A Day in the Life of a Student Makeup Artist...

Alohaaa everyone, I have been so excited all week to write this post. This weekend I have been working as a Makeup Artist on The Arts by the Sea Festival Bournemouth, for those of you who have never heard of this before, it is a quirky art festival taking place on the beaches of Bournemouth, full of strange acts and performance's. I was so excited to be working on this performance as I also worked on the photo shoot for it back in May.



















I thought I would write this post to show you what it is really like to be back stage of a show. People assume being a makeup artist is a glamorous job, but I wouldn't exactly call it glamorous. It involves a lot of waiting around between shows/filming, rushing around like a headless chicken before shows/filming, having 'mini-meltdowns' when the director yells 10 minutes and you still have 2 more models/actors waiting to have their faces touched up, but there are pits and peaks to every job, and if you love it this pits won't even matter. I love working under pressure, I find my best work has come from working under pressure.

The day before I was due on set I prepared my whole kit, at this time I hadn't been told exactly what I was going to be doing, so I knew I had to be fully prepared. It is not professional to turn up with incorrect equipment even if you haven't been told designs, you must be prepared for anything! I cleaned my brushes with IPA to ensure they were free from bacteria and clean. As you can see I have coloured stickers on my all items in my kit - when you are on set with other makeup artists things get muddled up as 9 times out of 10 the makeup area is small and previously I have lost items and they have been found in other people's kits who have accidentally picked it up - So always best to some how label your products.        

  

I wanted to share this look because it was one of the most challenging looks I have done to date. As you can see she has some beautifully knitted ice creams cones in her head, these ice cream cones were so heavy that they could not balance on the head, they would just fall forward, plus to make matters harder, the actor's hair was fine and short, this is a 'mini-meltdown' moment for me!! Hahaa!! To make these ice cream cones stay, I sectioned the hair where the band would sit, used heated rollers to give volume on the back then the sections in front of band were used to wrap around the Alice band, tightly, then gripped like crazy, she had at least 50 grips around that Alice band that we managed to thankfully hide. Mission complete!! 

The whole group together before the show.

Portfolio Images

Make A Different Choice...

The Best Makeup Looks @ London Fashion Week S/S 14

London Fashion Week has now been and gone, and now we can fully appreciate the beauty and be inspired to maybe change up our makeup looks. I am for sure one that is guilty of doing the same makeup everyday and it is always fun to change it up! 

Be sure to keep checking back on all the updates from Milan fashion, plus all the best looks from last week's New York Fashion Week :)

J.JS Lee

Makeup Artist: Lucy Burt

Look: Bold Lip

Key Products: Mac ProLongwear Lip Pencil in Posessed Magenta blended with Mac Fuchsia and White Lip Mixes over the top!

*TOP TIP FROM ELLE* Use a nude eyeliner in your water line to make your eyes look bigger and to enhance the whites of your eyes.

David Koma

Make-up Artist: Sharon Dowsett for Maybelline

Look: Structured Eye

 Key Product: Outline the graphic shape with Maybelline Master Smoky in Navy, £5,99, then layer Colour Tattoo in Endless Navy, £4.99, over the top for more a more in depth look.

*TOP TIP FROM ELLE* Navy eyeliner enhances your natural eye colour.

Holly Fulton

Makeup Artist: Andrew Gallimore

Look: Soft Lavender Eye

Inspiration: The 70's

Key Product: A lilac wash of colour on the eye and up to the brow using Mac Eyeshadow in Parfait Amour, £12.50.

*TOP TIP FROM ELLE* When applying the shadow leave a small gap just above your lash line and go right up to the brow for a fresh, modern way of doing pastels.  

Michael Van Der Ham

Makeup Artist: Lauren Parsons

Look: Glitter

Key Product: Pat Mac Gold Reflects and Gold Pigment, £17, all over the eyelid.

*TOP TIP FROM ELLE* Keep the rest of the make-up natural and fresh to keep it sophisticated. 

Temperley 

Makeup Artist: Lisa Eldrigde

Look: Hollywood Glamour 

Inspiration: Lauren Hutton in 1975

Key Product: Apply Sunday Riley Effortless Breathable Tinted Primer, £38, for flawless base.

*TOP TIP FROM ELLE* For a seamless base buff a primer, foundation and highlighter in circular motions.

Sister By Sibling

Makeup Artist: Miranda Joyce

Look: Flick

  Key Product: Mac Fluidline in Black Track, £15, and Eyeshadow in Carbon, £12.50, layered over the top for a matte finish.

*TOP TIP FROM ELLE* Brush up your brows with a clear gel to offset the detailed eye.

Burberry

Makeup Artist: Wendy Rowe

Look: Soft Petal Pink

Key Product: The new Burberry Eyeshadow Quad launching in Spring 2014.

Peter Pilotto

Makeup Artist: Lucia Pica

Look: Three Shades of Pastel Lips

Key Product: For the lilac lips (our favourite) Lucia blended Mac Lip Mixes in pink, white and blue. For ease, we love Mac Viva Glam Nicki 2 Lipstick, £15.

*TOP TIP FROM ELLE*  Matte the lip down by blotting with translucent powder and layering over the top. 

Paul Smith

Make-up Artist: Petros Petrohilos

Look: The ever so popular 'Faux Freckles'

Key Product: Mac Eyebrow Pencil in Lingering, and Lip Pencil in Coffee, £14.50.

*TOP TIP FROM ELLE* Dot the two pencils at random the places you would naturally get freckles - along your nose and cheeks.

Topshop Unique

Makeup Artist: Hannah Murray for Topshop Make-up

Key Product: Topshop’s new Matte Bronzer and a mix of Metallic Eye Pencil in Pocket Money, £7 (coming out May 2014) and Beauty Khol in Coal, £4.

*TOP TIP FROM ELLE* You don’t have to be too precise with this look, embrace the lived-in, undone feel.

Mulberry

Make-up Artist: Mathias Van Hooff for L’Oreal Paris

Key product: Get lumpy, thick lashes with two different mascaras. First apply L’Oreal Paris Miss Manga Mascara (launching next year) for thickness and then layer False Lash Flutter, £10.99, over the top for inky, wet-look lashes.

*TOP TIP FROM ELLE* For a wet-look smoky eye mix Vaseline with grey powder shadow.

TUMBLR!!

Hellooo everyone.. So yesterday I decided to get on the Tumblr hype! I have come across quite a few Tumblr's and have always loved them! I find so many awesome images, but could never really post them on my blog as I like to keep this strictly about fashion and makeup and my work!
If any of you have Tumblr be sure to follow and I will check out your blogs too :)
http://lipstiickandlemondrops.tumblr.com/

*TOP TIP* Concealer...

*CLOSE UP'S*..Vivienne Westwood Red Label:Spring/Summer 2014.

Carrying on from my previous post I have found some close up's from Vivienne Westwood's Red Label Spring/Summer 2014 show. The makeup showcased the work of Val Garland, and if you read my previous post, you would know how blown away I was by the makeup designs. I was so inspired and it just made me want to create and design! 

Fresh off the Runway - Vivienne Westwood Red Label:Spring/Summer 2014.

Within the past few minutes the latest fashion week show has hit the internet - Vivienne Westwood Red Label:Spring/Summer 2014. Wow!! Everything about this show screams individuality and high fashion amazingness - I literally couldn't think of any other word than amazingness -  The makeup is unbelievable and it annoys me like crazzyyy that as of this moment I cannot find who the makeup artists were!! I am itching to know the reasons behind the makeup, as Keith Lemon may say 'Whats the message?' I want to recreate this makeup, so much inspiration!! It is all GORGEOUS!! The messy big hair compliments the unorganized fashion of the makeup... I am so excited over this show that I really feel I am not making scene in this blog post - Apologies  - Below are the latest photos from Vivienne Westwood's show... Normally for my blog I don't like to overload with photos but I just couldn't pick!!!