My Trial of Charlottes Design

Last Week I did my first trial of Charlottes Make Up Design. Her design featured a extreme contour in dark red tones, countering the nose, eyes and cheekbones. On the eyes there is a burgundy liner, topped with a thinner line of gold liner. She also decided during the practice that it would be an effective detail to also bring the burgundy colour onto the lashes. The Lipstick for this look needs to be applied in the shape of a heart.

When I first saw Charlottes design I felt fairly confident regarding most of the aspects such as the contouring and liner, but felt like it might take me some practice to achieve the lip shape with as much precision as I would like. While completing the design, we took pictures to check that the strong contour was coming up on the camera. At first although the contouring looked dramatic to the eye, it needed to be stronger to show up on camera. During the practice we realised that I did not have the correct brushes used to create such a precise liner look. For the sake of the practice we did try out a thicker line, but Charlotte decided she wanted to stick with her original idea, and we would find a suitable brush in time for the next practice. As predicted, I really struggled to achieve the heart shape lip. Once again this was partly due to lacking a thin enough brush, and we agreed to find one for next week. We used a Burgundy Supra Colour shade, which we agreed after the practice was too slippery a product, as even when Charlotte talked, the precise shape smudged. We discussed which product would be better, and agreed on the Lip Mix from MAC as it is smudge proof and long lasting.

Overall, I was not satisfied with the look I created in the trial. However I do feel that it was extremely beneficial, as we realised what tools we were lacking and which products would be best to use. I now feel that with one more practice I will be in a confident position to carry out Charlottes design.