Make - Up Procedure
Take your chosen colour and test a little on the inside of
your neck. If it blends well, it is suitable. The foundation is applied evenly over the entire surface of the face. It is blended under the chin on to the neck so there is not definite
line of demarcation. Use too little rather than too much. Two thin coatsare preferable to one heavy layer. Foundation is applied with a damp sponge.
BLUSHER
Apply blusher to enhance loveliness, by heightening your
natural your natural colours and recontauring your features. apply it with a brush to the correct position for the facial shape.
POWDER
This sets the make-up. Apply with a aquare cotton wool by
gentle press turn motions all over the entire face, including the eyebrow, and the lids. The powder should be an invisible filem
EYE COLOURING
As the eyes give the face much of its character, you
want to emphasize them more than the above features. For a professional make-up, minimum of 3 colours have to be used.
Step-By-Step Basic Make-Up Application
Preparation: Be sure you have everything you need for the make-up ready before you start.
1. Prepare yourself. Secure your hair off your face and tuck
tissues
into the neck line.
2. Wash hands and dry thoroughly
3. Cleans your face
4. Tone
5. Moisturiser
6. Blot the moisturiser
7. Apply foundation
8. Apply the corrective make-up
9. Do the contouring
10. Apply the blusher
11. Powder the face
*Note: If thecontouring or blush colours are of a powder type, the powder is applied after
the corrective make-up and before the contouring and blush. If they are of a cream type the powder is applied over them.
12. Brush the brows to remove powder.
13. Apply eye-shadow. The
basic and most natural application is
colour to the lid. Contour colour in the crease and highlighter
on the area directly under the brow. Be
sure to blend colours
carefully.
14. Apply liner or kohl
15. Apply mascara16. Apply lip liner
17. Apply lip colour
18. Inspect and touch up the make up
19. Remove the hair band tissues and rearrange your hair. CORRECTIVE MAKE-UP Corrective make-up helps play up the good features and tone down the bad ones. Facial features can be accentuated with proper highlighting and subdued with the
correct shadowing and shading and balanced with the proper hair style.
During the day, the light is more intense and make-up has to face strong scrutiny. Therefore make-up must be fairly
natural. In the evening, the light is less intense andmake-up must be stronger on the face, especially on the eyes, so strong colours may be used. Shades and highlights appear to be false.
(Back To Top) Corrective Make-Up Used The Evening
When making up, take into consideration:
1. The Clothes you will wear.
2. The type of function you will be attending
3. Your personality
4. Your age Clothes largely
denotes the colour you choose for eye make-up. The colour should blend well with the clth to reflect your personality and eye group. Function also denotes the type of make-up, as light affects
make-up. Artificial light is usually from above, casting shadows on the face.
- Candlelight lights up the whole face and has a slightly yellow effect.
- Red light alters everything, turns yellow to orange, red to brown and fades rough.
- Straw-coloured, normal light has a warming effect, turns violets to grey.
- Blue light turns all make-up grey, red to purple. The rouge should be kept to a minimum.
- Neon light of fluorescent light is veryharsh and scrutinzing shows up blues and mauves, every line wrinkle and blemish.
Foundation should be nearest to your skin colour or ahade lighter, or can use a lot darker to create warmth and blending has to be excellent. To conceal wrinkles and cervices normally on drier skin,
use cream foundation but use it sparingly. It should be applied in circular motion and not too heavy, otherwise the appearance would seem fade.
Corrective Make-Up For The Forehead
Too broad - shade along the hairlines
Low
forehead - Apply a lighter foundation cream to the
forehead to give it a broader appearance
between the brows and hairline.
A protruding forehead - Use a darker foundation just below
temples, cover the eyelids and across
the upper part of the nose. The is will
give an illusion of fullness to the rest of
the face and minimum the forehead.
With a suitable hairstyle, attention can
be drawn away from the forehead.
(Back To Top) Corrective Make-Up For The Nose Large, protruding nose
Use a lighter foundation cream on the cheeks and at the sides of the nose, to make it appear
smaller. Avoid placing the rouge too close to the nose. Short and flat nose
Use a light foundation right down the centre, this will make the nose appearr longer. Broad nose
Draw 2 vertical
lines along the nose with either a brush or pencil to show what size you want the nose to appear. Apply darker foundation to sides and lighter to the centre. Rouge not too near the nose.
Long nose
The tip should be covered with a darker foundation. This oncludes the nostrils and a little may help. Crooked nose
Drew 2 straignt lines on
nose. Apply a lighter foundation on the concave areas and a darker one on the convex. Turned up nose
Lighter foundation dwn centre to tip, darker one use under tip and rim of nostrils.
Hooked nose
Shade tip and sides with darker foundation.The jaws of neckare as important as the rest of the face. Be sure to carry the foundation cream down below the
dressline in order to prevent any lines. Receding chin
Highlight the chin by using a lighter foundation and a darker one under the chin and over the neck. Road jaws
Apply a darker foundation,
starting at the temple, as this will minimize the lower part of the face and create an illusion of width to the upper part of the face. Double chin
Apply a darker foundation
or a shader, above and below the jawline, shopping short of the chin. Narrow jawline
Highlight by using a lighter foundation than the one used on the face. A long thin neck
Apply a lighter foundation on the the neck than the face. Short, fat neck
A darker foundation to counteract thickness. Corrective Make-Up For The LipsDrooping corners
Build up the upperlip at corners of mouth. Thin lips
Increase size of both upper and lower lip with a gentle curving line. Thin, upper lip
Build up curve of upper lip to balance. Thin, lower lip
Extend curve of lower lip to balance. Sharp cupids bow
Narrow corners, fill in most of cupid's now with the sides of upper and lower
lips. Large full lips
Keep lipstick colouring inside of lip-line. Shade colour off at sides. Keep corners very sharp. Small mouth
Build out sides of upper
and lower lips and extend corners of mouth.
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