Creating contemporary Victorian Hairstyles, inspired by American Horror Story

Product List:

• Comb
• Curling tong
• Brush
• Pins
• Grips
• Sectioning clips

For this lesson Lottie showed us how to create contemporary hairstyles inspired by characters from the series American Horror Story.

STYLE 1:

We began by curling the whole of the hair. Starting with brick work down the back and then curling the front of the head in neat sections.



The first style we created was a sweeping curled fringe with the bottom of the hair rolled up and tucked in.

First begin by sweeping the front sections of hair to the back following the natural flow of the curls and pin into place.





I then rolled the bottom section of the hair up and into itself to create a kind of faux bob.

I was very happy how this style turned out.

STYLE 2:




The next style was sleek curls, this was very easy to do. Just get your client to tip there head forward to create a smooth look and finish with hairspray.

STYLE 3:



This was very similar to style 2 but instead I added volume to the roots by back combing. It was very simple to create but very effective. I finished with hairspray.

Dark eyes and Lips

During this lesson with Fenella, we looked at creating dark eyes and lips for our second assessment of this unit. Fenella started with a demonstration of a classic smokey eye using four colours, a brown, black, grey and white shimmery shade. She finished with black gel winged eye liner and lashings of  mascara. She then moved on to the lined them with pencil and filled them in with a red/pink lipstick.

We then had to recreate one of the images we found of a make-up including a dark eye and dark lip.

I chose an image I found off instagram by a makeup artist called 'pinupbeauty'. 

Products used: 

• Illamasqua matte primer
• Loreal true match foundation in Rose Ivory 
• Illamasqua skin base foundation in SB 01
• Collection concealer in fair 1
• Kryolan Ultrafoundation in alabaster and NB 4 for contour
• Ben Nye translucent face powder in Fair
• Illamasqua sculpting powder duo in Lumos and Helioplis for powder contour and highlight
• Soft ocre mac paint pot (eye shadow base)
• Kyrolan eye shadows in Shallot, Annatto, Lavender and Chive blossom
• Urban Decay eye shadow in half baked
• Roller Lash mascara by Benefit Cosmetics
• Benefit Bad Gal black eyeliner
• Elf eyebrow pencil
• Rimmel East End snob lip pencil
• Mac Lip mix in blue and red 

The class was unfortunately an odd number this day so I had to work on my own face. So I began by cleansing the skin and then applying my usual face base and then started by concentrating on the crease of the eye. I didn't have the right pink red colour that the make up artist has used in their look but I went for a darker purple colour (Kyrolan Shallot and Lavender) building this up until I was happy with the depth I had created in the socket. I then went onto add the gold shadow to the lid of the eye, blending ever so slightly into the purple layer of shadow I had put down in the crease. I then went onto smoke out the bottom lash line with the purples. I then applied a back Kohl pencil to the lower and upper water lines. I curled  my lashes and then applied lots of black mascara to both sets. I then moved on to the lips which I mixed red and blue (equal amounts) mad lip mix's and created purple which I applied to the lips. 

Creating light scaring, using molds, how to attach to the skin, how to colour

Products:

• Clean mold
• Quick release (petrolease) or you could use Vaseline
• Pros-aid glue for sticking down mold pieces
• Pro clean
• Witch hazel for blending edges away
• Fixing Spray
• Disposables
• Wound filler
• Cream paints (supracolour)
• Ultra foundation palette

In this lesson with Sue we looked at creating molds, applying these and how to colour to look realistic. She started by making sure the area was clean. She then took the mold and cut off any edges that may have been to big to blend away. She then used pros-aid, being a contact adhesive you need to apply it to the piece and then onto the body. Waited for it to go clear and then pushed the mold piece onto the skin. She pushed down on the piece and began to blend away the edges with witch hazel and a cotton bud. Once she was happy she coloured it with foundation and then began to fill in the wound with blood and red cream paints. 

It was then our go to create our own wounds and apply moulded pieces.

Firstly I applied the piece with pros-aid and insured that it was stuck down firmly. I then began to blend away the edges with witch hazel. Once I was happy I then started to paint it.



This is the final outcome. I wasn't happy with the edges, they started to lift off when I applied the powder, I believe this is because I didn't put enough pros-aid on the wound and skin.
I'm happy with the colouring inside the wound but the colouring on the skin was too pink. I know how to fix this now.

Creating Estella

For my design of Estella, I wanted to create something simple to show her effortless, youthfulness, beauty and desirability. I kept the make up very simple but creating a flawless base with a slight contour and a pink blushed cheek. I kept the lips natural but adding just a slight shine so they looked supple and put a very light coat of black mascara just to open the eyes. I left the brows natural and just brushed them into place. The hair was the main thing I wanted to focus on as this would have been historically correct.

Product List For Make Up:

• Kryolan Ultra foundation
• Illmasqua skin base in white
• Ben Nye Translucent powder
• Kryolan shadow palette
• Benetint lip
• Kyrolan lip palette
• Bobbi Brown mascara

1. I began by applying the base, mixing the correct colour and testing this out on the jawline. Once I was happy with the colour, I started to apply the mixture.
2. I then concealed any dark circles and blemishes on the skin.
3. I then set the base with powder.
4. I continued with the base by applying the contour and blush just on the apples of the cheek to make her look youthful.
5. I applied a little bit of benetint to the lips and used a clear gloss to give a shine.
6. I then applied mascara from root to tip. 

Product List for Hair:Curling Tong

• Brunette hair grips
• Pin tail comb
• Hairbrush
• Flowers for hair
• Sectioning clips

1. I began with curling all the hair and sectioning into the appropriate sections
2. I did a half up half down look and pined the top section in to a bun, placing curls in the random places.
3. I then made pin curls and placed these around the bun as a platform for the flowers to sit in.
4. I left small sections out at the front of the head and curled them to frame the face. 
5. I clipped the front sections up and hid the ends in the bun.
6. I smoothed the flyaway's with hairspray.

I am happy with how my Estella design came out. I know I could have done certain things better as my practice went better in my opinion but I'm still happy. I am happy with the make up, I just wished I concealed a little more around the eyes so she looked a little more fresh faced. I would like to improve where I placed the flowers in the hair if I was to do it again, but because they were not attaching in to the hair as well.

Creating Miss Havisham Continuity Images

Product List:

Ultrafoundation

Illamasqua skin base foundation

translucent setting powder

red lip liner

duo glue

red supra colours

fake scratch blood 

CONTINUITY 1:

CONTINUITY 2:

I was very happy with how my design and images turned out. I really feel I managed to create what was on my face chart and bring it to life. I made sure I kept the notes to from the first time for the second one. I believe I created them very similar and followed the brief for creating two images for continuity. I remembered all my products and my notes for both times creating Miss Havisham. The hardest part of creating this again was getting the scratches and the lips to look the same. I believe I did this to the best of my ability. I was very calm about creating this again because I was in a relaxed area. Overall I am very pleased with my two images, I think I designed Miss Havisham very well. I feel like I wouldn't want to change anything with my design.

Practice look of Miss Havisham - Hair and Makeup

I knew straight away what look I wanted to create for Miss Havisham. I took inspiration from the 2011 BBC series of Great Expectations.

Starting with the hair-

 


I first sectioned the hair into three sections, the front section was curled and pinned into the third section which was a messy bun with two curls dropping out of it. The third section was curled and messed up with back combing. I didn't want to create anything to time consuming or intricate as this had to be re done twice for continuity.

HAIR CHART




FACE CHART






 

MAKEUP PRODUCT LIST:

• Ultrafoundation
• Illamasqua skin base foundation
• translucent setting powder
• red lip liner
• duo glue
• red supra colours
• fake scratch blood

Again, I didn't want anything to hard to recreate as I needed to get it perfect for continuity purposes.
I started with creating a lighter hollowed out base using cream foundation and paints. I then set everything with translucent powder. I applied grey paint into the parting and the eyebrows to make it look like she was greying. I then applied three layers of duo glue and picked holes following my face chart. Filled these holes with cream paints and fake blood to look like an infection was occurring.

Im very happy how my first practice went of my character went.

Victorian Hair Style - Estella and Miss Havisham

Products list:

• bush
• comb
• sectioning clips
• grips
• curling tong
• hair band
• supra colour

Helen began by showing us how we could create a hairstyle for Estella. She started making a centre parting and then by sectioning the front of the hair off and curling it. She made another section from ear to ear and put this in a pony tail to start creating a bun. 

For Miss Havisham she showed us how to apply white supra colour into the hair to create a greying look. This could also be achieved with white hairspray, or alcohol activated paints. 

It was then our chance to make a hairstyle. I started by curling the front section of my Kate doll head and then I made a small bun to clip the curls into. 

I'm very happy with how my hair style turned out, I did want to the curl the bottom section but ran out of time during this practical. 

Overall I am happy with the placement of the curls and the sleekness I managed to create at the front of the head.