Creating Estella Full Look

I used the Estella Boarding School look for my final design as you can see below. It was elegant and suited her personality more so that was the best choice, plus I have a passion for the top knot and the fan things! 

In the first image to the left, it didn't go so well... basically I had a curling dilemma and the hair just wouldn't do what I was asking it to do so I only did one curl swooping back. In my second attempt the top two curls where great but the bottom one ended up being too thin. 

when it come to the final assessment I will make sure to take enough hair to make that bottom one more sturdy!

Overall love the look but those curls are going to be the death of me!

The assessment went really well, hair did what it was told, however the curls at the bottom weren't so great so was a bit annoyed about that!

Her makeup ended up look lovely, I matched the lip colour to the flowers I added to her hair. 

• Section the hair middle and from ear to ear. 
• put back half into ponytail and come back to this at the end. 
• get medium curling tongs and curl side on three barrel curls and pin and hairspray in place. Repeat this on the other side. 
• With the back section split into three pieces, two large sections the and one smaller. 
• Take first large section, brush, hairspray, and brush through, do this with the hair horizontal and keep flat. 
• Then get hair straighteners and go over this lightly. 
• Add more spray and straighten again, lightly.
• once hard, bend either towards your or the mirror and pin in place into the bottom on the ponytail where the hairband is. 
• Reapt this to the other large section. 
• Once two fans are in place get small section of hair and rap around the bottom to cover up any hair left over and hairband. 
• Now the back is done, unpin the front curls and slowly pull backwards in an upward motion and pin in place. Repeat this to all curls. And Spray.
• I added my hair accessories in this image which where three small dark roses, on where the curls bend upwards and around the base on the ponytail.
• And the look is complete!

• Use a base primer, I used Mayballene Baby skin. 
• Rub well into skin.
• Get a pea size amount of the Illamasqua Skin Base white, and mix with Kryolan foundation palette - Alabaster.
• Apply this all over face neck and ears. use blending brush to buff into the skin. 
• Get translucent powder and apply all over the face. 
• Get the Kryolan colour powder palette and mix ginger and grey together and contour lightly.
• Get baked highlighter and add lightly on cheeks forehead.
• Get Kryolan lip palette and mix _ with _ to get the colour of the flower and apply to lips with finger.
• Add light layer on eyelashes.
• Add light brown brow pencil to brow.
• The look is complete!

Reflection

I was happy with the top knot and the top two curls but again I had a problem with the bottom one in just didn't stay up as there wasn't enough hair in it. The makeup was great I hadn't made the look over complicated anyway so it was a nice simple look for her. Overall, I loved the final look for Estella, sharp and to the point like her icy personality.

The Art Of Gothic

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/tv-and-radio-reviews/11175260/the-art-of-gothic-review-episode-one-bbc-four.html

The Art of Gothic which was presented on BBC Four by Graham-Dixon, was told like an enthusiastic tale. This is a spooky documentary of how the middle and upper classes of the 18^th century England and other country’s went a bit crazy for the scary stuff.

Over the first episode, Dixon explores how the Gothic genre continued  between the Georgian era into the Victorian, and how it reflected the 'anxieties' of the British mind.  'From restrained aristocratic beginnings to pornographic excesses,' Gothic revival came back to influence art, literature and architecture.

http://www.adelaide.edu.au/adelaidean/image7288/air_pump.jpg.html

The visual interpretation of gothic pieces of art such as Joseph Wright of Derby’s ‘Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump’, and paintings of the ‘Sublime’ are passionately discussed by Dixon. One of the artists that Dixon speaks passionately about is Salvator Rosa, (1615-1673) he was a Neapolitan painter of rugged landscapes, poems and plays of witches. When I fist saw this painting it really freaked me out, but you can see what Dixon was taking about, the lighting he painted on each moment of the painting was like a flash of lightening, illuminating each scene for your eye to follow its gruesome tale.

http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/salvator-rosa-witches-at-their-incantations

He also frequently dramatised readings of Gothic literature, from Walpole’s ‘The Castle of Otranto’ (told to be the first gothic novel) extracts from Matthew Lewis’ controversial ‘The Monk’ and Mary Shelley’s classic ‘Frankenstein’, are great insights into the literary form of Gothic literature, it shows how different writers captured, created and interpreted the Gothic movement.

Alongside the extracts and visual aids of the paintings and architecture, Graham-Dixon examines the biographical background of the artists, writers and architects to give a wider overall exploration of the era in which the Gothic movement dominated.

The Art of Gothic is a compelling documentary series which examines the 18th Century British idea of all things Gothic, it is insightful in the way it is questioning this idea and discussing what Dixon calls the ‘two faces’ of the Gothic.

I think this series has helped me grasp the ideas they had at the time, the way they saw Gothic to how we see it today, and how we always try and interpret the literature and ideology they held in such high regard. 

Estella Accessories

Watching the films and TV series of Great Expectations and other films based in that time, the hair pieces weren't massive and outrageous they where petite and beautiful. 

Jewels, pearls, flowers; here are some inspirations and the ones i'm going to use! 

I got these from Fabric land and made it so they where joined as three and a hair pin could go through it.

I got these earrings from H&M, I just loved them with that beautiful pearl at the bottom! I just had to use them for Estella.

Estella Face-Charts Ideas and hair practice

I wanted to have a look at different types of looks for estella, I decided to go through the key points that we see her in the film and book; child, teen, married and older.

I practiced a couple of looks and decided to see which would best suit the time periods.

My inspiration for his look came from watching Jane Eyre; It was soft, not complicated, and neat for a young girl being brought up in a wealthy environment. 

• To start his look I sectioned a middle parting.
• Then sectioned from ear to ear.
• I then got the back section and put into a high ponytail.
• I flattened 1.5inch from the centre parting, at the end I put a pin to hold in place.  
• I started the plait from where the pin was on each side. 
• Pinned in place to the back of the head where the ponytail was. 
• I then stretched out the back to create a small bun. (The hair on my doll isn't thick enough so didn't look the best but you can get the gist of what I wanted to achieve.)
• And that was the completed look!

This look was from the blog post below, I just think the fans in the Apollo knot just look great so thought I would try and do this and it works so well so happy with the outcome. See below how I created this look.

• Section the hair middle and from ear to ear. 
• put back half into ponytail and come back to this at the end. 
• get medium curling tongs and curl side on three barrel curls and pin and hairspray in place. Repeat this on the other side. 
• With the back section split into three pieces, two large sections the and one smaller. 
• Take first large section, brush, hairspray, and brush through, do this with the hair horizontal and keep flat. 
• Then get hair straighteners and go over this lightly. 
• Add more spray and straighten again, lightly.
• once hard, bend either towards your or the mirror and pin in place into the bottom on the ponytail where the hairband is. 
• Reapt this to the other large section. 
• Once two fans are in place get small section of hair and rap around the bottom to cover up any hair left over and hairband. 
• Now the back is done, unpin the front curls and slowly pull backwards in an upward motion and pin in place. Repeat this to all curls. And Spray.
• I added my hair accessories in this image which where three small dark roses, on where the curls bend upwards and around the base on the ponytail.
• And the look is complete!

In the novel Estella gets married to a nasty man who she wants to break. He is described as  'An oafish, unpleasant young man who attends tutoring sessions with Pip at the Pockets’ house, Drummle is a minor member of the nobility, and the sense of superiority this gives him makes him feel justified in acting cruelly and harshly toward everyone around him. Drummle eventually marries Estella, to Pip’s chagrin; she is miserable in their marriage and reunites with Pip after Drummle dies some eleven years later.' - http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/greatex/characters.html


I wanted this look to show she has grown up more, her hair is more romantic and looser as she is unhappy. I also aged the hair a bit to show she may be greying a bit from the stress of marriage to this ghastly man.

• Section the middle parting and from ear to ear not too far in about n inch and pin in place. 
• The with the back half to a horseshoe ponytail, leaving some hair hanging down at the back as you can see from the image above. Put hairband in place into a high ponytail. 
• Get medium curling tong and barrel curl all bottom section of hair and hairspray. 
• Get hair from ponytail and do the same.
• Get front section and curl in a line and pin in place. 
• Go back to the ponytail and pull curls lightly and pin in place. Don't do it so its really neat but don't do it so its messy. 
• pull the bottom curls out too so they are softer and spray. 
• With the pinned curls at the front, un pin them and uncurl them and softly pull them back towards the bun and pin in place. Add hairspray. 
• Then once all set get dry-shampoo and spray so its white or get disposable wand dip in white Supa Colour and brush through.
• And the look is complete!

Here are the ideas I had for her:

 

This is with a bruised eye and neck for the beaten wife look.

I wanted to keep the face simple, plain base with a hint of a rose cheek and maybe a rouge lip. 

 

Estella Hair Inspiration

When looking into Estella's hair design I wanted to create a sophisticated clean cut look; not making it too simple or child- like. 

These images below are going to be my main influences, a absolutely adore the Apollo knot with the fan hair popping out the top. It looks so royal and will suit Estella's personality, sharp and methodical.  

Author: Unknown 

Year of publication: Unknown 

Title: Historisches

Viewed: 5th March 2015

Available from: http://www.hfbk-dresden.de/studium/studiengaenge/fakultaet-2/theaterausstattung/maskenbild/historisches-frisieren/historisches-frisieren-2-4studienjahr/

I chose this image as inspiration due to the use of flowers in her hair, it really emphasises her curls and apollo knot. I also love the parting a 'V' shape is a really nice twist on a normal centre parting.

Author: Unknown 

Year of publication: Unknown 

Title: 1830

Viewed: 5th March 2015

Available from:  https://www.pinterest.com/pin/175570085447651013/

These paintings of Countess Von Berchem show the romanticism in the curls, so soft and light, starting high up and coming down to frame the face, and show the natural beauty of the sitter.

Author: Franz Xaver Winterhalter or Joseph Karl Stieler

Year of publication: 1828

Title:  Countess von Berchem

Viewed: 5th March 2015

Available from: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/175570085447651010/ & https://www.pinterest.com/pin/175570085444738447/

Continuity Miss Havisham Comparisons and Reflections

These are comparisons from Both sides and front and back shots!

The front shot was alright could have been better, makeup was good did that to the chart and how I did it the time before, it was just the hair! the curls where're not on my side I got the petals in the right place but some where more hidden in the second shot which was a bit of a bummer!

  1st shoot                                       2nd shoot

With this side I got the petal in the right place, but its the dam curls that didn't fall into place right in the second shoot, they where way too ringlet style where as in the first shoot they where perfect and where easy to mess up the way I wanted. Very annoyed with both side shots as it could have been so much better! 

  1st shoot                                       2nd shoot

Actually really disappointed that this side wasn't correct! So annoyed at myself, the petal was in the wrong place and the curls where so messed up and the back is higher in the second shoot. I have now learnt from my mistakes for next time!

        

                                           1st shoot                                       2nd shoot

Right, where to begin; I am actually really disappointed with the front and sides of the hair, the curls just don't match the first shoot and I am really disappointed with that, however, the make-up was spot on and I feel that it matched the first shoot well.

If I had a chance to do it again I would take it! As I know that I could have done better.

Second Continuity Assessment Miss Havisham

Again, this is to show my neat and tidy set up; I got marked down last semester for it being messy... so decided to document that it was neat! 

Made sure I had all my essentials:

• Make-up remover.
• Cleanser.
• Toner.
• Cotton pads.
• Hand sanitiser.
• My watch to keep track of how long I had.
• Water for model and myself.
• Hairspray.
• Dry-shampoo.
• Little pug purse with all clips in.
• Envelope with my Miss Havishams hair accessories.
• Make-up Palettes - powder/foundation.
• Palette to mix foundation on.
• Brush belt already on my waist!
• Hairbrushes and combs.
• Miss Havisham dress in bag to keep clean and safe. 
• And finally all my designs for hair and makeup and pictures to keep to my last continuity assessment! 

Again I first started with the hair and followed my instructions I had set myself for the 1st one, which you can see below:

• I sectioned the hair at the front into a middle parting.
• I then took a section either side of the head just behind the from section and pinned into place for later.
• I sectioned a V shape for the back of the hair and put into a high ponytail to keep in place for later. 
• Once all sectioned I curled the front into three downward curls and pinned into place and sprayed with hairspray to set. 
• I then made sure the ponytail was all neat and read to form. I backcombed the bottom hair of the ponytail and curled it under and pinned in place to look like a bun. 
• I then got the two sections I pinned in place earlier and made the wrap around the bun and pinned them into place also. I then sprayed it and made it look a little unkept as this is the look I was going for.
• I then unpinned the curls at the front and ruffed them up with my hands and hair sprayed them again.
• I then added the hair accessories of wilting flowers falling down her hair.
• Then added powder and dry-shampoo once makeup was done too.

I wanted to make her look gaunt but not so theatrical! And too grey, more realistic. 

I fist got duo glue and put it on the nose corners and around the lips. Left to dry and crackle. 

I used the Illamasqua skin base mixed with Kryolan foundation buffed this into the skin. 

Powdered the skin to set.

Got grey Kryolan powder and contoured the face and neck and eye sockets.

Mixed red, black and maroon supra colour to put onto the scabby bits and under the eye to look like she hasn't slept. 

Got a disposable wand and dipped into white supra colour and used on eyelashes and eyebrows.

And the look was complete! 

For some reason I actually did find it really difficult the second time round as I was panicking that it wouldn't be the same. I usually find that Im stronger with Hair, but the second time round the curls at the front where not my friend!

They just didn't do what I wanted and didn't want to look the same, was a right nightmare! However the makeup actually was great matched the 1st shoot perfectly, so at least something went right!!