Miss Havisham Make Up Designs

Make Up Design 1:

In this design I decided to keep the face pale, as the idea of Miss Havisham never seeing the light is a large feature throughout the book. I decided to use heavy contouring under the cheeks to make her look more frail and weak. I wanted to keep the eyes clear of any make up as in the Victorian era make up was minimal and almost frowned upon. I decided to use dark colours in the under eye area as she is described as having 'dark eyes' and, in my interpretation of her, I don't imagine her to be sleeping much because of her torment. The eyebrows in this design are white as Miss Havisham had white hair. I think this makes it look more realistic and in keeping with the descriptions given in the book. I also decided to use dry skin on the cheeks to resemble the lack of care she has given herself as well as the fact that she is described as never having been seen eating or drinking. I decided to keep the lips pink as I wanted to try to keep her looking slightly youthful as well as beautiful as I am keen to show her at her youngest point in the book. I decided not to use this design for the assessment as I will be carrying it out twice, and am worried for the continuity part of the assessment and that I will not be able to repeat it with enough accuracy.

Make Up Design 2:

In this design I decided to make Miss Havisham look slightly dirty. In the book she is not described as being dirty, but I wanted to try to capture the mistreatment of herself. Like in the previous design I wanted to keep the eyes clear of any make up as in keeping with the traditional Victorian style, but wanted to make the under eye dark, because to me this is an important feature of any of my Miss Havisham designs. I kept the eyebrows thin because sometimes under stress hair can be lost. I experimented with the lip colour as well as in this design because I wanted to capture the beauty still left in Miss Havishams character and, to me, a red lips is a classic mark of beauty. I decided not to use this look as I thought that the red lip was too heavy as well as not being in keeping with the Victorian look. Although this look would have been slightly more different to a traditional Miss Havisham look I thought that it might be better for a modern version. 

Make Up Design 3, Final Design:

In this design I kept the skin pale, as like in the first design I wanted to reflect the fact that she rarely sees the sun. I wanted to keep the cheeks quite hollow as to reflect her weakness and perhaps malnourishment, I also added the same colour in patches on the skin as I believe that she may be unhealthy due to a lack of food and drink. I decided to make the brows slightly thicker to add to the look of youth but made them white to match the colour of the hair. I decided to make the under eye as well as the as the eye lids dark to reflect the description of 'dark eyes' and my own interpretation of her having a little amount of sleep. I created the effect of dry skin on the lips, to show her dehydration as well as lack of care of herself. I decided that I would use this look in my timed assessment as I think that it best represents my imagined idea of Miss Havisham. In the second design I was worried that I would not able to recreate the dry skin but I believe in this design it will be easier to recreate as it is over a smaller area. The rest of the design is quite simple so I think that it will be more easy to recreate in the continuity assessment.