Evening Look Inspiration: Moodboard

For my Urban Decay inspired Evening Look, I wanted to create a more smokey look.  As Urban Decay are known for their colourful products swell as their more natural ones, I though I could create a colourful, purple smokey eye using shades from the Naked 3 Pallette and Electric Palette.  To keep with the sultry theme, I thought I would pair the smokey eye with an oxblood red shade lip.

Having recently learnt the art of Sleek Hair in class, I will aim to create a sleek, cross over style hair that's pulled away from the face.  This way, the full attention will be on the facial features. 

Studio: Classic Shapes and Silhouettes

This studio session was all about Sleek Hair. After we had blow-dried and straightened the hair, we created sleek ponytails and cross over styles.

Equipment Needed:

Water Spray

Paddle Brush

Denman Brush

Pintail Comb

Blow Dryer

Straighteners

Shine Serum

Hairspray

Hairband

Bobby Pins

Creating Sleek, Straight Hair:

1. Start off by brushing through your models hair, making sure the hair is knot free.  After this, spray the hair with water until it is damp.
2. Blow-dry hair working from back of the head toward the front with a flat paddle brush or penman brush.  Aim the blow dryer in a downward motion towards the hair, this will help lay the hair cuticles flat and prevent frizz from forming.
3. Next, straighten one to two-inch sections of hair at a time working upwards.
4. Once all the hair is straightened, run a shine serum through the hair using your fingers.

Creating a Sleek Ponytail:

1. Put your fingers at the crown of the head and gather up a large section of hair from the front of the head.  Make sure you are in a position to move around the head.
2. Run your hairbrush over the section you have pulled up, making sure that the hair is pulled tight with no bumps.
3. Gather the bottom section of hair into your hand with the top section, brush hair upwards making sure it is also neat.  The ponytail should be sat at the crown of the head.
4. Once all hair is neat, secure with a hairband or bungee.  A bungee is best for sleek hairstyles as it doesn't pull the hair which causes bumps.
5. To finish, spritz some hairspray over the ponytail and comb over the style to get rid of any bumps and flyways.

Sleek, Cross Over Style:

1. Start with dried and straightened hair.  Take a section of hair from the middle of the head, taken roughly from around the temples and clip this out the way.
2. Take a small section of hair from the front, sides of the head either side.  Comb these back, making sure they look sleek and secure with a kirby grip.  Cross the hair over at the back and secure one grip through the other to create a secure hold.
3. Next, take the section at the front and gently rest this over the cross over sections at the back.  Not only will this cover the grips but create a chic, polished look to the style.
4. To create a more punk style, you can backcomb this front section to give lift and volume.

Studio: Natural Beauty Hair

Equipment Needed:

Paddle Brush

Mousse

Sea Salt Spray

Hair Dryer (with Diffuser)

Hairbands

Kirby Grips

Pins

Creating Beach Hair/ Messy Waves:

1. Give your models hair a good brush through, making sure the hair is knot free.  Using a paddle brush is great for this. 
2. Take a small amount of mousse and run this through the hair using your fingers.  Mousse will give the hair extra volume, hold and a shiny "just-washed" sheen.
3. After this, spritz the hair with a sea salt texturising spray.
4. Now, scrunch the hair as it dries, you can either let hair air-dry or use a diffuser on your hair dryer.  Diffusers are attached to the end of hair dryers to protect hair from direct heat, allowing you to dry your hair without damaging it.  If using a hairdryer take small sections of hair and scrunch it into the diffuser, holding until the hair is dry.
5. Once you remove the hair from the diffuser, you should be left with a messy wave to the hair.  However, this may depend on your models hair type.
6. If you need to add extra waves to the hair, create messy curls with a curling iron. The secret is not to create perfect curls, so use a curling iron with a bigger barrel.
7. Lastly, run your fingers through hair to break up the curls. You can put a bit of shine serum on the hair also but this step is optional.

Chignon with Textured Hair:

1. To start, take your pintail comb and two sectioning grips.  First, use your comb to create a middle parting and then section the hair from behind the ear, leaving a fairly wide section either side at the front of the head.  Taking the hair left at the back, gather it at the nape of the neck and secure with a hair band. 

2. Twist the hair upwards, not too tightly and secure with kirby grips.  Using your pintail comb, shape and volumise the the hair, gently pulling outwards.  Once you have created your desired shape, secure with hair pins.

3. This style is all about a messy, un polished look.  I allowed some hair to fall around the face to create a boho chic look and made sure the chignon wasn't completely sleek at the back.

Timed Assessment Images

Day Time Look Final Images

Urban Decay Inspired Day Time Test Shoot

This week in our studio session with Kat, we did a test shoot for our brand inspired day-time look.  As you know, my chosen brand is Urban Decay, and my inspiration for this look was their Naked Skin Collection.  

I chose to keep the make-up very light and fresh.  The skin was kept dewy with the use of an illuminating face cream and satin primer underneath the foundation, I actually used UD's Naked Foundation, which has a buildable coverage but still allows your model's skin to shine through.  I used the Naked 1 Palette to create a subtle, defined eye.  To keep with the glowing theme, I made sure the main features of the face were highlighted using a cream highlighter.  To complete the look, as glossy lips are a main feature in the Naked Line Campaigns, I used a nude lipstick and added a pinky/beige gloss.

Daytime Look- Facechart and Hairchart

The aim is to create a natural, dewy look with minimal eyes and nude glossy lips.  I will define the eyes with a brown/ taupe shadow with a shimmer champagne colour to add a highlight.  I will also highlight the skin with a cream highlight to keep the look natural, as the idea is to keep the make-up light and day time appropriate.

For my natural Day Time look, I wanted to keep the hair soft and tousled to go with the understated make-up.  I thought a messy, curly chignon would be perfect for this, with tousled hair falling around the face to add a pretty, softness to the style.