Tuesday 11 February 2014

technical lesson- ageing the skin...

Products used:
  • Kryolan foundation palette in lightest shade and medium shade
  • Illamasqua matter primer
  • Old age stipple
  • Eyebrow brush
  • Small angled brush
  • Small pointed precision brush
  • Foundation brush
  • Buffing brush
  • Makeup sponge
  • Hair dryer
  • Illamasqua fixing powder




For this i firstly added a pale base and buffed it into the skin. 
From here i got the darker shade from the foundation palette and began to draw lines on the natural creases and folds of the face, such as crows feet, laughter lines and frown lines.
I also added the darker colour to either side of the nose to make it appear slimmer, and also beneath the cheek bones and brought this line down to reflect the idea of gravity. I then blended all these in and continued the process until i felt they were dark enough.

I then added old age stipple with the makeup sponge to area around the eye to create ageing/ crepeing of the skin. I achieved this by pulling the skin tight between my thumb and index finger, i then added on the stipple, ensuring i added a few layers. I then used to hair dryer on the lowest head at a good distance away and began to use this to completely dry the stipple (when it goes clear). From here i then stop pulling the skin tight and begin to pinch it together and the stipple creates a wrinkled effect as you can see on the bottom picture, after this i then powdered the face and stipple to make the whole thing seem more realistic and apart of the skin.

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