Week Five 24/02/2014

This week my main focus was to begin to build my manual on InDesign. I have successfully finished 10 pages of the manual. This week I completed the masterclass on Airbrushing. Although i'm not including an airbrushing section in my manual, from the master class i got an image which to include in the manual, i feel it would work well in the perfect skin section, as airbrushing creates a flawless skin. 
Overall I found the airbrushing hard to begin with, however after some practise with it I feel more confident.
I also managed to complete a test shoot for the 'Eyelash' section of my manual, ready for shooting next week.

As well as this I collaborated with a good friend, Maisie Webb, who drew up all the face shapes for my 'Face' section in the manual. Some examples are seen below, these show examples of the most common face shapes. 

 

Week Three 10/01/14

This week there was no tutorial as instead there was a trip to London. The trip consisted of a visit to Bobbi Brown, with 20% discount off all purchases. However most of my day was spent in the MAC store, where we were put into small groups and had mini tutorials of how to recreate looks which were seen at London Fashion Week. 

This week I did two photo shoots for my manual. The first shoot i focused on was a well concealed skin. I used a heavy MAC foundation and concealer to create a flawless, contoured base. I then applied a dark smoky eye paired with a bold red lip. 

  

Week Two 03/02/14

This week i had my first tutoral session with Sharon, I found it very helpful as she helped me re-write my introduction. She also showed me Francois Nars makeup manual, which has given me plenty of new ideas to help with my layout, and also influenced me to create my manual with a ring binder. It is a very inspirational book which is interesting as it has a new approach to teaching makeup. The manual is titled "Makeup Your Mind, Express Yourself" Which i think is a good title, as it shows that makeup is very much about expressing yourself. 

This is his second book, he has an interesting approach because in his pages he hows you where exactly what product goes where. 

Other areas which i feel i need to research more after having my tutoral are; my audience demographic, my styling and which book printers to use, which i shall aim to research this week.

I also managed to complete a second photo shoot, which was focused on the use of blusher. I feel that this photo shoot went well, and i have an image which will go into my manual. The shoot I did this week was for the powder blusher section. This shoot use a lot of bright pink shades; a bright pink lip and bright pink cheeks. 

As well as this i have another photo shoot planned for Wednesday, which will be with the help of another makeup student.

Week One 27/02/14

This week i wrote up my introduction for my manual and i also planned the contents page, and layout of the book. I also began to write the brushes and tools section. I missed my tutorial session as I was busy helping out on a photo shoot, which was for my sisters fashion styling blog, which is based on high street trends which are influenced by the trends as seen on the catwalk. 

I also managed to do my first photo shoot for my manual. The photo shoot was for the section 'The Perfect Base', and the makeup was simple, just focusing on using makeup to achieve a flawless skin.

This is a photo of me on set working with my model.

This week I also completed my second shoot which was based upon a block eye colour. I used a mint green colour to show of the colour of my models eyes. I paired this with lightly contoured skin and a nude lip. I'm really pleased with the final outcome of this shoot as the images were very successful. Here is the face chart i used for this shoot.

About my Final Major Project

My final major project is a makeup manual, which wil consist of makeup 'lessons' and photographs of the makeup, aswell as hints and tips about applying makeup. This idea was influenced by other manuals such as Bobbi Brown. 
However i felt that there was a gap in the market for a manual which is aimed at the younger audience. The manual will be targetted to to a younger age group, such as teenagers (14 - 20) The name of the manual will be MAKING UP: THE ONLY MAKEUP ARTISTS GUIDE.
I am very excited to get started on working on my manual, and will be spending a few days planning shoots, organising models and creating face charts for each of my shoots.

Here is my production schedule of my final major project which I intend to stick to throughout the progress of my project.