Illamasqua Talk

As part of our induction week we also had the opportunity to go to some industry talks. Spob O'Brien (Head of Professional Development), Josephine O'Brien (Events Manager) and Charlotte Savoury (Key MUA and International Brand Ambassador) all from Illamasqua came in and spoke to us about what it’s like being in the industry, there was also a demonstration of a makeup look. They spoke about the Illamasqua Distinction in Makeup Artistry Awards, held at the Princess Ann Theatre Stage on 4^th October. They also spoke about the different products they used during the demonstration and how they applied them. Charlotte was the one who did the look on one of the students and she recreated a look that the Illamasqua team did for the Sorapol SS15 show. She talked about how they used the highlighter straight down the face for when the models were walking down the runway, giving off an amazing glow. A lot of the products she used were from their new collection ‘Once’ which includes Vintage Metallix; Courtier, Bibelot and Embellish. She also used eye pencils "Honour" and "Navy".

After the talk we were asked to create our own look using some Illamasqua products. We had the scenario that we were only allowed certain products and our group in particular didn’t have any brushes to use. At first I think our group found it really hard to understand what we had to do, but after a while we realised we were thinking about it too much. All we simply had to do was think of a ‘story’ or brief and then create a look that went with it. Our group chose Amelia to be the model, having mermaid blue hair we thought we could use this to our advantage. Our overall brief/story was, ‘mermaid washed up on the shore, battered and bruised by the storm, laying on the sand. Hasn't slept in days, unaware of her surroundings.' The theme for this task was ‘Couture Makeup’ and the products we used were; Illamasqua's Skin Base Foundation in shade 02 and Eye Brow Cake in Gaze. 

The finished look.