My design & First Practise with Billie

Products Used

- Illamasqua Skin Base

- Kryolan Foundation Palette

- Illamasqua Pressed Powder 

- MAC Cool Neutral Palette

- Naked Palette

- Maybelline Eyeliner

- Illamasqua Liquid Metal Palette

- Supra Colour Palette 

- Urban Decay Perversion Mascara Black

After trying out the gold veins on the neck previously and not liking the way they turned out, I changed my design slightly so that there is a gold base of Illamasqua liquid metal with white Supra Colour Veins drawn on the top. 

My Final Design

Below is the first practise with Billie of my final design. 

Billie's first practise of my design

I am really happy with how the base turned out, I think that it was the right amount of paled out skin and it went really well with the rest of the face. I am also so happy with how the brows turned out, I think they really frame the face well and add a contemporary edge to the look. Furthermore they add a messy edge to the whole look which is quite clean. 

I think that the line where the gold finishes looks so good and definitely replicates the 'ruff' look that I wanted to create through it. Furthermore I think that it also creates a contrast between the white face and the gold, making the face stand out a lot more. For the assessment the gold will branch further around the neck covering it all so that we aren't left with a line. I really like the colour that Billie mixed up, using both the gold and the copper from the Illamasqua Liquid Metal palette. I think that the copper creates more depth to the colour and actually makes the gold stand out even more. 

 I was slightly worried that the white wouldn't show up very well on the gold, but I think that it looks really good and almost adds a translucent effect to the skin. I think Billie needs to practise the veins and add in some capillaries to make it look even more realistic so we avoid the look of tree branches.

When showing my design, some people in the class didn't like the use of a black lip as they thought that it made it too 'Gothic'. However I really like the addition of the black lip, to me it adds to the character and also creates a contrast between the lighter colours. 

Billie did have a slight bit of trouble getting the shape of the lip, as it wasn't completely even. However she did say that she would practise to get the lip the right shape and make it completely even for the assessment. 

One element that I need to rethink is the freckles, as the gold Illamasqua from the Liquid Metal Palette doesn't show up very well on my skin and on camera. I think I need to consider other products that could also be used to create the freckles and always consider how the product will show up on camera. I'm glad that we came across this problem early on in the practise because it gives me time to experiment and make sure that I get the products right so this important element of my design will show up on the final image.