Lisa's Eldridge's make up moments: Off with her head! with Valli O'Reilly

Lisa Eldridge's make up moments: OFF WITH HER HEAD! Here is the full article
In this online article, Lisa Eldridge, has interviewed another make up artist, Valli O'Reilly about her work on the set of Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland.
Reading this article was very helpful in terms of understanding what it takes to be a makeup artist, for example Lisa Eldridge asked Valli O'Reilly what times she would come in, in the morning to work on the actors and actresses and she has replied that often she would get there at 4:30 in the morning. It has also been a good insight as O'Reilly has discussed how she would gather inspiration for the look of the Red Queen on actress Helena Bonham Carter, in this case she got inspiration for the eyebrows from Perc Westmore's look on Bette Davis from a previous Elizabeth film that we have looked at! This article has also proved that you have to be prepared for anything in this industry as the original forehead piece that they wanted to use on the actress didn't work with her as she was such an animated actress and moved her head and face too much, therefore O'Reilly had to come up with something better that would suit the actress.
All in all from this article it looks like O'Reilly had a wonderful time working on the set of this film and this article was exciting to read as somewhere in the future I could be doing something like this!

Valli O'Reilly on set with Helena Bonham Carter.

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Practice for the assessment.

Here is the outcome from the practice round of the timed assessment.

I think the eyelashes and eyebrows worked very well within this look and I feel they really give the look an Elizabethan feel but with a twist. I like the eye shadow as I feel the gold represents a sense of royalty whilst the pink tint compliments the red lips well. This practice for the assessment has highlighted to me that I like the pale base I had decided to use, but that I feel the pink eyeshadow might be a bit too pink and that for the actual timed assessment I will incorporate more gold into the eyes as I feel this will compliment the overall look better than that of the more pink base. 

Eyebrow inspiration from Givenchy and Cara Delevingne

Images sourced from this article

When researching how I can create the historic Elizabethan eyebrow look in a contemporary way I remembered seeing an article about Cara Delevingne having her eyebrows bleached by Pat Mcgrath for the Givenchy show at Paris fashion week. This reminded me of an Elizabethan look with the way that you can not see her eyebrows (Elizabethan's had pale, thin eyebrows). Another thing that I find wonderful about this look is the killer cat eye flicks that Cara has been given. This has inspired me for the eye look in my own design as when I look at the images I see elements that link to a historic Elizabethan look and how I can add a contemporary twist to the overall design with something like a cat eye that is a trend now.

Although Cara is well known for her large, dark eyebrows I feel the bleached eyebrow look actually really suits the model. 

Experimentation for my final designs

Over the past few days I have been discussing with my partner Samantha the timing element of the assessment and what my design involves. We decided to get together out of class over the past few days to practice our designs.
When experimenting with the designs for my Elizabethan look I thought it would look quite effective to have white eyelashes and eyebrows for the contemporary. The inspiration I got for this element of my look was from the fact that the historic Elizabethan looks normally feature a pale complexion so I wondered how I could translate that paleness in another way and on another facial feature which was when I came up with the idea for making the eyebrows white instead of blocking them out and then making the eyelashes white.
Here is the outcome of this experimentation.

I think the outcome was good and I especially like the eyelashes, therefore I think that feature will definitely be a part of my final design. 

Inspiration for my final design: White eyeliner.

When looking into one of the contemporary elements of my final design, I wondered how I would translate the element of white and being pale, without having a solid white complexion. Therefore I decided to do some research into some catwalk looks that involved white eyeliner. 

Image sourced from google images, originally from here

The first image I came across was this one of Cara Delevigne wearing white eyeliner at a fashion show in Milan. I then found this image from the same show. 

Image sourced from google images, originally from here

Another thing that I liked about this look was that they have decided to place the false eyelashes on the bottom eyelashes, quite low onto the lash which gives the models a very doll eyed look. 

Image sourced from google images, originally from here

Another version of white eyeliner that I found was an image from John Galliano's 2013 show. Here they have chosen to apply the eyeliner thickly across the eyelid with black smudged liner along the bottom. The white really sticks out in this look and I like how in most shows they will tend to have one focal point with the make up, this being the white eye. 

Image sourced from google images, originally from here

I then stumbled across this image. Although the eyeliner is black, I like the placement of the eyeliner on the crease of the eye and think this gives the overall look a structured yet minimalistic feel to it. Below I have practiced at home, using white eyeliner for my final design. 

Experimenting with Elizabethan makeup styles: Blocking out eyebrows.

Image sourced from google images, originally from http://www.marileecody.com/eliz1-images.html

Image sourced from google images, originally from http://en.academic.ru/dic.nsf/enwiki/9545859

As you can see from the historic portraits above Elizabethan's typically had pale eyebrows that were very rounded in shape and quite high up, to achieve this I have experimented with the process of blocking out the eyebrows in order to be able to draw them on higher and in the correct shape. 

Tools needed for this process were: A glue stick, a  spatula to apply the glue to the eyebrows, pale foundation/Illamasqua skin base, primer and setting powder. 

Here is the final outcome from my first time blocking out eyebrows 

 I think next time I use this to experiment with Elizabethan looks I will use a foundation under the skin base to take away more of the dark colour of the eyebrows. However when taking my final designs into consideration this may be a process I will use as I believe the outcome will be effective if I can find the correct method for blocking out my own dark eyebrows. 

New Elizabethans in todays society

When I think of embodying the new Elizabethan's I immediately thought of the character Blair Waldorf from the TV series 'Gossip Girl'. I feel that she is a great example of knowing all about self promotion. Despite often being portrayed in a bad light by 'Gossip Girl' (a website that essentially reveals secrets about a group of friends from New York) she always manages to come out on top. She has a group of 'minions' that follow her every move and trend and worship her as their icon. The way that the character Blair had been styled throughout the series also reminds me of someone who is royal. This reminded me of the fact that the Elizabethan's worshiped Queen Elizabeth and the fact that she is such an icon even today.

Image sourced from google images originally from  http://difashionista.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/gossip-girl-part-1-fashion-forward.html#.VGZ0dBaPl1M

Another person that I think of when looking into New Elizabethans Katie Piper. I think that Katie is an exceptional role model to all people due to the fact that she has managed to overcome exceptionally devastating circumstances in her life and due to this has had to work at re gaining her beauty. This reminds me of the way in which Queen Elizabeth had to work on her beauty due to having smallpox. Katie Piper has had to have various types of surgery due to having acid thrown in her face whereas Queen Elizabeth decided to wear makeup to cover up the scars from having smallpox. 

Image sourced from google images, originally from https://tv.bt.com/entertainment/tv/tvfeatures/katie-piper-understanding-the-bodyshockers-11363870825278