Recently I've starting looking into Estella's character and researching different images of portraying her. When researching and looking through images on Google and Pinterest I starting saving and collecting images that I really liked so I could start gathering ideas of maybe how I want to portray her in my upcoming assessment. I think looking into Estella this way really helped me get a wide variety of images and started bringing ideas together for me so I could start creating my own Estella. Firstly I starting look into hair designs, I started with searching previous Estella's who portrayed her in TV and film. This gave me a variety of photos of different hair styles worn by multiple Estella's. I then starting researching mid-Victorian hairstyles as this expanded the hair styles to a wider range so can get an idea of what I like and how I want to portray her myself.
Hair references-
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| https://www.pinterest.com/pin/ 494551602802310603/ Twists and roll over at the top and two ringlets falling down below. |
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| http://i33.fastpic.ru/big/2014/ 0307/91/f6dd8bdb3a333869 132811c8c8b6dc91.jpg I particularly like the hair design on the bottom right as I like how the up do is quite elaborate with curls and twist pinned into place with the two ringlets falling below. I also really like the use of flowers in the hair I think it makes the hair slightly more interesting with decoration in the hair. And it was very popular in the Victorian era to have hair accessories. |
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| https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg. com/236x/dc/42/85/dc4285361 f5c2af5184558ef99df20fd.jpg I really like the design and how the hair has been folder over at the top and pinned into place to give some dimension to the style. I like the use of the large quantity of hair twisted over like a large unique bun. I would like to maybe use something like this at the top of my hair design. |
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| http://www.weddingandhairstyle.com/wp -content/uploads/2014/09/Brilliant- Victorian-Hairstyles-e1411550776948.jpg I really like how the hair is all scraped back and the curls are high at the top of he head and the large quantity of hair all falls down behind in ringlets. I like the shape of the design how the top part is all pulled up, has volume at the crown of the head and then all the curls fall below, it looks very elegant. |
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| https://i0.wp.com/36.media. tumblr.com/152c595db77f1 7bb4d5d4cae413688b0/tumblr _mxni83QtMP1qh1z3go1_500.jpg This style is quite similar to the one above how not so much curls coming off the top of the head as its a little flatter at the top. Again I like this style of hair as I like the way the curls fall behind and the top has detail. The hair is centre parted and contains a bow as hair decoration. |
Make-up Reference-
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| http://www.thestage.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/ Grace-Rowe-Estella-in-GREAT-EXPECTATIONS-credit- Alastair-Muir.jpg Great Expectations 2013 USA Film Grace Rowe playing Estella. In this photo it shown the make-up the actress was wearing to portray Estella in the 2013 film. Unlike most film and TV the make-up was very natural, unseen to the eye, however in this particular film Estella is wearing slightly more make-up as you can see the application. Estella's eyelashes are very long (looks like false lashes) and she had eye shadow on the lids which is visible. The brows are defined and shaped and the lips have been draw on, lined at the bottom and lined at the top like a cupid bow as the lipstick doesnt completely cover the lips. |
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| https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg. com/originals/0c/0b/02/0c0b027d32 edb529ed0b170de17fcbcd.jpg This is Holliday Grainger playing Estella in the 2012 film, you see here she had very minimal make-up on. Flawless skin however a very light subtle layer, slight pink on the cheek and lips, and the eyes and brows slightly defined. |
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| http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2CUbwNipdrY/ VO5D3Tqtx2I/AAAAAAAAA1c/jUQ2J 3ZKWjo/s1600/images.jpeg Vanessa Kirby in the 2011 BBC mini series playing Estella. This look is very natural and you can hardly even tell she is wearing any make-up. However the skin is flawless so probably has a light coverage of foundation and powder. The cheeks looks slightly contoured, just to define the face, the lips are very plain, maybe a slight pink/nude nothing you can obviously see though. The eyes and brows are very simple, brows slightly defined and the eyes maybe darkened the lashes, very subtle natural look. |
Make-up chart:
Look 1-
Here is my first make-up face chart portraying the character Estella. Estella is a fair, young English lady and in the Victorian times make-up was applied to the minimum. Therefore referencing the make-up throughout film and TV that have portrayed Estella is quite hard to study as the make-up is so little and hair designs were so big. However still without noticing there is make-up on the face there is still ways of applying a natural day make-up to give a light flawless finish and warmth the skin up. Here I have created how I visualise a natural make-up for Estella.
Products to use:
- Charles Fox foundation palette
- Illamasqua white skin base foundation
- Illamasqua loose powder
- Charles Fox 5 cheek palette (pink, on the apples of cheek)
- black Rimmel mascara (smallest amount, very natural lashes)
- NYX eyebrow pencil (light brown, slight definition)
- Charles Fox lip palette (colour LC002 pink and LC003 nude) topped with Vaseline
- Illamasqua Sculpting Powder Duo (light contouring on the face for definition)
The make-up for this look is what I interpretate Estella to look like. Iv'e based this on her older self and a day to day Victorian make-up she would of worn.
Look 2-
Here is the second make-up look Iv'e create for Estella. Later on in the Great Expectations Novel Estella married a wealthy man called Bentley Drummle whom is not a very nice man however she only married him for money as she declared she has no heart. Later in the Novel Drummle is known to be abusive to Estella and is in a very demanding relationship, in the 2011 BBC TV mini series there is a scene near the end of the series where Drummle gets killed and Estella runs out and her fair skin in covered in bruises. This face chart represent this part of Estella's life where she get abused by her husband and her face contains bruises.
Products to use:
- Charles Fox foundation palette
- Illamasqua white skin base foundation
- Illamasqua loose powder
- Charles Fox 5 cheek palette (pink, on the apples of cheek)
- black Rimmel mascara (smallest amount, very natural lashes)
- NYX eyebrow pencil (light brown, slight definition)
- Charles Fox lip palette (colour LC002 pink and LC003 nude) topped with Vaseline
- Illamasqua Sculpting Powder Duo (light contouring on the face for definition)
- Illamasqua eye shadow palette (grey, under the eyes and around the eye to create tired looking eyes/bags)
- Ben Nye Bruise Wheel (red, yellow, green, blue) bruise under the right eye on the cheek bone and along the jaw line on the left side of the face.
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