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Makeup for a Photo Shoot

Here I got the chance to do something creative for a friends photo shoot. The look was inspired by a visual the photographer wanted me to do. Her website is: http://codie-hobbs-photography.com/ where you can find all of her work it is amazing so please take a look. 

This is the finished look, makeup was done by me. I used black and white pencil eyeliner. And gel eyeliner for the detail around the eyes with fake eye lashes to make the look more intense. 

Makeup prices for photo shoots vary, please get in contact with me though e-mail if you would wish to make a booking: eleanor_poulson89@hotmail.co.uk 

Narrative Photography Shoots

I won't go into much detail... This image is meant to capture the innocence of a young teen. I used bright colours such as pinks, blues and purples and drawn on eye lashes in gel liner on the upper lid to make it "doll like." 

This image I call Ice Queen, I used a lot of M.A.C products for this, crystal avalanche and vanilla pigment on the eyes and highlights above the cheek bones. The lipstick is a limited addition to M.A.C's recent collection; Glitter and Ice. (I brought it FOR this photo shoot and found it comes in use for highlighting too. The name is Eloquent Air).  

All these images were for my Sin City based project for college work, I think in this image you can really tell it has a "Frank Miller" touch to it using film noir style lighting. 

The makeup used was M.A.C's gel liner, Urban Decay's naked eye shadow for conturing and M.A.C's Russian Red lipstick and Brick liner. Thank you to my model, Lauren she really pulled it off in this photo! x x 

Getting Creative

Its been a while since I've posted on here, I have done more makeup and have been extremely busy with Photography work... Deadline on Friday eeeek!

Here I used a bright pink lipstick, nothing expensive just a cheap one I got for £2.99 I think it was from BHS or M&S sometime last year. It's not as shiny as it looks, (that was just the camera flash) as I wanted a matte coat so it would be easier to apply the black gel liner using a M.A.C 210 fine liner brush. 

Barbie Pink

Collection 2000. I never would have thought that it would be such a great make for lipstick and lipgloss. I brought bubble gym pink lipstick and gloss bot for £2.99 each! It is so cheap yet absolutely smooth and bright. I wear it a lot and LOVE it! 

Collaboration Of Photography and Makeup

Myself and a friend who is a Photographer also are offering a 2 hour makeover shoot for £60pp. You will receive a makeover, by me the makeup artist using high quality makeup, after the makeover you will then have a photo shoot modelling your new look and getting the full model experience, after receiving a disc with all the successful images edited for you to use as you please! If you have any questions or would like to book a shoot get in contact with Lauren to ask anything about makeup and health and safety ask me (Ellie):


Lauren (Photographer):
 email - laurenhalesphotography@hotmail.co.uk
website - www.laurenhales.co.uk


Ellie (Makeup artist)
 email - eleanor_poulson89@hotmail.co.uk

Project Barbie Look Number 2

I wanted to re-create this look, however I feel it could have gone a bit better if I had used my "detailer brush" to go round the sockets bringing it down into a thiner line rather than using my other little brush that I should REALLY throw away as the bristles have spread out leaving me with less control but oh well I think the look still worked.   


Products used: 


Eyes: 
 MAC Paint Pot - Soft Ochre (Base)
 MAC Eyeshadow - Crystal Avalanche (Highlight)
 Barry M Trio Eyeshadow - 029 (Light Purple) 
 Urban Decay Deluxe Eyeshadow - Frigid (Dark Blue/Purple) 
 Urban Decay Eyeshadow - Creep (Glitter Black) 
 Fake Eyelashes (Don't remember which ones) 


Face:
 L'Oreal Paris Primer - Smooth and Re-surfacing 
 Rimmel 25 Hour Foundation - Soft Beige 
 Bourjois Delice de Poudre, Bronzing Powder - 52 


Lips:
 Urban Decay Lip Pencil - Wiked 
 MAC Lipstick - Pink Plaid 
 Bourjois 3D Effect Lipgloss - 04 Rose 

PROJECT BARBIE!!!

I was experimenting with my eye shadows last night whilst my dearest was playing PS3 and I was bored. I ended up using the pinks in my Urban Decay 15th Anniversary palette and a ton of blusher!!! I had so much fun doing this and ended up making myself look like a Barbie doll! 

This is where I got excited and decided to do a project on Barbie makeup. Yes, as a child I had a few Barbie dolls, Blossom Beauty Barbie was my favourite! It took me back as a child when I experimented with my Mother's makeup and made a complete mess of it (as you do when you're little). Yet it has played a major part in my life whilst growing up. 

 I want to say a big thank you to Karen* my mother's friend who introduced me to better makeup and my first eye shadow, a bright silver NARS, that I wore ALL the time in year eight along with black eye liner and mascara (cringe)! 

I just think to all girls who loved their Barbie dolls ended up growing up to love makeup and the slender body. I won't go into it now but it plays a major part in "women of today."

Knowing Your Facial Features

Knowing your features will help you understand on the best approaches to applying make-up. The more you understand shapes, tones and skin types the more it will work in your favor.

For example I have studied my features over the past six to seven years that I have been wearing make-up and still sometimes find it a little challenging with weather changes and how it effects my skin.

My skin can be a bit of a pain sometimes; this is because I have a combination of normal to oily skin. Sometimes it’s a little dry due to change in weather, but I do tend to get oily skin on my nose so I tend to cleans my skin and not apply any moisturizer to that area. Instead I apply L’Oreal Paris Studio Secrets primer then foundation and a powder. Setting spray can also help lock in the oils.

A healthy diet and regular exercise can help the skin calm down

I have an oval face shape, which is lucky for me as I can practically carry off any kind of make-up style because of its balanced proportions.

Many eye shadows tend to work really well with my eyes, as they are a dark brown/green anything can go I generally tend to blend light to dark hues. Blue eyes would be harder to mix colours.  

 My eyes are round, which is ideal for space and creativity. Although I like to apply eyeliner to the out corners of my eyes to make them look more almond shaped.

I love my lips! I am so glad I have full lips; this is because anything can work, it is best to use a liner and a lipstick together, both matts and glosses look good. At the moment I really like to use matts purely because they stay on longer and don’t bleed.

My cheeks are slightly puffed out especially when I smile so it’s always good to have a bit of colour to give them a bit of a healthy glow. I tend to use both bronzers and blushers together for a warmer effect.

I am practically loving blushers at the moment as its getting to winter and I loose the pigment in my cheeks.

Contouring is possibly very easy although a lot of people get it wrong by not knowing where exactly to create the shadows. I really enjoy contouring as it gives a great look to your features making your face look a little slimmer this is really good to use with dramatic eyes, as it won’t distract the appearance of the eyes as much as a blusher or bronzer would.  

Photo Shoot Number 1

Me and a few friends decided to have a practise in the studio. I was the makeup artist nd here is what I did the photographs were also taken by me. :)