Induction Week

For induction week we had Illamasqua and Charles Fox come in to introduce us to the brands, and show us the products. We also got to use some of the Illamasqua make up to design a look in groups. My group decided we wanted our look to be very strong and fierce, like a tribal woman, so to achieve that we used warm colours, glowy, bronzed skin and used a metallic gold cream through the brows and on the lips. We were given some tips on how to pitch an idea, and keep it to the point, while selling your look at the same time. Our group were lucky enough to be picked as the winners from our class, and I won the chance to go and work with the Illamasqua events team at the Distinction in Make up Artistry Awards! I really enjoyed this activity because I loved having the opportunity to try out the Illamasqua products, and seeing what looks everyone else came up with. 

When Charles Fox came in they gave us a long talk through a selection of the products that they offer. I found this really useful, as because they are a very professionally aimed brand, I wasn't familiar with any of the Kryolan products. Our kit is mostly made up of Kryolan Make up so it was great to know all of the different uses for the products, and also see a few other things which I might want to add to my kit later on. 

We also did an activity which was centred around the same theme as our mood boards, which was who we want to be in 5 years time. We had to take a paper bag and create a mask which represented us in 5 years. We were given lots of materials like coloured card, string and glitter to just be creative with our masks. I found this task quite difficult as I found it quite hard to think of ways to represent what I wanted to be in 5 years in any way apart from physically. For this reason my mask ended up as just a silly face, which probably didn't really represent me at all, but regardless I enjoyed the task and thought it was a great way to get people chatting, and have some fun.