{"id":94076,"date":"2021-03-31T18:32:10","date_gmt":"2021-03-31T17:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centmagazine.co.uk\/?p=94076"},"modified":"2021-04-01T12:12:08","modified_gmt":"2021-04-01T11:12:08","slug":"makeup-or-make-believe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/?p=94076","title":{"rendered":"Makeup or Make-Believe?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Makeup is something that is so incremental in our day-to-day lives. We use it to enhance our beauty, and sometimes, as a hybrid with special effects to create characters or works of art. The path to a more experimental approach to makeup has been paved by YouTubers, Film and TV, and Fashion makeup artists, amongst others. The makeup and beauty industry has accelerated alongside the acceleration of the digital revolution, in a way that allows us to explore fantasy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Special effects (SFX) makeup artist Anna Cichon is fully versed in bringing fantasy to life. Having been working in the industry for 16 years, Cichon creates a hybrid of makeup artistry to create these ethereal characters. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Credit: Anna Cichon <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Cichon’s creation below was inspired by Virginie Ropars’ figure of a doll \u2018Waterfall<\/a>\u2019. Virginie Ropars’ figures are in between sculpture, fashion design and illustration which has a big influence on Cichon. Anna Cichon recreated this beautiful figure by using her professional makeup technique such as mold and sculpting in plastelin to give the audience the special visual effects, to create a hybrid image of an elf and human.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Anna Cichon’s makeup work inspired by Virginie Ropars<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Fashion magazines, often use makeup looks that have striking colours, to catch the readers’ attention and make an impactful first impression. Professional makeup artist (MUA) and initial creative director of Illamasqua; Alex Box<\/a>, is known for her dramatic, colourful, and surreal makeup looks. As well as working and collaborating with some of the biggest names in fashion publication and design, she has a signature style that she has dubbed \u2018Emotional Makeup\u2019, which brings together and conveys emotion and movement using colour. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The video below shows Alex Box’s process as almost performance art, it was the first time Alex showed her process online with the public, and it is amazing to see how she brings together this hybrid of layers, colour, shadow and light, to create such a textured work of art. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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