Timed Assesment - My Direction

For my timed assessment I wanted to have a modern androgynous look. Cara and I met an exchanged emails and below are the notes that I gave her on my design.

Meeting one: In class, briefly discussed each others ideas and asked initial questions, showed material that linked to our ideas/first face charts.

Meeting two: In the Library, exchanged noted and went into more depth about our ideas, began to get a clearer idea of what we both needed to do.

Meeting Three: In class, exchanged final face charts and went over any loose ends.

The rest of the week was spent emailing each other and discussing products and kit.

 Above is the face chart that I gave to Cara. I wanted it to be relatively simple so that it was easy to follow, but still portrayed my look correctly. That is why I used this particular type of face chart.

I gave her a product list so that we both had the same colours and textures in mind for the look. i thought by giving her a product list we would get the closest outcomes to each other if for example we were working on the same thing at different times in industry.
I also gave her a "key points" list to emphasise the most important parts of the look that demanded emphasis.

I gave her "method" notes of how I would've done the look because different methods can often make different outcomes and i wanted us to be on the same wavelength as much as possible.

I also supplied her with a very basic hair chart and method for visual help of my ideas.

FINAL OUTCOME

TIMED ASSESSMENT PEER REVIEW

Designers Name: Jenny Higson

Assessment of: Cara Haywood (Makeup Artist)

Cara and I discussed my design briefly in person and communicated a lot though email if she had any other questions. She was proactive in attempting to meet and we did so in the library to discuss. She was good in that she came to me to ask anything that she was unsure of and was happy to meet when it was convenient. I felt that she engaged with the face chart and I know that she took notice of my notes because she asks questions and showed that she was taking everything in. She readily accepted challenges such as using products that she wasn’t familiar with and approached this with eagerness happily. She was able to problem solve when one particular product gave her trouble and calmly kept working at it until it went right. When I was in the chair I felt relaxed and taken care of and she was chatty and gentle and I felt she had the correct demeanour as an artist. Technically she was aware of all basic skills and if I was a model I would definitely go back to her.

Cara was very good at the shape of contouring and creating the skin tone that I wanted. She was able to communicate any problems she felt she had with the design or anything she was unsure of. This was good because it showed how good she was at communication. Her application was good and I, as a model, felt she took good care of me when I was in the chair. She was happy and talkative, as well as being gentle throughout the application of the makeup and hair design.
The only thing that I would improve would be that I think she slightly underplayed the makeup. The face chart I gave her was a lot more dramatic and her final outcome was subtler, though all the necessary features were there. I think the makeup artist has learnt some more product knowledge, as there were some products on the product list that she was not familiar with. If I had to say what she needs to learn from this assessment it would be to tie everything together at the end with things like bonding lashes to false lashes with mascara and making sure contouring was visible from the front if that was the desired look.

As a designer I have learnt from this experience. I have learnt to go into extreme detail in my notes even when its something that I thought was well known as the artist might not think to include it, such as binding lashes to fake lashes with mascara or priming the face. From my successes I have learnt that simple drawings are key in translating ideas. I created a product list for Cara of what I would have used and I think this saved us and hindered us simultaneously. For example it meant that colours matched and the looks would’ve been the same if we were both doing the same look, but some of the products that I wrote down on the product list were unfamiliar to Cara which meant she didn’t have correct knowledge on how to use them. Although we corresponded to solve this story, it meant that the first time she got to experiment with these products was during the assessment.
As a designer my strengths in this assessment lay in giving thorough notes to the makeup artist, including a product list and method of how I would have gone about creating the look. I did this because different methods can lead to a different outcome and I wanted Cara’s work to be as close to my design as possible. My weakness was not considering to emphasise some steps that would bring the look together such as bonding lashes to fake lashes to round off the look. I didn’t think that the other makeup artist might not have considered doing this.
To improve my skills as a designer I will keep my strengths and work on my weaknesses. I will concentrate on the techniques that round off the look as well as the application of makeup. All in all I think Cara represented my look well but a few things were missing. Next time I will specify things like bonding lashes and how dark and deep the contouring should be.