Continuity notes

Makeup:

Model name: Lia
Skin type: combination
Skin tone: medium skin with yellow undertones
Natural eyes/contacts: natural eyes
Allergies: none
Medication: none
Any open wounds/scars, cuts etc.: none

Required products: cleanser, toner, moisturiser, Kryolan HD micro foundation palette, Kryolan glamour glow palette, Kryolan lip rouge palette, Lancôme hypnose drama mascara, Kryolan translucent powder and Ruby cosmetics dark brown brow powder.

Required materials: makeup brushes (Kryolan set), cotton pads, cotton buds, beauty blender, spatula, mascara wands and a gown. 

You will firstly need to set up your station, and stick on your face/hair designs on the mirror:

- Now, gown up the model and ensure your hands are clean. Next, cleanse and tone the face using cotton pads. After, you will need to apply moisturiser using your fingers.

- You’ll need your Kryolan HD micro foundation palette for this part. Scrape out shades 430 and 100 using a spatula onto the back of your hand. Apply this on using a kabuki brush.

- Now you’ll need to conceal. For this part only apply shade 205 underneath the eye from the same palette using a flat concealer brush. Blend this out using your beauty blender and set it with the Kryolan translucent powder. To set the makeup, you can use any powder brush. 

- For this look, you won’t be contouring. Instead, mix shades blush peach and natural tan from the Kryolan glamour glow palette and apply this just onto the apples of the cheeks using a small powder brush.

- For the eyebrows, fill them in using the ruby cosmetics brow powder in shade dark brown. Follow the natural shape of your models brow. You can do this using a brow brush or a flat eyeliner brush.

- Dip a mascara wand into the Lancôme hypnose drama mascara in shade black and apply this onto the top and bottom lash line. Use a different wand for each eye. Don’t go too heavy with the mascara.

- For the lips, you’ll be applying shade LC003 from the Kryolan lip rouge palette. Do this using a thin lip brush.

Hair:

Required equipment: pin tail comb, a tong, hairspray, paddle brush, hairband and sectioning clips.

After having completed the makeup, you’ll need to move onto the hair. Make sure you use the medium sized Babyliss tong from the cupboard (it’s black in colour). The curler should take about a minute or two to heat up. Ensure it’s on the highest temperature.

Firstly, brush the hair using a paddle brush to get rid of any knots. You must section the hair into two parts. The first section will be at the front, till about behind the ears. Secure this with a sectioning clip.

The remaining hair from the crown downwards must be put into a plait bun. In order to do this, tie this section of the hair with a hairband and plait it (a basic plait). Then twist the plait around in a circular shape. Finally using bobby pins, tuck in the end of the hair to hold it in place.

Moving onto the front section of the hair, create a centre parting using a pin tail comb; then spilt each section into three smaller strips of hair. Using the tong, curl each strip of hair coming towards the face. Note that you shouldn’t curl from the root. The curls should start just above the ear. Now this step is very important as if you curl the hair the wrong way, it will completely change the era. Continue to do this on both sides of the hair. Finally, use hairspray to flatten down the roots of the hair.

Accessories:

After you have completed both the hair and makeup application, put on the earrings and necklace. 

Camera:

You will need to use the following camera settings:

Timed assessment - week 1

Below are my images from the first part of the timed assessment:

I'm quite happy with the final images. I believe the look is appropriate to my chosen era and character. The makeup looked very clean and natural, just what I was aiming for. One thing that let me down a bit was the hair. I couldn't find a thinner tong in order to curl the hair. I wanted really small ringlets on both sides of the hair however the tong was too thick to achieve this. Other than that, I was pleased with the overall look. Even though it was simple, I believed it looked effective on camera. I also purchased earrings and a necklace that I thought would be suitable for my character, The Governess. 

I managed to complete the makeup application, hair and take the pictures just in time. I started off with the makeup first, then moved onto the hair. I will be doing the same next week for the second part of the assessment. I have to take notes of exactly what I did, including all the products I used in order to remember next week. I have to make sure I use the same tong I used this week to achieve the same curls.

Final hair design

Below is a drawing of my final hair design I chose to do for the timed assessment:

Required equipment: Katy head, pin tail comb, a tong, hairspray, paddle brush, hairband and sectioning clips.

Step-by-Step guide:

1. Brush the hair using a paddle brush to get rid of any knots.

2. You must section the hair into two parts. The first section will be at the front, till about behind the ears. Secure this with a sectioning clip.

3. The remaining hair from the crown downwards can be put into a plait or wrap bun. I chose to do a plait bun. In order to do this, I firstly tied this section of the hair with a hairband and plaited it (a basic plait). I then twisted the plait around in a circular shape. Finally using bobby pins, I tucked in the end of the hair to hold it in place.

4. Moving onto the front section of the hair, I created a centre parting using a pin tail comb. I then spilt each section into three smaller strips of hair.

5. Using a tong, I curled each strip of hair coming towards the face. Note that you shouldn’t curl from the root. The curls should start just above the ear. Now this step is very important as if you curl the hair the wrong way, it will completely change the era.

6. Continue to do this on both sides of the hair.

7. You may want to use hairspray to flatten down the roots of the hair however this is completely optional.

Refection:

I’m quite happy with this design. It took me a while to get here however I think the previous practice sessions helped me a lot in order to make an appropriate decision about my final design. This hairstyle is completely relevant to my chosen era and character. I will be discussing this design with my tutor before the timed assessment.

Hair practice

Looking back at my first practice session, I thought I should look more into Victorian hairstyles and change my hair design. I wanted to create something more dramatic, yet keep it traditional. I did some research about Victorian hair designs and looked on Pinterest for inspiration. I chose to recreate the 'pin-up girl' hairstyle on my Katy head as they called it back then.

Required equipment: Katy head, pin tail comb, grips, pins, paddle brush, hairband and sectioning clips.

Step-by-Step guide:

1. Brush the hair using a paddle brush to get rid of any knots. For this hairstyle in particular, it’s best to have texture on the hair. If your model has straight hair, you will need to do some backcombing.

2. Section your hair from ear to ear across the top of your head and pin the whole front section out of the way.

3. On your crown, create a circle of hair; this will be the centre of the style. Twist that hair into a bun just to keep it out of the way for now.

4. You’re going to want to leave around 2 inches of hair along the circumference of your hairline to make the rolls of the hairstyle.

5. Start with the front section of your hair and roll this back on itself. Create a tube shape and pin the bottom section of this tube against your head using a bobby pin.

6. Continue doing this around the whole hairline. Direct the tubes so that they look like they’re merging into one another. You want to make it look as if you have one continuous roll going around your head. Remember this hairstyle will need as much height as you can give it.

7. Once you’ve rolled the entire head, go back to the section you pinned out of the way (step 2).

8. Take a hairband and put it into a ponytail.

9. Split the ponytail into 2 or 3 sections and create large flat pin curls and place them on the top of your head, trying to cover the ponytail holder. Secure this using a bobby pin.

10. Remember this hairstyle isn’t meant to be perfect. Keep it soft and romantic.

Reflection:

I really liked this hairstyle and thought it was a lot better than my previous design, however after discussing this with Helen, she told me it's actually a late Victorian hairstyle, called 'The Gibson Girl'. This hairstyle became popular right towards the end of the era therefore I couldn't do this design for my character. The Turn of the Screw is set in the first decade of the Victorian era, meaning I'd have to change my design again, into something more appropriate for my chosen character. 

This was a let down for me as I really wanted to go along with this design. I now have to reconsider what I will be doing for the timed assessment and create a new hair chart. I don't want to make the same mistake again, therefore I will need to go deeper into my research, looking only at EARLY Victorian designs. 

First practice

For this design, I chose to do an early Victorian hairstyle we had practiced in Helen’s lesson. As I’ve said before in my previous blog posts, I will be recreating the Governess. The scene I have chosen to do is where she is going to a job interview in London, to work at a country home in Essex. During the Victorian era makeup was kept minimal; in fact women hardly applied anything at all. For this reason, I had to come up with a natural design, and keep it traditional. This is my first practice of the hair and makeup on my model, Lia:

Reflection:

As this isn't a contemporary assessment, I have to stick to a real visual appearance of the Governess. I cannot change or add anything that's irrelevant to my chosen character. I was impressed with the makeup as I usually like to go over the top, however I managed to keep it minimal and recreate my character as to exactly how she would look during the Victorian era.

One thing I wasn't happy about was the hair. I felt like I should change the hairstyle because it's too plain. As my makeup design is natural, I thought it'd be ideal for me to invest more time in the hair and create another early Victorian hairstyle. I also looked more into adornments of the era after having done my first practice session. I thought I could purchase a necklace and earrings that'd be appropriate to the era and incorporate them into my final design.

Character analysis

As I would like to think, the main apparitions that possess the country home, Bly are those that sneak in the corrupted personality of The Governess. There were no phantoms with cruel plans on the kids, Miles and Flora, just a fixated governess whose own illusions were significantly more harmful to the kids than any ghost.

The character I’ve chosen, The Governess, is an OTT, affected, and self-serving woman. She makes an extraordinary fight in which she will have an opportunity to demonstrate her own value, both to herself and to her manager (the uncle of the kids), by sparing the kids' souls from Quint and Jessel. Through her fixated endeavours, she causes Flora's mental illness and Miles' unfortunate death at such an early age.

The Governess isn’t really a thoughtful figure in my opinion. The author of the novel depicts her as a self-important, over-sensational, vain woman, caught by her sexual fixation on her manager.

After coming to Bly, she continues to assume control over the family. The Governess is so certain of her lifted up position that to her it appears to be just common that she ought to control each part of the kids' lives. Soon after she envisions ghosts, she accepts no one but she can be the one to spare the kids' souls. Undoubtedly, by sparing their souls she is attesting the magnified position she has presented to herself.

As I’ve mentioned before, The Governess comes from a poor background. I assume that she was raised with a learning of good and bad. I’d also like to think during this religious and moralistic era, she grew up realising that sexual yearning was a very big sin. In the novel, she tells Mrs. Grose that she instantly fell in love with the kids’ uncle after two meetings. I personally believe she lacked male attention throughout her younger years; also as she had so many siblings, her father didn’t really pay attention to her so she thought maybe her manager could fill that empty space for her in her life however this never happened and she learnt to accept this.

The Governess first sees Peter Quints’ ghost while she is outside, having some alone time and fantasising about the kid’s uncle. As she comes close to a tower on her way, she trusts that she will see him however her sexual craving finally bamboozling her, her psyche invokes the picture of a man in the dusk. Understanding that it can't be the uncle, she concludes that it is nothing but a ghost. Again, her sexual fixations are making her daydream and see things that aren’t real. Or are they? I personally can’t tell if she is hallucinating or not. Henry James just has us all confused.

Of course when The Governess arrives back at Bly, she tells Mrs. Grose exactly what she had seen in full description and on that proof, Mrs. Grose infers that it must be Peter Quint; whom was said to be a womaniser back in his days. Following on the novel, she sees another ghost, this time a lady. This female phantom is connected with a lake, indicating that it must be Miss Jessel, the ex-governess of Bly who in all probability committed suicide in the wake of getting to be pregnant with Quint's kid.

The description given by The Governess to Mrs. Grose doesn’t sound too persuading but she manages to fall for it. Mrs. Grose is said to be a poor, uneducated lady who thinks profoundly about Miles and Flora. She has a lot of respect for The Governess, therefore believes everything she says. Although she does feel as if the kids may be at risk, she thinks she has no right to question the expressions of her lady; this does a reversal to The Governess feeling too capable and trusting herself as she feels she is constantly right.

The governess’ behaviour results to the fear of the children. They’re both too young in order to comprehend anything going on around them. Miles and Flora feel as if they’re being forced into something and question The Governess commonly. The children believe she is trying to get something out of them however they don’t realise what. From perusing the novel, I feel as though The Governess needs the children to admit into have seeing the ghosts. Realistically, this won't happen on the grounds that she's the main individual at the country home who knows of their presence. Her behaviour is unpredictable, and this startles the children. At one point, The Governess sees Flora at the same lake she had seen the female ghost, Miss Jessel. She rushes over to Flora and asks her if she had seen anything. She’s certain that Jessel is attempting to possess Flora, and that the children clearly communicate with the ghosts. The Governess tells Flora, a 7 year old girl, that her dead ex Governess is present at the lake. This outcomes to Flora’s mental illness therefore she is taken to London with Mrs. Grose in order to be treated.

Miles is the only child at the country house. The Governess fears the same will happen to him as did with Flora, therefore confines him from going out. In order to protect Miles, she bans him from seeing his companions. She feels that it'd be more secure to regard him as her detainee. Miles is currently finished off from the world and practically feels discouraged. Again here, we see that the Governess is truth be told bringing about more damage to the kids than the genuine ghosts. She feels as though they are her obligation and she ought to do anything in her power to secure them. I think everything The Governess does is out of immaculate affection. She communicates her emotions and tend to the children in the wrong way; however I don't think she has any intentions to harm them nor physically or emotionally. The main impression we get from Miles in the novel is that he simply needs to escape from this wild Governess.

Mrs. Grose recommends it'd be ideal for The Governess to the let the children's uncle know of the occasions happening at Bly however she declines to do as such, as he particularly said he wouldn't like to be contacted. Despite the fact that she wouldn't like to disappoint her manager or seem to be irritating, she still writes this letter and places it somewhere safe. This letter by one means or another disappears, which means either Miles had taken it or Mrs. Grose. The Governess chooses to stand up to Miles about this letter and anticipates confirmation that it was he that took her letter. All through the novel, The Governess tends to weight everybody in the house to a considerable measure of things. It's undeniable to the reader that she gets a kick out of the chance to have her own specific manner, and needs everybody to think simply like her. She feels as though she's in control of everybody, and it's in her entitlement to act this way.

Right at the end of the novel, the same way The Governess pressed Flora into seeing Jessel, she does likewise to Miles, aside from now the results are exceptional. During tea, The Governess sees Peter Quint's apparition outside the window however imagines she can't keeping in mind the end goal to protect Miles. After long conversations, she feels as though she can't conceal it any longer and shouts out to Quint. Miles can’t see anything, beside that she has slipped absolutely into madness. The Governess begs Miles to save his life, however right that second he dies.

Now the question is why did Miles die? Did The Governess murder him with her incorrect hallucinations or was it everything else that had got to Miles emotionally? I trust Miles dreaded to live, particularly subsequent to seeing what had happened to his more youthful sister. Not having the capacity to get warmth from his guardians, or his uncle, or even getting expelled from school may have had a negative impact on him therefore his death may have had nothing to do with Peter Quint. Before his death he admitted to The Governess that he had stolen the letter. Miles could've felt to a great degree remorseful about this which could have been another factor of this death. He had a great deal to take in as an adolescent and I believe it's wrong to put all faults on The Governess. The Governess, herself trusted she saved his soul and spared him from Quint. Other readers may differ and think The Governess murdered him with her fixation and confusion. I think the consummation is left for the reader to settle on what they wish to accept. Henry James permits us to run any heading with this novel.

Final design

Below is my final idea for my interpretation of The Governess:

This is my third and final design. I think this interpretation is most appropriate for my chosen character. I chose to recreate the scene where she'd being on her way to London for a job interview. She's be meeting her manager for the first time, therefore would have applied little application of makeup to please him. I want to fill the brows in quite dark, and apply mascara on the top and bottom eyelid. I won't be applying any eye shadow. I will also conceal the under eye, and blemishes to achieve a flawless look. I won't be contouring, instead I will use a gentle nude powder blush on the cheekbones to give it some depth. For the lips, I want to do a very natural coral colour, almost similar to my model's actual lip colour. I like this design the most out of all the previous ones I did and will be practicing this in the studio.