Lip Land..

This is just a little post about a competition I recently entered, that the very talented international make-up artist Karla Powell put on, any one living in the UK could enter, and the whole thing was meant to inspire and encourage creativity from her fellow & aspiring make-up artists. The inspiration was to be taken from her colour run lip series, a series she did using different colours and textures to create bold and striking images. Here's an image of the original colour run lip series by Karla, and what the competition was based on:

Being a budding make-up artist myself I thought I'd give it a go; and so I created two designs based on my interpretation of Karla's colour run lips. I posted the second design, which in hindsight I actually really don't like! But it was the first design I'd done which was noticed by Karla, the design which I originally thought wasn't good enough to be entered!

My entry was a nearly matte pink lip blending into light pink/almost white in the middle, to add a little twist I used MUA constellation beads, clear constellation beads, glitter dust and sequins to create a snowy effect....this little spark of inspiration was down to the heavy snow in the UK (which I'm sure most of you have experienced this past week) I thought it would work well with the colour run theme!! To create a link between the 'snow' and colour run I used sequins with a touch of pink in them and some purple/pink constellation beads, this was to be the main colour run aspect!

I actually ended up coming third! Which I'm still shocked about, there were so many amazing entries and I just looked at it as a bit of fun and another opportunity get creative as that's what I love to do! I had no pre-conceptions of winning, but it goes to show you should believe in your work!

My entry.

I'd just like to add, that even if you don't think your work will be good enough, if you've put thought, time and effort in, believe in your work and do it anyway! I did, and it paid off, I've always been shy about entering competitions, but I've realized that you really don't have anything to loose, if it doesn't turn out how you hoped the chances are people will forget it, so there's no need to worry, you'll have learned something from the experience; and when it goes well, you'll be thankful for all the hard work you put in, it gives you such an amazing confidence boost, and the motivation to keep pushing forward :). I'm not saying that if you do something as an after thought, rush it and then think it's rubbish that it won't be, the chances are it probably is! The key is hard work, love and passion!

Anna :)

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