Experimenting!

I find it very important to trial and practice the makeup look before the shoot, because it is very different to draw something on paper and to draw something on a 3D moving face. 

Before I begin to show my two looks on my face, I wanted to show the products I plan to use and why:

I will be using these three MAC lipmixes, in blue, yellow and white. I will use the blue and white mixed together to create the bright blue that I require. The yellow is bright too and comes up really nicely on the skin, and will not budge. 

These two Illamasqua eyeshadows will also be used in the shoot, the colours are bright and matte, and can be built up to the required colour. The yellow is called Hype and the blue is called Sadist. 

Practicing my look was very interesting to see the images come off of the paper:

Beauty look practice:

Though it doesn't show up well with this lighting and phone picture, the yellow is quite vivid and the blue brighter than it appears. I love the eyebrows and just need to make sure that I make sure that they are completely even and structured. 

Fantasy look practice:

The dip dyed eyebrows work really well here and I love the contrast between the blue and yellow. I like the blue shaping the face and the yellow softening this up, and the eyebrows framing the face, without any eye makeup visible. This is interesting but I am worried the look doesn't look very 'fantasy' like, so when it comes to shooting I will be aware of this and ensure that I address it if needs be.