Level 4 Makeup in motion - Great Expectations: April 2014

Claudia inspiration...

Creating Claudia...

I have to say I had much more fun creating my Claudia design design rather than my Quentin. I think this just came down to gender and the fact that any being a female myself I could relate and suit a look to Claudia easier than Quentin. I don't really have a lot of experience in working on male models either so I think this particular project was quite a challenge for me when it came to creating my Quentin design.

I created four different face mask for Claudia all very different to one an other. Each is defiantly very theatrical with a different character linked to each one.

Make-up inspiration moodboard...

My inspiration...

Topher Adam (2014). Dark Beauty Magazine's photo's [online]. Available from: <https://www.facebook.com/darkbeautymag/photos/pb.107179966003606.-2207520000.1399323584./648134548574809/?type=3>. [Accessed April 24th 2014].

Mark Kiszely Photography (2014). Mark Kiszely Photography [online]. Available from: <https://www.facebook.com/markkiszelyphotography/photos/pb.125641017460097.-2207520000.1399325580./779095228781336/?type=3>. [Accessed April 21st 2014].

Topher Adam (2014). Dark Beauty Magazine's photo's [online]. Available from: <https://www.facebook.com/darkbeautymag/photos/pb.107179966003606.-2207520000.1399324397./646039428784321/?type=3>. [Accessed April 24th 2014].

Topher Adam (2014). Dark Beauty Magazine's photo's [online]. Available from: <https://www.facebook.com/darkbeautymag/photos/pb.107179966003606.-2207520000.1399324397./646105402111057/?type=3>. [Accessed April 24th 2014].

Topher Adam (2014). Dark Beauty Magazine's photo's [online]. Available from: <https://www.facebook.com/darkbeautymag/photos/pb.107179966003606.-2207520000.1399323584./649293705125560/?type=3>. [Accessed April 30th 2014].

Topher Adam (2014). Dark Beauty Magazine's photo's [online]. Available from: <https://www.facebook.com/darkbeautymag/photos/pb.107179966003606.-2207520000.1399324739./629454367109494/?type=3>. [Accessed April 17th 2014].

Topher Adam (2014). Dark Beauty Magazine's photo's [online]. Available from: <https://www.facebook.com/darkbeautymag/photos/pb.107179966003606.-2207520000.1399324767./625097030878561/?type=3>. [Accessed March 7th 2014].

Topher Adam (2014). Dark Beauty Magazine's photo's [online]. Available from: <https://www.facebook.com/darkbeautymag/photos/pb.107179966003606.-2207520000.1399325432./529484083773190/?type=3>. [Accessed August 10th 2013].

Topher Adam (2014). Dark Beauty Magazine's photo's [online]. Available from: <https://www.facebook.com/darkbeautymag/photos/pb.107179966003606.-2207520000.1399325820./505616312826634/?type=3>. [Accessed June 12th 2013].

Hair inspiration moodboard...

At first I wanted a quite outrageous big, crimped hairstyle to go with my theatrical face chart designs however I decided to go with the complete opposite and instead feature a sleek, wet look style on Claudia. This simplistic hair will make her dramatic make-up much more effective and obvious.

Quentin inspiration...

Idea's and inspiration that lead to my final Quentin design...

Make-up inspiration moodboard...

Calvin Harris ft. Tinie Tempah's song 'Drinking from the bottle' was definitely my biggest inspiration when creating my devil inspired person. I wanted to do a red based evil look that would match my Quentin's 'bad boy' archetype and bad attitude. Red normally represents love and passion however my red still includes these connotations but paired with dark black make-up the over all feel turns much more evil, a persona you would be more likely to see in hell.

Calvin Harris Ft. Tinie Tempah - Drinking from the bottle.

Calvin Harris. (2012). Calvin Harris - Drinking From the Bottle ft. Tinie Tempah. [Online Video]. 12 December. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uztCqjxrkjQ. [Accessed: 24 April 2014].

Screenshot from the music video.

Calvin Harris, (2012), Calvin Harris - Drinking From the Bottle ft. Tinie Tempah [ONLINE]. Available at:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uztCqjxrkjQ [Accessed 24 April 14].

Calvin Harris, (2012), Calvin Harris - Drinking From the Bottle ft. Tinie Tempah [ONLINE]. Available at:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uztCqjxrkjQ [Accessed 24 April 14].

Hair inspiration moodboard...

Creating Quentin...

Creating Quentin....

Face charts...

Alien/face mask Quentin.

Products used;

Base- Kryolan supra colour palette - gold shimmer.
Lips- Kryolan supra colour palette- gold shimmer plus gold colour revolution glitter on top. (optional line with MAC brown eye liner pencil to exaggerate.)
Neck- Line the neck with black shadow creating shadow like seen in the face chart.
Forehead- Using a sponge dab the end into orange and red colours in the supra colour palette. Use edge of sponge to create lined effect.
Eyes- Black supra colour sponge on and apply black eye shadow on top.
Contour- using Illamasqua- disobey powder blush and supra colour-gold shimmer.

Devil inspired Quentin.

Products used;

Kryolan Supra colour palette- Red used with water and applied with sponger all over the face,neck,arm and hand as a base.
Black and red MAC lipmix used on the eye lids,under the eyes and on the lips.
Coffee MAC eyeliner pencil used on the eye waterline and around the lips.
Red MAC lip pencil used as lip liner.
Unknown eyeshadow palette- black,red and orange used on the eyelids.
Illamasqua powder blush- pink- used all over the face as second base then heavily used to contour the face.

Hair design...

Products used;
Blue, Body Shop hair chalk.
Shaping hair wax.
Pintail comb.
Hairspray- to prolong colour stay and hold shape of hair.

My hair design for Quentin is quite simple like Claudia's. I created quite theatrical, outgoing make-up designs for them both so I thought a simple, sleek, wet look hair design would be the most effective due to its simpleness. I also added a blue chalk to the hair as I thought it was really effective against the red themed facial colour.

Applying the look....

I chose my devil inspired look for for Quentin. It was difficult to decide on a final look as I thought the more simple looks on the males I researched were much more effective. However I thought I would take advantage of this particular brief as I defiantly prefer the more theatrical, over dramatic looks compared to the perfected well groomed ones.

I was aiming for a messy, unkept, boisterous effect when applying the make-up. This was difficult to portray through the face chart but I decided that my version of Quentin would be the stereotypical 'bad boy'. An archetype that is always attracting attention due to his handsome, good looks but is more or less always told not be trusted! This aspect also linked well with Claudia's paranoid side as she always suspects he's up to no good.

My Kryolan stipple sponge coarse-pore was very effective and useful when applying the look. I used it to apply the the red tear like marks under the eyes (using red MAC lipmix) and also added some just under the eyebrow to. I also used it to colour the nails and fingers, it helped create an upperclass dirt effect where the hand and arm look intentionally dirty/dark but it all ties in with the overall devil/careless/rough persona.