This was our final makeup lesson where we had to execute a holistic makeup look for the character we have been designing. I really enjoyed this task as it pushed me to do things I have never done before and made me appreciate everything that goes into a single makeup look.

When creating my look, I had a picture of my final makeup design on the wall next to my station that I could refer back too, this helped remind me of some aspects I had forgotten like the shape of the line work etc. I also followed my application order and product list strictly as this really helped give me guidance and allowed me not to panic on the day, though I do wish I had added what brushes I needed on the list as I often found myself running back to get more halfway through the process. Other than that, the makeup application went very smoothly.

I started with the eyes applying foundation and eyeshadow. I was worried about doing the eye makeup after my trail as in the trail they didn’t turn out as I would have wished for, But I believe that that practice and the feedback I received helped me improve upon the day making the eye makeup one of my favourite parts of the final look.

I then moved to doing the base. I believed the base was one of the most important aspects of the makeup to transform my male model into a female. The base was one of the things I didn’t test as it seemed one of the easiest of all the components. The base didn’t turn out too bad, but I found myself looking up where to place the contour and highlighter. If I was to do this again, I would research this beforehand and make sure I had them printed so I could refer to them without stopping the process to look it up.

I later moved onto the line work; the eyeliner and waterline, the zig zag under the eyes, and the facial markings stretching over the nose and checks. Similar to the eyeshadow, I was also nervous about the line work especially the facial marking due to the trail. In the trail I attempted to do most of my line work in a dark pigment of eyeshadow, this caused large messy lines that I found hard to control. So my model suggested using oil paint instead. On the day when I did use oil paint it made my lines much more precise and easier to control, though I did have to fix some with concealer, they became my favourite part of the whole makeup and really gave a professional finish to the look, carrying the characters story well as well.

I then moved to the lips. I believed the lips were one of the most important parts of the makeup as they would help turn my model from a boy to a girl.  I decided to use a dark purple lipstick for the look rather than a brown as I believed that the purple highlighted the more feminine lip shape better. In my trail I had also decided to blend the edges to create a more blurred edge, But upon the day I decided against this as I believed I took too much of the shape away.

Finally, I painted the one hand black. I choose to do this as it helped further her backstory of her evil power taking over her and conceptualised this into the makeup look. Though painting one of the hands wasn’t in my original plans I’m glad I did as I believe it really improved the look holistically showing that the character has been executed all the way down to the finger tips.

I finished the look with a wig that I had previously styled, a headpiece that I made at home, and a jacket.

In conclusion I’m very pleased with what I achieved in a whole. I truthfully really like the makeup look and the character I have created and really enjoyed the experience. If I was to attempt this again, I would try and lean more into her story creating a more evil and dark makeup look.  I would also research more about base makeup to further the transformation of my male model to female and make a more thorough plan. I hope to carry these improvements into my next classes set, props, and stage management.