http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmXbSal_Z48 <<<<<<< zombie makeup tutorial!!

LOVE this tutorial! I am studying how to do makeup artistry using makeup but I love how this girl did her zombie makeup just unsing everyday makeup from home. Just shows what you can do with a little bit of imagination and some lipstick! ;) go her!x

Thanks for reading, big luvs JD xxxx

My Fave Film Makeup Designs!xx

I love films! watching DVDs I always loved to sit and watch the extras and see how everything is made and how they did the SFX and makeup on sets. This interest is partly why I want to get into makeup artistry. Here is some of my fave ones for you :) x

The Dark Knight - Heath Ledger Joker...

 Heath ledgers Joker with washed out facepaint

 Here is Heath Ledger with his scars behind the scenes before the facepaint is applied, SFX used.

Shaun Of The Dead - zombies

Each zombie has eye contacts, wounds with blood and cuts and scars using special effects.

 

 

A Nightmare On Elm Street - Freddy Krueger                                                                     

 

    The burns effects or Freddy are amazing!

 

 

 

30 Days Of Night - vampires

 

The vampires in '30 Days of Night' are fantastic looking! The teeth, eye contacts, flawless pale skin and sharp features make them look very scary, and sooo much blood on the victims makes the film extra gorey.

 

 

Edward Scissorhands - Edward

 

 

Edwards scars, old and new are done very well using special effects.

 

This was some of my fave films which have fantastic special effects. Hopefully one day I will get to work on a film and create this kind of work.

 

Thanks for reading folks! Luv JD xxxx

 

General Rounding Up :) xx

First month of college gone and it has flew in. My first expectations I expected to have alot of practical work, get practicing hair and makeup methods and gradually build up our skills. We had this...times 10! Right away we were given research tasks for all kinds of makeup and hairstyling, things I had never even seen or heard of, methods I didn't know of, even working on wigs which I never thought i would have to learn about. was a real shock to the system how quickly we were thrown right in to everything! Even making this blog, for a cave woman like myself I found quite difficult. But I have to admit I'm glad of it now because just a few weeks in now I feel like i can do alot more than I thought I would have at this stage of my course.

The college has supplied us with materials and brushes for through-out the course, we will have out own t-shirts (which I cannot wait to jazz up with my own style) and we are given alot of help and support with our tasks.

Think the funniest moment in college so far was last week when we had our which demo of a witch done by one of our lecturers. Yes, I was the model, and by the time she was finished paintin my face, wrinkling my skin, drooping my eyes, frizing up my hair and putting horrible stains on my teeth I didn't recognise myself!! Was very scary, and hilarious at the same time. Had to pose for pictures which were posted all over facebook, lol! Infact I should try and post a picture of it on here, give you all a giggle heehee.

Have really been enjoying my hairdressing, seeing as I haven;t always been good with hair. My own hair is very VERY long and I don't tend to style it so I never really learned how to style hair. I can now pin-curl hair and I can style and set hair using rollers which I have always wanted to be able to do! GO ME!

As of now I wouldn't say I have a particular makeup artist as my idol, but I want to build myself up to be as good as some of the best! I have great admiration for those who can do such amazing work on filmset for those like Tim Burton. ANYTHING done in tim Burton films blows my mind\! I wanna be able to do that stuff....

By the time I have completed my course I want to be able to do anything I set my mind to and create a fun-filled, successful career for myself. Follow my life moto....

If you want something in life, MAKE IT HAPPEN.

Thanks for reading my post peeps, big luvs, JD xxxx

Pictures from my first month at college xx

 The results after my first attempt at setting hair using rollers - model Hayleigh Magee xx

 Hayleys firat go at SFX doing cuts and bruises on me, went fantastic!xx

 A lovely bruised cheek bone by me - model Hayley Magee xx

 A black eye for Hayley, nothing too dramatic :) - model Hayley Magee xx

 Some nice bust-up and bruised knuckles by me - model Carina Frankgate xx

 Slashed arm for Carina by me, great fun doing this! - model Carina Frankgate xx

 Carinas slashed arm again by me - model Carina Frankgate xx

 Slashed Hayleys cheek for fun :) went ok but I'd like to have done a bit better with this one - model Hayley Magee xx

 My Straight Theatrical Makeup assessment PASSED with flying colours! yay :) - model Louise Yates xx

Let's Rock and Roll ;) xx

Heya everybody! Laptop is fixed so lets get this blog of mine rolling!

That's my first month of my media makeup course completed now and I have to say I am LOVING IT! Completely in my element with the makeup up and although I'm finding some of the hairdressing a little bit more difficult than I imagined I'm still doing very well and have passed some assessments already, so GO ME!

Going to post up some pictures for you all now and show you what I have learnt so far :) 

Enjoy folks, big luvz, JD xxxx

Stress and Confusion!!xx

hey guys! apologies for not having anything uploaded so far. unfortunately my laptop at home has become sickly and has a virus :( so not been able to update anybody on my work so far.

So far i have been doing hairdressing which involves setting and styling, SPFX makeup meaning that on a wednesday afternoon I have been returning home covered in cuts and bruises (FAKE!!), which has been causing so many confused faces on my journey home, heehee. Also doing basic makeup, wigmaking and of course attempting to build up my blog.

Doing very well so far and hopefully ASAP I will be uploading pics of my work for you all to see!

Please bare with me, big luvs, JD xxxx