Wigs.

Okay, so you already know how to maintain your wigs, now its time to actually put them on.

The wig I used on my artist was too small for her head, we don't have ones made to fit in our class so we have to just make them work.

You have to tie back all the hair to make sure the cap will go over it. You can use plaits etc.

Now you can go ahead and put the cap over the head. Try and use one that matches the colour of your wig. I used a dark grey wig so I used a black cap.

You can get your artist to help you put the cap and wig on. They can hold the front and pull it down, while you secure them to the back of the head.










I don't have a picture for the next part. With the lace at the front fold it back, making sure you have no hairs in the way. You can then apply a thin line of spirit gum and wait till it becomes tacky. With the folded over lace pull forward and stick down using a pin tail comb.

The one thing I would change about this would probably be the wig itself, it would have been a lot easier if it was the right size. Other than that I think it went pretty good for my first time.

Not your hair.

Wigs, wigs, wigs. Basically if you are wanting to become a media makeup artist, get used to wigs, as you will be using them, a lot. Each wig  needs to be maintained and well looked after before each use. Wigs are used in all areas of the industry, whether it be for TV, movies and sometimes even personal use. A lot of the celebrities we see today wear wigs, usually lace ones. Lace wigs are easy to disguise and look real to someone else, this is because the lace at the front will blend into your natural skin tone and almost look invisible. Application is very important and it is down to the makeup artist to make sure it is applied correctly, if you look after the wig then applying it to your artists head will be easier.

Before and after any use of a wig, you need to brush through it. This is to make sure all knots are brushed out and the wig is either ready for use or washing.

We used bowls in our lesson as there just wasn't enough sinks for us all.  Add some warm water with shampoo and soak your wig in the water. Make sure you wash the wig gently.

You can add conditioner to the wig to make it soft, it would be up to you. After you have finished hold the wig under a tap and rinse through, this will get rid of all the shampoo and conditioner.

When the wig has been washed you can dry it by wrapping it up in a towel and then gently blow drying the wig.

After the wig is clean it needs to be blocked. Getting a block and
wrapping it up in cling film will stop the growth of mould.

When you have prepared your block you can then put your wig on it, to make sure it is secure add some pins at the back, these will hold it in place.







Nearly finished...

Finally make sure the lace at the front is flat to the block and no hair is stuck underneath or in the way. Using the tape and pins apply over the bottom of the lace and put each pin in. You can see by the picture the pattern the pins should create. After you have finished, pin back the remaining tape and store the wig somewhere safe.

Have fun using wigs!

Addict

At the beginning of this lesson we were shown some pretty nasty pictures and the majority of the class were quite shocked at the result some drugs can do to you. I liked this lesson as we could go as heavy as we wanted, making it look like they were in the first stages of addiction or hooked completely. The key to this makeup effect is not to be pretty and precise with your application. I used my supracolours for this design and made sure to spread the marks around the face, adding light brown/red to the rest of the face, to give a very uneven complexion. 

Heres a before and after of my artist:

BEFORE

AFTER

We also learnt how to create track marks. Using a red to create the rings and then a darker colour (brown/purple) in the middle. You can also add in a few light veins. 

Good Morning and Welcome to TV Presenter Makeup.

So in this lesson we learnt how to create a simple TV presenter makeup look. It is a really easy makeup look to create, adding a few curls to the hair can finish the look off.

The eyeliner should be quite thin and the eye shadow is often natural colours. I curled the hair using tongs and created a side fringe for my artist. If I was to change anything on this look it would be the hair, maybe next time straightening it instead.

We all used a natural pink/peach lipstick, but depending on the outfit worn and the look you are creating, a darker/brighter lipstick could be used. The TV presenter makeup shouldnt be over done, remember it usually is day time tele, so no dark, heavy colours on the eyes.

One last thing, not to put you under pressure or anything, but the makeup should look perfect and even on each side of the face as the camera can often pick up on mistakes and all the lighting will not help either. Anyway, here are a few closer pictures of the result of my finished look!

How will you look when your older?

Hi guys, yes im back again. I havent posted anything for a while as we have been handing in assignments etc, so I have A LOT to catch up on. We have already aged using make up, now its time to use latex. This was a super fun lesson, but it can get quite messy. I personally think latex can be quite tricky to use as it dries quicker in certain areas, depending on the amount you apply.

First things first, you will need a setting powder, plenty of sponges and makeup, preferably skin illustrator, oh and of course, latex. You will need your artists help in this design, as you need to stretch the skin. There are different directions in which to apply the latex as we want it to look as realistic as possible. Heres a rough idea of the directions:


Make sure to avoid the areas with hair, as latex can sometimes be quite difficult to remove from hair. 

As an example I will explain how to apply over the eyelid. Make sure to pull the eye to side, keeping the tension throughout, you can ask your artist to help with this. When you are ready apply the latex with a sponge moving outwards. Avoid the lashes and eyebrow. 

Leave the area to dry and then dust over with powder.You will know if the latex has set as it will not be sticky. 

Because you have kept the tension, when you let the eye relax you will begin to see the wrinkles that have formed. You can sometimes tease it into place if you are not happy with it. 

When you have finished applying latex to the whole face, you can begin to make it look more realistic, using makeup. With a thin brush you can choose the best wrinkles/lines formed and fill in slightly. 

I didnt manage to finish my design, as the lesson finished. Im really happy with the lines that formed and I think it came out quite well. Its just a shame I didnt get to finish. Here it is anyway! 

Look out..

Hi guys! sorry I haven't posted anything for a while. Every time I've tried to post something new, it wouldn't let me, that & work. But don't worry, im back. new posts coming soon! tasha x

No surgery needed.

Wanting those perfect cheek bones? a narrow nose? a great jaw line? You've come to the right place. No surgery needed either, all you need is a little makeup! Highlighting and shading is the key, where you put it is the important thing. Here is a guide with where best to place each colour, make sure to decide on your artists face shape first, you need to know this to decide where everything goes. ALWAYS blend well, you don't want your artist walking down the red carpet with lines all over their face! this way really does work too, it looks incredible when you have finished and you can really see a difference.

Here is where I placed my shader, just below the cheekbone, I then placed shader down the side of the nose, under the jawline and in the temples and hair line. I then shaded well, so there was no visible line. 

Here it is, after I had applied the highlighter and blended each area well. To be honest I think the nose is to strong, so I would maybe next time make sure my artists nose is blended better.

Bushy beard and brows x2

I had another go at applying a beard in last weeks lesson and we got to do the eyebrows too, mine is more like 'eyebrow' its on the verge of a mono brow. I love putting beards on people and making them look as realistic as possible, its so fun! We used crepe hair again in this lesson and I included a black mix into the hair this time too. If you ever get the chance to apply a beard I definitely would, its really quite easy, can get a bit messy though. 

If im being honest, I think the eyebrows are a little out of control and I could maybe make them look slightly better!

You can see my grey hairs just coming through, this is all in preparation for my first assignment!

Zombies

Don't be too scared!
Yeyy! we have finally started on the more creative side of media makeup! We pretty much carried out the death makeup, but expanded on it, I loved this lesson and can't wait to try out this look again. With this makeup design you can pretty much take it on how ever you like, adding as much or as little detail you want. I made sure to add quite a few broken veins that looked as though they were under the skin, as I think it just looks really sweet, more believable. We got a chance at using liquid latex and congealed blood too. Take this how you want. I didn't go crazy with the latex as I wanted people to see all the veins I had added, but now I wish I had just covered the face! I was really happy with this look and I think it is so fun to do. The one thing I would change... Make it more gruesome looking.

So here's a side view of how my veins came out, I drew them on and then slightly blended.

I tried to make it look like the temples and eyes had sunken in over time.

A front view of my zombie before I added any of the wounds
And then below's pictures are my finished look, hope you like them!

'What lies beneath'

Hey guys! As you all know its been the halloween holidays this week, so I have neglected my blog! sorry! But im back now, so its all good. I want to talk about facial muscles today, we painted them on each others faces, before we broke up for the holiday. Im not going to lie, at first I hated this task, I thought my design looked awful at first, but as I began to slowly build it up, I was happy with it in the end. It is so hard to get the right texture of each muscle and the right colours. You really need to practise this one, or I do haha. Not my strong point. I think I just put too much pressure on myself, because when I look back, I am please with it. Anyway, enough about me. I find the names of each muscle so hard to remember, so dont worry if you do too! Heres the picture I based my design on.

 http://catalog.nucleusinc.com/imagescooked/9300W.jpg

Here you go, this is how mine turned out. Its my first attempt, so there is areas I can improve on. The black areas are the spaces which have no muscle tissue. Hope you like it!

Hairdressing, first vertical roll.

So we are back on hair again and finally styling. We did a vertical roll this week and if im being honest, I had no idea what it was! But I did really enjoy it, it was stressful at times, but I got there. As I didn't actually know what one was, you can imagine I had no idea how to even do one. From previous hairdressing lessons I have found that I really need to practice hair the most, I will probably use it a lot in my career and it would be extremely helpful and great if I knew what I was doing (it would help haha) At first when my tutor was showing us how to carry it out, all I could think was..

How am I going to do this?

It looks easy-ish? or does it? 

But I was okay, I had failed in my head before I even started! The procedure for a vertical roll is quite simple to learn, you just need to practice (well this is what I have found) Here I will talk you through what I did and how I learnt to carry out a vertical roll. 

Right guys, I worked on my block this week and yes I have named her, her name is Cynthia.. I started brushing through her hair with my paddle brush, her hair is pretty coarse, so I made sure it was smooth before I did anything with the hair. As the rollers were heating I started to separate her hair into sections, now they are pretty similar to when I was blow drying the hair, but just slightly different. I have put up my pictures as a step by step guide. When my rollers were warm enough to use I started by selecting one of my sections and then separating it into at least 3. This will help when putting up in the rollers, as you don't want the hair too thick as it wont be as effective. 

I didn't realise rollers were a great way to create volume, I just always thought we used them to get them natural looking curls. I really had a stress over putting the rollers in, if they weren't falling out they were burning me and if they weren't burning me, the grips were not staying in place, nightmare! Thankfully the fire alarm went off though and by the time we came back in I was ready to start again and win! I think I did too, as I am happy with the result.












Look how good those curls came out! I was quite happy to leave her hair how it was, but the task was a vertical role. I was gutted when I had to brush through them and then back comb her hair, but this was all towards the prep. 

And I actually managed to pull it off! For my first try I am so happy with how it came out trying to create that roll though, I wont lie, it took me about 5 or 6 attempts. When I re-do this look I will be making sure I have the hair as tight as possible, just so it neatens it up a little more. Until next time! 

Old theatrical makeup, 'take one'

As we've already taken on theatrical makeup, this week we tried old theatrical. During this lesson we learnt how to make it appear like someone had aged using only makeup. I enjoyed this weeks lesson as I thought it was really interesting. When we were first told, I did wonder how we would make it look realistic without making it look too fake, but when we were showed the application it all made sense. This makeup look is all down to where you apply the lines, this will make up the wrinkles. It is quite a funny task to do, as you will find getting your artist to pull funny faces always helps! (frowning, raising their eyebrows etc) I did find the blending of the lines a little difficult, as I felt as though I blended them a bit too much. I managed to fix them though, just by applying a darker colour. I felt as though for my first attempt it turned out quite well, it could have been better, but I didn't stress over it too much. When I try out the old theatrical makeup again I will learn from my mistakes by not over blending and I will probably apply my lines a bit darker and bolder. Its always good to find out how you might actually look when your older! (not haha) Here's how my first look went!

 

First beard.

The time has come for us all to get a little crazy, yes that's right, us ladies have grown beards! Well not literally, but they look so good! I loved this lesson! I would do it all the time if I could, it was my first ever time applying a beard, I haven't had to apply many, its not something I come across everyday...
I think this is probably why I loved it so much, I know I always say I love learning something new, but I really do! Everyday is different and a new challenge. A little safety tip, always make sure you patch test before you apply anything using spirit gum! Right, now that I've told you that, let me begin. When I first found out that we would be applying the beard let alone making it, I was quite worried, I wasn't sure where I would lay each piece or how I would, but Sharon (my tutor) soon showed me how and I was fine. I didn't particularly like the way my colouring of the beard came out, I felt in some places it was to grey and that I could of separated the colour up a bit more. Having said that I loved the way the beard looked at the end, I think I achieved what I was going for and I am happy with that. When I re-create my beard I think I will probably go for a different style and maybe even a different colour. Here's a few pictures of the process.

So I worked with Kayleigh this week and this is how she started out, she came to college without a beard...
I have also put up a picture of how your beard will start, we used crepe hair and this is how it looks at first. Depending on how long you would like the beard is where you cut it.
The next step was to separate the beard, basically to make sure we didn't have clumps of one colour throughout. I went for a grey, white and brown coloured beard. I opted for the brown to be the natural colour of the beard as Kayleigh is brunette, but I wanted it to appear as though she had aged, hence the grey and white. To make it easier for myself I did separate all the colours before mixing them together. When I started to mix the colours together I really wanted it to look as natural and realistic as possible, I went over and over again, laying one piece of hair onto the other and adding other colours in as I went along. After I had done this I split my hair into sections, you have to make sure each section isn't too thick, as it wont stick as good.
Right the next stage is really knowing where to place each bit of the beard, I started off by applying a line of spirit gum underneath the chin, I then selected which section of hair would best fit. Before I applied the hair onto the spirit gum I cut the top of my hair off, making sure I had a nice, neat line. I made sure my glue was tacky before sticking down and then used my pin tail comb to apply and press down on the skin.
After applying each section underneath the chin, slowly building the facial beard up, I moved my main focus onto the chin. Now I wasn't really sure how to go about this, but I had pictures to guide me. When it came to the cheeks I wanted a rough looking beard, no neat shaven lines and I think I pretty much got what I was going for. After creating the beard itself, I started on the moustache, I found this to probably be the easiest, because you already have the beard formed, so you can use this as a guide for the hair growth.

When I had finished it all, I just had one more thing to do, neaten it up a little. I didn't managed to get all my hair the same length, so it looked a little crazy!  It looked great after it had, had a trim!

As me and Kayleigh were the last to finish, we had the pleasure of walking around college with our beards on. Obviously we looked great and everyone was looking, Lucky us!
But after having our beards on for at least an hour they were beginning to annoy us a little, so we went back to class and took them off, our fun was over! I used Ben Nye bond off to remove mine, it smells quite citrus, so its nice! I made sure to cover my partners face with a paper towel so it didn't run all down her face and just slowly started to pull it away.

I hope you like it! I loved the way it turned out.

Colour correctors.

So in our lesson this week we learnt about colour correctors and which best to use when faced with these problems. Its probably best to learn which colour to pair with which if you ever find yourself having to use them. I personally think they are great, as they can help loads! If you find that someone looks quite red, this can be covered using a green concealer. We learnt that you should put these on underneath the foundation, as you do need to cover it. You can buy different correctors, ranging from a simple palette to a liquid, the only difference is that with the creams they won't cover a large area of the face, only small, but with the liquid corrector you can cover a wide area. Here is a picture to help you understand a little better. I hope this helps as much as it did me!