Makeup Inspiration for Editorial 2

This makeup look is going to be a lot more understated than my other editorial look to represent how she has been forced to conform to society. I want the same colour scheme to be used for this look to compliment the other editorial look, meaning I will be using the warm colours red, orange and yellow primarily.

Editorial Image 1

My first editorial image is my biggest inspiration makeup wise because I want both the makeup looks to compliment each other; I will therefore use the same warm colour scheme. I don't want to include a war theme to this makeup look because I want the model to be being dragged into conforming with society's idea of what she should be looking like. Whereas I wanted the model in my first editorial to be wearing war paint to represent her going to war with society and breaking free from their constraints. I love how the red has blended beautifully into the orange and then into the yellow because it looks so seamless, so I think I will create a soft blended look to reflect this. I want this look to be a lot more natural and simple than my first look because I want it to show the model has already conformed to society, whereas the first editorial is trying to break free from it.

LIVINGLY, 2010. Couture Spring 2010 - Valentino [viewed 17th April 2016]. 
Available from: http://www.livingly.com/runway/Couture+Spring
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I really like this makeup look because of the very smoked out lower lash line. I like that the blended out lower lash line reflects how the first editorial look had colour in an ombre effect all down her face because it will make them look more connected. I want the look to be similar to what people expect people to wear on their face because I want the image to represent how she is conforming to society; however I still want it to have an interesting and unique look as it is for an editorial spread. I really like how the eye shadow on the lid has been blended right up to her eye brows as it makes it look more smoked out and editorial looking. I don't want to use any dark colours on my model because I think the hands surrounding her and the shadows will be very dark and I want the makeup to stand out against that darkness. I will incorporate red, orange and yellow eye shadow in the look and I think these colours would work well in a very smoked out look like this as they blend into each other so seamlessly. I don't like that the model has bleached out eye brows because I want my model to look as though she is conforming to what society says, meaning I want her eye brows to look more natural.

Face Chart 1

For this face chart I was inspired by the very smoked out lash line and how the eye shadow went up to her eye brow in the image above. I decided to blend orange on the eye lid and into the crease; however I want this to look very light as if it is just a tint of orange because I want the main focus to be on the lower lash line. I want to blend this orange colour into the inner part of the eye brow to give it a more edgy look, but I want the blending to look seamless. I made the inner corner a yellow colour with the point of the tear duct white to make the eyes look very bright; however this may make the model look too awake and positive which isn't the emotion I want the model to be giving. Instead I think I will either not colour the inner corner or make it slightly darker to give the model a more sombre look. I applied red along the lower lash line and then blended it down into orange to give a very smoked out look. I like that this almost pulls her eye downwards, making her look tired and more sad. I like how this also reflects the ombre from red to yellow used in the first editorial look as it makes them more connected. I gave my model very dewy skin as this is a big SS16 trend and I wanted the model to look youthful; however I am concerned this will make the overall image look too shiny as the black hands will be shiny too. I therefore think I want the model's face to be more matte to contrast with the shiny hands and to make her look more depressed and drained. I gave the model a matte nude lip because I wanted the eyes to be the main focus and I like that the nude lip doesn't add any warm colours to the look, giving her a slightly gaunt and ill look. To accentuate the gaunt and tired look I will contour her cheek bones with a grey toned bronzer to make her cheeks look more sunken in. 

FASHIONGONEROGUE, 2013. Kamille Poses for Liv Friis-Larsen [viewed 17th April 2016]. 
Available from: http://www.fashiongonerogue.com/kamille-poses-for-liv-friis-larsen/

I was drawn to this look because the yellow round the eyes gives the model a very innocent and vulnerable look. I like how only one colour has been used on the eyes because it gives a simplistic and fresh look. I don't want my model to have dark colours on her eye because I want her makeup to contrast with the black hands surrounding her so I think this yellow look would would well to add a pop of bright colour to the image. I am concerned that this look would not work on my model as she is blonde so the yellow may be unflattering against her hair so maybe either an orange or a red colour added to this would be more flattering. I like how fresh and youthful the skin look with very light contouring and blush and then a dewy finish. I don't want my model to have very defined cheek bones or strong blush because I want her to look very soft and vulnerable so I think intense cheek bones would give too much of a confident and powerful look. I like that you can see the model's bare shoulders because it, again, adds to her vulnerable look, as if she has got nothing to cover her or protect her from the constraints of society. I like that the model isn't wearing any mascara because it keeps the eyes looking bright and awake, without the black of the mascara weighing them down. 

Face Chart 2

In this face chart I wanted the makeup to be a lot softer and youthful looking. I was inspired by the light eye makeup above to create the yellow eye look; however I added a bit of orange into the crease and on the outer half of the lower lash line to give the eye more definition. I would achieve this by first applying the yellow eye shadow all over the eye lids, along the lower lash line and up to the eye brows to give a bright wash of yellow. I then would go in with the orange and very lightly apply it through the crease and outer lower lash line so that the colour wasn't too intense. I didn't want the eyes to be very dark as I wanted the model to look youthful and innocent to represent how easily lead she could be by society. I didn't add any mascara to the eyes to keep them looking fresh and awake and I like that my model's eye lashes will blend in with the eye shadow as they are blonde. I added the tiniest bit of bronzer to the cheekbones to give the face some soft definition and I added a peachy blush to compliment with orange tones on the eyes. I will add some cream highlighter to the high points of her face to give a youthful glow, but I don't want it to be too intense as the black hands will also be shiny looking and I don't want there to be too much shine. I will give the model a nude lip so that the eyes are the makeup focus and I don't want her lips to look very bold as I think that will make the makeup look more dramatic and sexual looking, when I want the model to look more vulnerable and weak. 

YOUNG, M., 2014. Fiery Fruity Beauty Editorials [viewed 17th April 2016]. 
Available from: http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/uce-magazine-burned-earth

I love how warm and glowy this makeup looks, with the sunset tones, because it looks to sexy and enticing. I love how red has been used on the eyes, but in a soft way because the rich colours are still there but they are very blended out to create a smoked out effect. I like how the red has been blended up to the inner part of the eye brow, instead of the more commonly positioning crease colour, because it it adds a more editorial look and makes it look more smokey. I like that the red is then balance out on the lower lash line and how it is smoked out to give a softer look. I think I will blend this red even further down on her lower lash line to reflect the ombre red colour in the first editorial look and also because it will bring her eyes down to make them look more tired and sombre. I like how yellow has been positioned in the inner corner in a triangle shape because it look very precise and elongates her eyes to a sexy cat eye shape. I like that this yellow hasn't been blended too far because I don't want it to look messy as this image needs to represent how the model has been restricted by society as to what is acceptable or not. I also like that yellow has been put on the lid because it brightens up the eye look to save it from looking too dull and mysterious. I like that only a bit of mascara has been used because it puts all the focus on the eye shadow and keeps the eyes looking bright. The model has bleached eye brows which I think looks fun in this shoot; however I want my model to have natural looking eye brows to show she has been constrained by society. I like the dewy skin because it looks very youthful; however I don't want the skin to look too shiny as I want the shiny black hands to almost take focus away from the face so I want them to be the shiniest. I like that the lips are orange and not nude in this look because I think it balances out the look; however I don't want my model's lips to be as glossy because I think it makes the lips stand out too much and look too plump and luscious. However this has inspired me to try and slightly orange toned lip to compliment the warm sunset tones, without making the lines really sharp and attention grabbing.

Face Chart 3 (Chosen Design)

This is my favourite face chart because it incorporates all over the sunset colours the first editorial does, it makes the model's features stand out, but not so much that the model looks confident and powerful. I decided to first blend yellow eye shadow on the lid and into the crease of the eye as a base colour and to brighten the eye look. I then blended red into the inner part of the crease and up to the eye brow to give an editorial smokey look. I then blended some red eye shadow along the lower lash line to balance out the red on the eye lids and to give a smokey look. I blended the red eye shadow quite far down and then blended it out with orange because I wanted to reflect the ombre effect in the first editorial look and I wanted the eyes to look drawn down and tried to reflect how drained she feels from being constrained. I was inspired to not add any mascara to the eye lashes by the second inspiration image I looked at because I wanted the eyes to look very bright and I liked that her blonde eye lashes would blend in to the yellow eye shadow slightly to give a soft look. I also like how much this would contrast with the very bold, black eye lashes of the first editorial model to show how much more confident and powerful the first model feels after breaking free from the constraints of society. I contoured the cheek bones very lightly to give a soft, youthful look and then added some peach toned blush to the cheeks to compliment the sunset tones of the eyes. I decided I wanted to set the face with powder and then add highlight only wear I wanted it to that I could control the shine and so the face didn't look too wet against the shiny black hands. I will fill the eye brows in very lightly with eye shadow to make them look soft and natural as to make them look as 'normal' as possible. I then decided to dab some pale orange lipstick all over the lips and then add a slightly darker orange on top to give a soft orange lip look with no harsh lines or intense colours. I am really happy with how this look on the face chart so I can't want to test it out on my model!