As you know from my former posts I chose to do the SS15 look from Tanya Taylor.
To start I made sure all of my kit was clean and I had everything I needed with me; this included my laminated A3 mood-board, which included; a hair and face chart, key products, brief step-by-step & timings, as well as picture references of my chosen look and make up used in the show.
I set up following all health and safety regulations, made sure I had washed my hands, placed gown on my model and turned on the lights around my mirror. I made sure the chair my model was sat in was at the right height.
I started by prepping my models skin making sure I assessed it first, checking for conditions, cuts & irritations. Once I had made sure the products id be using were ok, I cleansed toned and moisturised.
I started with the eyes, so I could clean up any droppage without ruining the base, as we don't have any metallic or shimmer shadows in our kit, I brought in my own shadow palette that contains a rose gold colour which is a perfect match in colour to what they used at Tanya Taylor for darker skin tones. I applied this to the lid using a medium eye shader brush, I applied this right to the crease and then blended out up towards the brow. I then applied MAC haute and naughty mascara with my mascara applicator brush on both the top and bottom lashes. I had given myself 10 mins to do this stage and I was within the time, so that chilled me out a bit more!
I then moved onto the base; I used MAC studio fix fluid in shade NC45 it was a lovely tone on my models skin, I applied with a foundation brush, then buffed in to remove any brush lines, using a bronzer brush; I feel that it gives the skin a really lovely dewy glow. I then applied concealer to the problem areas, I used my MAC concealer palette I mixes the darkest shade, with a little pink and yellow. I applied using a concealer brush, then buffed in using my bronzer brush again.
I managed to finish the base in 10 minutes which I was so happy with as I was most nervous about this part! My model has a very complex skin tone which I fond difficult to match, so I was so proud of myself for achieving what I did!
I then moved onto the brows; my model has extremely thin well groomed brows so I found it really difficult to get the look of just brushed through thick brows, I just gently filled them in with my MAC eyeliner using small strokes.
Next I did the cheeks; 3 different products were used on the cheek at the Tanya Taylor show these included albatross highlighting powder, Siam matt multiple, and Laguna illuminator all from NARS; none of which I have in my kit or a close alternative! So I had to think on my feet, the first I made was the Laguna illuminator; I used the foundation I had used before, mixed in moisturiser and MAC vanilla pigment it actually worked perfectly! I applied this along the cheekbones using my hands (obviously checking that this was ok with my model first!). I then mixed the colour of the Siam matt multiple which is an orangey red, using my Kryolan lip palette, I then applied this to the apples of the cheeks using my hands and blending well. I then applied MAC vanilla pigment above the the illuminator, along the cheekbone, to mimic the Albatross highlighting powder.
I then moved onto the lips; my models lips were quite dry so I put Vaseline on them, then exfoliated using a toothbrush (a brand new one I have them in my kit) I then wiped with a tissue, this removed all the excess dry layers of skin. It was a matt orange lipstick, which I also don't have in my kit so I used the bright orange in my La Maquillage concealer palette which worked really great! I applied quite a few layers, setting each layer with translucent powder; I did this by placing a tissue over the lip then brushing on the powder over the tissue.
I had finished! And I still had time left!!
Evaluation:
Overall I'm really proud of my performance today, I worked efficiently, made sure I looked after my model, and used my initiative when having to make products. My teacher Branka was really pleased with the final look and how I created it, she gave me a high merit, in fact one mark off a distinction, I was a little disappointed that I didn't achieve higher, it was down to the brows, which I found really difficult as the hair was really coarse so hard to manipulate plus they had just been waxed so were so neat and thin, but I will take it on board and achieve higher next time....hopefully! I have thoroughly enjoyed the last two terms and can't wait to see what is thrown at us after Christmas!
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| Finished look |
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| Finished look eyes closed |
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| Close up of the lips |
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| Close up of the eyes |
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