21/11/14 - DECON/RECON PROJ. (Hair & Make-Up)

Images from hair and make-up concept board - Caroline Wong

For hair and make-up, I wanted to have a look that would suit my muse of a crazed maiden. My idea behind the look was that at a glance, the make up would look normal and beautiful. Nothing would stand out as being 'off' and she would look polished. However, if taking a longer glance, one would begin to notice that something isn't quite right with the model and this was a focal point in my research into the beauty side of things.

As make-up and hair is another one of my interests, I started by looking into recent trends. With models at Preen's SS15 sporting fake freckles, I decided that it would be interesting to give Ina freckles as this would emulate a more earthly appeal. On top of this, I wanted brows to be bushy but not quite natural and I plan on doing this by using mascara that will not only hold the hairs in place but also thicken and lengthen them too. The majority of the face make-up inspiration came from looking at Vivienne Westwood's looks on the runway as they are often considered to be crazy and out there. I noticed in one catwalk, models sported a 'bitten' lip where their lipstick appeared to have been smudged or smeared all over their face. I've decided to copy this in a more subtle way to connote the uncaring side to ones appearance when they are depressed.

For hair, I knew I wanted to have big, curly and frizzy hair. As my cousin has naturally straight hair, I first thought of looking into how possible it was to create an afro and then went on to try it on myself. Sure enough, it was doable. I collected photographs from the Marc Jacobs and Marc by Marc Jacobs 2011 shows which had models don frizzy hair and again, this suits the crazed maiden ideal I have in my mind.

The entire look together with my cousin's pale and scarred skin should hopefully photograph beautifully. Also, as Dazed tends to use their main feature model as their front page model, I will be taking photos to be used for the front cover of the magazine and so face make-up in this respect is extremely important. I'm really glad that I have the opportunity to try out a dramatic look as for the past two projects, I've worked in my usual minimalist style where natural or no make-up has been the go-to look. It's been fun being able to really get creative with the hair and make-up looks.