Babysitter - Make-up

Twiggy

60's eye make-up

I wanted to create a look similar to the 60's.  Using Twiggy as one of my references, I wanted to create heavy eye lines and heavy lashes, but minimal eyeshadow.  As there wasn't much colour in my babysitter shoot, I wanted to add colour on the lips.  With strong lips I had to makes the eyes a focal point but not too much.

I tried some looks on myself before the official shoot.  I confirmed that too much eye make-up with such a strong colour lipstick was a little over the top.  As the shoot was aimed at being a babysitter I still wanted to capture some of that element, rather than looking too over done.

Before

Lips

Eyes

From carrying out the trials on my self first I knew exactly where I needed to go with my make-up.

I like the above pictures as they capture what I'm trying to achieve.  I want a bold statement lip, with a little depth to the eyes to give that 60's feel. My model Alex is 18 and has quite blotchy kin so needs good ceverage to look clear.  She has a well proportioned face but needs contouring to add definition.

Before

Base done - mid-stage

After

After

The dress for the shoot was one of the models own.  We wanted again to capture the kind of 60's feel with a print and long sleeves.  I feel the dress we decided to go with works well with the look I was trying to achieve.  I wanted her to look like the babysitter but from a fashion point of view.  I wanted her stlyed and groomed to the max, this is also fitting for the overall comic theme I'm going for.

The Dress

The Dress on the model