My second shoot had to take place at home as i had to come back to sheffield due to Covid-19. The whole pandemic has had a huge impact my learning and has made it difficult for me to do shoots at home. I have had to leave most of my makeup back in Manchester and have had limited amount of products to work with, along with ring light and hair tools. I tried to achieve the best results i possibly could with the products i had with me. I then had to start creating the looks on myself and with family members i have been living with which also wasn’t easy as there wasn’t enough space but also looking after children at the same time.
I enjoyed creating my first look so much i wanted to carry the clown theme on a little bit. I was scrolling on Instagram and a picture of a artist came up and i really liked how the look looked. i had recently bought some uv eyeshadow pigments and though they would work well as eyeshadow as the photo also shows. Neon eyeshadow was also used.
With this look i saw that the artist had blocked the brows and made they eye appear bigger which has been given extra long lashes. lots of different shapes are involved with this look which really caught my eyes and i thought it was cool. Stars, Circles, triangles and lines are created by using shadows and liners which i thought would look good when photographed.
This look was quite time consuming to create as there was a lot of different steps to actually complete the look. The shoot would have took a lot longer if i was at university doing it as my model was relaxed and didn’t need any breaks, I also didn’t have to wait for the studio to become available which i would have normally had to do. Being able to take my time when doing makeup does usually make the outcome a lot neater and more detailed but on a job in industry i wouldn’t always have the luxury of time so i need to practice on picking up my pace whilst working to a high standard. I am happy with how my work turned out an how the picture looked, The colours went together really well but i would have liked to change the nose as i feel that area of the face was quite visually messy. I did try to touch the Photo up in photoshop but felt like i was making it look even more muddy. I didn’t have any contact lens and my model doesn’t like to put them in so instead i decided to blur one eye pupil out to make her look more sinister and dark. I didn’t know what to do with the hair so i decided to use some P’Louise eye base in ‘acid reign’ on the hair and roots as it matched the colour on the eyes and helped the makeup and hair go together. for that idea I was inspired by the artist Billie Eilish, she has green in her roots and i love the aesthetic. When it came to taking the photo i placed my model on a blank wall to make it as professional as possible whilst using the torch on my phone to improve the lighting.
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