Timed assessment part one

Timed assessment part one.

Today I had my first of two continuity assessments. I went in feeling really confident about my design as I had a chance to practice a couple of times and knew I was able to do it within the time limit. I took advice from my teachers and decided to create more of a simple look, to ensure that I was able to complete the look to a high standard, twice!

I was quite worried about doing hair and make up in the same assessment, as this is something we haven’t done before. I always worry about hair assessments, as this is something that is completely new to me. As I had a lot to do I the assessment, I made notes that listed the order in which I did these things. This ensured that I didn’t miss a step and helped with time keeping. I also made a list of products and tools that I would need to use, so that I would have it all laid out ready for me, and meant that I wouldn’t be fishing through my kit and wasting precious time.

I chose to start with hair as the rollers needed time to set- my hair design was a lot more time consuming than my make up design. Choosing to do it this way round actually worked really well as it meant that I could prep the hair by putting it into sections, rollers and plaits, then do the make up and then finally style the hair. The one thing I was really worried about was securing the roses into the hair! This was the last step as I was worried about erin moving and the roses falling out- luckily I had about 20 minutes to spare when I got to this step so I had plenty of time to secure them, with plenty of hair grips!

As I mentioned, I kept my make up design fairly simple to make sure that I was able to execute it well in the assessment. I’m so glad that I chose to do this- I’m really happy with how the make up looked today, it was simple yet effective. I feel that I made erin look creepy and ghost-like without going over the top. I’m pleased with how the make up looked on camera, too.

I was actually really pleased with how my assessment went today. I feel that my time manegment has improved this term- perhaps this is down to having more of an understanding of how long things realistically take to complete! Having a better understanding of time management has enabled me to be more organised and confident when going into an assessment. I just need to make sure that I follow every step like I did today in my second assessment and I should be fine. 

Proucts used:

• Cleanser, toner & moisturiser. 
• Illamasqua matte primer
• 001 skin base
• Mauve from mac pallete
• Dark brown from mac pallette
• Translucent powder
• liquid latex
• Hairspray 

Tools used:

• rollers
• hair grips and pins
• pin tail comb
• hairbands
• straighteners
• Foundation brush
• Kabuki brush
• various blending brushes
• flat brush
• lip brush
• fluffy powder brush 

 Health and safety:

• Before I do anything, I make sure that my brushes have been sufficiently cleaned with  Isopropyl alcohol to prevent bacteria spreading.

• I covered my work station with couch roll to ensure that I had a clean space to put all my products and tools onto.
•   I covered my model with a gown so that no product would fall  onto her clothing.
•   Before starting the makeup I asked my model if she had any skin diseases or medical conditions that i should be aware of. I also asked if she was wearing contact lenses, as some products will irritate them.
•  I washed my hands with soap and water to prevent bacteria transferring.
• I decanted any product onto the back of my clean hand, to prevent double dipping and again preventing any bacteria from the models face being transferred into my make up.