Technical Sessions: Assessment look development 'The Catwalk Look' no.2

Carrying on in my development of creating 'The Catwalk Look' for my assessment I carried on looking at eyes and wanting to use them as my main focus for my catwalk look. 

After having a quick brainstorm of where I wanted to take this catwalk look, I started by looking at a colour scheme and how I could incorporate this into the my chosen brand YSL, something that I would be able to complete within the time frame of an assessment. 

I decided to mainly stick to tones of green, this was because it was a colour that seemed to appear a lot in the spring 2016 collection of make-up with the packaging and the products themselves, especially in the eye shadows (linking this back to the theme of eyes I want to create). Using this chart below I have looked at using shades like Windsor Green and Perm Green Light with Thalo included. 

http://www.blehert.com/lessons/examples/different-tube-greens.jpg [Different tones of greens to look at]

Once I had picked a colour scheme I decided I needed to know what kind of design I wanted to create. As I personally find it easier to experiment on my own face first rather then working directly on to a face chart I opted to start on my own face first. I began by placing a base on the eye by Mac and set this with normal face powder. I did this to stop any of the bright colours loosing their opaqueness and to stop them from creasing. I then took the two green tones from our university kits Kryolan eye shadow palette and began to create an exaggerated crease that also did a cat eye point at the end. I mixed these together as I couldn't find the exact shade that I had imagined. I did this in small steps as it was something that I wanted to build gradually so it didn't end up going too drag style, this is fashion after all. The next step step I took was to foil a blue, teal colour onto the lid which was from an urban decay eye shadow palette. I did this with a flat eye shadow brush. I then took a brighter shade of green, something that referred to the shade Perm Green Light from the chart above. I placed this into the inner corner and under the front of the lower lash line. I then took the darker matte crease shades and blended these underneath the lashes also to join the top shadow with the bottom shadow. I then applied a turquoise glitter liner by Stilla and took a small amount of this and applied it to the back of my hand, I then took a detail brush and applied a small amount to the front of the lid. I then took some natural, fluffy lashes and applied these too the top. Onto the bottom lashes I applied some green mascara for an extra touch. 

I kept the brows filled in strong but still natural. The skin was prepped and then I applied some strong coverage foundation and concealer (I regretted this immediately as I had remembered this was one of the mistakes I had made on the last practice.)  I used quite a strong contour with cream and then powder and set the look with a translucent powder. The lips were kept nude, very nude in face and had a gloss placed over the top. 

Here are some of the images of the finished look: 

Now to be critical of my own work, I would have to say that I love this look...if it was to be used as a beauty look and maybe for an advertisement for YSL but for a catwalk look, I am not happy with it's outcome. I love how the colours come together but I am not entirely sure if it would sit correctly for catwalk. I feel catwalk make-up in it's own right is art, something that most people would not wear stereotypically out in public but alter it for daily use. My outcome of this look is that I do love these colours and I know somewhere across this unit I will use these for one of my 6 looks, may it be in a different style or shape but these colours will  be used.