In this post, I will break down and reflect on all of the steps I have taken on my journey towards my final piece of this unit, including any workshops or work experience that I have taken part in between the time the unit was active. 23/01/2023 – Today, my unit 11 brief was launched.Continue reading “Reflective Journal”
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Bibliography
In this post i will use Harvard referencing to document any works I have cited. 7 Highlights of South African Traditional Clothing. 17 Apr. 2020, http://www.unorthodoxreviews.com/south-african-traditional-clothing/#:~:text=The%20traditional%20Xhosa%20apparel%20consists. African Union. “AUHRM Project Focus Area: The Apartheid | African Union.” Au.int, au.int/en/auhrm-project-focus-area-apartheid#:~:text=The%20Apartheid%20(1948%20to%201994. Charisma, Tina. “Cultural Appropriation vs Cultural Appreciation: What’s the Difference?” Harper’s BAZAAR, 30 June 2021, http://www.harpersbazaar.com/uk/culture/a36798089/cultural-appropriation-vs-cultural-appreciation/.Continue reading “Bibliography”
Evaluation
In this post I will create an in depth evaluation of my final culture; body art peace, created in my five hour assessment. Face; After completing my research into popular hair and make-up trends in South Africa, I learned a less-is-more approach is extremely popular when creating a base. Therefore, I created a natural baseContinue reading “Evaluation”
Culture body-art assessment
In this post I will break down the aspects of my final design in my body art assessment and give a brief evaluation. A more in depth evaluation will follow in the next post. For the assessment, I had five hours to complete a full body art look based on a culture of my choice.Continue reading “Culture body-art assessment”
Mood Board
In this post I will break down the elements I included in my mood board. Once I had chosen my culture, and finalized my design, I created a larger mood board. My initial mood board, included in my initial research, was made to just give a brief visual overview of the culture I was researching.Continue reading “Mood Board”
Final Culture body-art designs
In this post I will explain my final body-art designs. Once I had chosen to use South Africa as my chosen culture, I began to refine my body art design. Although I liked my previous designs, I still don’t feel they represented the whole of the country, instead they seemed to focus solely on theContinue reading “Final Culture body-art designs”
Initial Culture body-art designs
In this post, I will show the design process I went through to get my final product, by describing my initial designs. British Culture Face; For my initial British culture design, I created a look inspired by editorial beauty. The fashion scene in Britain is huge, with London Fashion week drawing a global audience ofContinue reading “Initial Culture body-art designs”
South African Hair and Make-Up trends
In this post I will explore the popular Hair and Make-Up trends in South Africa, and create an overview of my findings. As mentioned in some of my previous posts, natural beauty is widely embraced within African culture, meaning a less is more approach to makeup is extremely popular. However, although women commonly create aContinue reading “South African Hair and Make-Up trends”
Bongi Mlotshwa
For this task I was required to research two make-up artists. The second MUA I chose to study was Bongi Mlotshwa. As I have chosen South Africa for my culture, I felt it was appropriate to research one of the country’s largest names in hair and make-up. Born on the 30th of September 1969, inContinue reading “Bongi Mlotshwa”
Lisa Eldridge
For this task I have been asked to research two make-up artists. The first I decided to study was Lisa Eldridge. I decided to research Lisa as I love her initiative and creativity. She has created a large range of looks, including an editorial shoot for Dansk Magazine, in which she created a makeup lookContinue reading “Lisa Eldridge”
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