Beautify Me

Beauty looks from S/S 13 and the beautiful MAC campaign on the right hand side. 

These are the colours that I have been given and ones that have been used on the catwalks this season...

I decided to try out my own beauty makeup using my colours.

Using Illamasqua liquid metal in bronze all over the eyelid and under the waterline. I used a dark brown eye shadow to shade around the eye socket to create shadows. I added a dab of neon yellow in the corner of the eye for a pop of colour.

Using a dark brown pencil, I lined the lips and then used Illamasqua's liquid metal, I used the brown liner to blend into a lighter colour.

I decided to add more yellow shadow on the top of the eyelid to see how that looked for more of a contrast against the two colours.

I used skin base foundation and slightly contoured the cheeks with Illamasqua's bronzing duo and highlighted under the brow with the powder highlighter by MUA.

I added more liquid metal on the cheeks and down the nose for a heavier contour.

I wanted to create a matt effect on the lips, for a dirty look. 

I did half and half on the face to see I tested out a darker blue blended into a lighter blue around the eye and underneath next to the waterline.

Explosion of Ideas

FANTASY
After looking at images I previously uploaded, statue's textures and colours, I have created a couple of ideas exploring different colour around the face. Swapping between blue contouring, yellow bases, bronze highlighting and adding a cracked effect around the face.

Yellow skin using rich liquid foundation and yellow eye shadow. Bronze cracks up the neck and around the face using liquid metal, mixed blue lips using disciple lipstick and the eye shadow for an ombre effect. Bronze highlighter with contrasting blue contouring. Bright blue ears to bring out the lips and contouring. The hair will be clipped into a roll type shape and pinned to the back of the hair for a statue type look.

Nude (yellow skin toned foundation) on the face and body with golden shading and highlighting using the liquid metal. Blue cracks and lines around the face with the a liner and a yellow highlight using their eye shadow. 

Hair will be covered underneath a nun-like scarf to highlight her saint like appearance.

Blue skin tone using rich liquid foundation and blue eye shadow with darker shading and contouring with just the powdered shadow. Golden yellow and bronze lips, yellow highlighting, blue cracks using the liner pencil up the arm and across the face. Yellow textured hair by using fullers earth to create a broken statue effect.

My final design is my favourite so far, using Illamasqua's white rich liquid foundation, I can mix in the blue eyshadow to create a blue base. Using the powder eye shadow I can create heaving contouring around the forehead, cheeks, the collar bones and underneath the neckline.

The yellow eyeshadow will make the eyes pop and match together with the hair and her ears. I will use a highlighter and the bronze liquid metal to reflect the light.

The lips will be bronze with a touch of yellow in the middle and blue shading around the outline and the inside of the lips to make them pop.

BEAUTY

First design, Bronze and brown shading around the eyes with a bold bright yellow center to contrast. Bright blue ombre style lips, bronze eyebrows and bronze hair. Heavy contouring

Second design, using a cross belt over the head and styling the hair reflecting as a nun's habit. The eyebrows will be dark and strongly shaped with highlighting underneath.

The eyes will be light and dark shading of blues around the eyes with a acid yellow line across the eyes waterline for a sharp but subtle contrast. The lips will be matt yellow using powdered eye shadow.

The final design so far for the beauty look, I will use a blue wig and finger wave the front of the hair. The eyebrows will be a natural brown colour and the eyes will be shaped with a strong yellow eye liner around the socket of the eye and the underneath. I will add a hint of blue to the end of the eyelashes for a subtle pop of colour and also to bring out the eyes.

The shading will be bronze around the contouring areas such as down the nose, the cheekbones and on the forehead. The lips will be shiny bright yellow...

Testing

I decided to experiment a little with my own makeup and try wearing a blue lipstick for the day to see how confident I felt myself and to see how other people reacted to it.

At firstly I was slightly apprehensive as I only usually wear a nude lipstick during the day and dark reds in the evening but I actually felt really comfortable wearing this colour. I would happily wear it again during in the day and definitely on a night out. Could my beauty look be one that helps create a more acceptable opinion of blue lipstick... I wish!

Testing on the skin...

Here I used Rich Liquid Foundation and combined their powder eye shadow in Sadist to create a blue foundation. For the contouring I used their contouring brush and applied Sadist again but in powder form under the cheek bones and down the nose. 

I used their lip brush and a light brown eyeliner to line my lips before applying a couple of layers on the liquid metal in bronze.

As a test I filled in the cupids bow in a navy blue eyeliner pen and filled in the dimple between my nose and mouth with a dab of the blue powder eye shadow.

I then did a couple more tests using the navy eyeliner to see the contrast in colours. I used the eye shadow in yellow to highlight the cheekbones and below to the eyebrow to see how well the colours worked together.

Here are a couple of images of when I used the liquid metal in bronze and gold to created a heavily contoured and highlighted look...

Again, I used the bronze colour as lipstick...

Testing plaits on the hair with fullers earth spread on top of it...

DISColour

YELLOW - MIDNIGHT BLUE - BRONZE


Colour moodboard

After looking at saint statues of Saints and Angels and how they change in colour over time, I decided to take a more in depth approach to designing my looks.
Discolouration of the skin, hair and nail, the patterns and shapes it can make...

Pigmentation of the skin

An imbalance of pigments in the skin and the hair follicles causing them to turn white, losing their colour

Yellowing of the nails due to smoking, unhealthy diet, lack of nutrients. This can be seen as a link to my first word - dirty.

 

All these images can help me design new hair, makeup and nail designs for my Illamasqua fantasy look using the three colours I have been given.

Also, linking to my word dirty, I have found another few images which show blue mould. Another inspiration for my designing

Mouldy Lemons, rigid and rough looking texture.

Decay and softening

Moving on to the colour bronze. Here are some images I have found of Bronze metal which I found interesting in colour change and texture

Scaly, indented texture with discolouration of blues and pinks

A picture of an antique bronze Cross with Jesus on the front

The bronze part of my makeup I am wanting to balance out against the dirty looking colours of yellow and blue. I want to the bronze to reflect the light and give the look a beautiful edge.


Beautiful Colours and Textures

The Products

My chosen colours for this project are: yellow, bronze and blue...

I have been looking through my makeup kit and online to see which of their products I have or they sell in these particular colours. These are the ones I have found...

Liquid Metal in Enrapture - a metallic bronze cream which I have previously used in a mini photoshoot as a contouring colour. Really pigmented and beautiful light reflecting colour, looks stunning on the skin.

Lipstick in Disciple - a matt deep midnight blue colour

Lipstick in Utopia - a sheer lipstick in a bronzed/golden colour

Powder eye shadow in Hype, bright yellow colour 

Powder eye shadow in Sadist, deep blue colour

Illumine Body Oil in Pulse - light reflecting skin shimmer for all over the body, bronzed effect.

Bronzing Duo in Glint and Burnish - perfect for highlighting and contouring with a bronzed effect.

Illamasqua Style

Illamasqua is a brand which is famous for it's original styles and innovative makeups. Used more for the arty and creative side of makeup design, Illamasqua does do the 'beauty' look, however they do not have a signature beauty campaign. My  job to create one which will represent the brands ethos but also appeal to those are seeking a new and fresh approach to the classic beauty look.

Here are a few examples of my favourite Illamasqua campaign images...

Human Fundamentalism Collection

Naked Strangers Collection

Toxic Nature Collection

Imperfections Collection

You can see every collection has a fresh idea and they portray their reason for the collection perfectly whilst showcasing their beautiful products. 

S.O.P.H.I.E

As well as being one of the most successful new makeup brands from the UK, spreading globally through social networking and blogging, Illamsaqua also support the SOPHIE LANCASTER foundation. This promotes the right of self expression and to stamp out intolerance and discrimination in society after 20 year old Sophie was beaten to death for looking different. 

Imperfected Statue

Looking more at stone statues with imperfections, I can get more inspiration from their discolouration and cracked textured faces.

The crack has presented a movement in the face structure and how the nose and eye sits on the face, this is an aspect I would play with, the re positioning of features... 

This image I found with the blue face is such a stunning colour. the chips and cracks reveal a bronzed layer underneath... Interesting

Although I previously looked at Christian Saints, I found this image of a Buddha statue and the chipped paint shows delicate cracks and imperfections in the lip colouring and skin. Another aspect which I could play with the thinking about the technique of the makeup application.

I found another couple of images of angels and statues which show signs of moss spreading around them, the green had made their faces discoloured and appear a shade darker. I think this gives them a darker more haunted feel. This links to the combination of  the words'dirty' and 'saint.

This second man I found more haunting due to his mouth being slightly open and his eyes being completely one colour...

Cracks in the wall


Products to use to create this look:

Fullers Earth mixed with water and left to dry gives a cracked effect