Traditional Elizabethan Make Up Practise

In this weeks practical lesson we learnt how to block out eyebrows and create an Elizabethan make up look. This was a good lesson as it taught basic but important and useful skills. I am pleased with how the results turned out as it was my first attempt at this technique. I am however not pleased with the shape of the blusher as it is not circular enough and one side is darker than the other.

Methods:

Blocking out eyebrows with soap

·       Run toner through the eyebrows

·       Create a cream from the soap using an angled brush

·       Brush against the hairs of the brow

·       Keep pressing the brown down with your finger

·       Keep area around it clean using a baby bud and water

·       Smooth down the brow

·       Get rid of any ridges

·       Keep repeating the process until the brow is smooth to the touch

Blocking out eyebrows with glue

·       Put some glue onto the back of a clean hand by using a spatula

·       Apply the glue under the hairs and on top of them with the spatula

·       Build up the layers

·       Smooth down

·       Can use the spatula to take of excess glue

·       Can use water and a baby bud to clean area around the brow

·       Sometime glue can be shiny so apply powder on top at the end

·       If you want the skin to be a natural shade mix up a peachy red colour and apply to brow, this will block out the dark colour of the brow

·       Powder the area after you have done the rest of the face

·       If you want a white face apply white straight on to the smooth brow

Traditional Elizabethan Make Up