Modern Application of Elizabethan Techniques

Products used:

• Illamasqua Skin Base in 1
• Supracolour palette
• Illamasqua Eyeshadow in Sex
• Kryolan Classic Blusher palette
• Kryolan Lip Rouge palette
• Kabuki Brush
• Disposable Mascara Wand
• Flat Top Eyeshadow Brush
• Blusher Brush
• Powder Brush

Health and safety:

• Cover model
• Check for contact lenses
• Check for and ask model about any skin complaints or allergies
• When applying shadows or mascaras, ask model to close eyes and work carefully
• Make sure all brushes are clean
• Wash hands
• Do not double dip with products

Consulation Notes:
Name: Tara Page
Age: 19 
Hair type: Short length, very thick. Dark blonde with highlights - dyed
Skin type: Oily/combination
Skin tone: Light (pink undertones)
Eye colour/shape: Blue/Round + even shape
Allergies: N/A
Contraindication: N/A
Notes: concerned with breakouts - use sensitive products

This lesson gave us the opportunity to experiment with contemporary makeup techniques and ideas to create our New Elizabethan character. We began by applying the base. For Tara I used the Illamasqua Skin Base in 1 and applied it with a kabuki brush to buff it into the skin. This left a thin and glowy layer which is the desired application and finish I would like in my modern interpretation of my Lady in Waiting. I then proceeded to re-create the trend of 'no eyebrows' the Elizabethans had through the Golden Age. To

produce white eyebrows, I rolled a mascara wand in a mixture of a white Supracolour and the Illamasqua skin base and brushed the products through Tara's eyebrows. As her eyebrows were quite dark, Sue advised me to brush the product against the way her eyebrows sit to get the product to the root of the hairs and remove all colour. I also applied a white eyeshadow to help this and I am very pleased with the result. However, as the base is quite light and I applied a lot of the product in her brows to cover the colour, they do stand out more so than originally planned (as they are meant to be hidden). In contemporary terms, this could be an originally aspect to include as 'feral' brows are a recent trend and having a white version of this could be a clever mixture of historical and modern ideals.  

The next technique we practised was creating very blushed 'apples of the cheeks'. As opposed to modern trends of light blush blended up the cheekbones, the Elizabethans would place the colour only on the front of the cheeks, or the 'apples'. I chose to mix red and light pink together (Kryolan Blusher Palette) to create a modern peachy tone with this historical technique. The lips were dabbed with a mixture of the peach and nude pink tones from the Lip Rouge palette and were finished off with a dusting of translucent powder to create a soft and perfected look. Each of these skills could be carried across and translated into my New Elizabethan design to show a combination of historical and modern colours and techniques.

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