Colour Correction
In Friday’s lesson, Jasmin went over colour correction and how to apply it. Then we got into pairs and practiced on one side of each other’s face.
photos: Colour correction
Ellie’s skin has a lot of redness, mainly on her cheeks and forehead so I used a green colour corrector to neutralise it since red and green are complementary colours. I also used a little bit of orange on the inner corner under her eyes.
I think it went well overall. The red was mostly unnoticeable but I think I should have used some more where her spots are even though they’re quite small. I also think I should have used some purple under the eyes and around the mouth because there’s some yellow. It wasn’t as noticeable in person but it looks more prominent on camera so in the future I’ll check how the skin looks on camera before applying makeup.
Foundation matching
In the lesson, we looked at different types of foundations, skin undertones and matching foundation to a client’s undertones. I’m going to do further research into these to better understand them. After that, we were told to get into a pair with someone and match their foundation shade.
I did my model’s skincare using products for combination skin and then used a hydrating primer on her cheeks and a blurring primer on her t-zone since blurring primers are usually better for oily skin. I think it would have been better to use a hydrating primer for everything because the blurring primer made the skin look pale and dull and I also didn’t really like the texture of it.
Earlier in the lesson we’d all found the undertones of our skin and she told me she had a cool undertone. I swatched 3 colours on my model’s skin. The first swatch was too warm but close in shade to her skin tone. I tried a shade that I knew wasn’t the right shade but was cooler after that so I planned on mixing it with a darker shade to make it match. After that I swatched a foundation that looked cool on the palette and was a close shade to her skin but it was too warm and slightly darker than her skin.
In the end, I mixed the 2nd and 3rd shades that I tried, mainly using the 3rd one and just using a small amount of the 2nd shade to cool it so it wasn’t too light.
I applied it with a flat, round brush and blended it in circular motions to get even coverage across the face. Because I was using cream foundation, it had more medium coverage. I blended it down the neck a little bit so it matched the neck but I didn’t need to do too much since the colour on the face and neck were very similar.
I’m happy with how it went. The match was almost perfect except the white from the primer still showed through a little on the T-zone.
Patch tests on Performing Arts
Since we’ll be working on Performing Arts students for the performance at Undercliffe Cemetery, we did patch tests on them to check for any allergies to latex, pros aide or spirit gum. I think it went well. I got through 3 people and I felt comfortable doing it. I filled out the forms easily.
One of the actors didn’t give me the right information so I had to get it from Steph and I couldn’t follow up and ask if he had a reaction.
Braiding
On Friday, we started learning how to braid and practiced on the doll heads.
I struggled with the braids, especially the overhand braids. I mainly struggled with keeping the tension, as well as using my fingers to get all the strands to cross over each other properly.
I practiced a large dutch braid. I think i find smaller braids slightly easier because I can keep the pieces of hair in my hands easier but they kept falling out an d i lost track of where I was which led to double-knotting at points. I also struggled with adding hair into the braids and more specifically adding an even amount into each section. The braids were sagging really badly around the neck and some of the hair on the side hadn’t gone in so I just decided to make a small braid which didn’t take me much time and came out a lot better.
No makeup makeup
I think this went well. My model didn’t really need any colour correction so I just applied a little bit of foundation which I mixed with moisturiser to make it more light to sheer coverage. I also added some colour to the lips in a shade that closely matched her natural lip colour.