Elizabethan Makeup

Here is my Elizabethan look. The typical elizabethan makeup includes creating a white base by using the Illamasqua skin base, powdering the face to set it. Also an important aspect in this makeup is to add blusher to the apples to the cheeks and to block out the eyebrows as well as putting white through the eyelashes. I feel that this look turned out quite well as it looks quite elizabethan and the skin looks quite dry and flaky.




Products Used;
Illamasqua skin base
Illamasqua loose powder
Kryolan Super colour
Kryolan Blusher palette

Consultation notes;
Name - Grace Crocker
Age - 19
Skin type - Dry
Hair type - Naturally Brown and medium thickness

Skin Tone - Pale/Yellow Tone
Eye colour - Blue
Eye Shape - Even 

Allergies - None
Medication - None
Contraindication - None

Practical - Eye Shapes and Red Lips

This model has small lids and large brows which meant that when I was creating a makeup look for her eyes i had to ensure I was blending out the eye shadow to make the lids appear bigger and also had to avoid using black as this colour tends to make the eyes look smaller.
With the lips I used a lighter red as a lot of the reds on the palette I was using were orange toned which didn't really suit the model which meant I had to go for a more purple/pink toned red.


Basic Eye Shaping Chart

Even Eyes -
Shade the outer edge of socket line and lift slightly, highlight both the mobile lid and the brow bone. Softly line top & bottom lids, lifting slightly on the outer edge.

Small Eyes -
Avoid dark colours to open eyes. Work outer edge with medium tone & lift softly.

Deep Set Eyes -
Work mainly on a soft smokey eye-line. Keep shadow colours soft and pale to pull eyes forward.

Small Lid, Large Brow -
Highlight mobile lid, lift socket line slightly above the crease. A white eyeliner on the water line will lift the eyes and make them appear bigger.

Protruding/Prominent Eyes -
To recede eyelid, place dark matt colour over entire mobile lid, up to the crease line. Highlight brow bone.

Round Eyes -
To elongate eyes apply a medium to dark shadow at outer edge & lift eyeliner at outer edges only.

Close set eyes -
To take attention outwards, apply medium to dark shadow at outer edges. Pluck brows wide in middle.

Wide set eyes -
To bring attention in, define inner edges and avoid shadow at outer edges. Bringing brows in to the middle slightly more.

Droopy Eyes -
Keep attention on lids rather than eye lines. Lift liner and sockets well at outer edges.

Products Used;
Kryolan Rouge Lip Palette
Mac Cool Neutral Palette

Consultation notes;
Name - Lucy Goulding
Age - 18
Skin type - Oily
Hair type - Naturally Brown and medium thickness

Skin Tone - Pink Toned
Eye colour - Blue
Eye Shape - Small lids and large brows

Allergies - None
Medication - None

Contraindication - None

Practical - Day of the Dead.

Here is a look I created inspired by 'day of the dead' sugar skulls.
This being the first time I had attempted anything like this as I am a perfectionist and if something isn't symmetrical it will irritate me and I can't stop until it is.
Whilst creating this look a number of things didn't go to plan and I struggled a lot as I would draw something on one side then try to recreate it and it wouldn't be level or the same size. However with this I was able to learn that not everything will go to plan and all you can do it either start again or try to rectify it.
A few positive outcomes from this practical was that it encouraged me to try something similar later on that day as I didn't want to leave it there as it was my first time creating something like this.
Also with this I was able to see what I am like at creating sugar skulls and what my weak areas are and how I can improve on them which is always a positive as nothing will go perfectly.

Later on that day as I struggled greatly creating a sugar skull I decided to attempt to create half of a skull which also was very frustrating but ended up working very well and turned out to be my halloween makeup.
This look took very long and not everything went well however I was able to rectify most of my mistakes and by the end of it the look turned out better than I expected it to. From this I learned if you stick to something and don't give up you can be pleasantly surprised by the results.

Products Used;
Kryolan Super Colour

Consultation notes;
Name - Grace Crocker
Age - 19
Skin type - Dry
Hair type - Naturally Brown and medium thickness

Skin Tone - Pale/Yellow Tone
Eye colour - Blue
Eye Shape - Even 

Allergies - None
Medication - None
Contraindication - None

Contemporary Portrait

Sitter - Taylor Swift : Singer-songwriter, actress, philanthropist (a person who seeks to promote the welfare of others, especially by the generous donation of money to good causes).


Why was it taken? This image was taken for the single cover to promote her new song 'Love Story'.

Taylor Swift posed on the set of her "Love Story" video shoot.
Photo Credit: Big Machine Records
What are the symbolic references within the portrait? This image denotes Taylor Swift in dress that mirrors/is similar to type of dress worn by Elizabeth before she became queen as her dresses were smaller and more delicate. Also within this image there is a painting in the background which makes this image very different and not at all modern as there are also pillars in the background which connotes that the building she was filming her music video in was very old and possibly fragile. Within this image the way that Taylor Swift is standing as her posture is very straight and up right white gives her more of a dominant and fierce looking which suggests she is powerful.

What does the clothing say about the sitter?
The clothing Taylor is wearing suggests that she is a princess of some king and looks extremely elegant and feminine as the dress is very delicate and shows how slim and delicate Taylor Swift is. 

Within portraits these days they don't really include symbolic objects as the portraits are 

more about the models/sitters. However they do sometimes wear certain pieces of clothing that suggest how wealthy they are of what things they like. In modern times the clothes worn by the model/sitter say more about them than the objects in the background which shows how times have changed and how the model is the main focus of the image.

In this lesson we learned that there is much more to the images we are looking at as there are symbols everywhere to denote the wealth of the sitter and what they are like as a person which was interesting to see/look at.


References;
CMT: Photos: Taylor Swift’s photos from ‘Love Story’: Taylor Swift in ‘Love Story’ (1 of 6) (2015) Available at: http://www.cmt.com/pictures/taylor-swifts-photos-from-love-story/1594744/3176924/photo.jhtml (Accessed: 10 December 2015).

Elizabethan Portrait

Sitter - Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603), Reigned 1558-1603. Sitter associated with 125 portraits.

Artist - Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger (1561 or 1562-1636), Painter. Artist associated with 28 portraits, Sitter in 2 portraits.

Why was it painted? It probably commemorates an elaborate symbolic entertainment which Lee organised for the Queen in September 1592, and which may have been held in the grounds of Lee's house at Ditchley, near Oxford, or at the nearby palace at Woodstock.

What symbolic references are within the portrait? The portrait shows Elizabeth standing on the globe of the world, with her feet on Oxford shire. The stormy sky, the clouds parting to reveal sunshine, and the inscriptions on the painting, make it plain that the portrait's symbolic theme is forgiveness.

What does the clothing say about the sitter? The sitters clothing suggests that she is extremely wealthy as her dress is embroidered  and very elegant.

References;
Back to topThis portrait (2015) Available at: http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw02079/Queen-Elizabeth-I-The-Ditchley-portrait (Accessed: 10 December 2015).

Symbols within Portraits

Symbols within Portraits

This lesson was very helpful before we went to the portrait gallery as it made us look into the portraits more and helped us analyse the symbols within the portrait which suggests the sitters status and personality. This also helped us when trying to decide what kind of hairstyles and what type of makeup we would like to create in our final designs as we are able to see what Elizabethan hairstyles are actually like.

Within portraits these days they don't really include symbolic objects as the portraits are 

more about the models/sitters. However they do sometimes wear certain pieces of clothing that

suggest how wealthy they are of what things they like. In modern times the clothes worn by the model/sitter say more about them than the objects in the background which shows how times have changed and how the model is the main focus of the image.

In this lesson we learned that there is much more to the images we are looking at as there are symbols everywhere to denote the wealth of the sitter and what they are like as a person which was interesting to see/look at.

The seminar was very straight forward and wasn't at all hard to follow which made it easy to take notes as sometimes i struggle to keep up with the slides. After this lesson we went to the National Portrait Gallery and looked in the tudor section at Elizabethan style portraits to see what symbolic objects were used and we were required to find a portrait we like and research it when we got back to see what the symbols actually represent. I made sure I carried this research out a few days after the trip as I wasn't sure which portrait I liked the most.