Assessment - Practicing My Partners Design

This was the face chart that my partner gave me. My initial reaction was that I would be quite comfortable with creating the design, the only thing I saw which I thought I may find difficult is blocking out the eyebrows so that they look like they do not exist. 

First of all, I blocked out the eyebrows using a pritt stick, warm water, cotton buds and then I applied a rosy pink colour (supra colour) over the eyebrows with a sponge. Initially this did not work as effectively as I would've hoped on the first eyebrow - the eyebrow was still fairly visible and looked quite textured, so I took this off and added a few more layers of glue and applied a lot of pressure to smooth it down. I applied the colour over the top again, and this time it actually worked very well; I think the key thing to remember is to not worry about being so gentle. 

I then concealed the face, covering up any blemishes and imperfections. I then applied foundation to the skin, going over the eyebrows so that they and the area surrounding them is skin coloured, instead of pink. I then did a light grease-based contouring on the cheeks and nose, before powdering the whole face.

I went over the contouring with the powder-based glamour glow palette, to create quite dark contouring, as required by the designer, as well as highlighting the top of the cheeks. 

I then used the Naked palette to create quite a gold smokey eye which reached up to where the eyebrows should be. I then added white eyeliner to the waterline and black false eyelashes on the top lash line. 

Finally, I used red (from the supracolor palette) on the lips. 

Overall, I was actually very satisfied with how the look turned out, and I think I did a very good job carrying out what the designer wanted. Surprisingly, the blocking out of the eyebrows was actually very successful and I just hope to complete this look to the same standard in the timed assessment. 

The only thing I feel I need to improve is time management - this look took me about an hour and a half, and in the assessment we only have an hour and 10 mins, therefore, I must ensure that I know exactly what I am doing, and that I do not make any mistakes because I need to complete the look and to a high standard. 

Work station & products/equipment used:

• Kryolan Supracolor palette
• Pritt stick
• Warm water
• Cotton/baby buds
• False Eyelashes & eyelash glue
• Concealer
• Foundation
• Contouring powder
• Highlighting powder
• Translucent powder
• Naked eyeshadow palette
• Mascara
• Foundation brush
• Eyeshadow brush 
• Contouring brush
• Sponge x2
• Disposable mascara wands