For hands-on number two on our makeup class, we were tasked to bring in our models , 8 am sharp, applying the “Prime Look” makeup on them within thirty minutes. From my nervous breakdown last week ( see, I always get jittery with these! ), I needed to work with a model that I’m very comfortable with - and there’s no other person in the world that I’d rather do makeup on than my very dear, kind, and not to mention, ultra gorgeous friend Cristine. It made my hands-on with her a little bit less stressful because she’s one of the nicest people and one of my dearest friend that would support me all the way and she’s always believed in me. Not to mention super pretty!
Well, what do you think? A bigger version of Cristine’s beautiful look here.
Well, here are the masterpieces of my classmates!
My very nice classmate Martin with his model. Bigger version here.
Jheng of Abubots‘ masterpiece. Bigger version here.
Leslie and her gorgeous model - her cousin ( prettiness runs in the blood, huh! ). Bigger version here.
Our lesson for this week was about Contouring and Highlighting. Contouring means applying darker shades of foundations on certain areas of the face to make features recede and “sculp” the face more, while highligting means applying lighter shades of foundation to make features pop and be “highlighted.” It was a fun experience discovering these and it’s quite challenging because one has to be extra careful on how to contour the face, so as not to make it look burnt. Hahaha!
Some tips I’ve learned from the lesson :
1. Always start with a light sweep when contouring or highlighting. You can always add more as you see fit, but do not overdo.
2. Contouring the nose is very tricky specially near the tip of the nose. Stay straight on the bridges of the nose and don’t “shape” the round area on the nose - it would make the nose tip really big.
3. It’s imperative to highlight the browbone with light colors - never dark.
4. While contouring the hollows of the cheeks, stop midway to the highest cheekbone, then just blend. then on the latter half, just blend the colors that you have applied from the hairline to midway to the highest cheekbone.
To end my entry, I’d like to share my teacher RB’s evaluation about my makeup application. Everything was alright except for my symmetry. I have to practice more applying eyeshadows and blushes evenly on the left and the right. That got me frustrated, but who said anything about giving up? I’m practicing everyday until I get it right. Tips are greatly appreciated, too. 
Well, that’s about it! I’ll update you in a week on my makeup classes! This oughta be interesting!
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Congrats Sophie. I wouldn’t have known through the photos if you made an error here and there. Practice is the key though.I look forward to more tips next week.
Tin looks great even in the before picture! The other models are gorgeous too
Ooohhh all the work of your classmates and yourself looks GREAT!! No joke, the coverage looks really good and no one would really know the errors unless you pointed them out! but of course, since this is a class and you’re aiming for professional level..the comments are right, practice really makes perfect..a tip? or 2? hmm..all I can think of is that, I was told to always..stop after application, stand at the back, look back at the model and checkout your work before you proceed to the next application
and there’s always corrective measures with whatever “mess” we make, so we never have to worry 
Well, I wouldn’t have let Cristine get out of the building without fixing my mistake! The errors were corrected the moment my teacher told me what was wrong. But I wouldn’t have noticed it, which was a bad thing - so I hafta get used to checking in front of the mirror instead of looking at my model as it is.
Thanks Noemi, Crissy, and Nikki for the support!
one word lang sophie: WOW!
Sophieee! great work!
keep it up!