Estella- Hair

I want Estella to have a young, elegant beauty. I think this Hair style is perfect for my vision of Estella. Sue showed me in class, and I fell in love with it. Im not that good on hair so I been practising, on school, and I even bought a dolly today. Now I have to make it :)

Pictures from practise:

Design prosess

I have found some things I may use for the shoot.

 

This is one of the dresses i may go for as a B plan for Estelle, I dont think its victorian enough, and it is showing to mutch skin so I will use something to cover up. i been pinning the ruffles from the sides on the shoulder together, covering more of the chest area and making it look more elegant.

                                                Some rings and earings I want to use.

 

Not able to rotate picture. I found this in my jewerly box, I seen a lot of these under my research, it looks very Victorian. It was left behind  in a button box when my grandma died. I think its made of  glas. Im curious why it is a woman on these accesories?  I will  do closer research to find out the reason

I was  looking for glowes and a fan for the shoot today, looking at second hand shops and Hepwrights with no luck. But then I went to " Beatnik emporium" and found these treasures,  In vision  its for Estelle if I find a pastelle dress for her, if not i think the gloves would really suit Miss Havisham.

Change of direction

 After a lot of research, watching ”Greate expectations” and lecture with Sharon and Sue, I am gonna go for a natural Historical Victorian makeup. I thought we were supposed to do contemporary Victorian makeup, I then planned to make Estelle dark with quiet harsh makeup.

 

But In Victorian times this was for prostitutes and actors, and men did not find a woman like that to be a the ideal wife. I want my Estelle to be beautiful and delicate.

It looks like they don’t have any makeup on in Victorian times, but today to achieve the look and make it as beautifull as possible I will add makeup.

I will countour and higlight my models face in this way:

Making her the most natural beauty as possible. I will pale the skin down a tone or two and all skin that is showing including hands and ears.

I will add mascara lightly to her eyes, drying off the mascara wand a bit before use, and add some individual lashes to the edges of her eyes to make her lashes fuller and more seducing.

She will get a tint of peachy/rosy lips that will naturally blend in. Her cheeks will have a bit rosy blush that will be natural with her look.

Her brows will be filled in a bit and I will put some wax on to hold them in place.

Preperation before makeup:

- Tell her to come with tweezed brows.

-  nails should be well manicured with blank nail polish,

-  she has to shave under arms,

-  no piercings,

- Do not wash the hair the day before.

This is my model Alice that I found at Modelmayhem, I really loved her look, being a natural beauty with those pretty eyes. 

I am gonna use a photographer I found at model mayham, A girl named Nastassja will take my pictures.

Victorian Hairstyle and Makeup

In the late 1890s, the makeup style of Victorian women was delicate pale, healthy and natural.  They did not use makeup, if so it was very hidden and not revealed to anyone. Only prostitutes and actors used makeup.

Here is a fragment from An Old Fashioned Girl by Louisa M. Alcott, the writer of Little Women.

“I don’t care for that; I don’t like it, and I won’t have it,” said Tom, decidedly.

“You can’t help yourself. Half the girls do it, either paint or powder, darken their lashes with burnt hair- pins, and take cologne on lumps of sugar or belladona to make their eyes bright. Clara tried arsenic for her complexion, but her mother stopped it,” said Fanny, betraying the secrets of the prison-house in the basest manner.

“I knew you girls were a set of humbugs, and very pretty ones, too, some of you, but I can’t say I like to see you painted up like a lot of actresses,” said Tom, with an air of disgust.

“I don’t do anything of the sort, or need it, but Trix does; and having chosen her, you must abide your choice, for better or worse.”

Victorian Beauty tips

-           - Subtle stains of pinks, corals, and wines as opposed to solid jolts of color.

-         -  Full brows were  a sign of good health.

-         -  Lemon juice and vinegar juice was either applied or consumed to maintain this fair complexion.         

-       -   Society women kept indoors much of the time to keep their pale complexion.  

-    - Keeping wrinkles away: Mixing onion juice, white lily, honey and white wax together and then applying as a night cream.

-        -  Spots:  could be cured by adding a little flour of sulphur to milk and then dabbing on the affected area. Due to the smell, people would then no longer come near enough to you to see that you had a spot!

-      -     Greasy skin:  could be combated by rinsing the face with white wine – known for its purifying properties.

-         -  Nails could be polished with beeswax and a chamois leather to gain a high shine

-      -     Mixing small quantities of sulphur with the finest lard could restore greying hair.

Although the Victorians may have had some strange ideas about beauty routines, They believed key to beauty is happiness, since it ‘gives colour to the cheek and a sparkle to the eye’, all for free!

     

Hair

Victorian woman was very obsessed with their hair. They used a lot of time on it, and never used to cut it, they wanted it as long as possible, it was a sign of femininity, warmth, security and beauty. Whole poems were written devoted to the "hair tent"...the name for when a man would nestle on his beloved's breast and she would let her hair hang down all around him like a safe refuge. But the hair was also seen as evil and could be used to kill or trap your lover.

 

 They saved every little hair that was combed out in a special jar. Once it was full the maid sent it away to a special hair designer that could make a bun or something usefull of it. Victorian hair jewelry was really special in those days. They were many times made by a deceased loved one. Often the metal catch or backing would be engraved with the person's name and "In Memorium". But not always. Like giving a lover a lock of hair, hair jewelry was made as a gift to a loved one, since they did not have many pictures and digital  to remember them from.  I reasearched more on it and found out  that they still do it at http://www.victorianhairjewelry.com/.

The Victorian hair style had up does, and it was with curls and ringlets. When it came to body hair, they were in the modern way wanting to remove everything. They coated them self with olive oil and shaved themselves with a flat razor.

Some Victorian Hair styles:

 

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hair_Jewellery

http://www.victorianhairjewelry.com/

Men`s Fashion

Daily dress was much more formal than it is today. Unless they were a workman or laborer, every gentleman was expected to wear a coat, vest, and hat.  To walk around in shirtsleeves without vest or coat would be the modern-day equivalent of traipsing about in one’s underwear.  Very unseemly, and most ungentlemanly! They had separate style of clothes to  each leisure activities. Like clothing for bicycles, tourists, shooting, yachting and more.

 

Hair

Most men wore fairly short hair throught the era there was considerable individual choice in the way the hair was combed -- parted slightly off-centre, at the side or brushed straight back.

 They always had a form of facial hair like moustaches, side-burns, and full beards. A shaved face did not come back into fashion until the end of the 1880s and early 1890s 

Accessories

The proper Victorian gentleman was not seen outdoors without a hat.

 “ pocket watches and walking sticks were popular accessories for men of the Victorian era. Ties could be thin and basic or wide and frilly, and pocket watches of the highest quality were considered status symbols. Walking sticks could be simple wood or topped with or brass decoration. It went against the laws of propriety for men and women to touch each others' bare skin in public, and so gloves were very common for both men and women.” From http://www.ehow.co.uk/about_5437485_history-victorian-era-mens-clothing.html

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_was_Victorian_mens_hair_like#ixzz2K202zQ38

http://www.victorianweb.org/art/costume/nunn21.html

Design Process Estelle

I want to make Estelle a memorable character. She will have a very sweet, beautyful side, but also a bad, sedutive side. She has a big alter ego and weres dark clothes,  but I will maybe use bright colors like blue to confuse if the character is good or evil. I will try some different makeup styles to see if i want Estelles makeup to be this harsh, or if i want her to have a more naturall innocent beauty. But i do have a strong vision for a harsh  Estelle.

 

Some ideas that is going trough my head. I can see her in dark green or dark blue. In a glamourous dress.  I want her to have an Umbrella or a fan that is a symbol that she is hiding something. I have a nice victorian like cameous T want to use as an accesories on Estelle.