Photo Shoot

Today was the day of my photo shoot. My concept was a clean beauty look with a subtle smoky eye and glossy pink lip. The hair was also meant to be very natural looking. To fit in with this concept I decided to dress my model in a men's dress shirt and long socks. This is a look that is very laid back and therefore fits the slightly messy looking hair but the dress shirt gives it enough of a professional look to justify the immaculate skin and glossy pink lip.

Luckily for me we were shooting in a studio that also had a make-up studio down the corridor. This was good because it meant that I was able to use a high chair so my back was not under any pressure. I was also able to set all my products and equipment up properly and was working under good lighting.

As I wanted the curls in my models hair to be very loose I did this process first so that they would drop. I first applied some heat protection spray to minimise any damage to my models hair and then wrapped sections about an inch wide around the curling wand. I also wrapped the hair loosely around the wand so that I created loose waves. I also wrapped the hair in different directions around the wand so that the waves looked tosseled.

I then moved on eye make-up. I applied the eye-shadow in the same way I had on my second trail But this time I applied a darker colour to the lid for this I used urban decay's 'naked 2'. I then continued with urban decay's 'faint' in the socket line and Ben Nye's 'black brown' to the outer corner. For highlighting the brow bone and centre of the lid I applied Ben Nye's 'shell'. My model bought the product she normally uses for her brows which is Soap and Glory's 'brow archary' this product has a pen application and more liquid formula so it was perfect for mimicking any sparse hairs. I then brush through the brows with brow gel and applied eye liner.This time I was a bit more minimal on the water line.

I then applied my base using the same technique I had in my trial. This time I had bought Mac's face and body foundation in white so the base worked better.

I used the same technique I had for my trail to apply my contour blush and highlight but I went slightly heavier this time so that I would pick up better on camera.

I then applied the lip colour this time using Mac's 'please me' underneath Mac's 'plink' this worked really well and gave me the desired colour.

After I powdered the make-up I went back to hair and added curls where I felt necessary and back combed the hair and the roots to add some lift. I then shook the hair with my fingers slightly to give it a bed head look.

After this we went into the studio and started shooting.

I am really happy with how my shots have turned out and I think that the look tries together really nicely. If I could do anything differently I may add some more texture to the hair. I think my favourite part of the look is the contour as this has photographed really well and is very effective yet subtle.

My set up

backstage shot in make-up studio

Backstage shot in make-up studio

Back stage shot in studio