Catwalk: Hair and Makeup reviewed designs

< These are my designs that I have produced for my second attempt at the Inuit Catwalk look. I really like the idea of using jewels in the hair, and thinking more about a colder face rather than it being very warm like before. I will also style my model with a lot of fur and textures in these.

< This is another design I have produced, I actually prefer the above image, but I want to show it in the process with my considerations of different looks and ideas.

< Before I design any more hair looks, I want to try this one out to see if it will work. I really like the idea of using a plait/fishtail plait to create my look. I want to use jewels in the hair, either as a headband or individual gems placed in the hair. I think that considering catwalk it would be better to use a single headband for fastening it and keeping them secure.

Other ideas I have had:

Glitter dusted all over the face and hair (could use glitter spray)

Small gems within the hair all around the front, back and top

Using Vaseline to create a wet sheen on the eye lids and on parts of the lips.

Using larger grains of sugar and pressing them on the lips to create a frosted effect. 

Catwalk: Inuit Storyboard

Above shows my Storyboard for the Inuit piece. I think that this will really help me to create more designs and use more inspiration to effect my look. I need to remember that the image is for CATWALK and so the makeup needs to be visible for the duration on the fashion show and have a 360º interesting view. 

I will now draw up some more designs reflecting upon the comments I was given in the trial shoot.

Catwalk: First attempt

I have tried out my Inuit look, and I was so disappointed by the outcome! I have had a lot of points for improvement and they are listed below:

- Create a more cold skin tone, the face here is too warm.

- Make the cheeks slightly pinker - think about where the cold                          would hit and effect the face.

- The eyelashes need to be either whitened all over or obviously put just on the tips.

- The hair needs to be a bigger plait on the top, I could maybe entwine the whole hair onto the top of the head.

- Overall just create a more cold look, bluey skin tones and whiter colours.

- The eyebrows were a good concept however they were not big enough and I will need to create a template to ensure that I will work quickly but efficiently. I found that when I added blue on the eyebrows if I went wrong it would stain the face and create a blue mark where I wrongly drew the blue. 

- Styling needs to be thought about. Bring in lots of fur pieces and winter clothing, also I need to think about some jewellery - will my model have any? 

Here are some images I took from the look that I designed based on face and hair charts: 

 

 

I would like the hair if it was longer and the plait across the top of the hair was tighter and larger, but I think that I will redesign the hair into something a bit more creative rather than a side plait. 

I really dislike the eyebrows as they are now, I think I will make them lighter blue/nearly white and make them bigger and more exact. 

I like the idea of the lips being drawn as they are, but in reality these really do not work!

I obviously need to think about styling and accessories, and how I will use them within my look. 

Catwalk: Cold faces

I found this image while on the internet and it triggered my thoughts into looking at how I could make the face frosty looking. The lips and eyelashes here are effective in my opinion, the rest of the image looks a bit powdery and like flour almost!

Creating a very dry yet plump lip with a white wash over them is what I am aiming to do, using vaseline to create a light sheen over them. I will also use white mascara on the eyelashes either on the tips or on the full lash to create a frosted effect. I know that when I have been skiing you do actually get a frosty eyelash when on the chairlifts! 

This image is a bit extreme, however this is the concept that I mean. I also like the pinkness of the cheeks as it looks like the cheeks have almost been burnt by the cold! This will be entwined within my look to create a very cold and frosty look, referencing to the Inuit tribe. 

Editorial: Ombre Ombre Ombre

Ombre is a big trend this year, and I think that showing it in my look would not only reflect fashion and current trends but also thinking about the landscapes of Tribal Africa and the colours of the skies in images I have seen.

^ I want to show a variation of colours shaded and contoured around the face. This will give references to the landscape and look really effective on camera in my opinion.

^ Here shows another image from the Sahara desert, Africa, and the colours that can be created in the sky, giving me ideas for the colours that I could use within my look.


I also want to look at other Ombre images, from fashion and makeup to give me more ideas on what colours/techniques that I could use within my look.

< These are my own nails and I used a sponge to create this ombre effect. The clashing colours work really well together and I like that they fade into one another really well. Using these colours on the cheeks may make it a bit too pale and pastel-like, however using brighter colours with this method would look really effective in my opinion.

< The shading here is also blended really well, I think that I need to do the designing of my makeup fairly subtly though, as I don't want this to over-power the image.

Editorial: Imagery for Editorial look

Collecting images from different sources has really helped my ideas and given me more inspiration. So, I want to gather different images for the editorial look too, as I have not began properly designing these looks yet. 

I want this look to be more of a mix of different tribes within Africa, being very colourful with lots of different textures, detailing and makeup effects on the face. 

< The use of colours is going to be very predominant in my look, I want to use different products on the face and body to express a range of colours and textures. I will also use very bright accessories for example bracelets like these and string necklaces that have a tribal feel. 




< The colours within this image are also very interesting. I love the contrast on the black where the shadows of the elephants are and the way that the sun creates an orange cast all over the sky. 





                                < The textures within this image are really interesting, the use of dried grass could be visually exciting within my piece, maybe intertwined with parts of the hair? Also the painting that has been put on the face gives me ideas of shapes that I could replicate in my own way.

< Again, another image of dried grasses I really like the idea of using grass within the hair to create texture and an interesting effect on the hair. 

                    

< This image shows a really good use of colours and materials. I love the shapes that have been created in the hair, and I would like to try this in my own look somehow. The use of accessories for this tribe is also really interesting and the string across the chest gives movement within the look, making it really interesting to look at!

                                 < I put this image in to show the varied uses of fabrics that I could show within my look, using it as styling or hair pieces or something similar. I want to go to a fabric shop and look at my different options with the styling of my shoot. Because this is for an editorial look, I can be more imaginative with the styling and not need to worry about the ease of movement etc. 

< I just wanted to add this image for the use of styling and the accessories within this image. I like how the whole styling choices flow with one an other from the headdress to the necklaces and then the cloth at the bottom, they all seem to work really well together.

 < The use of feathers also gives a really nice effect within the image. If grass does not work well for my, or if I need something else within the hair, I want to look at using a variety of colours of feathers to add to the hair.






< The hair in this image is really inspiring for me. I love the use of thread within the hair and the way that it has been wrapped to create structure and an interesting shape. The use of red within the image really stands out and gives so many connotations of love, danger, anger etc., while the gold gives thoughts of money, 'richness', and luxury.

Catwalk: Inuit inspiration and imagery

For my catwalk look, I want to use research that isn't as obvious as using fashion images, original images or images from the museum. I really want to work on making the model look cold, not in her expression but in her skin tone and the makeup that I use. Below shows a collection of inspiration that I drew from my Pinterest page.

< I love all of the colours in this photo, and how the colours are all so cool but the light shining seems to warm up the image and create an interesting focal point. 







< The range of colours in this image are really effective in my opinion. The whites leading down to the dark blue in an ombre effect signals a very current trend for me. Also, the pastel colours in the background on the skyline could be really effective within my makeup look, and I may think about this for the actual backdrop of my image. 

< Talking about the pastel colours in the skyline of this image made me think of the Northern Lights. I love the way all of the colours that blend into one and have started to think about colours blending into one another on the face. 

< The thread all intertwined like this reminds me of hair and gives me ideas of the way that I can style it. I like the idea of all of the hair being scraped up from the back to the hairline to create one large plait across the head.

< The texture of fur will really show through in my images in my opinion. I think that I need to use fur in some way      so that I am showing the inuit tribe in a more literal way. I also think that it will add to the 'cold' effect of my look.

< Again, the colours with the contrast of the water flowing is really effective. I love the small parts of ice but the shading of the water and how there is motion in the image. I could emulate this image by showing my brushstrokes on my model.