High Summer Moodboard

The hair inspiration for High Summer is in the moodboard above. My model has short hair so I want to create a style that brings her hair up, creating texture and volume. 

I want the makeup to be bold and bright. Reflecting on the tone of high summer. I want the skin to be dewy to show the effect that summer would have on the skin. Furthermore, I am going to use Vaseline over the eyes and lips to create a wet effect as though the model is at the beach or pool.

Evening Look Final Image

Nars Evening Look inspired final image.

Evening Test Look

My evening test look consists of a brown eye with a simple black liner, dark red lips with slightly contoured skin. I am happy with the design and think that it will work well on the model chosen. 

For my final shoot I would like the eyeliner to be thicker and the eyeshadow darker. The lips need some gloss so that there is extra highlight to the image. I think that the colours I have chosen will work well with the red lighting gels.

Evening Facechart and Hairchart

My Evening Look is made up of the following products:

- Bourjois Matte Base Serum. 

- Kryolan Ultra Foundation. 

- M.A.C Pro Conceal in Light. 

- Illamasqua Translucent Powder. 

- M.A.C Lightscapade.

- Kiko Perfect Eyes Pencil. 

- Sleek Eyeshadow Palette in Storm. 

- Rimmel Scandel Eyes Eyeliner.

- Benefit They're Real Mascara.

- HD Brows Palette. 

- Nars Satellite of Love Blusher. 

- M.A.C Lip Liner in Burgundy. 

- Illamasqua Shard Lipstick. 

- Nars Sixties Fan Lipgloss. 

- Cleanse, tone and moisturise the skin. 

- Use Bourjois Matte Base Serum to help create the matte finish. 

- Apply Kryolan Ultra Foundation and buff in until the skin is flawless. 

- Conceal any imperfections or dark circles with M.A.C Pro Conceal in Light. 

- Apply translucent powder across the face to seal the makeup creating the matte finish. 

- Use Kryolan Ultra Foundation to contour the face.

- Apply Nars Satellite of Love Blusher just under the cheek bones and blend in. 

- Highlight lightly across the cheekbone with M.A.C Lightscapade.

- Create a simple black line across the top lashes with eyeliner. 

- Use Sleek eyeshdaow in storm. 

- Line the lips with M.A.C Burgundy and apply Illamasqua Shard Lipstick.

- Finish with Nars Sixties Fan Lipgloss.

The hair is going to be a sleep updo incorporating a twisted fishtail plait (see assessment post for how to) pulled up into a bun. I want the hair all over to be sleek so no wispy bits. The hair here represents an evening look that could be taken from day wear into evening.

Above are the final images. The subtle contouring and matte skin create a flawless evening look with a sleek updo. The lipstick isn't as dark as I thought it would be but I think that it reflects the mood of the lighting well. The eye is simple with the main focus being on the lip. 

Evening Look Moodboard

The inspiration for hair to create an evening look is in the moodboard above. I want the hair to be sleek including a plait to bring some texture to the look.

The lighting inspiration is in the moodboard above. I want to use red lighting gels to create the effect that my model is on her night out. I only want the light on one side of the face so that you can still see the makeup that has been created.

My makeup idea is to create a simple eye with a bold dark red lip using Nars Sixties Fan Lipgloss. I will simply line the eye with blackeyeliner. Once again I want the skin to be flawless and dewy with highlight catching in the lighting used.

The poses are as above. Close ups of the model but also introducing the use of hands and showing off the styling. I have got a backless white dress for my model to wear, so I want the detailing of this to be picked up within the image.

Daytime Final Image

Nars Daytime inspired final image. 

Daytime Test Look

In order to make sure my daytime look makeup worked I carried out a test. The skin at first was matte with subtle contouring with a simple brown smokey eye effect. After looking at the design I had created I decided that the skin should be dewy and highlighted with the eye reflecting this. I decided to change my design because I thought Nars skin was more dewy than matte which would create a high end finish. 

I changed the skin so that it was highlighted better. Instead of using an eyeshadow I mixed a pigment with mixing medium to create a high shine shadow which I think works better than the original. Although it is a daytime look I think it could still work. The lips with added gloss so that the highlight ties in together around the face.