Now can I be an Elizabethan!?

Now as we previously know Elizabethan women were known for their white face, red cheeks and lips and high foreheads. And as I said in the white base post I didn't really want to try using the ingredients that they did so I used some more modern day cosmetics. Now after doing that exercise I wanted to see what a full on Elizabethan make up would look like. So to start off here are the things that I used to make myself into an Elizabeth Lady:

• Kryolan Aqua Colour
• Illamasqua Translucent Powder
• Kryolan Blush Pallet
• Kryolan Lip Rouge Mini Pallet
• Charles Fox Foundation Brush
• Charles Fox Blush Brush
• Charles Fox Detail Brush
• Mascara Wands

So to start off the first thing that I did was to apply the white base. I chose to use the Aqua Colour rather than the Illamasqua white base as I wanted to try something slightly harder and see how it turned out. Seeing as this was the second time I had applied it, I kind of knew how to apply it so that I was able to get an even coverage while still being able to maintain a good amount of colour. One thing that I did learn was once you had dipped the foundation brush in the water and then into the base was to apply some onto the back of your hand so that the brush isn't as wet and you are able to apply it without disrupting any other parts that you have previously done. If that makes sense! I then had to create that high forehead look, and to do that I had to get rid of my eyebrows. Now there is no way I am plucking my eyebrows so I used a mascara wand and covered it in Illamasqua's white skin base and the then back brushing my eyebrows. This made sure that I was able to get right down to the roots of the hair and completely cover them in the white base. I naturally have really dark eyebrows so I struggled to make them fully white. Maybe next time I might try using the Supra Colour as I feel that, that might work slightly better. I also then covered my eyelashes in the white base so that I really went for that high forehead look. I must say I looked pretty weird!

The next thing that I done was to apply blush to the face. Now some women used a light shade of pink while others went for a slightly more redder tone. I decided to use a red coloured blush as I wanted to go for a slightly more extreme look. One thing I struggled on was making the blush even. For some reason one side always goes better than the other and then I find it incredibly difficult trying to get them to be even! Does anyone else get that?! Either way I am really glad as to how it actually turned out in the end as I feel that it really stands out against the white base and it was the kind of look that I was going for.

The last thing that I did was to get the small detail brush and have medium colour red for my lips. I didn't want a bright red as I felt that it wasn't a colour that would have been used just like a deep red. I wanted to go for a more orangey red as I thought that I would look a little more authentic. 

 Overall I had a really good time recreating this look and I love how it has turned out!