Practising at home

So after my first class (see first post) I went over to my families house to use them as guinea pigs, after a long day at work/school for them they were obviously absolutely thrilled!! So I decided to challenge myself a little by doing the bare face make-up technique on my younger sister as she has recently had a few breakouts on her forehead, so I thought it would be more challenging as I find it easier to cover up blemishes using a heavier application!

I started off by toning, cleansing and moisturising her skin using the brand Simple. Once I was happy that it clean, I got my derma palette and mixed up her skin tone, she has a very fair tone, with yellow undertones. Once I matched I used a sponge to work it onto her face 

My lovely little sister Ellie- a bare faced beauty!

Hitting her teenage years she's had a slight breakout across her forehead

Once I was happy that it clean, I got my derma palette and mixed up her skin tone, she has a very fair tone, with yellow undertones. Once I matched I used a sponge to work it onto her face making sure I was gently using a 'stippling' technique so I didn't get any sponge marks. I then decided to use MAC studio fix fluid mixed with a little moisturiser to thin it out a little and get a more natural result. So starting from the centre of the face, I worked outwards until I was happy with the overall application. I fixed it with neutral translucent powder. For the blush I used the kryolan lip palette I wanted to get a peachy colour this time with more pink, I applied it extremely lightly and worked it into the cheek so it looked as natural as possible. I used the blush colour on her lip as well.  

After with a 'no make-up look'

Coverage of breakouts

Overall I felt happy with the coverage of blemishes and the skin tone match. Looking back on the finished pictures I'm really not happy with the blush tone, I feel it washes her out, I think a bit more of a pink tone in there would really work as well as on her lips.

My wonderful step mum 'au natural'

After with a heavy make-up application

Overview & evaluation:

So next up was my step mum Wendy, she rarely wears make-up so I thought it would be a challenge for me to do a heavy application on her without making her look ridiculous! As you can see from my 'before' picture, she has really healthy skin. 

Due to her lack of make-up I feel her eyes are quite drooped so I wanted to open them up a bit. So once again I cleansed, toned & moisturised my models face. 

Then I used my derma palette to mix up a concealer for her, her skin is a darker shade due to it's exposure to the sun as she rarely wears concealer or foundation, so I mixed up a darker tone. 

I worked it around the nose, mouth and the red parts on her cheeks and chin. 

I added a lighter tone around and under her eyes to open then up a bit more. 

I then used MAC studio fix fluid foundation again but didn't mix with moisturiser this time as a wanted a thicker application, instead I mixed in the left over concealer into it. 

I really worked it on my hand before applying to her face to thicken it up. 

At first I only applied a light coverage, then worked more over the areas that needed it more, which were the forehead and cheeks. Once I was happy that I had sufficient coverage, and that it was all blended well, I fixed it with the neutral translucent powder.

For the blush I thought an apricot colour like the one I mixed on class for my model would look good but with a bit more pink. I went with that decision, and used the same colour on her lips.

Looking back I think a darker reddy, purple colour (like a rouge) would've been better for the lips and maybe instead of adding a pink into the apricot colour, adding the darker colour that I wanted for the lips into it, I think it would have made better definition on her face and brought out the foundation I went with alot better.

I am glad I practised though, as I really want to get comfortable with mixing and colour matching, as I get so nervous at the moment and keep doubting myself and everything I do, but even going and doing 2 more faces has made me that little bit more confident! 

Next time I do make-up on them I will make the changes I feel I should have done last time, and see how it looks... that's if they let me near them again!!