Creating Estella

This week I created my version of Estella. I designed my look to be very natural, pretty and simple as within my look I wanted to highlight her youth and beauty. I also wanted to keep the make up realistic to the time period, so it was therefore very minimal. I really enjoyed this informal assessment because it was nice to create a pretty look. So far in this unit and course there has been little chance to create a beauty look. Overall I liked the look that I created because I think that it was simple so conveyed her youth but was pretty which showed off her beauty which is a strong theme throughout the novel of Great Expectations. I think it was a pretty look as it accentuated the natural features of my model. I don't think I would change the way that I did the make up too much as I think it looked fresh and natural and suited Estella's character well. I also liked the hair look which, like the make up, was simple and was a very traditional Victorian style. I think I executed the style well. I have previously struggled with creating neat sections, so in the assessment I made sure that I spent more time in trying to make them neat. I think that I did this well, however after looking back at the photos I think that in some areas it could have been more tidy, the middle parting was also slightly wonky and did not go back in a straight line. If I did it again I would make this line more straight. I would also tidy up the bun at the back. I was pleased with the overall shape, but however I think it could have been neater as there was a large bump at the top of the bun which I believe could have been made smaller. I think in the technical part of the assessment I improved on my practise look, however in the assessment I was keen to make the top of the hair as smooth as possible, as that was a very important look in the Victorian era, so I used hair spray. Although it did the job I think I used too much so it almost ended up looking greasy. In the practise I did not do this and think it looked better. If I did it again I would leave out the hairspray or use less. The images below are of the Estella look that I created.