Saturday, 22 November 2014

Chelsea's Elizabethan Design Method

Products and Materials Needed:

Cleansing :
·      Cleanser
·      Toner
·      Moisturizer
·      Cotton pads
·      Cotton buds

    Eye Brow Blocking:
·      Soap
·      Bowl
·      Water
·      Spatula/ wooden stick
·      Sponge (applicator for stippling product over the top
·      Illamasqua powder

    Make-up Application:
·      Charles Fox Sponge
·      Make-up brushes
·      White base foundation ( Illamasqua)
·      Kryolan foundations
·      Kryolan camoflauge pallet
·      Illamasqua powder
·      Kryolan blusher
·      Rimmel London lipstick (‘coffee shimmer’)
·      Silver/ White/ Gold ‘Bellapierre’ glitters
·      Colour stay (Bellapierre)
·      Clear eye liner base (Bellapierre)
·      Mascara wands

CONTEMORARAY ELIZABETHAN MAKE-UP – METHOD

1.     Cleanse tone and moisturize the face to prepare for application. (5-10 minutes)
2.     Block the eyebrows using soap and spatula tool. Make sure the soap is wet. Apply 3/4/5 layers and then powder once slightly dry to keep it in place. (10 minutes)
3.     Apply a light foundation with the white base foundation from Illamasqua. Apply this over the eyebrows by lightly stippling the product on with a sponge. (5minutes)
4.     Use the same light foundation mixing with the white skin base all over the face neck and ears  - REMEMBER EARS! – Use a foundation brush and buff it into the skin. (5-10 minutes)
5.     Powder all of the face, ears and neck well. (1 minute)
6.     Contour the face with the camoflauge pallet  (HIGHLIGHT: cheek bones, brow bone, forehead, on the bow of the lip, bridge of the nose.) (CONTOUR: under the lip, end of the nose, temples, jaw line) blend the contouring of the face well but make sure it is still visible (10 minutes)
7.     Powder the rest of the face (1 minute)
8.     Apply blusher from the apples if the cheeks, upwards to the top of the ear, blend into the skin.
9.     Use an angled lip brush to fill in all the lips (Rimmel London coffee shimmer) apart from the center of the bottom lip (5 minutes)
10. In the middle of the lips apply silver (from the kryolan rainbow circle) and blend it outwards. This will give an ombre effect. (5 minutes)
11. Using the rainbow circle, apply silver all over the eyelids, up over the eyebrows. Take the silver slightly under the eye for a highlighted effect. Using the silver create a blended heart shape from brow to brow – (5-10 minutes)
12. Powder all over the eyes so there are no creases in the product on the eyelid. (1 minute or less)
13. Apply the gold product from the rainbow over both eye lids and blend outwards (5 minutes)
14.  Powder over both eyes again (less than a minute)
15. Using the darker gold from the rainbow wheel, use a fine brush to create a line on the crease of the eye lid and blend out (5 minutes)
16. Powder both lids again (less than a minute)
17. Using the clear eyeliner base product, dip it into the bellapierre gold glitter, and apply as close as possible to the upper lash line and the outer edge of the lower lashes (3 minutes)
18. On the lips apply some colour stay product by bellapierre onto the center of the lip where the silver is, and then press some gold and silver glitter on with your finger. (3 minutes)
19. Using the mascara wand and the rainbow dip the wand into the white/silver and apply to top and bottom lashes (5 minutes)
20. Once the make-up has been retouched and any areas needing more attention have been attended to you can the put the head chain on. Ensure the head chain is sitting right in the center of the head. (3 minutes)




Sunday, 9 November 2014

Elizabethan and Contemporary Portraiture

My Chosen Elizabethan Portrait


My Chosen Contemporary Enterpritation





Doe Deere suggesting wealth

Okay so I have to admit when we were asked to find modern portraiture that suggested wealth the same way elizabethan paintings did i may have had a few things in mind already. A bit of an obsession of mine is the amazing Doe deere the woman is the owner and founder of lime crime make-up and has taken part in far too many amazing shots for my eyes to fixate on for months at a time. long story short she is amazing. admittedly there are far more subtle recreations of the wealth shown in elizabethan portraiture today, but doe deere does do it best. 

THE RUSSIAN ROYALTY EDITORIAL 

STYLING AND DRESS BY LEONID GUREVICH
PHOTOS BY BIANCA ALEXIS
HAIR BY KRISTIN JACKSON
MODELING, MAKEUP BY DOE DEERE

Although it is very clear not only by the name of the editorial but by her attire that the photos are to resemble royalty it is the smaller representations that draw me to it. Like the bright pigmented red on her lips which were such a sign of wealth within the elizabethan era.






MADONNA EDITORIAL

 PUBLISHED IN GLASSBOOK, LE BOOK (ISSUE FIVE)
PHOTOS BYJESON SETIAWAN
STYLED BY LEONID GUREVICH
FEATURING DOE DEERE



ICE QUEEN EDITORIAL 

HARLOW MAGAZINE
STYLED BY LEONID GUREVICH
PHOTOGRAPHY BY STEVE PRUE
HAIR BY NUMI EMPIRE
MAKEUP BY ANA LUCCA USING LIME CRIME
FEATURING DOE DEERE





Sunday, 26 October 2014

Digital Image

Test Shoot

This shoot began by us collecting images of a colour that we chose ourselves, these images are the base of inspiration for a mono-coloured shoot. once we have chose one colour and made a mood bored for that we then have to decide what mood that colour reflects and then reflect that mood in that colour into a make-up and fashion shoot.

I chose the colour lilac which I see as a fragile colour. I tried to represent this mood in the makeup by doing un-symetrical light blended contouring. I took away harsh features of the face like the eyebrows and didn't line the lips.

we had to choose two close ups and one mid shot. I am reasonably happy with my photos and make-up and hair. I have already thought of ways to improve it for my final shoot. to start with i think to collaborate better with the mood i should lighten or loose the contouring on the nose. i should mix some Illamasqua white foundation in with my lime crime d'lilca lipstick to create a lighter lip. finally to create a more 'fragile look' i am cutting the band off of the top to create a looser lest constricted look.


Elizabeth in Portraiture

Elizabeth

who she really was:
5ft 4  as tall as guys – a model like frame 
skin blemished by small pox and burned by lead oxide make-up
teeth blacked by decay
halitosis
alopecia


As the Queen Elizabeth's popularity grew she had more portraits painted of her, similarly to our celebrity's being photographed more the more famous they are. As anyone with a reputation to up hold would be, queen Elizabeth was very conscious of how her people would conceive her. Due to this concern she would only let artists represent her regal position and statue.
 The style of the paintings have changed through her years as the artists themselves can make much more elaborate paintings. Often when people see portraits of Elizabeth they assume they are all of a large scale, when in fact those of a noble status may have smaller pairings that they could carry around or adorn themselves with to show their loyalty. Elizabeth would rather have her younger portraits shown as youth is a desirable characteristic.

STATUS SYMBOLISM 
IN ELIZABETHS PORTRAITURE

  
THE ARMADA PORTRAIT
1.1558, painted by the artist George Gower in Oil paint.

•   Her hand is on a globe and her fingers are touching over the south America, source of Spain's gold, showing her imperial ambitions.
•   The paintings to her left and right symbolise the Spanish armada.
•   The pearls are a symbol of purity, the quantity of pearls show her wealth.
•   The pearl necklace was given to her by Dudley and it was said to be the last thing he gave to her.


THE RAINBOW PORTRAIT



•   The gown is embroidered with English flowers, The tudor rose was used in elizabeths portraits to renforce the fact that she was  a vergin queen
•   Her cloak is decorated with eyes and ears – just like in Elizabeth the film as its on her bed lace – showing that she sees and hears everything
•   On her arm she has a large serpent with a large heart shaped ruby in its mouth- the serpent representing wisdom and the ruby her heart saying that her heart is ruled by her wisdom.
•   She is in her late 60’s in this portrait but she is still portrayed as young and beautiful and AGELESS.
•   The rainbow symbolises peace, with the old latin motto- non sine sole iris which means no rainbow without the sun


THE PELICAN PORTRAIT 1575-

•   Painted by her favourite painter
•   She includes the pearls again symbolising her purity
•   The pelican is representative. In the tudor times they thought that the pelicans would pluck there own feathers to feed their infants even though it was actually a mistake when the pelicans were in fact just grooming. However Elizabeth took on the traits of the pelicans and uses this as a symbol to say that she has the motherly love over England and that she will sacrifice her self for her country.
•   She wears the colours she usually seen wearing black, whit, red or gold.  The colours she is wearing. Red comes from Spain and are restricted for only the wealthiest to wear. She would wear black a lot because black is very fashionable amongst the elite.
•   The white shirt she is wearing is embroidered with black lace and its called black work, and in this specific shirt is embroidered with English roses.

THE PHOENIX PORTRAIT-  1572-


•   A lot of the symbolisism in this is referring to her virginity and uniqueness.
•   This portrait is the last chance of selling her self as marragable

THE ERMINE PORTRAIT – 1585


•   The ermine represents royalty.- Only certain people were aloud to wear earmin.
•   She is wearing the three brothers jewels, which is one of her favourite jewels
•   In the corner there is a sawd to symbolize justice  and although she is peaceful she is able to defend her title if needed
•   But then there is a olive branch in the corner to represent peace.

 THE BOOK PORTRAIT-



•   She’s in red again.
•   she loves her hands so much she would often hold a book or another object to attract attention.
•   The catholic and protestants are fighting at the time and she is holding a protestant book and her finger is inside it showing her faith.