Makeup
Equipment:
-Moisturiser
-Primer
-Foundation
-Buffing brush
-Light/medium brown eye shadow
-Small angled brush
-Disposable mascara wand
-Eye shadow primer
-Translucent powder
-Small detail brush
-Black, dark brown, medium brown eye shadows
-Pencil brush
-Small fluffy brush
-Light blue eye shadow
-Flat brush
-Black eye liner
-Black mascara
-Duo lash glue
-Fake eye lashes
-Concealer
-Fluffy concealer brush
-Fluffy brush
-Powder brush
-Blush palette
-Blush brush
-Lip palette
-Lip brush
Step by step:
1. I first moisturised and primed the skin to prepare the skin for makeup application.
2. I applied foundation all over the face, to match her neck, with a buffing brush to make her skin look as flawless as possible. I made sure to blend this onto the ears, down the neck and into the hair line.
3. I next took some light brown eye shadow and a small angled brush and filled in her eye brows to give them a more prominent shape. I brushed them out with a disposable mascara wand to give them a slightly softer look.
4. I used an eye shadow primer all over her eye lids and under neath her eyes so that the eye shadow would last all day and I then set this with some powder.
5. Using a small detail brush, I stencilled out my cut crease line on each eye with some dark brown eye shadow, just above the natural crease line.
6. I then took a pencil brush and some dark brown eye shadow to blend this line up slightly, making sure not to blend below the line.
7. Next, taking a small fluffy brush and a lighter brown eye shadow, I blended this line out slightly more to make it look seamless.
8. I then repeated these steps again, but started with black eye shadow to carve out the cut crease. I continued these steps until the eye shadow was dark and blended enough.
9. I took a bright light blue eye shadow and applied it all over the eye lids with my finger. When I got closer to the cut crease, I cleaned up the line further using a small flat brush.
10. I applied a thin line of black eye liner along the upper lash line and created a very small wing on both sides to give the eyes more of a cat eye look.
11. I took the small detail brush and some black eye shadow and shaded the outer third slightly to balance out the darker upper lash line. I then blended this out with some lighter brown and brought it further in.
12. I applied black mascara to the top and bottom eye lashes, adding more the bottom lashes.
13. I applied some duo lash glue to some dramatic fake eye lashes and applied them to the top lash line to make the eyes look more intense.
14. I applied some concealer, that was a shade lighter than the foundation colour to highlight, under the eyes, down the centre of the nose, on the cupids bow, on the chin and in the centre of the forehead. I blended this out with a fluffy concealer brush.
15. I then powdered under the eyes with a small fluffy brush and then powdered the rest of the face with some translucent powder and a big fluffy brush. I wanted to set the makeup but didn’t want it to look overly powdered so I only used a small amount.
16. I didn’t add any contour, but I added a bright rose coloured blush to the apples of the cheers and blended it backwards along the cheek bones.
17. I finished the look off by adding a bright baby pink to the lips with a lip brush to match the cheeks.
Hair
Equipment:
-Brush
-Rollers
-Hair grips
-Tail comb
-Hair elastic
-Curling tongs
-Hair spray
Step by step:
1. Brush all the hair back and put on the heated rollers.
2. Put five blue rollers, going away from the face, at the front of the hair. Make sure there is one in the middle and two either side.
3. Continue this backwards in a brick work pattern so that when the rollers are taken out there are no gaps. Stop this when you get to the crown of the head.
4. Take the remaining back section of hair into a side ponytail, making sure the hair is very smooth, and secure with an elastic band.
5. Hide the elastic band by taking a small section of hair out of the ponytail and wrap it round the band. Discretely secure this with a hair grip.
6. I curled the pieces of hair on either side with curling tongs, away from the face.
7. Take the rollers out after they are completely cooled and set.
8. Starting at the back row, backcomb each section of hair from the back, all the way to the front.
9. After all the hair is backcombed, take a comb and lightly smooth the very top layer and shape it into a bee hive in the height and shape you want.
10. Once you have the shape you want, curl the hair under and secure it with hair grips. Try to make this look as neat as possible.
11. I kept pieces out of the bee hive on either side of the face to frame the face and add a more girly, modern look. I curled these pieces with curling tongs.
12. I finished the look off by smoothing any unwanted fly aways.
Final look
I am really happy with how the makeup turner out because of the fun, bright colours used and big lashes. I think I matched the foundation colour well with the neck, however I could have brought it further down the neck to even out the skin tone. I like the placement of the blush and how soft it looks. The main thing about this makeup look that I think I could improve on is the shape of the cut creases. I think I could have made them a lot more even and symmetrical if I spent more time on them. I also could have spent more time perfectly the final look, as I didn't notice that there was a black mascara smudge under her right eye, which makes it look slightly messy. Another improvement I could have made would be to add lower lashes with black eye shadow because it would have emphasised the lower lash line and given it a more accurate 1960s look. I am happy with the hair overall; however I think I could have made the bee hive a lot more neat and even. I have struggled with bee hives before and getting them into the right shape, but I definitely need to practice these more if I ever want to use them in the future. I like that I added the curls either side of the face because I think it give a more fun, girly look and it makes it look more modern. I also like that I curled the side ponytail; however I think I could have curled the ends more as it looks like I left the very end of the hair out of the curling tong.
