Jamaica... 

I did some research on Jamaica but found it really hard to decide which route to take with my final image. This resulted in me calling my model's Father and asking him about his background. He told me many interesting things about traditional Folklore and its' famous characters such as Anansi, an African god, and man crab. Although all of these traditional storie were great ideas and inspiration for me, I still struggled so I asked more about reggae style, but he said it was more a style of males. I then asked him about the famous Jamaican festival and he said although it was originally inspired by Trinidad's carnivals, I could definitely go down that road as it had been altered to be more patriotic for Jamaica. 
I decided greens and yellows were a must as they are very traditional colours and would look amazing for eyes using bold eye shadow but to only focus on the eyes. I also love the way all the women have beautiful headdresses, and look constantly happy and are dancing so will use that when shooting.

(http://www.carnifest.com/events/jamaica/kingston/255/jamaica-carnival-2014.aspx)

Timed Assessment; my partner's design...

Kieran created a face chart which showed the look of hair and makeup he wanted to be created by myself. Alongside the image he also wrote notes around it with what makeup to use, how and where.

Kieran also created the look on himself, sent it to me to show how he wanted the final images to look on camera, to help me.

In order for the final pictures to look even better, Kieran chose an outfit and accessories to support his hair and makeup looks.

Also to help me, he told me he wanted to produce a look that was similar to that of the host of the show in the film Cabaret and the main actor in the film Burlesque. This gave me a mental image of the style I had to produce.

Timed Assessment; my design...

After our practical seminar on continuity and creating makeup for Anita Berber, I decided to go along that line and create a dark 20's style. 

With a pale face, blushed cheeks dark eyes and lips and a beautiful updo, I created a face chart and recreated the look on myself so my partner knew how it should look along side a step by step plan of what to use and how to use it to produce my design.

I invited Kieran round my house to allow him to practise any areas of the style he was unsure and worried about which happened to be the eyeshadow. 

We also discussed styling to support my final look and we found a top and accessories in order to make the final image look even better. 

Potential 'Multi-Cultural' Idea...

As another idea, after researching the expanding race within catwalk and media, I suddenly though about my house mate who is British, born here, BUT  her mother is originally from India and her father was born in Jamaica. I though it would be an amazing idea to create three looks to portray her three nationalities.

1 = Britain... I will make her look how she does everyday, going to uni or shopping or out with her friends, how she does her hair and makeup and styling and how it is very British compared to her mother and fathers background.

2 = Jamaica... I will research the styles in Jamaica and consider the patriotic bright colours, her afro hair, maybe create a reggae look or a more festive carnival theme with greens and yellows.

3 = India... I will research Indian looks, maybe weddings, the red and golds and the beautiful shimmery makeup, accessories and styling.

I really like this idea as I feel passionate and I find it fun and interesting not only about Jamaica and India but also to find out more about my friend. All three nationalities very so much so the final images would look beautiful contrasting each other, so I have decided to definitely go ahead and use this idea to create my three final images.

Finger waves...

In this practical we learnt how to produce finger waves using the original way, which is by damping down the hair and sometimes using a little gel. You get a small-medium section of hair depending on how big you want the wave to be, then comb it forward place your finger on the hair where you want the curl to start bending back then whilst holding, comb the hair in the other direction then place a long flat grip/clip to replace your finger, then repeat this action with following waves. When complete, style end of hair into wanted shape then hairspray and let dry completely. Take out grips and style however wanted. You can also 'cheat' using heated barrel wavers which create the look of a finger wave, but is a lot quicker and potentially easier as it is less complex. Be careful with grips on clients do not dig in too hard, do not spray water in their face, be gentle with comb and extra careful with heated equipment. (Needed: long flat grip/clips, pin tail comb, gel, water spray, hairspray, heated barrel wavers.)

Everyone is Beautiful...

Not only has the world expanded with race when it comes to media, it has also welcomed variety with shape, size, age and disability. 

Katie Piper's = My beautiful face... After having her whole world tipped upside down and having acid thrown at her, Katie has moved on leaps and bounds proving to not only herself, but others in similar positions that not only are there ways around 'fixing' differences in appearance but how to deal with it and how to inform the world that it is okay, they are still human, still have feelings, they just look a little different.

Undateables... Even though it seems as though this programme is laughing at individuals with differences, physical or mental, it proves the everyone that they are too still human and can date just like everyone else. Whether you have learning difficulties, have a growth disorder, have physical problems with appearances it doesn't matter, we are all the same deep down and should be treated like that.

Britain's missing top model... We all know about the shows 'America's/Britain's next top model' but the new programme launched another dedicated to those with a disability whether it were a missing limp, being in a wheelchair etc, this proved to the world that you don't need to look exactly the same as other models to model. So what these girls look a little different, but they can still model clothes style and fashion just like the next person!

Gok Wan's = How to look good naked... Gok is a fantastic man, handing out bottles of confidence like there is no tomorrow. He runs a show proving to women of all sizes and ages that no matter what you look like, as long as you have the confidence and will power you CAN look good naked. 

Anita Berber Continuity Make-up...

Continuity makeup is used in Tv shows and films, this is because if a scene has to be re-shot the characters MUST look exactly the same, the hair the makeup the clothes, in order for this to happen ever brush makeup step that was taken to produce that look, must be recorded. 

This practical seminar we had to pair up and produce an Anita Berber influenced makeup style based on a painting. I decided to go for a dark, mysterious look, as I felt that she was quite a sad, emotional, dark woman and wished to portray that in my makeup. Each step we did, whether it was choosing an eye shadow colour or blending it, we had to take every single step down in notes. Once completed we had to take many images to show the makeup in detail and create a face chart. This is to help myself or another individual to go back and create the same makeup up without any differences.