Why The White Base

Why The White Base

You will need

• Supracolour palette
• Aquacolour palette
• White Skin base
• Kabuki brush
• Stippling bush
• Foundation brush

During todays session we experimented in groups of 3 to test 3 different products to create a white base, these included Illamasqua's Skin Base, White Supracolour and also White Aqua Colour, we took it in turns to be the model, the makeup artist and also the makeup artists assistant to compare the differences between products.

 

Illamasqua's Skin Base

 

To apply Skin Base we started by using a flat top foundation brush, this wasn't the best tool to use as the formula of this foundation is very thick and it was very streaky when it was first applied, the formula of the foundation feels quite dry and sets quickly on the face, a little goes a LONG way. The finish of this foundation was sort of demi-matte, there was still some shine to the skin, this could be mixed with different primers to change the finish to dewy or to completely matte. After struggling with the flat top foundation brush we changed to use the blush brush and blended the foundation into the face using a buffing action we found that using a softer brush was easier to work with as it is such a high coverage foundation.

I really liked the coverage that skin base gave you, it is very even and easy to work with and will most likely be my choice of foundation when creating a white base, however I will want to use satin primers and also maybe something like MAC strobe cream to create the dewy look that I am after.

Supracolour

 

 When using supracolour we started applying it with a foundation brush, this blended out well, but we found that you need to use a lot of product to get an even opaque base. We were suggested to apply the product using a blush brush however I really did not like this method of application, I felt that if you applied it this way it seems to just knock the product off and also left a lot of hairs on the face. The best way I found to apply this was to use a foundation brush and do the most of the blending with that then go in with the kabuki brush.
I think this would look really pretty with a dewy base underneath to make the skin shine. This was my favourite way to apply a white base as I believe it looks the cleanest.
 

Aquacolour

 

We all found Aquacolour hard to work with, it is very streaky, drying and hard to blend, we found that the less product you apply the easier it is to blend it out, we found the best brush to apply the Aquacolour with is the foundation brush, as the fluffy blush brush just seemed to knock the product off the skin and the base would crumble. There was also a great deal of fall out from the blush brush and this was annoying to pick off the face as it would ruin the makeup.

Aquacolour is probably my least favourite way of applying the white base as it can look really dry, however if I was going for a really accurate Elizabethan make-up I would use it, as I imagine the texture of the Aquacolour to be the most like how ceruse would look on the skin, so this form of white base is probably the most historically accurate.

 

 

**HEALTH AND SAFETY**

• Cover the clothes
• Do not double dip in products