SHBBMUP009 - Design and apply make-up
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(Corequisite units must be studied concurrently with this unit)
Overview
This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to apply facial make-up products for day, evening or special occasions.It requires the ability to consult with clients, analyse face and skin, and to demonstrate and apply make-up products to suit client needs or make-up brief.
This unit applies to beauticians and beauty therapists, retail assistants, and make-up freelancers who work in beauty salons, retail cosmetic outlets, and settings that provide make-up services. In this environment they make routine service decisions within a defined range and have knowledge and skills of a variety of make-up products and application techniques.
Assessment
For Melbourne campuses
Assessment tasks will be designed to reinforce & extend knowledge and skill competence within set & controlled parameters in accordance with each unit’s learning outcomes & performance criteria requirements, including the setting of work based practical application tasks designed to provide evidence of competence outcomes, within periodic and scheduled timelines.
Students will be expected to demonstrate the following required skills:
• apply safe and appropriate make-up for the following client requirements:
• two different day events
• two different evening events
• when demonstrating application of make-up to the above clients, demonstration must include at least three different skin colours or ethnic backgrounds of varying ages
• design and record make-up plan for each client specifying details of:
• areas requiring corrective make-up
• client image and occasion
• colour analysis and design
• contraindications to make-up services
• facial shape
• highlighting and shading
• products and application techniques
• skin types and conditions
• during the above applications demonstrate each of the following techniques:
• colour matching to clients
• winged liner
• blending cosmetic
• contouring and highlighting
• during the above applications demonstrate safe and correct use of each of the following make-up products:
• blushes
• cleansers
• concealers
• eye shadows
• eyeliners
• false lashes
• liquid and solid foundations
• lip gloss
• highlighters
• lip liners
• lipsticks
• mascaras
• pencils
• powders
• pre make-up stabilisers or primers
• skin care.
Students will also be expected to demonstrate the following knowledge:
• state or territory and local health and hygiene regulatory requirements relevant to make-up services
• organisational policies and procedures relevant to make-up services:
• client record management
• equipment and product use and maintenance
• incident reporting
• personal hygiene and presentation
• waste disposal
• work health and safety
• operator legal and insurance liabilities and responsibilities regarding application of make-up
• scope of practice:
• when to refer clients to other practitioners
• importance of not stating a diagnosis of contraindications
• factors which influence the application of make-up:
• facial shapes and their relationship to elements and principles of make-up design
• effects of natural light and artificial light on cosmetics
• colour design principles:
• colour wheel
• primary, secondary, tertiary, complementary and grey scale colours
• tonal value, hue and shade
• colour matching to clients
• appearance of the following common skin types and conditions and their relationship to make-up services:
• oily, lipid
• dry, alipid and lipid dry
• diffused red
• pigmented
• couperose
• mature
• contraindications, that prevent or restrict make-up services, and their relationship to make-up services:
• bacterial, fungal, parasitic and viral infections
• contact lenses
• rashes
• recent skin treatments:
• injectables
• intense pulsed light
• laser
• surgery
• common ingredients in make-up products and their effects on skin and appearance
• chemical formulations of:
• eyeliners
• eyeshadows
• facial powder
• foundations
• lipsticks
• mascara
• colours in cosmetics
• effects created by application of specific make-up products and colour application techniques:
• highlighting
• shading
• contouring
• blending
• winged liner
• selection, care and infection control for make-up tools and equipment:
• applicators
• brushes
• lash curlers
• magnifying mirror
• make-up box
• pallets
• pencil sharpeners
• spatulas
• sponges
• tweezers
• sustainable operating procedures for the conservation of product, water and power
• aftercare advice and products to maintain and remove make-up application.
Required reading
The qualified trainer and assessor will provide teaching and learning materials as required in the form of workbooks produced by Victoria University and/or via the Victoria University e-learning system.
As part of a course
This unit is studied as part of the following course(s):