Adapting Face Chart Designs

This image was my original design, I really like it but I feel that it is lacking something. I have played around with this design and experimented with it in different ways to see which works best. Below are my adapted designs. 

In these two images above, I have played around with the intensity of the colour, I don't really like how dark it looks on the cheeks as you can see the lines either side and I quite like it more softer and a blended in. I wanted to make a heart shape in the face to see how it would turn out. I would leave the face pale and then add colour around it to make it into a heart. I don't like how it has turned out, I think it looks too much and you don't really know what to focus on! The image on the right, I have changed the colour of the lips, incorporating the purple under the eyes but I don't like it as I feel it looks too heavy and takes all the attention away from the eyes. I have also decided to add a splash of colour at the top of the head but again, I feel it looks too much. 

As the designs I have adapted look too much, I decided to keep this one really simple to see how it would look. I would block out the eyebrows and not apply the orange to it, just keep the cheeks and purple under the eyes. I have used red and orange for the lips but i feel it looks quite dark, so I would make them a bit lighter. I do actually like this design as I go by the saying "less is more", I feel it could work quite well. 

Practising on myself

 I blended Skin Base Illamasqua with my own foundation (for quickness!) I would mix my skin colour perfectly first then gradually add in the white. 

 I want it to be an off white colour, so it doesn't look too pale. 

I then applied this to my face and buffed it up and powdered so it stays. 

Design 1

 I applied the eyeshadow around the eyes and the cheekbones. I got a small brush and applied purple under the eyes and used Kryolan Supracolor on my eyelashes as I haven't got a white mascara. 

 I used vaseline before to prep my lips and then applied eyeshadow to them to match the colours on my eyes exactly. I chose red and orange and then softened it down with white. I also took my foundation and patted around the corners of my mouth so that it wasn't a perfect defined lip. 

Design 2:

 I applied the orange I used on my cheekbones to my eyebrows and it was difficult as when I was applying it it was taking the white base off the eyebrows, making the hairs visible.

 I thought about how I could try and prevent this from happening and I decided to dab the eyeshadow on my eye and then apply more foundation on it and dabbed it on again. I feel this worked quite well as it wasn't as visible as the other. 

These are my overall designs, I like both of them for their simplicity but I feel it needs some more work. I am happy with the vibrance of the colours as I want it to look quite natural on the face and I am pleased with the choice of colours as these are what I feel represents royalty to me. I like design 1 because I like how natural it looks, but I feel like when you look at it front-on, it looks so plain. I like idea of design 2 because the eyebrows are covered, but because my eyebrows are so dark, its making it harder to cover and I don't like the way you can see through. If I can get the eyebrows perfectly blocked out then that will be the design that I choose. I will get my model to practice doing my design and see how it turns out, it may need some more tweaking and adapting but I think the only way I will find out if it will work is if my model practices.