Evaluation as a make up artist

When we first swapped our final designs, I really struggled with Marianne’s design and didn’t think I would be able to do it for the assessment. There were so may intricate straight lines and shapes that had to be perfect. Marianne wanted the lines to be dead straight, which we soon discovered was extremely difficult due to the way the face curves round. We tried using card as a stencil for the straight lines, but I found that this would pick up product or smudge and in the end I decided I was better off and more confident doing it freehand.

Another problem we faced was the product used around the eyes. In Marianne’s design, she had used a mixture of red and orange from the supra colour palette as she wanted to create a a really vibrant colour. But as supra colour is oil based, the heat from the eyes meant that it melted and started to run quite quickly. To amend this, we played around with some other products, but we found that the best solution was to wet the red eyeshadow from the krayolan palette. Using a powder product meant that it wouldn’t melt in the same way that the oil product did. However, the red eyeshadow alone was to dull and was the wrong texture for doing all the elongated flicks that were in the design. We then added a small amount of water to the eyeshadow, which intensified the colour and created the perfect texture.

The other tricky part was the gold lines around the eyes- I struggled to get them perfectly straight  to begin with, but after a lot of practice I managed to do it without a stencil.

I initially found doing someone else’s design very strange and I felt very pressured as I wanted to get it perfect not only for myself, but for my partner as it was her design that she had worked really hard on. Marianne was very cooperative and let me practice on her as many times as I wanted to before the assessment. I always knew that practice was key when it came to make up, but this project taught me just how important it really is! The only thing that enabled me to execute Marianne’s design in the assessment was good communication constant practice leading up to it.

Products used-

Protective gown

Satin primer

Skin base 001 

Krayolan eyeshadow palette (add water) 

White supra colour 

Gold liquid metal palette

Krayolan eyeshadow palette 

Foundation brush 

Kabuki brush

Flat eyeshadow brush 

Square, flat brush 

Disposable mascara wands

Loose powder

Powder puff

model: marianne simpkins
age:19
skin conditions: none
allergies: none
contact lenses: no

 Health and safety:

• Before I do anything, I make sure that my brushes have been sufficiently cleaned with  Isopropyl alcohol to prevent bacteria spreading.

• I covered my work station with couch roll to ensure that I had a clean space to put all my products andtools onto.
•   I covered my model with a gown so that no product would fall  onto her clothing.
•   Before starting the makeup I asked my model if she had any skin diseases or medical conditions that i should be aware of. I also asked if she was wearing contact lenses, as some products will irritate them.
•  I washed my hands with soap and waterto prevent bacteria transferring.
• I decanted any product onto the back of my clean hand, to prevent double dipping and again preventing any bacteria from the models face being transferred into my make up.