Practising My Miss Havisham Look 1

This week I began to practise my Miss Havisham make up design on my model. This was my first time practising my make up look so throughout the process I was able to make changes to suit the design. I began by applying a light base to the skin, I did not want it to be very pale, as I am concentrating on the earlier scenes in the book where she was not at her palest. I was careful to blend the colour down the neck and onto the ears in order to make the look seamless. After applying the base I created a darker shade, using my supra colour palette, to create dark under eye bags. I also applied the same colours onto the eyelids as during Pip's first encounter with her he describes her as having, 'dark eyes'. After standing back and looking in the mirror at my model I realised that the look could have been darker. I therefore added a grey colour on to the lids which I had not previously intended to do, but I think it helped to look slightly darker but not too much.  I however did not go too far with the darkness as I didn't want to make my model look completely hideous. I also added a small amount of black supra colour on the lashes as I wanted to darken the lashes but not make them any longer. I liked the effect that this gave, however there was a trouble with transferring onto the lid and below the eye whenever my model looked up or blinked, so for the timed assessment I will use mascara but will be careful to not create any length.

After the application of the base I applied duo lash glue to the lips so that I could create a dry lip effect. I liked how this effect turned out as I had previously struggled with it. I added a pink effect onto most of the lip area but added a deeper red colour into the areas that looked the most dry and this successfully added to the effect of making it look more raw. Once I stood back and looked at the lips I realised that they looked too pink and more like a lipstick, I therefore added a concealer to the outer edges of the lips to make them look less healthy. For the timed assessment I must remember to be careful about the amount of pink I apply to the lips. I also added more red onto the darker areas to make it a bit more intense.

I decided to add a dark colour into the contours of the face and focussed under the cheeks to make them look more hollow. I was careful to buff the edges away but keep the hollows dark. I didn't want to bring the colour too far onto the cheeks as I didn't want to give the cheeks any colour. As true to my design I did not apply any blusher as I was not trying to make my model look fresh. Once I took a picture of my design I decided that the face looked too clean and  a bit too pretty and, although I did not want to make my model look too unclean, I thought I needed to add more to put across the lack of care that Miss Havisham had for herself. I therefore added some darker patches onto the skin to make it look more distressed.

When designing the brows I wanted to keep them dark and thin, but slightly unruly as I didn't want to keep my model looking too groomed. However I decided that they looked too neat and straight and also dark for a Miss Havisham style look. I therefore decided to extend the brow further down towards the eye, and then ran a small amount of white supra colour through the brows on a mascara wand. For the timed assessment I will need to make sure that the colour of the brows matches that of the hair.

I am pleased the overall look that I have created so far. I will be however practising again so I can completely finalise the look and in my mind be perfectly clear with what I am creating. I am worried about the continuity side of the assessment so I will be taking pictures step by step of any make up that I carry out during the first assessment and I will also be making notes of anything that I feel is important for the continuity side of it. I may also bring in pots with me so any colours that I mix together, that I may not recreate accurately again, I can make in a larger quantity and store it for the second part of the assessment.

The Original Look

The Look After Changes 

The Look After Changes