FMS406ThorpeNNewElizabethans: 2015

As this unit draws to a close I can honestly say I feel exhausted.

I have learnt a lot about my ability in this unit. I didn’t think I was going to be able to complete the workload at one point, but after a reality check I’ve learnt that I need to plan everyday out. This gives me optimum proficiency. I felt as though this was a really research heavy unit more so than the hair or the digital image. I feel confident now in doing someone else’s design and this was something that I thought I was going to struggle with horrendously with. I’d like to become more confident in creating looks from mood boards alone and that is something I am going to challenge myself with next unit

I struggled at first working with a partner because I’m used to working alone. I enjoyed it though; it’s interesting to see how other people will carry out your design and vice versa. I was extraordinarily happy with my New Elizabethan design and I’m glad I kept a record of the designing process. I can’t wait to start again next semester. I will be making use of the tutorials more, so I know exactly what is expected from me in the beginning. I’m not going to be afraid to dive down the research rabbit hole when I find something that I can link to my topic; as I felt I played it very safe this time. I also won't be so shy in regards to showing my designs that I do in my own time. I’m my own worst critic and I’ll be looking to be more positive in the New Year

PRACTICE

TIME MANAGEMENT

SELF CONFIDENCE

This lady has been my biggest motivator and i'll be eternally grateful for all the wonderful advice she gave me to get through this unit. Thankfully, now that Sharon has taught me how to plan; I'll be less of mess next semester

Bibliography

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BURROW, M., 2013. Battle of Bosworth - war of the roses [viewed 11 December 2015]. Available from: http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/tudors/waroftheroses.htm

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CONWAY, J., 2004. Make-up artistry: For professional qualifications. Oxford: Heinemann Educational

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Citations, Quotes & Annotations

BBC, 2015. Elizabeth I: Troubled child to beloved queen [viewed 13 December 2015]. Available from: http://www.bbc.co.uk/timelines/ztfxtfr

(BBC 2015)

BURROW, M., 2013. Battle of Bosworth - war of the roses [viewed 11 December 2015]. Available from: http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/tudors/waroftheroses.htm

(Burrow 2013)

ANON., 2006. Comment by dianabuja [viewed 11 December 2015]. Available from: http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/23727

(Anon., 2006)

ANON., 2015. Contouring tricks for every face shape [viewed 11 December 2015]. Available from: https://uk.pinterest.com/pin/565272190708160539/

(Anon., 2015)

CONWAY, J., 2004. Make-up artistry: For professional qualifications. Oxford: Heinemann Educational

(Conway 2004)

ANON., 2015. Dark Fairytales [viewed 11 December 2015]. Available from: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/95631192064491813/

(Anon., 2015)

DE CASTELLA, T., 2011. Fake tan: How did it become the new normal? BBC Magazine, 7 September

(de Castella 2011)

ANON., 2015. Delia Smith [viewed 13 December 2015]. Available from: http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portraitLarge/mw11212/Delia-Smith

(Anon., 2015)

(Hart-Davis and Debenhams 2013)

Elizabeth (11/11) movie CLIP - the virgin queen (1998) HD, 2011 . YouTube

(Elizabeth (11/11) movie CLIP - the virgin queen (1998) HD 2011)

Elizabeth (10/11) movie CLIP - I have become a virgin (1998) HD, 2011 . YouTube

(Elizabeth (10/11) movie CLIP - I have become a virgin (1998) HD2011)

ANON., n.d. [viewed 11 December 2015]. Available from: http://www.thehistoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Elizabeth-I-by-Marcus-Gheeraerts-the-Younger-1595.jpg

(Anon., n.d.)

ANON., n.d. [viewed 9 December 2015]. Available from: http://img.medscapestatic.com/pi/meds/ckb/21/30321tn.jpg

(Anon., n.d.)

ANON., n.d. [viewed 13 December 2015]. Available from: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/Vasa_color_pigments.jpg

(Anon., n.d.)

ANON., n.d. [viewed 9 December 2015]. Available from: http://www.healthline.com/hlcmsresource/images/Image-Galleries/Ringworm/ringworm_arm.jpg

(Anon., n.d.)

ANON., n.d. [viewed 11 December 2015]. Available from: http://www.memrise.com/s3_proxy/?f=uploads/mems/3128290000140828183650.jpeg

(Anon., n.d.)

ANON., n.d. [viewed 11 December 2015]. Available from: https://metrouk2.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/kp-tweet21.jpg

(Anon., n.d.)

ANON., n.d. [viewed 13 December 2015]. Available from: https://journeysinclassicfilm.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/elizabeth.jpg

(Anon., n.d.)

ANON., n.d. [viewed 9 December 2015]. Available from: http://www.allhealthsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/herpes-simplex-1.jpg

(Anon., n.d.)

ANON., n.d. [viewed 11 December 2015]. Available from: http://hudabeauty.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/fake-tanning-christina-aguilera-400a071707.jpg

(Anon., n.d.)

PASTER, G.K., 1993. The body embarrassed: Drama and the disciplines of shame in early modern England. United States: Cornell University Press

(Paster 1993)

Portraiture of Elizabeth I of England (2015).

(Anon., 2015)

ANON., 2015. Tudor cosmetics, barley hall [viewed 13 December 2015]. Available from: https://www.flickr.com/photos/24364447@N05/6011294401

(Anon., 2015)

ANON., n.d. Tudor rose [viewed 11 December 2015]. Available from: http://www.sixwives.info/tudor-rose.htm

(Anon., n.d.)

ANON., 2015. Women in Tudor England [viewed 13 December 2015]. Available from: http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/tudor-england/women-in-tudor-england/

(Anon., 2015)

It's possible to fall into a false sense of security when you're being the model for your own design. It would be easy to think that there is no stress. How wrong was I? I'd practiced many parts of my own design a million times to make sure every single aspect of my design was easy to do. I tried to stay 'hands off' with Sophia when she was practicing, but I found it really difficult. I just had to explain lots. Explain the small little things I'd done to make individual elements easier to deliver.

I used a face mask the night before, and washed my face in tea tree oil face wash from
The Body Shop in the morning. It is my go to skin care product and I want to give Sophia the best canvas I can possibly muster.

I feel confident in her abilities and I was happy with the results I'd seen when we had practiced together. I just think she might have been a little nervous about using the face mask to make the dripping effect.

She sets up really nicely and her station looks really clean and organised. When we practised we both put out all of our kit and we both found that it made our stations get 100% messier and unorganised. I give her the products that I used so she could recreate the look.

I feel really confident in her abilities because I was really happy with how the results turned out when she practiced.

She spends a lot of time making sure the white base is perfect. I have to admire her patience for this. I would have struggled to achieve the same.

Thankfully Sophia remembered to use the card to get the really harsh line for the blusher that was needed. I'm feeling really happy with the results that are appearing. She puts on the eyeshadows and gets them to the same colour and darkness that we had achieved when we practiced and it seems to be going well so far. Her time management skills are great.

She whizzes through the mascara and very delicately puts on the lipstick how we had planned. Again, she nails it.

I can see her start to worry when it comes to doing the Neck Drippy Bit™ She starts to mix it all up but forgets the white skin base. As she's mixing it all it's only by chance knocks the Skin base when she puts the bowl down. She instantly realises that she's forgotten it. I breathe a sigh of relief. She continues to mix up the paste testing the consistency by holding up the brush and seeing how well and easily it can drip.

She puts it all down my neck and using a brush to 'pull' down some 'veins'. I have to say overall I'm really happy with what she's managed to do.

The only thing I think she could have improved on was getting a sharper, more defined line along the jaw.

Blog post 1: Reflect on your TA performance and design. Discuss how you worked with another make-up artist design, what would you do differently, how the outcome reflect the design you were given?

It's been a rough week. I've had chronic toothache and the stress of my impending assessment has got me going all shades of crazy. I've really started to doubt everything I do and this makes me question how well I'm going to perform.

We had a practice session the night before my assessment and I felt fairly confident. I nailed the eyelashes and the winged liner, which were the two things that I thought were going to mess up her design.

When I got home, I cleaned my kit. I made sure it looked immaculate. A poorly kept kit reflects on you. So I sorted through the kit and made sure that I had everything that I needed. I double, triple and quadrupled checked the product list and stop OCDing over it and put it away for the night. I already had my clean black clothes ready and I began to try and get some shut eye.

BINGGG

Hardly any sleep and rush to get ready, I'm well on the way to my first assessment. I'm actually a little bit excited. I decided that coffee wasn't a good idea as it'll give me the shakes. I come into the class room calmly and zone out while I set up. I put my facechart up on the mirror, and my hand written notes. I'm so glad that I bothered to write some down. When I get l flustered I would probably forget something really easy and simple.

I put down the couch roll, set out all the brushes and cleanse, tone and moisturise Sophia. I take it slowly, so I don't rush and mess things up. From our practice sessions I know that getting the base perfect is the most time consuming part, so I try my best to smash this. It's at this moment I know I need to invest in some sponges for my kit. I would think about beauty blenders but I'm not sure about the hygiene side of things.

I sail through the stages of the make up. My winged eyeliner went really well, the eyelash application went smooth. Even the heart on the lips went well.

Thinking on my feet, I used a matte white eyeshadow under the eyes because the foundation creased really badly. This worked a charm. When I finished the design Sophia seemed happy with it. So I guess that it was a good outcome.

What I've learnt from working with another make up artist:

- Communication is crucial. I felt like a lot of the time I felt like it was me that was making all the plans. I felt as though if I had left it to Sophia, we might not have met up to practice.
- It feels weird trying to showcase your skillset when you have a really simple design to do. I wish it would have been a little more complicated that would have proven a little bit more of a challenge.
- People will change their designs and not say anything about it. I noticed this with my partner. It wasn't a big deal, it just wasn't mentioned

What I'd do differently

- I'd probably organise my workstation in a better way. By the end of my session it looked Hurricane Nikki had swept through. It's so easy to get wrapped up in just picking things up and throwing them back down when you notice something that needs to be fixed immediately.

- I'd practice a white base application more. It's not easy. It's time consuming. It's important to be 100% happy with the base because as I learnt during my assessment, going back in to touch up a powdered white base is a very stupid idea as it makes it cakey. These kinda things are the incidents that make me want to pull out my hair and have a panic. Thankfully I didn't.

Here are some photos of my finished look :

I'm actually really looking forward to getting do my assessment. I've got my outfit ready and I learned from my hair assessment faux pas that a short sleeved top is more suitable- No one likes being a Sweaty Betty.

I organise with Sophia a suitable time that I can practice doing her look. I arrive early to set up and I get everything that I need, including a few products she could potentially swap out and try instead.

Sophia arrives and I feel fairly professional and then she pulls out her face chart...

...

And it looks completely different to what I had seen and practiced on myself. Well, this is going to make things really interesting. I keep a pokerface and I gently inquire as to why she's changed the design so close to the assessment. I didn't really get an answer other than " I just didn't like it," I shrug it off and begin to crack on.

A white base. Pretty simple. I crack on with that and ask her if it's heavily powdered, she nods and I powder away. I love the smell of the Illamasqua powder, smells like vanilla icing sugar. I'm just about to start contouring with the purple and she jumps in really quickly and says that she doesn't want the contouring done. I look a little perplexed but I carry on with her wishes.

I start with the eyes. I follow the design as closely as I can and I'm constantly asking her for her feedback, unfortunately I don't really get much in the way of good communications. So I'm not entirely sure what I'm doing, I become a little frustrated when I start applying eyeshadow and I ask her if the placement is right and when I've done eyes she informs me that there is another colour that needs to go on. It's just a bit of an inconvenience, nothing major. I jot this down on my notes page.

Now come the eyelashes, I've never really been any good at these. I didn't have an scissors either which meant I couldn't trim them down. Before I even consider putting the eyelashes on it's dawned on me that she hasn't done a patch test. I ask her if she's used Duo before and she says that it's her regular brand of eyelash glue that she uses.

With a little bit of a prayer, I managed to SOMEHOW get symmetrical winged eyeliner. I can't even do this on my face, let alone anyone else's. OK, maybe I used a little initiative and thought about how I could replicate one side. And then it dawned on me. I can use a make up brush/stick to 'mark out the brows' This is a popular method that maybe people use today. All this entails is holding up a make up brush with a long handle and place it just next to the nostril and match it up to the outside edge of the eye. This means you can get the eyebrow shape right. I did this to make it easy and to save time when you are in a hurry.

I was really happy with how well this particular part came out, it's so satisfying to get matching eyeliner. It's just one of those things you can't explain to someone who isn't a fellow make up junkie.

I put some purple Supracolour though the brows and these framed the eyes really nicely. Although

Consultation Notes

Name: Sophia Talla

Age: 19

Skin Type: Normal, Sometimes oily in the T Zone

Hair Type: Long. Damaged

Colour: Brown

Natural/Dyed: Natural

Skin Tone: Cool, olive tones

Eye colour: Brown

Eye shape:

Allergies: None.

Medication: None.

Contraindications: None present.

NOTES:

- Matte Primer to be used to help with the oily TZone.

- More powder might be needed on the TZone.

- Dark eyebrows mean I need to layer and powder before I put the purple eyeshadow on.

You know when you go into a room feeling really confident and it becomes painfully clear that in actual fact you haven't got your act together? That was me today.

I had book a session with Sharon previously and not shown up due to an unforeseen circumstance. So I made my way in on my 'free' Tuesday to see what I could gain from this 10 minute window.

Sharon's first meeting had over run so she asked me politely if I minded coming back at another time and I had no problem with this. At the newly appointed time I return and Sharon still isn't finished. I just sit outside and wait. Thinking about how much of an improvement I've made on this blog recently. I make a list of things I'd like to bring up otherwise I would forget them.

My Questions and Queries:

Minimum amount of posts for New Elizabethans
Length of Blogs?
Do we blog about shoots?
Attendance 16th/23rd
Good habits for make up assessments

I get called into the office. The opening question is:

"How are you getting on?"

Now, normally I just answer this with the typical "Oh I'm fine" because that's what I'm used to doing, but this time I just answer honestly and said that I was struggling and I feel as though it's impossible. Just saying that out loud was in itself the biggest relief because it feels like a demon I've kept hidden for ages.

Sharon just smiles, and asks me to put my blog on the Mac. I comply and hold my breath as she begins to scroll. It was an absolute relief when I heard her say how she loved this and that, calling Kat over to look at my work and just chatting to me about things I've done.

I decided I'll bring up 'Length of Blogs' to start with. So it turns out that one of the points of having this blog is to reflect on things I've done, find inspiring and to record my journey from the research to the final result. Sharon likes how much I write and says I seem to be a naturally reflective person. The only thing that I can improve on in that sense is that it is really easy to make a list at the end of a practice session or an outcome of things to beat myself up about. Instead of doing this I need to make sure that I use points like this to be the driving force for improvement.

So instead of doing this:

"I didn't like that result"

Do this

" I wasn't happy with the result, so next time I'm going to....and why..."

It turns the negative into something with potential to be positive and have a better result for the next time.

What Sharon wants to see more of in my blogs:

Reference and Visuals of what I find inspiring
This ^^ but consistently throughout my posts
Photos of practice outside the class. Stuff I've done in my own time and a reflection to go with it
Links/Drop in YouTube videos of things that are relevant to my studies.
Photos of when other people practice on me and how this will help me
USE BOOKS as references, there's more to life than internet references
Tidy up my blog, she really likes the layout. (I knew my gut instinct was right about a simple and clean layout BOOM) DONE
Complete missing blog posts.

I'm feeling great at this point and i'm feeling fairly positive and then the cartoon style 10 tonne gets dropped on me from a great height:

30-35 BLOG POSTS FOR THIS ONE ALONE

It's at the point i'm pretty certain I have an outer body experience and I know my poker face failed. As I come back down into my body I can hear Sharon telling that it's going to be OK and it's still doable.

IS THE KEY.

What I need to do:

BIG DIARY OF DOOM. Or just you know, 2016. The A4 one seems like a good idea.
A mini version with a week to view. That way I can plan my week
Spend an hour a day blogging and then leave it.
Make a super list and bring it with me to my next tutorial (Tomorrow at 12pm or 1pm
Plan everything. It makes it easier to do.
Become more proactive in seminars to see what needs to be made into a blog post.
Make sure I have a black outfit for tomorrow, my notes and everything I need for my assessment tomorrow.

Is this doable? Hell yeah.

So far I've already thought of 5 new blog posts for this one alone. I've made the drafts already and put a bit of blurb in them so I don't forgetful when I get home/when I next open up blogger.

After practicing on Sophia tonight, I'll take photos and evaluate them and prep some notes for tomorrow.

Sharon is ace.

One of the Elizabethan Ideals that we have shied away from is how we view pale skin. In the Elizabethan times, pale skin was proudly worn by the nobles and royalty because tanned skin that may have had freckles on it were marks of the poor and those who worked in the sun.

As I've mentioned in previous posts, the extremes many women went to to achieve white skin was unhealthy. Concoctions that were mixed up were based with poison and surely it must of become visible that they were bad for the skin? But nonetheless they kept on applying these pastes to achieve the pale status.

THE SIEVE PORTRAIT

Throughout the 2000s, fake tan has become the 'in' thing. I've seen boards in Essex that advertise the shade 'terracotta' So where did this fixation of not being pale come from?

"No celebrity would dream of gracing the red carpet without one and the vast range of products to turn us every shade of the colour-chart from gentle gold to deep teak means that self-tan is a staple part of not just our beauty regimes but of the economy." (Hart-Davis and Debenhams 2013)

Ah ha. Our new 'Royals' we look to as our forefathers once looked to Elizabeth I, are setting the trends. It was in the 1920s that tanned skin became associated with luxury.

How much do actually pay attention to this? £100 million. That's how much this article is a few years old, and I'm scared to think of what it would be now. Let's let these figures speak for themselves:
According to a lively radio programme Tanning Tales, going out on Radio 4 tomorrow, the self-tan business now has a retail value of more than £100million in the UK. It is one of the fastest-growing sectors of the cosmetics industry, which itself is thriving in a positively unseemly way compared to the rest of the economy. “The beauty and cosmetics industry as a whole brings £17billion to the UK economy,” says Caroline Neville, president of its trade body, Cosmetic Executive Women. “It has held up well during the recession because the last things women want to give up are their small treats. Beauty is about confidence and these products help to give women that confidence.” (Hart-Davis and Debenhams 2013)

So due to celebrities we worship, we copy them and we've made a huge increase on how much we put into this newly found niche within the beauty industry.

If you google 'fake tan gone wrong' You get some comical results. When it first became acceptable to have a really heavy fake tan, you can see that the results aren't the greatest:

It just makes me sad that it's acceptable for people to say:

The CEO of St Tropez is Michelle Feeney. “A tan makes you walk a little taller and although you can’t say, legally, that self tan makes you look thinner, white cellulite certainly looks worse than brown cellulite,” she says. (Hart-Davis and Debenhams 2013)
"Today all those worries have been banished by the miracle of fake tan, says beauty salon owner James Read. "When I apply my tan I feel and look healthy. If I haven't done it I feel I can't go out." (de Castella 2011)

What I find fascinating is how fickle society is. Elizabethans saw a tan as lower class attribute, whereas now:Nowadays the tan is "no longer a class definer", York argues. It takes in both footballers' wives and the well-to-do. Sporting a tan is now part of a move towards showing off more skin and making a statement, he believes. (de Castella 2011)

Personally, I am pale and freckled. I don't tan and I don't use fake tan, I don't feel the need too. I don't look down on or judge anyone who choses to wear tan. I do however have a problem with young dancers (children) who compete and are fake tanned to the high heavens. I think surely now in a time were we are more accepting to new ideas of normal, that we could just accept that beauty can be found with along all skin tones.

Maybe one day, but for now there's a rise of mitt using fakebakers.

I always find Sharon's Seminars interesting. I feel as though there's always a good amount of Education vs Discussion in them and we feed off of each other's thoughts, opinions and knowledge. After the though provoking week of doing final designs (Translation: Week of hell that was conjoured because of artist block) I had to prepare my presentation on the lady in waiting that I chose.

I tried to keep it short and sweet. I gave the history of her but really made a point of explaining the story of her trip to the tower. After all, this is what inspired my design.
Then the blissful presentation turned into something terrifying.
Critique Mondays!

It's the first time I've ever had my designs critiqued. I'm always scared of this ebcause nobody wants to hear their designs are rubbish. I'd even said this to Sharon before I started my presentation. I laid my 4 face charts on the table and it honestly felt like I was laying down part of my soul.

The General Feedback was great. I explained my idea mud splashes up across the face. I had said it was the whole idea about 'Riches to Rags'. I wanted the idea of her being dragged to the Tower and it would have splashed against her face. We got to experiment in a practical session with Sue. She really encouraged the idea of texture and using interesting techniques. I wanted to try this out.

What was on my post it notes:

-What are you setting it with?
-I think you should put the mud spots on your favourite design. Like a collar or something.
-Need to think about brows. Good ideas, practise mud look using different products
-Think about Brows. Mud up the neck?
-Think about the eyebrows
-Experiment with mud masks
-Love your designs :)
-Think about what you want to do with the brows
-Test out your make up and make sure it works how you planned,

I got quite a few questions about how I'd go about doing the mud because I said I wasn't happy with how the brown face paint looked. Sharon then mentioned facemasks. She said that it would be a great texture

Armed with this advice I decided to go home and try my design with all of these new ideas.

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So it's late! I'm not say here with a mud mask dripping down my neck and on my Batman PJs. After applying my design to my face, I'd decided that the make up look itself is really simple but it's the mud mask collar that makes my design look quite edgy.

To make up this mask I mixed in some Illamasqua Skin Base : White into a cup with the mudmask. The mud mask has a slight green hue, so I added a fair amount of setting powder. I then tipped my head back and then let all of it drip down my neck.

During the Critique session Sharon mentioned that she didn't really like the whole smudged lipstick technique. She said that it could look poorly done and spoil the look. I remember looking down sheepishly at some of my designs that were sporting a smudged lip.

I thought I'd give it ago anyway, just to see if there was way of making it look good

Here are my results:

I went back to the drawing board. I didn't want to go with a full lip colour because I thought it would be overkill.

Looking at Pinterest and Instagram I knew that 'Ombre' Lips were a massive trend. When I started to play about with my facecharts again, I started from the middle of the lip and I blended the colour out. I was actually really happy with how this looked with an incomplete look. It's just a smudge of colour on the lips and it made me think of a reversed Tudor Rose.

BINGO. This is what I'm going to work with

I found the Kryolan lip colours to lack the pigment I needed. So I switched out to Mac. The lipstick I chose in the end was the Viva La Glam Matte Red.

I've tried it out with different shades of red: