|| Contemporary Elizabethan Make Up Designs ||

I have started to design my own make up looks for the Elizabethan project.

This is my first face chart. I decided to make it contemporary by placing some lace stickers on the eyebrows. However, I would use white ones to represent the Elizabethan "non existent" eyebrow look. The lips would be of a nude colour combined with a pale shade of skin foundation. (Not white base!) This is to make the look more contemporary then the usual Elizabethan base, which was almost white. I would also make the skin glowy to give it that magazine, healthy/radiant look. 

This is an upgraded version of the first face chart. I swapped the eyeliner for a white one to suit the traditional pale eyes look. I decided to paint the lips in two different shades of red. This is something I have seen in a lot of fashion shows, and that's where my inspiration for that came from. 

Picture from: http://www.fuse.com.ng/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/ombre-lips2.jpg

I have still left the rosy cheeks to leave that Elizabethan feel to the make up.

I like the lace idea because I think it is very modern and brings that sense of importance when it comes to textures and fabrics, which were very important in the Elizabethan times as they symbolised class. 

In order to make my designs related to my contemporary portrait, I have used the winged eye liner. My portrait showed Katy Perry, for whom an eyeliner is a must have and has been a part of many of her looks. I have found a few photographs presenting her wearing it, for example:

Pictures taken from:

http://weheartit.com/entry/group/3150452

http://eyemakeuptips.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Katy-Perry-Eye-Makeup2.jpg

http://wallpaperscraft.com/image/2113/1024x1024.jpg

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This is another one of my ideas for my Elizabethan contemporary look. I have left the eyebrows white, however I have emphasised the bottom of the eyes to make them more contemporary. I made the lips ombré which is a very popular lip technique now, this I think would make it very modern and contemporary which is the look im going for.

This eye make up look was inspired by the swan.

However, I have only done it on the bottom half of the eye. This was in order to still remain that Elizabethan feel to the make up and make it look like it is still a pale looking eye.

Picture from: http://pullquotesandexcerpts.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/1531.jpg

This is my last design. Here I went for the half/half look ... I made the left eye look very nude/pale as well as the eyebrows, which made them look Elizabethan. I also painted the lips red but then blended them into white on the other side of the face. I have also made the other eyebrow red to match the lips and create a concept. I have also used eyeliner which is quite contemporary still, even though it originated from the Egyptians.












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My practise of my final make up design:

This is the sort of make up I want to do. I have made the neck very pale to emphasise the face, and make it look really tanned (contemporary). However, I have still kept the rosy cheeks and red and orange lips, which do give off this Elizabethan feel. I have painted the eyebrows white and will stick lace stickers onto them to create this modern feel to the make up. 

These are the lips. I have made them two toned because it is something I have seen in fashion shows, and it really intrigued me cause it makes the lip look unique and quite funky!

These are the stickers I will use. They are by Phyllis Cohen. Initially, I wanted to use white ones, however there is no way of painting them as they are very fragile and I feel like they would lose their shape, and there was no option when it came to colour on the website. I had to adapt my idea, and therefore decided to use white eyeliner on the eyelid to balance out the black on the eyes.