Creating Miss Havisham...

Creating Miss Havisham...

It was pretty difficult trying to effectively portray Miss Havisham through a face chart. It all depended on what make-up I used when trying to create the look but the base in general was hard to translate onto paper. The make-up ended up looking a lot heavier to making it look bruised and beaten rather than withered and aged.

I wanted my interpretation of Miss Havisham to have a pale/ill complexion due to her lack of sunlight which would make her skin lack colour and nutrients resulting in an aged and ill look. When I first applied the look to myself it was pretty difficult to effectively achieve the look I had created on the face chart. It was the first time I had experimented with her image and how I was going to portray it.

I first attempted to create the ill white/green base colour which was quite successful. I mixed the Kryolan foundation palette with the white and teal coloured supra colours to create my base coat. I found this sat much nicer on the face compared to the Illamasqua white foundation which always dries out my models skin and sits quite heavily in the pores. However my alternative base coat gave almost a wet, glow to the face adding to the overall ill effect I was going for.

Testing the base out on another model...

After testing the overall look out on myself I thought I would test mainly the base coat on another face. I already knew the base had way to much green pigment in it and knew after the second application that the green colours in the Supra colour palette was to strong to use on the face. So when finally applying it in my assessment I focused on using more of the white mixed with the Kryolan foundation palette to still form a thick paste type substance like a wanted but with a more realistic and effective colouring compared to beforehand.

Practicing the hair...

At first I wasn't to sure whether I was going to prep the hair by backcombing it all through section by section like we were taught when creating the French pleat. This method was very effective when creating my hair silhouette however after that particular shoot I decided I was going to use the flower head piece I had made. Due to the large size of it the hair would have to be made twice and big to first be seen and second of all be just as effective, I didn't want the head piece to be to overpowering.

That is when I thought that crimping the hair might give it that extra bit of texture and height like when we were creating big hair for the Elizabethan project. I did worry that I looked like I was just being lazy and using the same skills I had learnt last semester but there was only really this particular style that would create the texture I wanted.

I crimped all the hair then went back through section by section and lightly backcombed to make the texture much thick and bigger, enabling it to be styled easier. I then pulled it through the head piece so that the flowers were sat at the front of the head. After this it was much easier to play with the remaining bit of hair left at the back of the hair as one simple twist or quiff made could be easily gripped and stay perfectly in position due to the prepping of the hair.

The model I'm using during the assessment actually has brown how so the dry shampoo and talcum powder I plan or using will be much more effective on her coloured hair. However I still tested a little when practicing and thankfully it created the effect I was planning! This can be seen in the picture at the bottom of the page. I think the white spray is even more effective on the crimped hair as its really visible sat on top of the texture. I plan on also sprinkling the talcum powder onto the roses on the flower piece to create that 'haunted bride' type of look and to also add a little all around the head. When creating the French pleat in my silhouette shoot I parted my models fringe ( the same model that I'm using for Miss Havisham) then hairspray firmly to either side of her forehead, creating a quite formal, front of a beehive styled look. I aim to style the fringe in the same way when creating Miss Havisham's hair as I think the face definitely needs to hair visible on he forehead otherwise I will not be able to successfully smooth the hair down under the front of the head piece due to it being so hard to reach and smooth down.    

Hair designs...