My 1st photo shoot... whew!

So I'm finally done with my classes but I still don't know if I qualify for the certificate or not. My school will only release the grades a month after and we also have to complete the required OJT hours. I have no clue yet how to book work for that. Yikes!

But on a lighter note, I want to share my photo shoot results. This day was super stressful for me. I was standing for several hours straight and had some back pain by the end of it since my model's chair was too low for me.

Bridal

Glam

Barbie

Smokey Eyes

Old Hollywood

At this point, I'm not yet ready to be a professional makeup artist. There's still plenty of training & practice for me to do before I become even good enough to compete in the market. I actually plan to take more classes in the near future. There's no backing out for me anymore =)

Period Makeup: 1970-1980

The inspiration for the 1970s look was disco queen. I used heavy eyeliner and frosted eyeshadow to highlight the brow bone. One thing I learned from this session was to always use a hint of yellow foundation with very fair skinned girls, like my model. When the lightest shade I had was still too dark for her, I mixed that with white to get the closest skin tone. But when I applied it on her face, it turned out too white and I had to diffuse it with yellow-based powder so her neck & face would match perfectly. My model had a trained eye with scrutinizing makeup too so I had a lot of help with correcting the flaws on my application. Heehee :)

Before

After

I was so happy on this day because it was the first time my teacher praised my work, ever! She said my blending was improving. That comment shot me straight to heaven! =D

Later during the day, we tried to recreate the 80's punk look with dark eyes and very pale lips. I mixed foundation with petroleum jelly to lighten the lips.

Before

After

I think her eyes were still not dark enough in this look. It's still a very soft smokey eye. I didn't have enough time to apply more actually. So that's another thing I need to work on, SPEED!

Thanks Kars & Amy for trekking to Makati to be my models. I know you girls live quite far from it :)

Period Makeup: 1940-1960

Ok, it's been ages since I last blogged about my classes. Haha, been quite busy with my real work these past few weeks but now that things started to ease up a bit, I have time for makeup once again! Here, we did 1940's makeup. The eyebrows were made thick & full on purpose, then paired with the signature bright red lipstick and neutral eyeshadow swept upwards on the outer corner.

Before

After

In the afternoon, we did 1950s & 1960s makeup. I still find false eyelashes so tricky! In here, I forgot to curl her lashes first before applying the falsies. Major booboo there because she had lashes in 2 directions at the end of it.

Before

After (also full eyebrows)

Closed Eyes (check out the beauty mark! =p)

Then for the 1960's Twiggy look, I didn't have falsies short enough to work on her bottom lashes so I just drew some lines to achieve the same effect. Another challenge I had here was that the left falsies didn't flare evenly. I'm not sure if it was with how the lashes were made or with the way I handled & glued it on the lash line. I definitely need more practice!

Thanks Loren & Aina for being my models on this day =D