Orientation week

Orientation week

On my fast week at university we had the privilege of having Illamasqua come and talk to us about the makeup industry and what opportunities are available to use . They also did a demonstration of a look they did for the fashion week, in which I was their very proud yet shy model  (yes little me had to sit on stage in front of 60+ students and have my makeup taken off and then have a whole new makeup done, it was daunting  but exiting at the same time.) I got to learn so many tips that I never knew before, such as applying PVA glue on the eye brow then applying powder for a no brow look. We also got introduced to same of their product such as the sheer lip gloss which was my favourite; it was a violet dark green shimmer in colour and very glossy.

We also got the opportunity to do each other’s makeup and present it to the Illamasqua team and the rest of the groups. This gave us an idea on what to expect in industry   

  

We also had the Charles fox makeup team come and have a talk with us about their product and a little about the company and its history (been in existence for 65 years and is the only makeup company that produces their own makeup) IMPRESSIVE.  

The team went through the product with us explaining each product as they go, how to use and how the product can make final look stand out or how the product can make life easier for us in the industry e.g. they mentioned the aqua cleans make up remove which work very fast and so making it very ideal when working with models in industry and need to change there look for a different shoot.  

We got to buy some of their product on the day for 20% discount. "wop wop"

Also in induction week we were set a task to go to different makeup stores and find out what their most bought product is. We visited MAC, smash box, benefit, Laura Marcie and Bobbi brown.

In MAC their most bought product was the retro matte ruby woo A44 lipstick and the studio fix fluid. Because this products are their most bought they are displayed somewhere were is easy to see

The next shop was benefit. In benefit their most sold product is the mascara called 'they’re real!' It has been their best seller for two years now.  AMAZING RIGHT! 

The next makeup store was Laura Marcia. Their best selling product is the tinted moistureriser, the secret consiler and primer .

  

We also visited Bobbi Brown were we found out that their most bought product is the long wear gel liner. they had displated their top 10 most popular products as seen in the pictur.

Last but not list we visited smash box. There we found out that their most popular product is the primer, their photo finish primer to be specific.  we also got given a sample by their lovely staff.

Our other project on our fast week was to make a mask. The mask was to try and intemperate were I would like to be or look like in a few years. Well for once I would love to have a big afro hence the big hair on the mask, I wold love to have started seen the world and its beauty hence the gold shiny eye lashed, I would also love to be working in the challenging yet rewording world of makeup and hair hence the red lips.  

We also visited the art gallery located in the city library and also visited the mayflower. Both of those places were tricky to find but we got there at the end.