Monochromatic Makeup

 Makeup is all about playing with colors and if you are passionate about makeup then once in a lifetime you surely have heard about color wheel. Color Wheel teaches us when and how to play with color. One of the techniques of makeup that color wheel teaches us is Monochromatic makeup. In monochromatic makeup we used to keeping eyes, lips, and cheeks of same color family.

Monochromatic makeup is a fun way to play with your makeup which best suits your outfits. Doing monochromatic makeup is quite easy only a single technique that you must follow is that a single color or colors that are within the same shade range to be used in your whole makeup like eye makeup, lips and cheeks. Colors that we can choose monochromatic looks could red, pink, bronze, brown, nude and orange. However, if you are feeling experimental, you can also choose purple, grey, blue or even green as your base color. Skin undertones play a vital role in which color will suit us.  

1-If your skin has olive, or golden undertones, your skin tone is “warm.” If you have a warm skin tone, rust or peach as your base color is best.

2-If your skin has a bluish undertone, then your skin tone comes under “cool tone” family. If you find you skin tone to be cool, colors like burgundy, purple or magenta will be best for your look.

3-If you find your skin under pink undertone, then choose colors like Bright blues, emeralds, and deep purples will look great, along with frosty shades of lavender, ice blue, or pink.

4-Neutral skin tones have the reflection in between of cool and warm family. If your skin tone comes under neutral skin tone, you can choose colors like bronze, peach, dusty rose, or soft pink.

Once you have chosen the base color, use varying shades of the base color for your makeup application. If you choose pink as your base color, for example, then you can play with multiple shades for pin for your makeup like using a medium shade of pink for your eye makeup, a lighter shade as a blusher, and a deep shade of pink for your lipstick.

One more technique you can follow in a monochromatic look is that you can use lighter to darker shades of the same color. For example, if you choose color for a makeup then choose pale, medium, and dark shades of the color for your makeup. Have your makeup of varying shades of shame color.

Monochromatic makeup is quite easy and fun to do. Hope you would love doing monochromatic makeup as it is all rounder makeup you can carry everywhere you love.

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Black & White is Not Just Golden Era Makeup

 Black & White makeup is no more about retro looks, i.e., big hairdos, white base, accentuated liner, the makeup has now evolved to being black & white photographic makeup, giving MUAs much more space and freedom to create their best black & white look.

 

Black and white photographic makeup is especially done for magazine shoots, portfolio shoots, and is mostly for jewellery shoots also.

This type of photographic makeup records colours on a grey scale, thereby creating a beautiful contrast in the photographs.

 

Black and white photographs not only showcase the bone structure of the face beautifully but also have a different panache that makes the photo much more attractive.

 

 

Let’s go through some important factors that you don’t want to miss before creating a beautiful black & white photographic look:

 

Matte Foundation- Black & white looks turn out better in photographs with a matte look. A matte look establishes a better contrast compared to a glossy look.

 

 

Strong contour-You will notice a different beauty in your black and white look with a strong contour, especially on the cheeks, as it will contribute majorly in creating a contrast and showcasing the bone structure amazingly well.

 

 

 

Accentuated eyes-Eye makeup holds a lot of power in making or breaking any makeup look let alone black and white. Eye makeup must be done in a way that it attracts attention and adds value to the overall look; you can go for a Smokey eye, a simple winged liner or a nude eye done with really dark brows.

 

So, feel free to create your own black and white photographic makeup look keeping the above suggestions in mind.

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Vlcc Institute Ramp Makeup

Ramp makeup is also known as high fashion makeup. Make up for the ramp is completely a different game from rest of the makeup. While working your mind and vision should always be clear. On the runway each and every model has a different look representing different styles so it must look different, you cannot let their look lose focus from anybody's vision.

Ramp Makeup tends to focus more on fashion and makeup trends. Ramp walk makeup is largely based on the preference of the designer and the idea he or she wants to represent and portrait through the look that has been created. The makeup artist needs to work hard to keep the makeup bold and dramatic, but without taking away the focus from the clothes and other accessories.

Being a makeup artist you should makes sure the application is done light and natural, it should not be cakey and highlight the prominent features of the models.

On the runway the model should look gorgeous with the latest trend and present the vision of the designer. The ramp makeup is a makeup that can’t be worn outside the runway. On runway apart from makeup, hairstyling is also need to be focused. Hair plays an important role in representing the best look. On runway we create the model as a complete pack of elements to tell a story on the ramp hence, during makeup every part of the body needs to be done in a distinct fashion.

Runway can be of anything either a dress designer runway or a jewellery designer runway, all you need to focus is how to present the model with best look to highlight the brand. For the ramp makeup, apart from designer, the artist also needs to focus on the features of the model, to have the best outcome. The makeup depends on many things some of them are, for which brand the makeup is to be done, what theme the makeup should represent, runway is indoor or outdoor, depending on the time of the day. The day time look would be more towards the natural look, soft and pastel based. The night look would be focused on gloss, shine and bright colors.

Ramp makeup is all about a vision or an idea. The makeup artist has to incarnate the story the designer needs to tell to the world. The makeup artist should always keep in mind that the makeup should look stunning but should not attain all attention that the product she is modeling doesn’t fade out.

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