Halloween makeup i done on me & my friends!

Zombie!

Wasnt really sure what to do so just tried to make myself look really pale & skinny!

Skull

My final assessment on eilidh! I passed!

Skeleton!

Took me ages & i didnt even do her other arm! Hope i make the final one look better

Popart makeup!

I think this looks hard but is actually very easy to do!

Dress The Piries!

In our essential skills class we were asked to come up with an idea of halloween costumes for Donald, his wife & his son. My team won! We chose the Nightmare Before Christmas! Donald being Jack Skellington, his wife being Sally & his son Oscar being Zero the dog! We decided we would homemake the dog costume with a simple bedsheet!

My pre-assessment on Eilidh!

Skeleton makeup i tried on myself!

Witch makeup!

My first attempt at witch halloween makeup! Happy with the result!

Tron Theatre -

The Rhythm of life
Tall Tales
Tiny Tales
Word Play

http://www.tron.co.uk/whatson/

The Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh -

The Guid Sisters
A Midsummer Nights Dream
Cinderella
A Taste of Honey
Time and the Conways
Takin' over the Asylum
Pressure

http://www.lyceum.org.uk/whats-on

Citizens Theatre

Medea
Glasgow Girls
Sleeping Beauty
Takin' over the Asylum

http://citz.co.uk/whatson

Traverse Theatre

My shrinking life
A Dream on Midsummers night
Mortal Memories
The Incredible adventures of see thru Sam
The Artist man and the mother woman

http://www.traverse.co.uk/whats-on/

Theatre Royal Glasgow

Scottish Operas the magic flute
The Ladykillers
The Nutcracker
A Midsummer nights dream
The little nutcracker

http://www.atgtickets.com/venues/theatre-royal-glasgow/

Kings Theatre Glasgow

Singing in the rain
The Guid Sisters
Cinderella
The Circus of Horrors
I dreamed a dream

Companies who are at the cutting edge of SFX makeup

BGFX, Barrie Gower Makeup Effects - Barrie Gower has created special make-up FX for film and television for the past 16 years and is one of the leading artists in his field.
His recently formed company BGFX Ltd can provide a variety of effects from prosthetic make-ups to realistic likeness bodies and creatures.
Barrie has contributed to many feature films including the Harry Potter series and was a member of the Academy award winning makeup teams forThe Wolfman and most recently The Iron Lady and Snow White and the Huntsman.

His first job was at the BBC Visual Effects dept. on projects including 'Red Dwarf' and 'Silent Witness'. The following year, Barrie was employed on his first major film, Steven Spielberg's 'Saving Private Ryan'. He now supervises his own projects of all sizes and budgets whilst maintaining the highest quality of work.

http://www.bgfx.co.uk/

 

 

 

The History of Media Makeup

Except for professional male actors and models you would think that make-up has always been used by women, but throughout history, before the twentieth century, make-up was worn primarily by men.
Paintings from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, George Washington and his contemporaries wore white powdered wigs with curls on the side and a pony tail in back, as well as white powder on their faces and red rouge on their cheeks and lips. European royalty including King Louis the fourteenth of France and King George the third of England set the fashion. After smallpox swept through Europe and left many people with pox marks, the French elite covered these scars by painting large, black beauty marks over them. Some even painted the symbols of hearts, clubs, spades and diamonds in red or black over the scars, as playing cards was the main social event in the evenings. This was considered extremely fashionable at the time as electricity had not yet been invented, so there was no television or radio to provide entertainment on long, dark evenings. This was the practice of the wealthy who had time on their hands to adorn themselves

It was discovered that with the powerful lights they used at that time, the actors looked washed out and drab. Therefore, make-up had to be created for male and female actors to even out the skin tone, add color, enhance features and create drama. And then like now the general public idolized movie stars and wanted to emulate them. This created a retail need for cosmetics and the beginning of what is today one of the largest earning sectors in market history. Women are continually fascinated by cosmetics and the promise they hold and can't seem to get enough of them.

Pale skin indicated people who worked inside in offices or factories whereas, a suntan showed you were wealthy enough to vacation and jet set for most of the year. Of course when it was discovered that excessive exposure to the sun caused premature aging and skin cancer, the dark tan look faded from popularity

The earliest known use of theatrical makeup was by the Greek actor Thespis, who, in an effort to stand out from the Greek chorus, painted a toxic covering of white lead and mercuric sulphide to create a white and red face paint. 

Before 1850, materials (some of them hazardous) used for stage make-up included burnt cork to blacken the face; artist's pigments such as carmine, vermilion and red lead for lips and cheeks; lampblack for mascara; India ink to create wrinkles and folds; and white lead, flour and powdered pearls to whiten the face. Butter was used to remove the make-up.

I think no makeup user should be without a good moisturiser! I use Simple moisturiser and I love it as it keeps your skin from going dry and helps makeup application easier. It keeps your face fresh and healthy. and helps soften the skin.


'Our Hydrating Light Moisturiser is a perfect blend of ingredients to help keep your skin replenished and hydrated. Perfect for even sensitive skin.'

Reviews-

'I have used this product every single day for over 10 years! This does mean my review is a little one sided as I cannot compare it to other like products as I have never had a reason to change'

'This moisturizer is great. I have very dry skin, and most moisturizers just dry my skin out even more. This product gives my skin a GREAT moisture balance, I would recommend it to anyone and I will definitely buy again!'

I also think makeup users shouldnt be without a good eyeshadow palette. I love eyeshadow I take my time on it every weekend to try & make it perfect! I like to try and make my eyes different by using different colours. I love smokey eyes and mostly use blacks, greys & dark browns when going out. I use the NAKED2 Pallette from Urban Decay. I bought this for £30. Although it is quite expensive its a great pallette as it has all the natural colours and browns and of course dark browns & black for the smokey eye look.

 

"Absolutely gorgeous variety of neutrals, shimmer/sheen/matte (wish they had more of)
The Naked 2 can go a long way from a natural look to an amazing smokey eye for a night out.
Very universal."

 

"For months I have used only this palette, and nothing else, it has all you need for a neutral to smokey eyes look, absolutely love it. Cant live without it."

 

"I love this product, the colours are brilliant, and I use all of them, something which rarely happens with a palette."

 

Plays that are on just now in the UK that use wigs!

  
1. The Lion King is now on in London in the Lyceum Theatre and the wig mistress is Neila Dawes.

http://www.londontheatre.co.uk/cgi-bin/search.cgi?mytemplate=tp2&method=all&event1=lion&00theatre=lyceum

2. Shrek is now showing also in the Lyceum Theatre in London and the wig mistress is Stefan Musch
http://www.londontheatrebreak.com/london-shows/SHREK-THE-MUSICAL

Top 3 uses of wigs in films i love!

1. Hairspray - All wigs in this movie are similar and are styled in retro updos to give it the old fashioned 60s look.

2. The Grinch - I love the wigs in this film as they are all very different and unusual like the character Cindy Lou. The wigs are wired to shape.

3.Napolean Dynamite - Napolean is the quirky main character in this film. He wears a curly wig to show that he is a teenager who is not very popular and quite geeky.

Straight Makeup assessment on Lisa!

I passed!

Megan SFX makeup!

Megan got tackled during a game of football & grazed all her face on the gravel!

Top 5 examples of makeup in films I love!

1. Edward Scissorhands - I love how the makeup & hair is very dramatic and SFX is used for the scars on his face. The Makeup artist for the film is Ve Neill who has also worked on Beetlejuice, Mrs Doubtfire & Pirates of the Caribbean.

2. Tim Burtons Alice in Wonderland - I love the makeup in this film as it is very over the top & dramatic and I love that Valli O'reilly the MUA keeps Alice's look very plain & simple to show that she is not like the other chracters as bright & bold colours are used on them.

 

3. Black Swan - The MUA for this film is Judy Chin. She does a massive makeup transformation on Natalie Portman from the innocent white swan to the edgy black swan. Using dark colours & red contacts to emphasise the danger in the eyes.

 4. X Men - Rick Baker is the SFX MUA for this film. The character Mystique is head to toe in full blue paint & scales to make her look more like an alien. I love this as its full body paint so you would need to make sure everywhere is covered.

5.Hellboy - The makeup used for the character in this film was all foam prosthetic pieces, including his pecs, a skull cap, and full-facial prosthetic that covered everything except his lower lip. The MUA for this film was Jake Garber who was also MUA in Hellboy 2.

1- What were your expectations on starting the course?

I thought the course was more to do with fashion makeup but ewas happy to find out it also included Special Effects & Hairdressing

2- What are your initial thoughts on JWC and the media make up course

I think James Watt is a great college and the Media Makeup course is fun & interesting

3- What is your funniest moment of college so far
Seeing everyone with the stocking cap on in our wig class & everyones hair after the rollers being took out.

4- What is the most interesting thing you have learned or learned hot to do so far

The most interesting thing is learning how to do certain SFX makeup like cuts & bruises

5- Who is your make up idol?
My Makeup idol is Francesca Tolot as she is the makeup artist for alot of famous celebrities like Beyonce, Mila Kunis & Lindsay Lohan.

6- Why do you want to be a MUA?

I would love to be a MUA as I have always been interested in makeup and take time doing it on myself & would like to learn more about it.

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Laura got slashed! SFX

Sophie Edwards is a nationally travelled makeup artist working in fashion, TV and film.
She has fast become a top bridal makeup artist and hairstylist, creating personalised looks for any occasion using only the best products in the industry.
Sophie regularly travels nationwide to assist her clients for weddings and events and will be happy to assist yours.
Based in Loch Lomond and Glasgow, available for work throughout Scotland and the United Kingdom
Sophie offers a range of services from full bridal packages to makeup lessons and personal shopping.

Wet set curl!

In our hairdressing class we took sections of the hair & wet them with water before adding in rollers to the whole head. We then set the hair by sitting it under a dryer for 20 minutes then removed the rollers & ended up with lovely curls!

http://www.londonmediamakeup.com/about/

 

The make up school gives students the opportunity to learn a range of make up, hair and special effects skills. A carefully structured diploma course running over twelve weeks teaches a comprehensive range of subjects from basics, camouflage, fashion, period make up and hair to casualty, character and prosthetics.

 

Here are pictures of some of the sudents work:

Straight theatrical makeup!

Special effects makeup!

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