Prosthetics

Attaching a prosthetic nose using spirit gum

- Firstly I cleared away any make up around the nose area

- The I drew little marks with an eye pencil of where the nose would fit on the skin

- next I attached the nose using spirit gum, not liquid latex as the spirit gum was better to use with these particular prosthetics. 

- Wait for the glue to go a little bit tacky

- I applied the glue with a mini spatular straight onto the face

- Use a pad to gently press down the edges/corners of the nose

- Using a sponge, apply red Supra colour onto the fake nose in a stippling way (this will make the nose look more realistic)

- Colour match the models foundation and apply using a different sponge

-DONE!

- To remove use spirit gum remover and gently dab the nose until it becomes loose

I Will not be using prosethics for my final looks, as I don't feel I need to alter the way my models to look for them to fit the tribes more. I have already began to shape my ideas using other techniques learnt in class!!

The end result

Wig Making

Lesson on wig making and hair extensions

Seema Chopra, a Wig specialist came to visit our class and gave us a lecture on her career in wig making and all the tools and equipment you will need when making. It was a really interesting and inspiring lecture whereby we were able to have time with her after the lecture for a session in 'Wig Making/Hair Extensions .

We were asked to bring in some acrylic hair in order for us to practice some of our tribal looks. Myself and Emily created a giant up-do using acrylic hair and coloured hair. We used a prop in order to get the height in the hair, for this we used tights filled with wadding, so that we could secure it using grips. Once it was in place we could begin to wrap the hair around the prop to get some height. We backcombed the hair first, so that it became stiff and would stay in place a lot better. It's also a lot easier to work with. 

This is what we produced!.....

We plaited in some red and yellow into the hair also, and then wrapped it around the front of the head and secured with grips.

Hair Props

A lesson based on incorporating different props into the hair

A few weeks back we were taught how to use different props such as polystyrene balls, coloured hair, sponges and hair pieces into the hair. A lot of tribes have very distinctive looks and hair styles so it was good to focus a lesson on achieving 'Tribal hair'.

I decided to use coloured hair, and ring shaped props, which I wrapped both my model's hair and the coloured hair around to achieve my look. I began by dividing the hair into two equal sections and tying both sections into a pony tail. The I put the ponytail through the prop (which looked like a ring) and began to wrap the hair around it and secured it with some hair grips and hairspray. Here are the final images....

Drawing for Editorial

A Few Ideas For My 'Day of The Dead' Look

I drew up a few sketches in biro for one of my looks. I looked at how I could make my model look more skeletal by focusing on the nose and lip areas.  I also focused on different patterns and shapes around the eye area as this is what I discovered when doing my research. I also practiced some fancy designs on the face around the forehead and cheeks; as during my research I noticed that a lot of the people in the tribe were really colourful and decorative and I wanted to make sure I got this across in my ideas/looks.

Giant UpDo

Body painting

Jeweled eyes

More Native American Research

Native American History

After looking through my blog, I felt that I had not done as much research into the Native Americans as I had done with Day of the Dead, so I decided to focus a little more on the Native Americans and took a book out the Library called ' Native Arts of North America'. I found this book to be really interesting and inspiring.
I have selected some images that are my favourite from the book, and that I want to use to create my story board for this look.

 Native Arts/Fabrics & Clothing

I think that all the colours and textures are so fascinating. I think this is one of the reasons that has inspired me to choose Native American as their clothing is so interesting. It has so many different patterns and textures and I would like to try and find or construct a garment to look like this for my shoot! I particularly like the feather headdress as well, definitely want to find one like that. I just think that the headdress would complete the whole look and would work well on both male and female, as I haven't decided on which sex I want my model to be yet!!

Lastly,.... I just LOVE this picture. 

Editorial Hair Mood Board

Ideas for the hair styling

I put together a  mood board for all the different hairstyles I was looking into for the catwalk look, 'Day of The Dead'. As it is an editorial look, the hair can afford to be more extravagant, crazy and more time consuming. The style doesn't necessarily have to be quick and easy to produce and it is just for one image and not going down the catwalk. So here's what I have put together!




















 I would like my model to have brown hair, as i think against a pale white painted face, the make up will really stand out. This moodboard is not necessarily what I am going to create, but its just some ideas to get me thinking!! Ideally, I would like my model to have a big quiff and the rest of the hair some how swept back into an Up-Do. I have thought about including flowers in the hair, but I will see how the hairstyle goes on the day.

Catwalk Story Board

A story board to show my catwalk ideas

I have been working on my Catwalk Story board and this is what I have got so far. This is based on the Native Americans and ideally I would like to have a giant headdress or feathers that I have made.
I looked into clothing and styling also, looking at different natural objects I could use to construct this look.

However, I would like this look to be inspired by the Native Americans, but also to reflect some elements of other tribes too. With a splash of colour or a bit of body painting down the neck/chest or back. But these are just some images I found really inspiring for my story board.

Native Americans