Ellis Faas

Ellis Faas

Image was found on google images.

Ellis faas is a make-up artist.

Vogue Paris named her 'one of the most influential make-up artist of her generation'

She was born in 1962

She did a professional photography course when she left high school, she only used herself as a model but in order to look different each time she discovered make-up.

she then decided to move to Amsterdam an then to Paris in order to study make-up, she then moved to London to get the creative job she desired.

When she had her daughter she then moved back to Amsterdam.

Ellis Faas also became the leading make-up artist for fashion show all around the globe.

she designed make-up for Giorgio Armani, cacharel, chanel, Dolce & Gabbana, Dries Van Noten, Fendi, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Kenzo Takada, Moschino, Sonia Rykiel, Yves Saint-Laurent, Haute Couture, Junko Shimada, oliver Theyskens, Emanuel Ungaro, Viktor & Rolf for H&M and Junya Watanabe.

She currently lives in one of the oldest parts of Amsterdam in a studio.

she currently works mainly in Paris, New York and Milan.

Ellis launched her own brand of make-up products in 2009.

Information was found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellis_Faas

Elizabethan make-up information

Elizabethan make-up information

The face

http://beautifulwithbrains.com/2010/05/20/beauty-history-the-elizabethan-era/

Only the rich were considered wealthy enough to have pale skin, they used several different things to achieve it such as, ceruse a foundation made of white lead (which was poisonous) and vinegar.

there was also sulphur, alum or tin ash.

some also used white eggs for a pale complexion and to hide wrinkles.

The Lips and cheeks

http://beautifulwithbrains.com/2010/05/20/beauty-history-the-elizabethan-era/

They would use plants such as, madder and asian plants with red roots and animal dyes such as, cochineal and beetle.

They also used egg whites and ochres to redden the cheeks.

They used madder and cochineal on the lips which reddened by using vermilion, a red pigment from mercury sulphide.

Eyes and eyebrows

http://beautifulwithbrains.com/2010/05/20/beauty-history-the-elizabethan-era/

Woman used kohl to rim their eyes to make them appear darker,they also used Belladonna to make their eyes darker and more sparkly.

Woman would pluck their eyebrows so their either had none or just a very thin high brow to make their foreheads appear larger.

Hair

http://beautifulwithbrains.com/2010/05/20/beauty-history-the-elizabethan-era/

Woman desired to have pale reddish/blonde hair so they would dye it using different substances such as, urine, cumin seeds, saffron,oil and celandine.

Woman would wear their hair down if they were not yet married, when they were married they would wear their hair up.

Some women's hair grow to be very thin or bald so they wore wigs.

Some woman became so desperate to have this desired hair they shaved their own hair off and wore wigs.

The rich woman would use jewels and hair pieces in their hair.

Skin care

http://beautifulwithbrains.com/2010/05/20/beauty-history-the-elizabethan-era/

Woman would often get all sorts of skin problems as a result of getting that desired pale white complexion, to help get rid of blemishes, wrinkles, spots and freckles they used, rosewater, lemon juice, and a mixture of eggshell, alum, mercury and honey.

The rich would also bathe in ass's milk while washing the face with mercury.

Colour/face charts

Colour Charts

This is my understanding of colour.

Colour Theory

https://cs.nyu.edu/courses/fall02/V22.0380-001/color_theory.htm

Colour theory is a body of practical guidance to colour mixing and the visual effects of a specific colour combination. 

Colour Context

http://www.colormatters.com/color-and-design/basic-color-theory

picture is from google images.

Colour context is how a colour reacts within relation to different colours and shapes.

Colour Wheel

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_wheel

A colour wheel is a circle that shows the relationship between primary and secondary colours.

Analogous

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analogous_colors

Analogous colour is where you use a primary colour and the colour either side of it.

Complementary

 Image is from google images.

https://cs.nyu.edu/courses/fall02/V22.0380-001/color_theory.htm

Complementary colour is where you use to colours directly opposite each other, this gives you a bold dramatic look. 

Monochromatic

         This images is from google images.

https://cs.nyu.edu/courses/fall02/V22.0380-001/color_theory.htm

Monochromatic colour is where you use different shades of one colour.

Achromatic

This image is from google images.

https://cs.nyu.edu/courses/fall02/V22.0380-001/color_theory.htm

Achromatic colour is colourless, it uses black, white and grey.

Indution week

Induction Week

On induction we were asked to go out into Southampton and go to mac, bobbi brown, Laura mercier, smash box, benefit, 

We had to go to each store and find out what their best selling product was and to take a picture of each product.

We also had to take a 'selfie' infront or by each store.

This is the mac counter in john lewis.

The best selling product was the mac matte lipstick called Rubie woo.

This is our group mac 'selfie' infront of the Mac counter in John lewis.

This is the Bobbi brown counter in John lewis.

Their best selling product was as shown below.

This was our group 'selfie' in-front of Bobbi brown John lewis.

This is the Laura Mercier counter in John lewis.

The best selling product was as shown below.

This is our group 'selfie' infront of Laura Mercier in john lewis.

This is the Benefit counter in John Lewis.

Their best selling products were their mascara, primer, brow product, hoola bronzing powder.

This is our group 'selfie' infront of Benefit in John lewis.

This is the Smash box counter in Boots.

The best selling product was their primer.

This is our group 'selfie' in-front of the Smash box counter in Boots.

Kevyn Aucoin

Kevyn Aucoin

Image found on google images.

Kevyn Aucoin is an American Make-up Artist, photographer and author, he was born on February 14th 1962 in Shreveport, Louisiana, United States, he then died on May 7th 2002 in Valhalla, New York, United States, of kidney and liver failure due to an addiction to painkillers.

He was interested in make-up since a child he used his sisters as models and often took photographs of his work with a polaroid camera.

he also was afraid to buy his make-up so he chose to take the risk of shoplifting it, the thought of guilt made him stop.

In 1982 he then moved to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to start a career as a make-up artist, as this didn't work out he then decided to move to New York City, with his boyfriend Jed Root that was also posed as his manager to help with his career.

Kevyn Aucoin first started putting make-up on test models for free to build up his portfolio, he was then discovered by vogue, he then work along side vogue photographer Steven Meisel.

In 1984 he collaborated with Revlons Naked lines, this was the first line based on skin tones. 

'I work in an industry with some of the meanest people who have ever walked the face of the earth, who live and die for the surface. But the way I see it, I have a responsibility to do the most I can do, the way I know how. Since I know how to apply makeup, that's what I do and use it as a platform.'

Kevyn Aucoin

When Kevyn Aucoin was 21 years old Revlon hired him as creative director of their prestige ultima II line of cosmetics.

Vincent Longo and Laura Mercier then approched him to endorse their lines, he decided to launch his own brand 'Kevyn Aucoin Beauty' in 2001.

Books

Face Forward, Little, Brown. 2000.
 Making Faces, Little, Brown. 1999.
The Art of Makeup, Harper-Collins Publishers. 1994.
The Art of Makeup, Perennial Currents. 1996.

  


Films

Kevyen Aucoin was the make-up artist for Drake Sather 'Derek' in Zoolander in 2001.

The night we never met (1993) - Make-up Artist for ms. Tripple horn.

Janet: The velvet rope (1998) - Key Make-up Artist.

Michael Jackson: HIStory on film - volume II (1997) - Additional Make-up Artist.


 Information was found on Wikipedia  

Illamasqua

Illamasqua

For this day we had the people from illamasqua come in and give us a tutorial about there company and products.

They also gave a makeup demo i found this demo very helpful, it showed me new techniques and applications.

they also gave us a competition to do, we had to think of an story line, character, makeup look and try and sell the look as if your were selling it to a director of a film.

the two winning groups had to put their names in a hat and one person from each group got to be one of their assistance for the day working at illamasqua.

This is a picture of the makeup demo illamasqua done for us.

This is my groups idea, it was a pixie in an enchanted forest turning it into winter.

Halloween makeup

halloween makeup

These are my first attempts at halloween makeup using kryolan super colour palette and illamasqua skin base.

With this piece i used both products and i used the blending brush, foundation brush and a angle brush.

The colours i used where:

With this piece i feel i needed to work with blending a bit more.

With this piece i used both products and the kryolan eye shadow palette, i also used the blending brush, foundation brush and a angle brush.

The colours i used where:

I could do her whole face as she previously hurt her eye.

I need to work on blending sharp lines for example on her nose i have missed a few brush strokes made.

With this piece i used both products and i used the blending brush, foundation brush and a angle brush.

The colours i used where:

I didn't manage to finish this as i ran out of time and we had to swap over.

I need to work on the symmetry and timing for this piece. 

 

Elizabethan eyebrow blocking

Eye Brow blocking

This is my first attempt at blocking out eyebrows, what you had to do was use either soap or glue stick and with your angle brush apply the soap or glue back and forwards through the eye brows, then smoothing them down with your finger.

You then need to use a skin base all over the face and over the eyebrows then powder generously.

front view

side view