Beauty and the Brand

MIRIJANA VASOVIC

MASTER CLASSES

Mirijana Vasovic, assistant of Val Garland has worked at the very top of the fashion industry, previously working for MAC artist relations has so much knowledge to offer. Through 3 sessions with her I learnt so many different skills which will be essential to me through out my future career. She spoke frankly about the industry and was a breath of fresh air encouraging us and giving us one to one feedback through out the sessions on the practice we were doing. 

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PERFECT LIPS

Mirijana made it clear that there is always a mood in makeup. When creating a lip look it is essential to consider the shape of the lip and what that shape portrays to an audience. The shape is what creates the dynamic of a character. 

In our first session Marijana demonstarated how to create the perfect lip quickly! Something many of us struggle to perfect she showed us simple steps to follow when under pressure. Using blue Mac mixing medium on the lips to create a bold matte lip that is even harder to perfect than a red lip. She started by concealing the lip to create a clean canvas and blocking out any of the natural lip colour. Using a large flat round edge brush she was able to create a soft curve to the cupids bow and a sharp line across the rest of the lip. 

She next taught us how to experiment with product to create a beautiful smokey eye using products like a lip liner and gloss on the lids. As makeup students we tend to stick to the label of a product rather than treating out products as an artist's palette. She looks a different products as a texture and a shade rather than a lipstick or eye shadow.


My attempt 'perfect lips'

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FLAWLESS SKIN & NATURAL BROWS

During our second session Mirijana went through how to create a flawless fresh base. She taught us about the importance of prepping the skin. This is the most important stage to a makeup look and the most time should be focused on it.

 She started by cleansing the skin using Bioderma, a product I have recently discovered myself which is really gentle on the skin and removes all makeup residue without drying the skin. She next massaged a non greasy moisturizer into the skin using her finger tips to really work the product into the skin and neck. Instantly this brings the blood to the surface of the skin giving instant radiance and bringing life into the skin. After working the product into the skin she then applied a thin layer of face and body foundation by Mac across the complexion. This foundation is perfect for photography and catwalk, with no SPF it will not cause a white cast across the face and is really build-able and blend-able. She told us about a little trick she uses if she needs a higher coverage on a model, which is to warm the product in the palm to create a thicker consistency to the foundation. 

Next she gave us a demonstration on how to create a naturally defined brow that doesn't look harsh or out of place. Using cool toned powder products with a small pointed brush to imitate individual hairs creates a natural finish to the brow. Brushing the brows up with a spooly also helps to keep the brow looking neat and tidy.

We were also challenged to produce a perfect red lip in 4 minutes, putting what we were taught in our previous session with her to practice.

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GRAPHIC LINER

Our last session with Mirijana was all about creating perfect graphic eye liner. Something I have a huge passion for! Using a small pointed brush she taught us about how to use angles to suit everybody's eye. Taking the line from the lower lash line outwards to carry on the line. 

Mirijana taught us how to create an illusion using liner. Creating a triangle shape when the eye is shut that looks like a normal winged liner when the eye is open. To create this it was essential to find the correct position on the eye inside the crease in order to allow the line to flow when the eye is open. 

The second liner was crisp and elongated. She taught us of the importance of cleaning lines. Often when using liner the line created is not completing perfect. To crisp up the line she used a hard angled brush with a small amount of Bioderma to make the line perfectly straight. This works better than using a cotton bud because the brush is at a completely straight angle rather than being a fluffy ball.

My attempts at graphic liner