Blog 16: Answer 2

1. What is your EQ?
How can a make-up artist best maximize customer satisfaction?

2. What is your first answer?
A make-up artist can best maximize customer satisfaction by communicating with the customer.

 3. What is your second answer?
A make-up artist can best maximize customer satisfaction by using the proper techniques during application.

4. List three reasons your answer is true with a real-world application for each.
Answer one:
If the makeup artist does not communicate with the client she/he will not know the clients skin type and the makeup will either be drying to the skin or will come right off.

If the makeup artist does not communicate with the client she/he will not know the undertone of the client and once applying the makeup it will be a different undertone than the clients undertone.

If the makeup artist does not communicate with the client she/he will not know what the client wants as the final outcome or the look that the client is looking for such as a smokey eye, natural look or others.

Answer two:
If the makeup artist does not use the proper techniques she/he will possiably leave streeks, brush marks or other marks on the face.

If the makeup artist does not use the proper techniques then she/he can leave the client with a cakey/ heavy look or even not apply enough makeup on the skin to cover the clients imperfections.

If the makeup artist does not use the propper techniques then she/he may not blend the makeup completely and may leave blotchy spots and other imperfections.


5. What printed source best supports your answer?

• Jones, Robert. Makeup Makeovers: Expert Secrets for Stunning Transformations. Gloucester, MA: Fair Winds Pr., 2005. Print.

6. What other source supports your answer?

• Hawker, Yvonne. Make-up Designory's Beauty Make-up. Burbank, CA: Make-up Designory, 2004. Print.
• Davis, Gretchen, and Mindy Hall. The Makeup Artist Handbook: Techniques for Film, Television, Photography, and Theatre. Amsterdam: Focal/Elsevier, 2008. Print.

7. Tie this together with a concluding thought.

I have been thinking about my answer three. I am most likely going to revole it around the preparation before applying makeup and how skincare ties into the outcome of the makeup.

Blog 15: Independent Component 2 Approval

Content:

1. Describe in detail what you plan to do for your 30 hours.
For my independent component 2 I will be doing another look book. This look book will include pictures before and after of people I will be doing makeup on and they will then be a part of my look book.

2. Discuss how or what you will do to meet the expectation of showing30 hours of evidence.

I will be gathering people and applying makeup on them. I will be proving pictures of them before and after. I will also have my hours log.

3. Explain how this component will help you explore your topic in more depth.

This component will help me explore my topic in more depth because I am finally actually performing the task of applying makeup. I will have to be in the shoes of a makeup artist and create a look based on the personal likings of the persons makeup Im doing. I will have to look back on my research or perhaps research even more on my topic.

4. Post a log in your Senior Project Hours
link and label it "Independent Component 2"
log.

Blog 14: Independent Component 1

Content:
LITERAL
A) “I, Samantha Angel, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 32 hours of work.”

B) Book Sources
Davis, Gretchen, and Mindy Hall. The Makeup Artist Handbook: Techniques for Film, Television, Photography, and Theatre. Amsterdam: Focal/Elsevier, 2008. Print.
Jones, Robert. Makeup Makeovers: Expert Secrets for Stunning Transformations. Gloucester, MA: Fair Winds Pr., 2005. Print
Hawker, Yvonne. Make-up Designory's Beauty Make-up. Burbank, CA: Make-up Designory, 2004. Print.

(C) Senior Project Hours

(D) For my independent component I completed the makeup look book. This consisted of researching, listening, creating the book and physically preforming makeup of myself.

 INTERPRETIVE
Defend your work and explain its significance to your project and how it demonstrates 30 hours of work. Provide evidence of the 30 hours of work.
Creating the makeup look book was very significant to my senior project because it gave me a feel of what all makeup artist do every single day while applying makeup. Learning how to work under the pressure of someone else is not easy. You have to know all the options you have and the personal likings of the client plus much more. You don't get a second try so it always has to come out great. People expect the makeup artist to know every look every this and that to make them happy. I feel that creating this book gave me a sense of that. I was the one creating the different looks and even though it sounds easy it was very difficult but exciting.

APPLIED

How did the component help you understand the foundation of your topic better? Please include specific examples to illustrate this.
This component helped me understand the foundation of my topic because I constantly learned about how all these looks are accomplished using the right products and techniques. I was also constantly looking at inspiration for the new makeup looks that I was creating. This allowed me to step into the shoes of a makeup artist and use the research I have done to then create the different looks I have chosen. Makeup artists do this on a daily basis they ask what the client would like and then he/she achieves it for them.

Blog 13: Lesson 2 Reflection

Content:
1.What are you most proud of in your Lesson 2 Presentation and why?
I am most proud of how comfortable I was during my presentation. I was comfortable enough in front of the whole class that I wasn't nervous at all. I have finally managed to realize when I am talking to fast and then take the time to breath and slow down.

2. A.
 What assessment would you give yourself on your Lesson 2 Presentation (self-assessment)?

AE P AP CR NC

   B. Explain why you deserve that grade using evidence from the Lesson 2 component contract.
I feel like I deserve a P because I did meet all of the requirement on the component contract.

3. What worked for you in your Lesson 2?
I feel that both activities really worked well for me and they both were really able to catch the audiences attention while keeping them interested throughout the presentation. The first one(hook) was really interesting for them while the second one(activity) really had them communicate with their group to figure out the worksheet together. 

4. What didn't work? If you had a time machine, what would you have done differently to improve your Lesson 2?
I feel like I would have gone more into depth on some of the content. I really didn't want to just because it can get confusing but I feel like I really could have and should have but even though i didn't it did go very well.

5. What do you think your answer #2 is going to be?
I believe that my second answer will have to relate to the products or techniques used while applying makeup to a client. As of now I have a couple possible ideas but am not fully set one one answer.

Extra Blog Post: January

After looking I finally found another person to help mentor me. She goes by the name of Cathy Martinez. She did attend a beauty school and is licensed to do makeup as well as hair. She is self employed. I am spending most of my mentorship with her but I do visit my other mentor once in awhile. I had no problems with my other mentor I just feel like I need to experience my mentorship with different makeup artist. I feel that this will be beneficial to me because I will view different makeup artists in the setting they personally enjoy to work, what works for them and more.

Blog 12: Mentorship 10 hours check

Content
1.   Where are you doing your mentorship?
I am doing my mentorship at beautybyjill which is really at my mentors house.

2.   Who is your contact?
Name: Jill Anderson
Phone Number: (626) 502-8194
Email: Jill@beautybyjill.com

3.   How many total hours have you done?
I have completed twenty hours in total. The ten from summer are included.

4.   Summarize the 10 hours of service you did.
My mentorship consists of me going to my mentors house. She works out of her home so her clients meet her there or she meets them at a certain location. I then go and observe and take pictures. I often help her clean her equipment. I also talk or ask her any questions that I have. If I don't understand something she preforms it on me so that I then learn how to do it on myself. We are also planning on going to conventions and weddings so that I can assist her while she works out of her house.

Blog 11: Holiday Project Update

Content:
1. It is important to consistently work on your senior project, whether it is break or we are in school. What did you do over the break with your senior project? I honestly did not work on my senior project during the break. I was extremely sick and wasn't even able to get out of bed the whole entire break. Even though I wasn't able to work on it during the break I do believe It is important to work on it constantly. I was still able to just work on my research notebook and make sure everything is up to date.
 
2. What was the most important thing you learned from what you did, and why? What was the source of what you learned? I learned that it is very difficult to find valid information on the topic of my choice. Anyone can just talk about makeup and how to apply it. I find it very useful when I use the books that my mentor lends me. They are the ones she used while in beauty school.

3. If you were going to do a 10 question interview on questions related to answers for your EQ, who would you talk to and why?
I would just talk to many more licensed makeup artists who are well experienced in their field. Many who have hard times getting business and promoting herself to even when he/she is just starting off doing makeup.