Miss Havisham Facecharts

Idea No 1. 

My first facechart is that of a more sunken and almost bruised effect to the makeup, I still want to avoid making my Miss Havisham look theatrically aged as I am basing her not long after being jilted at the alter, because of this I want to focus more on making her appear tired and sickly as opposed to corpse like. From my research into the affects of sunlight deficiency I know have a good solid understanding of what would happen to the face which includes sunken skin and severe loss of colour  around areas of thinner skin. To show this I have chosen to make the under eyes of my model very purple toned so that they appear almost bruised as a result of the blood becoming more visible underneath thinning skin. In addition to this the face itself will be heavily contoured but using a grey toned powder as opposed to a bronzer as I want her to appear skeletal. A similar shade will be applied to the lips as I want to make them appears washed of colour also. As my Miss Havisham is also a blonde lady the lashes and eyebrows will be lightened so that they match the hair but also by adding elements of white/grey it will create an effect of premature ageing that is more subtle than the skin but still makes her appear weathered emotionally. 

Idea No 2.

For my second design I wanted to try a more natural look as the Victorians did not wear makeup so the skin would be rather plain and natural. For this there is very minimal product, mainly just a foundation to pale the complexion and shadows/coloured powders for hollowing out elements of the face such as the eyes and cheekbones. For this look I will focus on adding depth to the face especially around the eyes so that she appears tired and sleep depraved but the rest of the face will be kept natural as to abide to the fashions of the early Victorian period. 

Idea No 3. 

My final design is similar to that of my second one in the sense the it is very minimal and natural as to abide by the fashions of the period however I felt that my previous idea was to basic and plain for Miss Havisham's character as it did not really express her level of suffering. Therefore for this look I added a red tone around the eyes and brows which I want to create a bit like a rash, often when people are suffering mentally they develop coping mechanisms and if the problem is fatigue related it is common for the skin to be worse affected either through constant picking or rubbing. I wanted her eyes to appear sore as if she has been rubbing them and crying for a very long time. Again like my other designs the lashes and brows are white to create an aged affect and the face is hollowed using a grey toned contouring powder to allow the colour to be faded from the skin and create an overall emaciated appearance.