As you can see, I have adapted and developed my original idea by swapping around the skin colour and white face, as well as adding and changing a few other features. I have decided to have the eye area of the face as the modern feature; e.g. heavy smokey eyes, contouring on the nose, false eyelashes and drawn in eyebrows. This then fades out into a much more Elizabethan look - a white face, red apples of the cheeks and rouge lips.
I then went on to try this design on myself to ensure that it looked as effective as I envisioned...
I started off with the eyes and used the Naked 2 palette to create a heavy smokey eye.
I applied Foxy all over the lid and up to the brow, and then put Tease on top of this, but stopped slightly below the brow bone. I then applied Busted all over the lid and into the crease, followed by Blackout in the outer corner of the lid and into the crease. I applied Verve in the inner corner and then blended it all out. Finally, I also applied Blackout under the eye and joined this up with the eyeshadow on the lid.
I applied mascara to both the top and bottom lashes
I added false eyelashes to the top set of lashes
I then added black eyeliner to the waterline and blended this into the eyeshadow below
I filled in the eyebrows using eyeshadow
I then applied the skin colour foundation all around the eyes, going no lower than the bottom of the nose
I then applied the white skin base to the rest of the remaining skin, including the ears and neck, trying to create quite a smooth transition between the colours
I used a much darker/lighter foundation to create contouring and highlighting in the sections that fall within the skin colour, e.g. the nose, and very high point of the cheekbones and forehead
I then blended this out and applied a translucent powder before going over the contouring again slightly, using a powder-based product
I applied a red blusher to the apples of the cheeks, but only the parts that fell within the white section of the face
Finally, I used a mixture of the red and brown blusher and applied this to my lips
The final look...
Overall, I was actually extremely satisfied with how my design turned out - I feel it mixes modern society and the Elizabethan era in a very unusual and interesting way, and you are able to see the transition and compare the differences right in front of your eyes. I think you are able to see the influences from each era, for example, the heavy smokey eye, which contrasts with the pale skin and blusher on the apples of the cheeks. I really like how the 2 looks blend and fade into one another, for example, I like how the contouring is visible and you pick up on it, but when you actually look closer, it has disappeared by the time you reach the Elizabethan section of the face.
Creating this design on the face for the first time took me about an hour and a half, due to me simply taking my time and trying ti figure out the best way to do things. My partner will only have around an hour and 10 mins, but I think if I explain the process (along with these pictures) and they are clear on what they are doing, and are able to have a few practices, that it will be possible to complete on time.
Products/equipment used:
- Kryolan Foundation
- Illamasqua white skin base
- Naked 2 palette
- Avon eyeshadow palette (for filling in eyebrows)
- Kryolan Glamour Glow palette
- Illamasqua translucent powder
- False eyelashes
- Eyelash glue
- Mascara
- Disposable mascara wands
- Kryolan Blusher palette
- Foundation brush
- Blusher brush
- 3x eyeshadow brushes
- Blending brush
- A puff
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