Urban Decay Night Time- Hair

My initial thought when thinking about the hair was big and curly. However I think this will be too much with the graphic liner and may over power the whole look. Below is a hairstyle I first had in mind.

My model is very petite so the hair would over power her and make the overall image off balance. After thinking again we learnt with Lottie how to create beach curls, I think this will work better. Below shows the image of my practicing this technique in class.

Below is my final Hair chart for this look.

Timed Assessment Look

When given the brief for the timed assessment we were told we could re-create on of our other look or come up with an overall look of the brand. As Urban Decay are bright and fun I decided to go for an overall look of the brand.

I absolutely love the advertisement for the electric palette so wanted to draw inspiration from that. The bright colours really appeal to me.

The next thing I did was to go across to Pinterest to start and gather some pictures to create a mood board.

I knew that i wanted the hair up. It's just the makeup and the paint splatters that I am unsure about this is something I will need to test on face charts.

Final mood board for my hair and makeup design.

This was my first attempt and practicing my look I first did it with brown glossy eyes however I don't think it worked and made the paint look like it was an accident.
I tried adding a pink/purple smokey aye and much preferred the results.

Below are some final images from my test shoot.

After seeing these images there is a lot I want to change about my look for when I do my final assessment. For me there is just too much going on the with different eyes, glossy lips and the paint splatter it's too much. I want to get rid of the lip and make it more neutral. The face on pictures makes it look like two different makeup designs on one face so i'm going to bring the pink eye across and add it to the other side of the face. I want the skin to be more dewy so will add more highlighter and add a satin primer. I like the paint splatter the only thing I do want to change about it is the positioning. I want the green to be more focused on the ear and not all down the face. I will stick to green pink yellow and orange. I like the hair I just want it to me a little more frizzy and mess it so before doing to bun I will backcomb the hair.

Daytime Look Moodboard

Urban Decay Daytime Look- Makeup

For me when I think of UD's daytime look it really has to be the Naked collection. Natural beautiful skin and a glossy lip. It really reminds me of effortless beauty.

I think a light contour would work well with this look, we recently got taught about light contouring with Kat where she spoke about cream contours being good as the provide light coverage and are build able. We practised this in class and these were my results

I want to have some kind of eyeshadow on the eye as I want them to stand out within the shoot. Urban Decay have a line of eyeshadows called moon dust, these eyeshadows have tiny bit of glitter in them that gives of a wet look to them. One eyeshadow I have within my collection that I think would look great as a kind of dupe would be Mac's mineralize eyeshadow in Dare To Bare.
A sweep of this over the eyelids will just give a bit of dimension and open up the eyes more.

Karen . (2013). I Dare You To Look Less Tired With Mac's Dare to Bare Mineralize Eyeshadow. Available: http://www.makeupandbeautyblog.com/product-reviews/mac-dare-to-bare-mineralize-eye-shadow/. Last accessed 12th February 2015

I don't think I will use a highlighter as such but an aluminising mix with I will add before the foundation but to give the skin a healthy glow. I've recently bought A radiance glow from Kiko that would be perfect for this look. 

The gloss I've chosen has fine glitter in it but isn't over powering, it will just make the lips look fuller and glossy.  It's quite a neutral nude on the lips when I tried it so hopefully it will be on my model. 

This is my overall first face chart. I need to try this out on my models face and see how if the colour match the skin tone and the shape of her face. 

I practiced my makeup look on my model and it went well. The only thing I did change was adding more of a darker colour into the crease you to define her eyes a little more. Below are the test shoot images. 

The only thing I need to make sure on the final shoot is that the contour is really blended out. as in some pictures it is a bit obvious. Overall i'm happy with my day time makeup look I think it fits in well with the naked vibe. 

Urban Decay Day Time Look- Hair

Look at the Urban Decay adverts and campaign the kind of look that stands out for me and would work well for a day time look is their range of naked products.

I've been thinking a lot about the hair and my initial idea was to add a plait or braid as they are very popular this s/s as well however I want it to have a messy look to it so it's like effortless.
I tried my first idea which was adding plaits on top of the head and adding colour through it. For me this didn't work out very well. I think i may try it again but with swirls.

I  decided the best thing to do would be to try the hair styles on my model, get a feel for what looks would work on her hair. I know I want to incorporate a plait as Urban Decays naked collection the girls always have their hairs in plaits or up do's.
After messing with her hair I decided to do a side braid and some swirls this is how it turned out.

 I feel in love with the side braid, I just felt it needed to be ticker ( I've ordered some extensions and will try it again when they arrive.) I want to pull the hair out and make it a little messy. Once i've worked out how I want the plait I may add the colour to hair again buy try with a sponge so it goes on lighter.

I did the first swirl and it looked pretty but again it just wasn't thick enough so I decided to do another one behind, it didn't work there is too much of a gap and it looks tacky and not effortless.

This is pictures of the hair with extensions added. It's made the plait thicker and the plait just look so much better. I'm really pleased with how it's turned out. I don't think I will add colour into the hair as it will be too much for the natural look. I may try doing the plait as a dutch plait so it sticks up higher on top.

Urban Decay Daytime Look- Outfit and Poses

I want my model to wear something that has neutral toned. As my makeup is going to be very bare I don't want the clothes to outshine the photo. I also thought about have it would only really be the top half that would be seen in a photo so I tried to find outfits the had an interesting detail at the top.

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The 2nd and 5th ones are my favourite as it's that effortless beauty I mentioned in the makeup post. I don't want it too look like they are trying too hard. 

For poses I wanted her to be lying down and look relaxed these were just a few pictures I found on the internet to describe the style I want going for best.