As well as the beautiful MAC Heirloom collection, another favourite brand of mine Illamasqua has an equally beautiful range, the Once collection. This collection to me screams timeless Elizabethan beauty. Like the MAC Heirloom collection the models illuminated, bright skin is one of my favourite things about these make-up looks. The styling in this shoot accentuates the age in which the look is influenced by with the low neck line, neck ruff, ruffles and patterns and textures on the fabric and the dress in the image above reminds me of one worn by Elizabeth in one of her portraits I have already researched during this project, which was one of the first things I noticed when looking at this collection again after my trip to the National Portrait Gallery only because of the silvery-blue tones in it.
The pale skin against the gorgeous red hair always wins, I love the wild, disheveled styling of the hair which is so contemporay, but still maintains the texture and height of the Elizabethan trends. This make-up to me is flawless and so clean, the rouged cheeks and understated brows, eyes and lips are so subtle but so effective. I love the dark contouring of the eye sockets which is a detail I have been looking at whilst designing for my final look. These images give the model/character a persona that appears to be young, innocent and care free. I love that by using styling and make-up you can create not only a look and a final image, but make the model into a story character instead of just the face of an advertisement, in this instance I think it worked beautifully.
Images sourced from the Illamasqua web page http://www.illamasqua.com/explore/collections/once/
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