We talked about products that can be used to highlight. There are many varieties including liquid, cream and powder. To highlight you can use a colour lighter and brighter than the skin tone or something with shimmer
Specific products we discussed were Mac stroke cream this is a cream with some shimmer in that bounces light off the skin it‘s good for photos and other fashion work as it contains silicone so dries quickly however it also blocks pores therefore is not good on a regular basis as it will cause breakouts.
Our teacher also recommended the Revlon photo ready skin lights highlighter this ia also a cream highlighter that comes in a variety of shades and doesn’t cause the skin to break out and is very affordable.
The Nars orgasm Nars Laguna liquid illuminators are also a good option Laguna works particularly well on darker skin.
Stick illuminators also have cream consistency but often dry to a powder so these are nice for blending in and then have a good staying power
Some more specific products we looked at were the Ben Nye fireworks fantasy wheel, Ben Nye illumineer, Mac silver dust, Mac Vanilla pigment
We then moved on to talking about contour. I learned that contour colour should have grey undertone as this creates shadow I had previously used bronzer to contour with as it is a darker colour but having seen the demo I think that mixing eyeshadows to make a taupe colour works better.
We then created a light coverage with contour
- The first step was to mix a base colour and use fluffy eye shadow brush to cover any imperfections. My model had a very yellow tone to her skin so I struggled mixing a colour that would match her skin tone well from my La Maquialge Morag Ross pallette. I tried to be as minimal as possible when using the base. I then took d32 just under the eye and reapplied the base over the top.
-I then added some make-up mixer to my base with a ratio of ¼ foundation to ¾ mixer and applyed this all over the skin. After this I set under eye with translucent powder
-For highlighter I patted in a Ben Nye stick foundation with my ring finger to the top of cheekbone, brow bone, nose, cupid’s bow and chin. I think this worked well as I made sure I was light handed when applying it so it gave a soft glow to the skin.I them set everything with powder
-To contour I mixed a grey, a beige and a brown colour from my Ben Nye eyeshadow pallete and applied this very lightly to the hollows of the cheeks, temples and jaw line. I had been a tad heavy handed so I used my foundation brush to help it blend in better. I then used a tiny bit on either side of the nose
-During our teachers demo she groomed and filled her models brows she used the derma pallet to fill brows as this gives natural effect to brow it also doesn’t move due to the waxy consistency and mimics hair. This was something I’d never seen done before but I like the effect that it gave. Unfortunately I ran out of time to do this so I’ll need to work a bit faster next time.
-I then added a tiny bit of Macs vanilla pigment over the top of the existing highlight which enhanced the glow to the skin.
-The last thing I did was use my lipstick pallet to mix a blush colour for my model I chose a pink toned peach shade and applied this with my ring finger I used the same colour on lips which tied the look together nicely.
Unfortunatly I do not have a photo of this look as the camera I used has been stolen.I have re-created the look on myself and used this photo to demonstrate the look.
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