'Dearest Estella' by Floyd

When researching for my Estella character, I came across a poem on jottify called Dearest Estella by somebody called Floyd. The poem looks at Estella from Pip's point of view, and it is written in the style of a letter.  It's interesting to see how someone else has portrayed how Pip might be feeling towards Estella.

The poem is shown below:

You have the sweetest of smiles,

but lips of the bitterest taste

eyes of a Siren’s – entrapped when I saw you

You were future, my expectations,

and my fate.

A praying mantis –

Seductively deadly, but how can I resist?

You warned me, I listened

But I was too eager. Your fool, dazed

burned from your kiss.

‘‘How does she use you, Pip; how does she use you?’’

You tempt, corrupt, leave me breathless – to name but a few

But you know, my love, that was intended – but here is the unanswered question

‘’How has she used you?’’

Adopted and corrupted –

Love and happiness lost – hatred will always succeed

Her only source of sunshine in the Satis house

- traded for a marriage built on vengence and greed.

You were made to be cold,

I was born wretchedly weak

A goddess, a player of merciless men

I yearn for the day our hearts will find each other

our fingers will intertwine, never to be forced apart again.

References:

- Floyd. (n.d). Dearest Estella. Available: http://jottify.com/works/nameless/. Last accessed 28th Feb 2014.

The Make-Up Room: BURNS

Equipment needed:

-       Tissue

-       Gelatin

-       Supracolour palette

-       Fake blood

-       Puss

-       Collodium or Spirit gum + remover

NOTES TO CONSIDER:

-       The colour and texture of the burns, remember burns are usually shiny

-       How new/old is the burn?

-       You can buy gelatin in different colours from PAM make-up suppliers or make your own with gelatin sachets -> though would have to make 3/4 times stronger than you would for jelly

-       Easy to remove -> use warm water

-       Can mix supracolour into it once it’s melted

-       Can mix many different textures with it, e.g. glitter (NEVER heat in the microwave in metal)

-       Gelatin never goes off

-       Always melt edges away with a baby bud

-       TO HEAT GELATIN => put gelatin bottle into bowl of cold water and microwave for 20 seconds

-       Use a cool hairdryer to dry it

How to:

-       Use one thin layer of tissue, and tear it into smaller pieces

-       Place the pieces of tissues onto the arm and put the spirit gum over the tissue to stick it to the skin

-       Make sure there are no harsh edges of tissue

-       Whilst still wet, use a T pin to break holes in the tissue

-       Dry with a warm hairdryer

-       Cover the tissue with your supracolour palette, referring to pictures of real life burns

-       Blend colours out onto the surrounding skin, so that there is not a sudden harsh line of burn

-       Can fill holes with fake blood and puss

-       Can use gelatin to create blisters

EVALUATION: I found attatching the tissue to the skin and creating the shape quite simple, however the outcome of my burn was not that great as I couldn’t get the colours right, even though I was working from a photo.  I need more practice with this.

Miss Havisham - Assessment One

This term our assessments are based on continuity and how well we can recreate a look to make it look exactly the same.  Above are the images from the first part of my assessment, and the ones that I will work from in two weeks when I have to recreate my Miss Havisham character.

I felt that the assessment went quite well, as I kept within the time frame and the make-up and hair came out as I had planned within my designs.  The make-up was the part that I found easiest to achieve as I wanted it.  This was because my design was fairly simple and involved some contouring and redness around the eyes, finishing with DUO lash glue on the lips to make the chapped, and vaseline under the eyes to make it look like she had been crying.  However my hair design was not as simple to replicate, as I had not anticipated how much hair my model actually had and how thick it was.  Therefore it took slightly longer than I had thought to put up into the desired style, though once I got my head around how to work with my model's hair it all went quite well I think.

The Make-Up Room: CUTS, CUT LIPS & SCRATCHES

Using Tuplast

Using Collodium

Equipment needed:

-       Kryolan non-flexible collodium

-       Dermashield barrier cream

-       Tuplast

-       Kryolan fixing spray

-       Supracolour palette

NOTES TO CONSIDER:

-       Tuplast is good for creating old wounds

-       Dermashield is used as a barrier cream -> for sensitive skin or with high alcohol products, it protects the skin

How to:

-       Apply the dermashield barrier cream to the area you’re going to apply the collodium

-       Put the collodium onto the back of your hand, so it doesn’t drip everywhere, and then paint it onto the area where the dermashield cream was applied

-       Make a dent in this area with a sharp edge that’s not too sharp (edge of a palette knife, for example) and pinch the skin together to keep the dent whilst you dry it with a hairdryer

-       Use the hairdryer on a cool heat, being sure to move it around and not keep it in one direction -> this will move the product around

-       Make up over the top, using colours from the supracolour palette, mixed with moisturizer

-       Can add powder over the top to make it appear crusty

-       Be sure the dab the colours into the wound rather than paint it -> makes it look fake

-       USING TUPLAST

-       Squeeze it out of the tube directly onto the skin

-       Use supracolour and moisturizer over the top and blend with your finger

-       To create a very old scar, just dab some powder over the top -> DO NOT RUB

EVALUATION: The outcome of my attempt at this practice was effective and not as good as I thought it would be.  When I first applied the collodium to the lip and face, it didn’t appear to be taking shape to the dents that I wanted them to, even when hair drying them.  However, once I left them longer to dry alone, they created some really good shapes that I was proud of.