method:

• Heat the Gelatine. 

• Using a palette knife, spread over the area of the skin that will be burnt. It is crucial to blend it out on the outside, or you will get harsh lines. 

•Pat the Gelatine using the palette knife. This will grab the Gelatine, and pull it up creating lumps, which is the burn effect. 

• Dry with a hairdryer. 

• Powder the burn,

• Start applying the supra colour, using the depth you already have with the Gelatine. Use the supra colours to enhance this, making the burn seem deep. 

•Fake blood, Pus and Glycerine can now be added to create a weeping blistered burn. 

Practice look of Miss Havisham both Hair and Make-Up Technical Classes

I practised my Miss Havisham at home, and I thought it went extremely well...

My Design: 

I wanted my Miss Havisham to look old and out of beauty, creating dry and cracked lips, bags and saggy cheeks. The character didn't seem anything more than my idea so I went with it...

Step By Step Make- Up Guide:

Practice: 

Cuts, Scratches, Bruises and the Perfect Black Eye

Bruises

Bruises are a formality of the skin after hurting yourself, it's when the blood rushes to the top of the surface to create a strange colour formality. The colours normally include purple, red and yellow. Before creating a bruise from products, it is important to study a natural bruise first. 

Here is a bruise that I did a week ago: 

It has been a lot worse than that but the colours have remained the same but gradually faded away. It depends on the depth of bruise that you want to create that depends on what sort of action you take with the choice of colour and technique. 

Black Eye

In my experiment of creating a black eye, I didn't want it to seem to bruised and too much as I was focusing more on the rash on the side of my models face. I wanted the black eye to look more faded, I slipped up with the choice of colouring and think the blue was too light but I was happy with the yellow. If I was to improve I would of had a go at a more deeper and dark black eye to compare the two bruises together but unfortunately I didn't have time to do so. 

Cuts

I found cuts extremely hard to make seem realistic, on my first attempt it looks totally fake but I created a step by step guide to help me remember for my developed attempt to do a 'slit wrist' 

Step by Step Guide

Get some FX was and mould into your hand to make a slim sausage shape and place onto the skin where you would like your wound. 

Using a spatular, blend into the skin to make it look more realistic

Also, using the spatular put a slit down the middle of the wax to create your wound

Using a supra colour pallet, go around the wound with a red to set the base

Apply a deeper red colour, black, purple and fake blood to finish off your wound.

Second attempt

• Products to use

End Result

Historical Victorian Hair

Tutorial by Helen- 

Step 1

Split the hair at the middle of the head and create Middle partin and seperate in to 2 equal parts.

Step 2

Curl the bottom half of the hair that wasn't seperated in step 1 and also pin up to create a bun

Step 3

Roll hair and pin in place to create a side roll of the hair facing outwards away from the partin. 

Step 4

Apply dry shampoo to the area that you want to look aged

End Product

Theatrical Ageing and Creping of the Skin

Theatrical Ageing

In Theatrical Ageing is Makeup for Theatre Performances. The makeup has to be seen from the back seat of the theatre, so every part has to be exaggerated, the colour, shapes, lines etc. Unlike makeup for TV/Film, the makeup does not have to be precise and clean. Stage makeup focuses on exploiting the natural lines and shapes of the face. 

What I used: 

• Kryolan Foundation Pallet

• Kryolan Transparrent Powder

• Kryolan Skin Shades Powder Pallet

•Kryolan Camouflage Pallet

Tools/Make-Up Appliances:

• Foundation Brush

• Creme small Highlighter Brush

• Powder Brush

• Petite brush for lines

Health and Safety:

• Always wash your hands

• Cover model to stop any product spilling on clothing

• Always use spatular and pallet

• NEVER double dip

• Consultation, always

• Clean brushes in between clients

Consultation:

• Sensitive skin

• Pale complexion

• No allergic problems to any products 

Method:

• Cleanse, Tone and Moisturise the face

• Prep and prime

• Apply natural foundation to the face using the Kryolan Pallet, always use with a spatular onto a pallet for hygiene. 

• Apply the Kryolan Transparrent Powder onto all of the face to prep the face for the powder that you are going to use to create the lines.

• Politely ask your model to screw up their face to outline the lines so you can apply the Kryolan skin colour powder to the face to create the lines.

• Apply to forehead, nose, cheek bones, underneath the nose and at the side of the lips. 

• Slightly blend to make it look more natural

• When you're happy with your dark lines, apply the highlighter underneath the lines to create depth and make it seem more realistic to get shape to the face.

• After that is complete, add the finishing touches to the face to either make the lines darker or highlight more areas than others. 

For this exercise, I have practised a few times to get it right, firstly on myself from a YouTube video that I found extremely helpful to get the ageing of the skin correct. I have also practised on peer students in class, at home and also on a professional filming shoot for second year students. All of this experience developed my knowledge on how to age the skin properly and how to adapt to different faces and skin types. 

This was my first attempt at old age make-up, I was not super impressed of the outcome and think there could be some work to be improved so then I took it upon my ability to improve those skills through other tasks. 

Here is the YouTube video that I used: 

http://youtu.be/Wq9UdaR5Cic

On my second attempt at old age make-up I was just playing around with the different skin colour and type to try and adapt to different faces and how to wrinkle the face properly to suit the model. 

I realised that the lines were too big and too un-realistic but I needed to outline the wrinkles. I then decided to change the model to practise on. 

I was just at home, bored and decided to practise my old age look on my flat mate,  I outlined to myself much more than my first attempt and also took the eyebrows into account to make it look more elderly by adding white mascara and white eyeshadow to give the look a bigger effect. I highlighted the nose much more to make it look bigger and it helped that my model had a spot so it made it look like a mole on the face, a bit like an old wicked witch. 

A couple of weeks later I was asked to be the MUA for a second year 8 minute filming, the task was to make one of the girls look elderly. I really enjoyed doing his and it gave me a sense of the industry and working with different groups and types of people. I was pleased with the outcome and it was exactly what they wanted. Hopefully it will lead on to more work with them and more contacts. 

Creeping of the Skin

It is so easy to make the skin look elderly by a few small steps to success...

What you will need:

• Liquid Latex

Hairdryer

For this task I practised on my hand to show the wrinkles more, it was so simple and easy but had such a great impact on the skin. Before applying the latex, make sure the skin is clean and ready to be worked on.