Technical Evaluation

I have really enjoyed learning special effects, and I feel that as an aspiring makeup artist that this is a skill not many have the opportunity to explore. The part I feel I liked the most out of special effects was the moulding element. I like the way you had to really perfect and smooth your pieces for the best possible outcome. I also really enjoyed the process of making the pieces by measuring out the A and B and making sure not to cross contaminate as silicone is a highly sensitive material and will react to any form of cross contamination, this includes not using separate sticks for the A and B, as well as making sure to change gloves and always making sure to use the correct amounts of measurement for each substance. With the silicone as well, they reacted badly to aloe vera and garlic, so when sculpting and preparing our moulds, we had to make sure to stay away from these substances. I feel during the process of making of my pieces I was always referring back to my notes, as the whole process is really time consuming and quite complicated. Also there are a list of health and hygiene rules that you must abide by, for not only our own safety but for the safety of others around us, this ranged from using the correct equipment, e.g. scales, wearing old clothing, as wearing gloves, to having to wear masks when spraying petrolease and fixing spray, and also making sure to spray next to a window as not to contaminate the air in the studio. One part I struggled with was using the alcohol palette to colour my silicone pieces, and in the end resulting in using supracolour, as I feel I achieve a better result.