Eyes:
We got given a piece of paper similar to the picture shown below about the different kind of eye shapes and the way in which you should apply eye makeup in order to create an illusion to even out the eye shape. We decided that Olivia had Small lids and large brow so for that i had to apply my darker colour just above the socket so that when she opened her eyes the colour was still visible.
We were taught to apply translucent powder underneath the eyes so that if any eyeshadow dropped under the eye we could easily wipe it away. I used a gold shade all over her eyelid and a matte dark brown shade in her socket and outer corner.
We also got taught how to blend the eyeshadow using a cotton bud and some translucent powder and this helps a lot if you have too much colour on the eyelid and you just want to blend some of it away.
After applying all the eyeshadow we moved onto mascara. We used a technique where we applied it to the top of the lashes and then underneath making sure that we got right to the root of the lash every time. Once the top lashes had dried we then asked out client to look up and applied mascara to the lower lashes.
If curling the eyelashes is needed then you can curl before or after applying mascara.
I think that the eyeshadow went ok, i just needed to blend the darker colours a lot more to make it softer.
Brows:
We were shown to apply a eye shadow shade depending on the brows. I chose a lighter brown and then in the places where the hair didn’t grow as thick i used a darker brown eyeshadow. I used an angled brush and lightly applied the shadow to the hairs on the brow. This created a very natural looking brow.
Lips:
We were shown to apply the lip colour with an angled brush, this way you can use the flip technique on the bow of the lip to create that precise lip line. We mixed the shade we wanted on the back of our hand and applied it whilst asking our client to ‘stretch’ their lips so that the lips are taught and easier to apply the colour on. As we are applying the colour we keep asking the client to rub their lips together and also to blot using a tissue, this way we don’t get any excess product and we don’t create lines on the lips.
After that was complete we took some translucent powder and applied that to the lips with a fluffy blush brush just to set the lipstick and give it a softer effect. Liv’s lips were quite dry and the colour i chose emphasised that a lot so next time i will make sure to choose a colour that the dryness is less visible and also moisturise her lips before hand.
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