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Peer Review

My partner, Katie Baker, and myself worked really well together. We didn't have any problems and I feel as though we did a really good job.

At first designing our looks we were very much in decided on what we wanted to do, we showed each other what we thought we wanted to do and spoke out how we would do them. When we needed to do our design practice we were both really organised and Katie knew what she wanted as did I.

I feel as though she was very organised, put a lot of thought in to the design she wanted and had all the extra things I needed to create the design.

In the practice sessions we got on really well, she told me how she wanted it to look, where the little details were going to be and what to use. I had a full list of products but we used a paper doily to create the lace look on the forehead and down the side of the hair line.

Taking the images and creating the look on the final day went really well. I knew exactly what I was doing and how I needed to alter the practice sessions to make it the best look I could.

Katie was really helpful when designing her looks, she was very organised, on time and I didn't need to ask her more than once for the designs.

I think we worked together really well, helped each other out when we needed it and I followed her guidance on how she wanted to look.

I hope Katie feels like I did the best I could when I was doing her design and I hope she was pleased with the outcome of the look. I would definitely work with her again as I feel she is a very good make up artist and we get along really well.

Skin Conditions

On the face clients can some times have skin conditions of diseases, it's really important that you can tell what these are and identify then before you start so you don't put the client or yourself at risk. 

Three conditions are - 

Conjunctivitis 

This is a contagious eye infection, the eye will be red and swollen and will have a gooey discharge coming from the tear duct of the eye. Also when the client wakes up from sleeping the eye may be stuck together. If the clients eyes look red ask them if there okay and if they have conjunctivitis then do not put any make up on the area. 

This will infect your make up and your brushes and could make the eye a lot worse. It needs time to get better so no make up for at least 5 days. 

Psoriasis 

This is a skin condition where the skin cells over produce and it creates dry patches on the skin. It can be in the hair line too or on the face. It can be quite itchy and red and can even crack the skin in some cases. 

Make up can sometimes irritate the skin so applying none or products for sensitive skin would be the best thing to do in this case. 

Coldsaw

These will appear around the mouth area and can be contagious. They are red blisters and can be painful too, there are a lot of treatments out there to help get them to heal quicker but they usually last 7-10 days. 

Do not apply any make up on the area or even on the client as you do not want to put yourself at risk of catching it or passing it on to other people. 

Elizabethan Make-Up Look

Today I created an original Elizabethan make up look, the pale face, red lips and cheeks and hardly any eye brows with white eyelashes. They used to have white skin to show how superior they are to others, the very high eye brows and hair line making the eyes and fore head look bigger shows 'intelligence' and the red lips were a sign of wealth too.

Health and safety
I followed all health and safety precautions before taking out this task, I did this look on myself so I know I am not allergic to any products and I don't wear eye contacts.

What I used
- Illamasqua matt primer
- Kryolan supra colours
- Illamasqua loose powder
- Kryolan blush palette
- Brushes
- Powder puff
- Spatulas
- Cleanser and toner
- Cotton pads and buds
- Disposable mascara wand

What I did
1. I cleansed my skin to remove any make up and dirt from the face and made sure I removed all my mascara from the very roots of my eye lashes.
2. I then primed the skin using the Illamasqua matt primer, on the face and down the neck.
3. I used a spatula to get the white supra colour on to the back of my hand and I buffed this in to the skin, down the neck and the ears until I was happy with the density of colour on the skin.
4. When I had finished buffing the white I used the Illamasqua loose powder to set the white all over the face, neck and ears.
5. I used the white again on a mascara wand to get the eye brows nice and white and also on the lashes, making sure I got right in to the root so you cant see any dark.
6. Once I was happy with the coverage on the lashes and the brows I moved on to the lips. I used the dark red supra colour with an angled brush to get a precise line on the lips.
7. Using an angled fluffy brush I used the red out the Kryolan blusher palette to create the apples of the cheeks red.

This was the look finished it was fairly easy to create as there isn't too much to an Elizabethan style.
This is the finished look -

Reflection

I'm happy with how this look came out on me as I feel as though I did a good job blending the white out, getting it all down the neck as even as the face and on the ears too. I like how the eye brows and the eye lashes came out as the white look, looks very strange but very effective to a make up look.

I am getting better at applying lip stick with a lip brush as I find it much easier as it is more precise than a lip liner.

I don't feel as though I am unhappy with anything that I did today, the only thing I would change was the size of the brush I used to apply the white on to the skin. I used a small-ish buffing brush when I could have used a bigger one to apply the product quicker and it could possibly buff it out easier too.

Overall, I am very happy with how my Elizabethan look turned out, I liked the look as it was very different to anything I have done before but I liked the out come. I liked learning how to apply the Supra colours on to the eye brows and the eye lashes too as that gives a really good effect to a make up look.

Final Design On My Partner

Today I did my final assessment on my partner by producing her make up design on her. I think it went really, really well and I was really pleased with the out come of the design.

I followed all health and safety precautions before and throughout the make up application.
I asked my client if she was allergic to anything or wore contacts and she answered no to both questions.

What I used

MAC Foundation

Illamsqua Matt primer

Illamasqua loose powder
Kryolan blusher palette
Supra colour
Kryolan Brights palette
Illamasqua Liqued Metals palette
Spatula
Powder sponge
Cotton pads
Cleanser and toner
Disposable mascara wands
Lace pattern
Brushes

What I did

1. I started off by cleansing the skin and toning it, I removed all the make up and dirt from the skin preparing it for the make up application.

2. Using a flat foundation brush I then applied the Illamsqua Matt primer on all over the skin and on to the neck to prime the skin.

3. After the primer had set I then used a MAC foundation on the skin as a base to create the perfect skin.

4. I didn't use any concealer on the face so I went straight in to powdering the face over the foundation using the Illamasqua loose powder.

5. Using the red in the blusher palette, I got a big fluffy bronzing brush and applied the red all across the hair line fading it as it went down on to the forehead. I went down the sides of the hair line too down to the cheek bones and on to the cheekbones creating a contoured look.

6. Once the red was at the correct intensity, I got the lace pattern and the white Supra colour and stippled the lace pattern on to the forehead and temples down to the cheekbones. I did it by holding the lace pattern on the head where I wanted to print it and make sure I held it still, using a stiff brush I got a greater colour pay off so the white Supra colour was really intense over the red.

7. once I had got the lace in the right places and was even both sides I used my finger to go around the edges to soften and smudge it in to the skin so it looks like it has faded in to the skin.

8. On to the eyes, I applied an orange supra colour base on the eye lids, over than I used a bright orange from the brights palette on the outer side of the eye and the lighter orange in the inner side of the eye. I blended the colours out using a fluffy brush with the two yellow and mustard shades in the brights palette and those colours went right up to the eye brow.

9. Once everything was blended on the outer corner of the eye I applied the copper colours from the Illamasqua liquid metals palette and the gold on the inner corner and the brow bone.

10. Getting some white supra colour on the back of my hand I used a disposable mascara wand to apple the white on to the eye brows getting in all the hairs and I used a new one for the eye lashes to make them white too.

11. Moving on to the lips, using a flat angled brush I got some of the copper again from the Illamasqua liquid metals palette and applied that all over the lips and in the centre on the lips I dabbed on some of the gold.

That was the make up complete and this is the final look

 

 

 

 

Reflection

I really liked how the design came out for the final time. I did make a few changes to what I did on this design as opposed to the times I have practiced this look.
My partner brought in her own foundation this time, we used a MAC foundation rather than the Make up Forever foundation which we used to practice with. This was a better foundation on my model as it gave more of a better coverage and base, the colour was a perfect match to the fake tan my model had on and because it was a better coverage, I didn't need to put too much work in to it as it was a better foundation.
I also changed the way i did the lace transfer print on the forehead. I did more red powder as the base to make the white stand out more. But I also stippled more of the white on to the lace transfer to make it even whiter. I wanted the pattern to really be seen so making sure I had enough product on the brush to get the effect I wanted was crucial.
I didn't change or adapt anything else on the design or the application as this wasn't my design any way, but I did change that one thing and my partner brought the other foundation too. Those were the only adaptions.

The thing I wasn't happy with was when I was transferring the lace on to the skin I got the hair caught in there too. So the hair had a little whit patch right at the front on the hair, I tried my best to smudge it and remove it from the hair but to be honest you can't really see it and it blends in with the design too.

Overall,  I am very pleased with the outcome of my design and I hope my parter is too. I really like how the lace stands off from the red and the golden, orange and bronzed eyes are really effective and glory under the light.
Im really pleased with the outcome and I would definitely do it again and not change anything about how I applied the design.

My Final Design

For my final design my partner did my make up look in me by following my face chart and her previous practice to get my make up look perfect.

She did everything the same as what she did in the practice session following all health and safety precautions. 

This is the final outcome of the look. 

 

 

I feel like that she did really well to produce my make up look just how I wanted it. She was very confident and knew what she was doing which is a good thing, I felt like I could trust her to do what I wanted without telling her. 

There wasn't anything I was unhappy with about the design of the outcome of it. 

My partner did very well, was very professional and she did a great job - I would have been a very satisfied client.  

Films and Actors Who Portrayed Elizabeth

There are plenty of films and programmes out there that have real facts based on Queen Elizabeth, here are a few different films and programmes which I found that are based on Elizabeth. I have watched some of them but not all of them. I do find these programmes interesting but then I also find them repetitive when it is based on the same person. I suppose they can only use real life events to go on so they will all go on the same thing.

Elizabeth I - Channel 4
This programme is based on Queen Elizabeth, who is played by Helen Mirren. She portrays the Queen in her later years with many more actors. She suits the character so much as she is representing her later years she looks the part and does a good job of being the Queen. This one was made in 2005 and played on Channel 4, it is still available to watch online too.

Elizabeth - 1998

The films is based on Queen Elizabeth from when she was a child to growing up and dealing with her new responsibilities as being the Queen. The main actor who plays Elizabeth is Cate Blanchett, she does a great job of being the stern Queen from that era and portrays her perfectly, maybe this is why she was chosen to play her again in the follow up film. The film was nominated for numerous awards and won an Oscar.

Elizabeth: The Golden Age - 2007

Again, Cate Blanchett portrays the Queen, the film is the follow up from Elizabeth and it shows us her troubles, events and love events through the later years of her life. This is also a great film just like the first one as they are the same characters its easier to follow and remember what happened in the first one. I really like how they have used Cate Blanchett in this film too as she did a really good job getting into character in the last film I think she did great. The film also won an Oscar, had loads on nominations and some of those too.

http://www.tudorhistory.org/movies/

Tudor Cosmetics and Dangers

In the Tudor era there was many different things people used on their face, hair, teeth and body to enhance them self and their features. Queen Elizabeth is a prime example - the white skin, the rose cheeks and red lips, they were all 'fake' by using cosmetics.
One big thing was the white skin, every one wanted to be really pale, is Elizabeth was pale they wanted to be pale.
Having red lips and red cheeks was also one thing in fashion back then, having no eye brows or very round ones to make the fore head appear larger was too and having red hair.

White Skin
Woman wanted to be fair skinned back in the Elizabethan times, as having fair skin was a sign of wealth. If you was a worker you would be outside and you would get a tan from the sun but, rich people didn't work and didn't really go outside so they would be pale.

A recipe known for making the skin whiter and fair -

'Wash they face with Rosemary boyled in white wine, and thou shalt be fair'

This is just to make the face fairer, I have no idea how this worked but it must have if woman were using it to get the paler complexion they wanted.

Ceruse, was also a very he cosmetic back then. This made the face paler by using the two man ingredients 'White lead and vinegar'.

It was very poisonous on the skin making it crack, blister and even caused hair loss. The mixture was very white and they rubbing it all over the skin which was visible, the face, neck, chest and hands.
Queen Elizabeths face over time became cracked and she used everything she could get her hand onto keep the youthful look. A lot of woman used this minute on their face and it could even could have caused Elizabeths death.

Red Lips

Having red lips and red cheeks were all the craze against the pale white skin. There was plenty of different receipes to get the perfect red for the lips and cheeks but these are two that I have found.

Recipe for fucus (red facepaint): "Mix Cochineal with the white of hard-boiled egs, the milk of green figs, plume alum, and gum arabic."

Recipe for fucus: "steep brasil well in water for two days and then mix it with two ounces of fish glue that hath itself been steeped in white wine for five or six days."

Milton Carrol, The Elizabethan Woman

Red Hair

Red or golden hair is what everyone wanted and some of the recipes that were made even made women bald so wearing wigs and head pieces were worn instead. Putting things on the hair such as urine was used (gross) to get the hair lighter.

"To make the hair yellow as golde. Take the rine or scrapings of Rubarbe, and stiepe it in white wine, or in cleere lie; and after you have washed your head with it, you shall weatte your hairs with a Spoonge or some other cloth, and let them drie by the fire, or in the sunne; after this weatte them and drie them againe."

Giovanni Ruscelli (Alessio), The secretes of reverende maister Alexis of Piemount, 1568

Mouth Wash

Mouthwashes were created to

'keep your teeth white and uncorrupt, and also have a sweet breath'

You would have to 'pick and rub your teeth', but firstly wash your mouth when you have eaten and sleep with your mouth just open and in the morning spit out. Using the cloth 

'rub your teeth well within and without to take away the fumositie of the maenad  the yellowness of the teeth' 

A mouthwash recipe included ingredients such as - 

Half a glass of vinegar and as much of the water of the masticke tree, of rosemarie, mire, bole, arkmoniake, dragons herb, roche aloe of each of them an ounce and of fountain water three glassfulls; mingle all well together, adnd let it boil with a final fire, adding to it half a pound of honey, and taking away the scum on it, then put in a little bengwine, and when it hath sodden a quarter of an hour, take it from the fire, and keep it in a plane bottle and wash your teeth therewithall.' 

To me, I would never use anything like that in my mouth as a mouthwash but in those days making up mixtures and recipes was the norm to create new exciting things and cosmetics for people who would pay for them, even if they didn't work or were very dangerous to peoples health.

All these recipes and ingredients that were used in the Elizabethan era are crazy to me and today I would never use any of these on my face or hair or in my mouth. At the time I suppose they probably seemed like the did the job but with more technology and knowledge our products are much more safer for us.

http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/elizabethan-make-up.htm

http://www.elizabethancostume.net/makeup.html

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Practicing My Partners Design

Today I got to see my partners design and I also got to practice the look on her too.

I got all the equipment out ready and the products I need to complete the make up look, by going by her design - she has listed the products on there. On the design there is a lace print on the fore head going down to the cheek bones, so my partner supplied me with the lace for me to print it on to her face.

I started by cleansing the skin removing all the make up and dirt from the skin and toning after wards.
I applied the Illamasqua matt primer all over the skin to prepare the skin for the make up.

I looked at my partners design and started off by using a base on the skin with the foundation that matched her skin tone, I blended it in all over her face and neck giving a perfect base to the look.
Once that was completed I used the Illamasqua loose powder all over the skin to set the base.

On the design she has a red fore head which blends in down the fore head and down the sides of the face, it also goes down on to the cheek bones like a contour.
I used the red out of the Kryolan blush palette and I blended it in all over the fore head, down the sides of the face and on to the cheek bones. I asked my partner how dense she wanted the colour to be, if she wanted it really red or just a soft glow of it and she wanted it quite intense.
I blended the red over the cheek bones too which added structure to the face also.

Over the red, I used a flat brush to stipple the white out of the Supra colour palette to create the lace look on the fore head, also going down the temples and stopping on the cheek bones. On the fore head it came down a little bit more to a point in the middle which had a really nice effect.

Using the same brush I used the white to high light the cheek bones, down the nose, just above the brows and on the chin. Then I moved on to the eye brows, using the same white Supra colour and a disposable mascara wand to go through the eye brows to make them white too.

On the eyes, I used the bright orange Supra colour as a base to get the brightness she wanted and I put the orange out of the Kryolan brights palette over the Supra colour. I blended the lighter orange in to the crease and then the yellow and mustard colour up to the eye brows. this gave a really nice blended effect on the eyes which I really liked. Over those colours, I got the Illamasqua palette with the gold and copper colour in, I used the copper colour on the outer edge/corner of the eyes and the colour towards the centre and inner corners of the eyes and a little gold on the brow bone too.
On the eye lashes, using a disposable mascara wand I used the white Supra colour to make the lashes go white.

On the lips to create a really nice metallic look I used the copper colour I used on the eyes and in the centre of the lips I used the gold too.

This was the finished look.

I was really happy with how the look came out as I was thinking I wouldn't be able to do it how she wanted it. She said it was exactly what she wanted and I did a really good job. 

I was so happy with the out come as I had never done something like this, used a red base on the fore head and stippled a lace design, or used so many different products and colours on the eyes. The whole look was really effective and it looked really good too.

The only thing I would change is the whiteness of the lace, I would do it more whiter and thicker so it stands out a bit more off the red, or I could do the red a less brighter. I think we both made the decision that it would look more effective if we did it more whiter.
I loved the eyes I was really pleased with them and the lips too, the looked really good and I love the products she chose to use too.

Elizabeth (1998)

Elizabeth is an outstanding film portraying how it was in the Elizabthan times, the sets, the make up, the hair and the costume designing really gives you a feel for how it was back in those days. 

In the film we can see how Elizabeth grew from a young, simple girl into a woman who had to put on this hard face to the public and her encounters. She uses hair designing and make up to disguise who she really is, at the beginning of the film she has long frizzy hair down her back and a simple blue dress on, showing she was just a regular girl. Nothing fancy or impressive to show her any importance. 

As the film went on she slowly added jewels and accessories to her hair, starting off with a simple ribbon through the back up do of the frizzy curls, to a huge amount of flowers, leaves and jewels added through her top piece of hair. 

The frizzy curls got smoothed out to lovely waves going down her back at her coronation perfect for a crowning look with her high hair line showing her full face.

Throughout the film, the more important Elizabeth becomes, she has more money, more power and with that an image to uphold towards other woman showing just how powerful she really is. Adding hats and even wigs at the end of the film shows how wealthy she was as not every one in those days was rich enough to wear hats and wigs. As she got older her hair started to thin

'With middle age, Elizabeth's hair started to decrease in quantity and lost its youthful
fiery glow. loss of colour could be replaced by dye, but its poor quality made it difficult to
dress into the fashionable curled style'

She resorted to wearing wigs and having them specially made for her as she got older her hair was thinning and the colour was becoming dull  

'it is recorded that she purchased six heads of hair, twelve yards of hair curl and a hundred other devices made of hair'

I really like how she was this beautiful woman at the start, she was sweet and innocent and was plunged into a world where she had to grow up and make huge decisions so quickly. For a young woman it must have been really hard to give the people what they want and knowing what to do.
I like how the hair designing was accurate to Elizabeth, if you look at portraits of her they have been very well re created with the added jewels and accessories.

At the end of the film she decides to cut all her hair off and wear a wig, as she walked out everyone was in awe of the Queen. She showed just how powerful she was, changing her whole look to someone nearly unrecognisable. I like how she did that to show to everyone 'I am the most powerful person in the country', her white skin, red hair, red cheeks and lips was all the craze back then but her maids were upset dressing the Queen as she went through this huge transformation.

In the film she is portrayed at the beginning to have committed some sort of crime towards the reigning Queen, Elizabeth is very sweet and kind, gentle looking and sympathetic. We warm to her at the start as she has been made out to look like a victim which she very much isn't. 

At the coronation where she is crowned the new Queen of England, her whole look about her changes. She's very hard faced and stern looking showing no kindness. I like how she has these different personalities for different events, it shows she can be a Queen to her people by making tough decisions and making people think not to disobey her.
I then like how she has fun and laughs and smiles with her close ones, she still has fun and enjoys herself even though she has a reputation to uphold. Underneath that hard face of hers was still a young woman who wanted to go dancing and enjoy herself.

'it is understood that she had her face painted to distance herself from her subjects by carving herself out as a fearless icon, hidden behind a cosmetic mask'

"I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too" – Queen Elizabeth I

Elizabeth's make up during the film never really changes dramatically too much, she has perfect skin from the beginning but nothing on it to make her look extremely pale. I noticed her skin changed slightly in colour at her coronation, she was very pale, very white and ill looking.

In her downtime she never really seemed to have any make up on but definitely during her important events she would make sure she looked the part.

I like how the Elizabthen's started off a make up trend, even today if one celebrity is wearing it everyone wants it. 

For example, Kate Middleton's hair style was very popular in the 25-40 age group, wanting long, thick, chocolate brown locks. Or a more modern style icon such as Kylie Jenner and her lips, everyone wants a matt brown pout like hers. 

It was a little different back then everyone wanted to be pale and angelic where as now we like to be sun kissed and bronzed. 

The portrayal of Elizabeth seems to be very accurate, she was said to me a very nice looking lady, she would look after her people but still be the strong one when needed to be. All of the events that happened throughout the film were relevant to history too. Elizabeth was a very young and youthful looking lady, have angelic soft skin or that's what every one thought at the time.

'not long before her death, she had a great apprehension of her own age and declination by
seeing her face, then lean and full of wrinkles, truly represented to her in a glass'

The designer had definitely adapted the look for a contemporary audience by changing the colouring of the dresses and the scenes, it was very bright and beautiful, there was lots of lighting and there had to be a minimal amount of make up in the actors skin as they were filming. Cate Blanchett does a very, very good job of acting out as Queen Elizabeth too, she portrays the character perfectly, beautiful and precious yet stern and fierce.

http://www.britroyals.com/kings.asp?id=elizabeth1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_I_of_England

http://theartofilm.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/reel-connections-elizabethan.html?m=1 

https://www.pinterest.com/paulabuchananl/historical-accessories/

Final Design Practice

In lesson today my partner practiced my make up look on me and she did a really good job. 

She looked at my design and my pictures, got all the make up out which was listed and then went straight in to cleansing my face.

She asked me a few questions about how i would like it and how i did it and if she can do it differently. i let her do what she wanted in what ever way she found easier to do.

She started the same as me applying the foundation, then doing the white base in the centre of my nose and moved it outwards in to a heart shape. Before she started the white she used a small brush and outlined where she wanted the heart to go.

After she filled in the heart and whitened the eye brows she set it all with the loose powder and moved on to the eyes. Applying the gold Illamasqua on the lids and under the lash line and blended it out slightly. She then applied the black mascara on to the eye lashes too.

On to the rest of the face she applied the bronzer on the fore head to make the heart stand out more, I told her I wanted it quite dark at the top of the heart and blending down the sides of the face on to the cheek bones and she did it to the right darkness which I wanted.

Once she had finished with the bronzer, she over drew my lips slightly and filled them in with the red Supra colour. Then she got the gold colour and did the cracks on my lips whilst I was pressing my lips together.

This was the finished look

I was really pleased with how it came out it looks just like my design and how I created it on myself.

I think she did a really good job because some times it is hard to do something some one else has done and do it exactly how they want it. But she did it perfectly, I was really happy with all the aspects of the make up, the application, the out come and the confidence she had in doing what I wanted.

Next time for the final assessment I think she will be more confident and now she knows what she is doing she will be able to get on and do it even better than she did in the practice run.

My Practice Design

I decided to practice the look on myself too see what it would look like, I wanted to see how the whole look would look on the face all together and if it looked good.

I used the products listed on the face chart.

I firstly cleansed and toned my skin to remove any make up off my face. I then primed the skin with the matt primer
I applied the foundation all over my face leaving the eye areas out and the nose and they are going to be white. One the foundation was done, I put the white foundation in the centre of the nose and worked it out around the eyes to the lip of the lip in to a heart shape.
When I had enough white coverage I then used the Supra colour in white to cover the brows over so they were white too.
Once everything was to how I wanted it I set the whole face with the loose powder.
Then I went on to the eyes using the gold Supra colour all over the lids and then I changed to the Illamasqua gold as I liked that consistency better. I put it all over the lids and under the bottom lash line and in the inner corners of the eyes too.
I added black mascara as I wanted them to be quite defined and add a little modern make up to the look.
On the forehead I used a bronzer to make the heart shape more defined around the top of the head, I worked the bronzer down the sides of the heart and down on to the cheeks to define them too.
Once I was happy with the depth of colour of the bronzer as i want it quite strong on the fore heard I moved on to the lips.
I used an angled brush to get the perfect line and slightly over drew them on the top lip with the red Supra colour.
To get the cracked effect on the lips I pressed my lips together to make them really small looking and patted the gold Supra colour over the top of the red.

This was my look completed, I was really happy how it looked, it has a few different details to the look and when they all come together it looked really good. I was really happy with the outcome of the look and I tried different products such as the gold Illamsqua colour and the Supra colours on the eyes.
I loved the darker bronzer on the fore hear to make the heart stand out on the face and the gold lids add a little edge to the look too.

When my partner does my make up look I'm sure she will be able to follow my design easily as it isn't that complicated and I think she will be able to do it with no struggle.

My Chosen Design

My chosen design is my fourth look. I think it is different and shows Lettice Knollys really well.

I like how I have used the heart on the face to show her love and it is also very Elizabethan as their usually have their hair in a heart shape.
The eye brows and lips are also Elizabethan as the brows are very nearly invisible and the lips are red and gold - both royal colours.
The heart is contoured round by using bronzer on the face too really show off the heart on the face. The gold eye lids show she was royalty, saw a lot of things behind the scenes not a lot of other people saw and she was also the Queens cousin. 

For this look I will have the hair all back off the face but it will be put in to a modern Beyoncé quiff on the front of the hair and the rest of the hair will go down the back. This hair style is very modern as it is inspired by Beyoncé but Elizabethans also had all their hair off the face too.

My inspiration for this look I got from this image - it made me think about my character and how I can change it to fit what I want my look to be like. 

Design 4

My final design is based on her love for Robert Dudley, her children and her ex husbands.
My brainstorm shows the ideas for my design, I wanted to create something different to my other designs and so I came up with this idea.

The look is very different, I will have a paler foundation as a base on the outer edges of my face and my chin/jaw area. In the centre of my face in a heart shape I will have a white heart shape going round the eyes and nose, ending the bottom of the heart at the top of the lips. The brows will also be white so they blend in with the heart, Elizabethans used to have really thin eye brows any way so I wanted to cover those up as they were hardly noticeable anyway. The heart represents the love she has for Robert Dudley, her children, her other lovers and her family. She was full of love but she just made a few bad decisions in life.
The eye lips and around the eyes will be gold, this shows she is quite rich and she was royalty. The Queens cousin and she married very important men too.
The lips are red as a typical Elizabethan look but it has cracked gold on the top as she was royally but she fell out with the Queen and that made cracks in her relationship and her family.

I really like this look, it is my favourite out of all my designs because I think it really presents who she was, she was beautiful, full of love, she was royalty, was an important lady as she was related to the queen. Also she made a few bad decisions so the cracked gold on the lips gives a little edge to the look which I really like.
I have a few Elizabethan features in there such as the brows which are nearly invisible, the red lips and there are pale bits on the face like the heart. I got inspiration from an image that has a heart on the face and I thought about how I could change that in to something Elizabethan. 

Design 2

My second design is based on her being very modernised as I would see her today but with some Elizabethan feel to it still. 

My brainstorm shows how I want her to look using all the modern techniques to enhance her features. 

I want to keep her face quite pale as that represents her, but I will contour the face to enhance the cheek bones, nose and chin. Then I will highlight the high points on the face too.
She will have soft brown contoured eyes with a winged liner and some lashes on the outer edges of the eyes. The winged liner gives a flirty look to the eyes which she was very flirty with men, the lips will be slightly over drawn with a red tint to them too.

All the products are listed on the face chart and this is what I would like the make up to look like.

I have chosen this design because she was a very flirty woman, she had three husbands, she was prettier than Elizabeth, got a lot of compliments so I can see her being quite flirty. The longer lashes, wined liner and the contoured face gives a flirty, pretty look which would suit her. Also, she will have some defined eye brows to frame the face, HD brows are so popular today and having the perfect shape and perfect products really frame the face and sets any look off.

I really like this look as I love a contoured face, winged liner, slightly over done lips and highlighted cheek bones. I would wear this look but not with the pale face and I think it represents a modernised Lettice Knollys.

The inspiration I got for this look is Kylie Jenner - a beautiful, young and stunning woman, I could picture Lettice being somethig like Kylie if she was in this era. 

Design 3

My third design is based on a natural look - a no make up, make up look.

My brainstorm shows a little in between my first and second design. I wanted to use the first idea with a few aspects of the second one.

The list of products are listed on the design. I want to have a paled skin and the high lighted dewy skin from the first idea, but including the contoured face, a slight winged liner and neat brows.

I wanted to make a look that was very much like her with the pale face soft features but added a little modern twist in to it with a little winged liner and some soft pink lips. This would probably be her make up look if she was here in todays modern age. A very natural beautiful woman who just extenuates her beauty with a little make up.

I really like the look of this make up as it is still natural just has a little added features to it to add some sass. She was very beautiful to using make up to help bring out that beauty will be a really good look on her.

My inspiration for this look is J Lo - she has flawless skin, not over done make up but still beautiful make up for her age.