RMS Make-up Shoot

I was trying to find a model and make-up artist or alternatively a photographer who could shoot the make-up on myself. I was able to ask Chelsea to create a make-up look with the products and photograph the look on me. 

Although the shoot was left until very late and I was anxious about the project on a whole, we had a really good time both when applying the make-up and in the photography studio. 

I showed Chelsea the products and talked her through what sort of look I wanted, clean, natural, gloss, healthy. She was excited to try the products as had never used organic make-up before, saying she was surprised with how well they preformed.

At first we tried a few close ups, although I wasn't really happy with the crop and how my face looked that close up.

 I am so pleased with how the make-up looked, I though the contour may have been a little strong looking in the mirror but actually it picked up well on camera. I am glad I asked Chelsea to help with the make-up, she really understood what look I was asking for and I think she's a really skilled make-up artist.

 These four images are my favourite , I think I will choose one of these for the RMS beauty article.

Macro Lens

The second half of the shoot was not so successful, I had cream products on my eyelids so was asked to look down for the images, while I wanted to see what she was capturing, chelsea wanted to capture the image without having to amend them. I did not see these images until after and we were at the end of the studio booking.

I wanted the images closer really, I took some images of chelsea to show her how I wanted them, but didn't get as close.

 I don't think these images look particularly great so do not think I will be using them.

Overall a successful shoot, myself and chelsea made a good team, while the macro photography didn't work, i feel there are still some good images to use on my blog. 

The Slow Beauty Manifesto...

I had a look on WGSN at their visionary board, I read almost every vision for A/W 17/18 and was really glad to see the direction beauty looks to be taking. Organic and natural products are in high demand with consumers wanting more honest and transparency from leading brands. 

I came across the slow beauty manifesto and reading this was like seeing the light. I have been finding it impossible to effortlessly explain my project concept to others, this beauty buzz article was really helpful for me, it has given me more confidence in my project idea, as it time I feel like people jut don't get it and don't understand why I would want to chose something like this for my FMP  

I wish I had seen this when writing for my proposal but I stayed in the visionary section, only now have I ventured all over WGSN. 

I could not have put it better myself...

It really bugs me when when people talk about organic beauty in the sense that regular beauty products won't kill you. I think having ingredients like formaldehyde in products is surely enough to even consider they might not be as safe as first thought. But then again the majority of these people don't have a skin condition to consider when putting all these chemicals over the body.