Applying Base Foundation

Basic Make-up Technique

Today I did applying base foundation followed by extreme contour. For the base foundation and basic contouring my model was Daniella. I began by removing her make-up and doing a cleanse tone and moisturise. 

Daniella with make-up removed,
prepped for reapplication. 

 After removing Daniella's make-up I did a consultation with her and found that she has no allergies and a pink undertone in her complexion along with other things. This was helpful to me so that I knew how to treat her skin, and automatically knew to use a yellow base to remove the pink in her skin. Mixing the foundations to match Daniella's skin tone proved to be more difficult than anticipated, but by applying it to her jaw line onto her neck I could clearly see when and how i was going wrong. too light then too dark, it was easy to even out and I'm happy that the colour i finished with was her correct skin tone. After the base i used a shade lighter to conceal/ highlight under her eyes, her chin, her nose and her forehead.  I then used another cream based product in darker shades under her cheek bones to emphases her bone structure.

I used minimal amounts of translucent powder so that i wouldn't be putting powder onto a sticky surface. To finish the look I used bronzers, blushers and highlighting powder to go over the lighter and darker areas i have already created and give them more depth and blend it into the facial structure better. overall i am happy with my outcome for a beauty makeup base. this gives me confidence as all makeup has to begin with a good base, so hopefully it will help me progress quickly through the course of the makeup unit. 

Extreme Contour:

Extreme contouring doesn't have as many set rules as I had expected. this is probably due to the fact that every client has a different bone structure. contouring comes from the anatomy and bone structure of the face. to contour creatively and effectively you must consider this individually to each client. to contour effectively to each persons face you need to look at the convex and concave's of each face.

 In our demonstration we were shown a extreme contour on a white base foundation with dark tones and powders for the contouring. this quite literally taught us the black and white basics so we could create our own interpretations in different colours.

Our Interpretation...

Daniella used me as her model and chose to use blacks browns and purples. she worked well with a lot of different products making sure she used both cream based and powder based contouring and highlighting. i thought she was very creative with the way she used products for more than one use, using the same eye shadow for both my eyelids and the lips.