Contemporary Elizabethan Look and Blanking out the Eyebrows

In this week's lesson we again looked at blanking out of the eyebrows and introduced a contemporary look as well. I practised using soap to blank out the eyebrows again and found that this time I was able to flatten the hairs more effectively by layering the soap and allowing to dry in between.
We were given two contemporary images to inspire us and I chose to use a pale skin coloured foundation instead of the white to give a modern feel to the look.

To cover the eyebrows with a skin coloured base you must follow a few different steps to the white base.

1. Once the soap or pritt stick has dried, you must use a grease based product and possibly mix colours to create a rosy pink colour. Dab this colour onto the brows with a sponge very gently so you do not disturb the soap or pritt stick underneath. This will take away the dark colour of the brows and make it easier to cover with your base.
2. Next apply your base using a sponge to firmly press the product into the brow covering it completely.
3. Continue to cover the whole of the face until it is completed.

As you can see the brows are almost completely covered however with another layer of soap would be gone so this is something I will need to work on as my partner for my final assessment has this idea included in her design. For the cheeks I used my Kryolan Viva Matt eyeshadow pallet and used the colour Anis (dark brown) to contour the cheeks, sides of nose and up onto the forehead as I thought a black would be too harsh for this contemporary look. The Lips were made black with my MAC lipmix paint and overall I'm very happy with this look and may consider this for one of my design ideas for my final piece.