It's been awhile

It's been awhile since I've updated my progress. It's been a very productive and busy few weeks. I've completed our Fashion course and now am certified to do Fashion makeup and bridal makeup.

We've done makeup for most of the decades, well the important ones. All the makeup looks are extremely 

We've also completed our two fashion photoshoots. It was my birthday that day. The whole class sang Happy Birthday to me as I walked in with my model into the classroom. It was a bit embarrassing but I was very happy at the same time.  It was a great experience. I did not take one second of a break for the whole day.  We won't get our photos till maybe after a few weeks.

Here are a few of the Fashion looks I've done for the second part of fashion.

 

 

 

 

Fashion Makeup

It's been awhile since I last blogged. I've been busy and tired but still keep track on all the makeup looks done in class with my S3. The first three week of fashion makeup are done and we all know the fundamentals and basics of fashion makeup. We had GianLuca as our instructor again for the first 3 weeks and now on week 4, we have Barbera. Here are the makeups for the past few weeks, or just a few. 

Bride look

Neutral look

Colour Harmony

We were given an ad and had to recreate the exact same look from the ad. 

It's a bit sad because I do miss GianLuca as he's always so positive, happy and encouraging. I'm sure Barbera is amazing in her own way. We did a 1920s makeup look today which I will post later. 

3 Weeks Of Hair Finally Over!

So our 3 weeks of Hair is finally over! I'm glad we get to move on to the fun stuff and my favorite part of the course, fashion makeup! These three weeks have flown by so quickly and I have learnt so much from our instructor, GianLuca. He truly is one of the most hard working persons I know and a great teacher.

The final day of our course, we were given five hours for our fantasy hair challenge. I really didn't like the dark brown colour on my Coco (the mannequin's heads name). We had decided to change her name from Jessica to Coco and have been calling her Coco throughout the majority of the time. So I bleached my Coco twice, and used two tubes of Manic Panic in the colour, Wild Fire.

Coco with Wild Fire hair, blown dried with a big round brush.

Setting Coco's hair for volume and curls.

My inspiration for my fantasy hair character was my horoscope sign, Aries. I wanted to show the fire sign in her hair and decided to make some horns and big red hair. Some of the prep work was done ahead, but assembling and putting up a hair do was required to be done in class. 

At first, the timing was perfect. I had a certain time limit for each section. When it came to making the horns, I realized I didn't have enough time and it took me longer than I had thought. I cut the horns a bit shorter so I didn't have to wrap around as much. I quickly put up all the hair and did the best I could for the time that was provided to us. Coco's makeup actually was done by Sandrine, a classmate of mine because she had seen me stressing and offered to help. She is sucha sweet girl and I really appreciated her help. 

So this is the final outcome. I wasn't super happy and felt like it could've been done better. The definitely should've been bigger and the more I touched and messed around with it, the smaller it got. I completely understand what contestants in reality tv shows go through now and how intense it can be.

I'm excited to go to class and learn about make up tomorrow!

Just Finished Exams today!

So our 3 week hair course is coming to an end. We had our practical exam and a written exam about all the things we had learned in class.

The practical exam was very intense. We were tested on various techniques and hair dos and given a specific time frame to complete it. The first round I kept hearing our instructor whisper to the other instructor but couldn't quite hear exactly what they were saying. I found that rather distracting and wasn't able to perfect my technique in a timely manner. Today was just wasn't a good day for me. The later rounds were better, but I completely did one of the hair dos wrong without even knowing until something looked off. I finally figured it out but we were down to the last seventeen minutes. I did the best I could but I am mentally and physically exhausted.

The very last day will be our fantasy hair challenge where we will have five hours in class to finish our fantasy hair then we move on to the best part, FASHION MAKE UP!!!

End of Week 2...

So week 2 has ended and it's been a pretty crazy week. We've learnt how to do a Bouffant, War rolls (or some call it Victory rolls). I didn't take any pictures of my finished Victory Roll look since I really didn't like how it turned out.

For most of the week, we learnt about the different hairstyles seen in the 20s, 30s, 40s and 50s. I find the 30s, 40s and 50s to be difficult to tell apart. I've got tons of homework and research to do.

 The Bouffant

 Curls for preparing for big hair

 Curls for my classmate, Michelle

I got another short haired girl model, Michelle. Her hair was super fine and smooth. I always find it difficult to curl short hair since I'm constantly scared of getting too close to the roots and burning her sculpt. Luckily, I didn't do that. Week 3 is starting and will be the final week of a 3 week hair program. It's crazy how time flies when you're having fun.

End of Week 1

So it's the end of week 1! The first week was pretty intense! We learnt at least one new hairstyle or technique everyday. Our hair course is 3 weeks long and as makeup artists, we are required also to style hair. That way we can get jobs when we're on our own when school is finished. 

This is the perfect ponytail. It took me a long time to get it right. 

 The beehive is one of the classic looks from the 70s. It's a fun hair do and I enjoyed styling it. 

This is Meghan. She sits beside me in class. We were required to blow dry and style the hair and correct the face shape. This is her before shot. 

This is the after shot. Meghan's hair was coloured many times. She has three different colours in her hair so the texture of her roots and the rest of her were very different. Her hair took a very long time to blow dry correctly and make it smooth. I'm not super satisfied with the outcome but I guess it wasn't too bad for my first time.

I think this is my favorite, the french roll. Looks super elegant!

We were taught different braiding techniques. The dutch braid confuses me a bit. This braid hair is the skeleton braid. Gianluca told us that in the 40s when no one had any money or resources, this hairstyle acted as a hair net. It also reminds me of a princess.

I love going to school but the commute makes it a bit tiring. I'm excited to start the second week of school tomorrow!

My First Day of School at Complections

My first day of school and I missed my train. It took me two hours to get to school today due to the horrible weather and also my own tardiness. I missed the orientation part but thankfully our instructor is this super nice guy, GianLuca Orienti and I didn't get in trouble.

GianLuca has been in the industry since he was 18 and he had recently been hired by Chanel as the hairdresser in Italy (I believe that was the place). Anyways, he's super friendly and is an excellent teacher. 

In today's class, we worked with our plastic model heads which GianLuca named Jessica. Jessica's hair is made of real human hair. We had to wash Jessica's hair with shampoo and then condition it just like how they do it in the hair salons. GianLuca taught us how to properly section the hair and also how to brush out wet hair and blow dry it with volume. The class went by so quickly because everyone was having so much fun! Can't wait till tomorrow's class!