Cleansing and Toning

Cleansing and Toning

Equipment list...
-Cotton Pads
-Cotton Buds
-Cleaners and Toner for sensitive skin
-Moisturiser 

Health and safety is a big part of Makeup and Hair Design. We started this lesson by listing the different health and safety measures that need to be taken. This includes making sure bags and coats are out the way. This is extremely important because this industry is very busy and you have people running around all the time to meet deadlines, which means it could become a hazard with bags and coats on the floor. Another main health and safety issue in makeup and hair design is making sure everything is clean and hygienic. After you have set all the makeup and brushes you will be using, make sure your brushes have been cleaned since the last time you used them. A good way to make sure this has been done is to clean them straight after you have used them and know you’re going to be packing them away. Another really important part of preparing yourself is making sure your hair is out of your face and isn’t going to get in the way of you doing your models makeup. The last thing you do before starting the makeup is introduce yourself to your model and then tell them you’re going to go wash your hands. This is important because they then know that your hands are clean instead of wondering if you have cleaned them before starting their makeup.

We started this practical by asking the model if they are allergic to anything, and also to ask if they wear contact lenses. This is really important because you’ll then know what types of products you can use on them and also if they do wear contact lenses you need to be slightly gentler around the eyes. We started off by taking off the makeup using cleaners and cotton pads. If you use a cleanser that is sensitive to skin it will nearly cover every skin type. We started to take the makeup off by using upwards motions starting from the neck. Once you have taken off the base of the makeup, you can then use the cleanser on cotton buds to take the mascara off. This is done by getting your model to look towards the ceiling.

Once we have cleansed the face and made sure there is no more makeup left on the face we then moved onto toning which we used in the same way as the cleanser but this takes off anything that the cleanser didn’t and preps the skin ready for moisturiser. After you have toned the skin we then moved onto moisturiser which we used by using one pump and rubbing that into the hands and then using small circular motions to rub into the skin, this is meant to be relaxing so slowly is the best way to apply the moisturiser.

The main part I found difficult is the way you have to do the cleansing and toning which was from behind your model which was really different to the way you think you should be done. It was really difficult because you had to look at what you were doing through the mirror which made it quite hard to relax as you had to pay full attention to what you were doing. I think this will get easier the more I practise because I think at the moment we are doing motions that are very unnatural to us.
Once you have taken the makeup off and toned and moisturised you can then answer the questions that you need to know before you start their makeup. You need to know what skin tone they have and what type of skin they have.