Estella assessment

This is my final design and assessment  for Estella.
I decided to go for a bridal look as its something different to what i'd usually do.
minimal make up was used during victorian times so i found it hard to make the look bridal.
I used minimal foundation , light contouring on the cheekbones and no product on the lashes and brows. I also patted some lipstick on thd lips to create a light colour. With the hair the only thing im only unhappy about it the fringe didnt to plan, it did not ccreate a nice curve shape like in my practises. 

Miss havisham assessment- continuity 1 and 2

 So i've now had both my assessments and continuity stress is over!

My only worry with this assessment was trying to get the make up exactly the same!

The top two pictures are from my first assessment which i think went quite well , i panicked as usual but in the end it was all fine.

These are from my second assessment!

I also think this went quite well and I can only see a couple of differences.
I can see the redness under the eyes have spread further down than in the first assessment
and also the lips are not as dry looking as before but other than that i am quite pleased :)

Victorian make up research

I noticed with Victorians that they wore barely any make-up which was quite challenging to try and think of something that stands out from the rest. As usual i  used pinterest to do my research as its easier to find specific images.


https://uk.pinterest.com/kyomibest/victorian-make-up/

Above is the link to the images that inspired me

hair Inspo for Estella

in order to show you my inspiration for my estella hair i created a mood board.

Above are some styles i found for estella

the first and second are very similar, i love this particular style although its more late 18th century and early 1900's, I wanted to keep some of the hair down for Estella so i wont be using this style.

I am in love with the third one and will definitely consider this for Estella, it looks simple but effective!

the fourth image will be best for me as my model has a full fringe and i will be able to smooth it into a parting like in this image

The fifth is similar to 4th but without the swooping fringe.

i like the 6th but i feel its quite aging and better for miss havisham than estella

the 7th is my favourite out of all of them !


https://uk.pinterest.com/pin/568016571723782189/
https://uk.pinterest.com/pin/568016571726467312/
https://uk.pinterest.com/pin/397513104582685430/

https://uk.pinterest.com/pin/328410997798963199/
https://uk.pinterest.com/pin/451134087647266082/
https://uk.pinterest.com/pin/445223113132013183/
https://uk.pinterest.com/kyomibest/victorian-hair/

Photographs of the dead

In the Victorian era for some strange reason it became custom to photograph dead relatives as mementos. Usually photographs were so expensive it would be the only picture they would have in their life time. This ties in perfectly with the project! Whats says horror more than the dead??



Here are some disturbing pictures.

http://io9.com/the-strangest-tradition-of-the-victorian-era-post-mort-472772709

Miss havisham finalized designs.

MAKE UP

although  had plenty of ideas for miss havisham I realized that continuity was key. I decided that i needed to make my design simple but effective. The problem with my first design was that there would be a small chance that I would be able to recreate the black veins exact! so i stuck with the first design but removed the black veins.

HAIR

With the hair i was faced with a partner with a very short full fringe so some adjustments needed to be made, I decided the front would be curled and the back will be in a loose braided bun as if slowly slopped though out the years. My partner also had a undercut at some point so i was left with some hair that wasnt as long as the rest, with this hair i curled and back combed it to create messy hair.

Brothers Grimm

Jakob  and Wilhelm Grimm both born in the 1780's and are responsible for some of the most gruesome and disturbing Folktales which have now been censored into children's fairy tales. From snow white to Cinderella the Grimm brothers searched their homeland of Germany for common folktales and published them into a book, the more gruesome the better!

An example-


Sleeping beauty- 

In the original sleeping beauty, the lovely princess is put to sleep when she pricks her finger on a spindle. She sleeps for one hundred years when a prince finally arrives, kisses her, and awakens her. They fall in love, marry, and (surprise surprise) live happily ever after. But alas, the original tale is not so sweet (in fact, you have to read this to believe it.) In the original, the young woman is put to sleep because of a prophesy, rather than a curse. And it isn’t the kiss of a prince which wakes her up: the king seeing her asleep, and rather fancying having a bit, rapes her. After nine months she gives birth to two children (while she is still asleep). One of the children sucks her finger which removes the piece of flax which was keeping her asleep. She wakes up to find herself raped and the mother of two kids.

http://listverse.com/2009/01/06/9-gruesome-fairy-tale-origins/


Reading some of these original fairytales have obviously broken my childhood! haha 
What i believed to be innocent lovely fairytales in the eyes of disney actually originated from sick  stories intended for adults .