My Contemporary Make Up Design

After looking at and drawing inspiration from images and designs which resemble Elizabethan make up, I came up with my contemporary look. I started off by designing my base which I had previously thought up in a practical lesson. I wanted to create an ombre contoured effect, which is currently a popular but controversial trend, mostly seen on the Kardashian family. A pale complexion was very popular in the Elizabethan times so I wanted it to be present in my look, but I did not want the whole face to be that colour as I feel that it has been done many times. Therefore my look has a pale centre covering the brows, but with a warmer more neutral colour on the outer edges of the face. I decided that I would replace my natural brows with pearls, as to me they are instantly recognisable as typical jewellery of the Elizabethan period and since studying the culture and meaning behind them I find them even more beautiful and wanted to include them somewhere in my design. I liked the look that was created by the use of pearls on the Chanel Autumn Winter 2012/2013 and therefore have tried to captivate the same type of look but in my own way. I liked the idea of using pink in my design as I had seen the work of Alex Box which I thought was very beautiful, and pink was also a very important colour in representing youth during the Elizabethan era. As the look was coming together I realised that the pink was becoming one of the main features. I wanted to include it on the eyes in the form of a winger eyeliner, which is one of the most popular forms of eyeliner at the moment which to me updated the look instantly. I also wanted to include the pink colour on the apples of the cheeks, which is more of a traditional Elizabethan look, but as in keeping with the brief I wanted to update it and make it more contemporary. I was inspired by the work of Lisa Eldridge where she used paper make up and I thought that this would create a perfectly circular but also bold addition to the make up where the colour would be very intense.

My Face Chart