Timed assessment one.

 This is my first assessment of my version of Miss Havisham. I was quite pleased with my look, as it took me a while to decide what my final design was going to be. I practiced on Nicole once and everything went to plan. On the timed assessment I finished earlier than planned. I was pleased with the outcome as it does not look too dramatic. I felt I had good time management due to practice and planning.

I practiced this hair style 5 times twice on Nicole and three times on my doll head. As I am not confident with hair I wanted to make sure I could recreate the look again and again for continuity.

My final makeup design.

For the base I wanted a matte texture. Therefore I used a matte primer. I then applied white foundation in the T-zone, a darker foundation to temples and around the mouth to add dimension to the face.

I then applied a dark foundation under the eyes to make it look as if I had bags. This is one of the many side effects an alcoholic has. I also with a brown grease paint added wrinkles to my face and blended them well so it does not look theatrical.

I applied a similar Kryolans Almond eye shadow on top to add extra detail.

I then added a light grey grease paint to the brows and lashes. As well as stippling on a burgundy colour on the nose and in the right corner of my lip.

I then added latex to my lips and around my left corner of my lip. To represent dehydration of the skin.













I like this design as I felt it has a good balance of shades, and texture. I also think if I did anything more to this look it may look unrealistic. I like this look as I have practiced it many times and it looks the same so it is fairly easy to recreate.

Development of my design.

I really like the idea of using the keyword decaying to develop my character. To me decaying of a person is when they are falling apart on the inside and the outside. Meaning to me that her skin will be in horrid condition. The skin will age. The skin will be different shades of colour. When I think of the word decaying I think of grubby looking skin. On this basis I will begin to develop my design.

 Here is my first design. I really like this design as it brings together many elements that I have learnt. It uses ageing, and some special effects makeup without it looking too much. This look was based on the fact that my Miss Havisham was an alcoholic, I showed this by using rosea ,redness in the eyes the dryness in the skin. It is common to get shivers when drunk or when having withdrawal symptoms causing the lips to have a blue hue to them.  Alcohol also ages the skin quicker.

 Here I have played on my initial idea. I still want dry skin around the mouth and rosea. Here I have put darker brows on and have made the lips darker. I have also defined the cheeks more.

Here I have added a blusher on the cheeks as they did where blusher in the Victorian era. I have kept everything else the same.
















However I prefer my first face chart. Although it looks too dramatic and almost zombie like, however I will trial this look and make it alot more subtle.

cuts and scars.

Many people self harm for many reasons. However Miss Havisham may self harm to distract her from her emotional pain. You also have to be in a certain state of mind. Miss Havisham would of been in a bad state of mind. The most common places to self harm are your wrists, and legs. She may of cut herself with glass or a broken mirror or maybe she scratched, or would burn herself. My Miss Havisham being a alcoholic may of not been able to feel physical pain. As we all know when you are intoxicated your sense are not as quick or sensitive in comparison to when you're sober.

Considering my character is going to be an alcoholic I found out that many alcoholics have suicidal thoughts. So she cuts herself as she is dealing with overwhelming emotions and if she harms herself it makes her feel better. I wanted to experiment to see what looked more realistic.

In order to get the most realistic looking scratch or burn I analyzed images of being harmed.

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Here is an image of a 2nd degree burn. the second degree burn is when the heat is soo hot it melts the top layer of skin. Making the layer of skin underneath very sore and red. This is not a fresh second degree burn as it i not red enough.(www.NHS.co.uk).

 Here is a fresh sort of looking second degree burn. I created this using multiple layer of latex. Using grease paint to fill in the peeled skin. I used a bruise wheel to create the redness around the burns.

Here is another burn I created this time using some Duo lash glue and again grease paints. I made the dermis much darker. As in the Victorian era they were not as hygienic as us. Dirt and dust would get into wounds causing diseases. I wanted the bun to look a bit grubby. This scar to me looks as though you could of out a candle on your arm as the formation is not neat. I am experimenting on the wrist as this is a common place people self harm as it is easy to hard, and easy to get to.

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These are cuts from a self harmer. As you can see the marks are not in any particular transformation. None are the same size. They are all still quite red. These cuts do not look too deep either.

Here is a cut I created using cinewax and some grease paint. I really like this as I feel it looks realistic. It was simple to make and only took two minutes.I created it with the intention that it would look like it has been done with a sharp edge. Like a glass as she does drink a lot. She gets angry when she remembers what has happened to her. She throws her glass out of anger, and cuts herself to try and forget about her emotional pain.

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I wanted to look at burn scars. To implicate that she had been burnt. I noticed they are raised, a little red in colour and have a shine to them.

Here I tried to create a burn scar. However I am not sure if it looks realistic enough it looks a little too fake and I do not think I will be developing my design with a burn scar on it.

My final hair design.

According to my research a popular hairstyle that was worn on a Victorian woman's wedding day was `The Gibson tuck`. I have chosen to use this as a starting point of my Miss Havisham hairstyle.

It is a simple delicate, soft, romantic looking hairstyle, that suited my technicality within hair well.

 Here the hair is in a center parting. Like the hair fashions in that era. I have put twists in the hair and the front of the hair has been pushed back to the sides. I have put a flower band in the hair like many women did on their wedding day it symbolizes innocence.

 To the side of the hair I have added some twists and pin curls. Adding some texture to the smooth hair. According to my research this hair style is historically correct. This is how my Miss Havisham's hair would of started out before the tragic news.

At the back of the hair I have created a Gibson tuck. a simple Victorian hairstyle worn by women of elegance, wealth, and class.

Decaying hair.

 To the side of my hairstyle I have added volume and texture by backcombing the hair. I also added a big Velcro hair roller at the crown of the hair to add volume. I pulled bits of hair out. My character's hair is like this as she sleeps where she drops. Why is her hair this colour? because her hair collects dust, cobwebs, and she is not getting any younger.I created this colour by using dry shampoo on the hair. As well as baby powder to represent that lovely stuff dandruff. I pulled  the front strands of hair curled them back combed them.

 To the back of the hair I have pulled parts of the tuck out, backcombed, and sprayed the hair to add color and to secure it.

At the front of the hair you can see I have curled and backcombed the front to add that messy look. I also wanted to show the dandruff effect. 

I have chosen this hair style as it is historically correct, and simple to create. Easy to destroy, and it is not time consuming. Therefore fits in perfectly for my timed assessment. It is also easy to recreate the same.

I will buy some fake flowers and will make them look grubby and old. I am also going to purchase a veil.

Experimenting with volume.

For my hairstyle I want the hair to be big and voluminous at the back. Like how hair goes once you've slept on it whilst your hair is up. Except exaggerated due to my characters conditions.

In class we often experiment with different ways to achieve height,volume and shape. One way to create it is by using padding. However I find padding hard to attach to head and make it stay whilst being rough with the rest of the hair.

I was placing objects in the hair such as as cans and gripping them in the hair to create a voluminous big shape like the image at the back of the hair. The problem with the can was that it would not hold very well. I then used two Velcro rollers in the hair after backcombing the bottom and top sections. I gripped these tightly in the hair. I found these created my desired shape and height. The stayed in the hair sturdy so I was able to work around them without them moving which was perfect.

Miss Havisham Base.

HAVISHAM
Mean Time (1998) 

Beloved sweetheart bastard. Not a day since then 

I haven’t wished him dead. Prayed for it
so hard I’ve dark green pebbles for eyes,
ropes on the back of my hands I could strangle with.

Spinster. I stink and remember. Whole days
in bed cawing Nooooo at the wall; the dress
yellowing, trembling if I open the wardrobe;
the slewed mirror, full-length, her, myself, who did this

to me? Puce curses that are sounds not words.
Some nights better, the lost body over me,
my fluent tongue in its mouth in its ear
then down till I suddenly bite awake. Love’s

hate behind a white veil; a red balloon bursting
in my face. Bang. I stabbed at a wedding-cake.
Give me a male corpse for a long slow honeymoon.
Don’t think it’s only the heart that b-b-b-breaks.

 Copyright Carol Ann Duffy, 1993

This poem has inspired my palette for my base! The poem is obviously about Miss Havisham it is a monologue spoken by Miss Havisham not in the book. The poem uses adjectives like colours. This is what has helped inspire my spectrum of colours for my base. The poem mentions the colours "Green,Puce,White and Red". Although I would mainly like to use different shades of brown, I would like to play about with these four colours.

Here is a simple base using the colors. White, brown and a brawny green.I used  brown and greeny brown under the eyes. This using brown and green together creates this sickly colour. I also used a warm red at the top of the nose inner corner of the eyes. I quite liked this look as a starting point. However my base is not finished yet.The texture looks matte and quite soft I think I would like my chaercter to look more rough.

I have developed my look by using more than one shade of foundation to create dimension. I used a white foundation on the inside of my face and used a darker shade on the temples and edge of my jawline. I blended the colours well so it did not look theatrical.I then used an almond brown around the eyes and on the corners of lips to give a sickly look. I wanted the face to be pale as Miss Havisham stayed inside all day which would mean that the lack of sunlight would make her skin go pale.I mixed in a brownish green eye shadow with the almond color.