SHBBMUP013 - Design and apply creative make-up

    Unit code: SHBBMUP013 | Study level: TAFE
    Credit points
    N/A
    Location
    City Campus
    City King St
    Prerequisites
    N/A
    Overview
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    Overview

    This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to respond to a client brief to design and apply make-up for specialised looks that use creative design and application of make-up.
    It requires the ability to refine a brief with a client and then research, design, trial and apply a creative make-up.
    This unit applies to make-up artists who work in make-up studios and as freelancers. In this environment they may work as part of a team or autonomously, but they make independent creative decisions. They have knowledge and skills of make-up products and specialised make-up 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:
    • develop a portfolio of visual images that provide creative ideas for each of the following make-up designs:
    • fashion or catwalk
    • period
    • fantasy
    • entertainment
    • follow client briefs to design five creative make-up plans and then apply finalised make-up using three of the following themes:
    • avant-garde
    • fashion
    • period or decade
    • fantasy
    • entertainment
    • design and record make-up plans for each client above specifying details of:
    • make-up theme or occasion
    • areas requiring corrective make-up
    • contraindications
    • desired client image
    • colour analysis and design
    • contraindications to make-up services
    • facial shape
    • highlighting and shading
    • products and application techniques
    • skin types and conditions.

    Students will also be expected to demonstrate the following knowledge:
    • state or territory and local health and hygiene regulations and requirements relevant to make-up services
    • organisational policies and procedures relevant to make-up services:
    • client record management
    • equipment use and maintenance
    • incident reporting
    • linen use and laundry procedures
    • personal hygiene and presentation
    • presentation of treatment area
    • waste disposal
    • work health and safety
    • legal and insurance liabilities and responsibilities regarding make-up services
    • scope of practice:
    • when to refer clients to other practitioners
    • importance of not stating a diagnosis of a contraindication
    • contemporary creative make-up products, equipment and application techniques
    • sources of visual images to inform creative design:
    • print media from period
    • internet
    • social media
    • documentary films and videos
    • paintings and illustrations from period
    • photographs
    • the role of make-up in completing image and looks for:
    • fashion
    • theatre
    • film
    • photography
    • evolution of make-up colours from the 20s to current time
    • application techniques:
    • eyes
    • lips
    • cheeks
    • colour wheel theory:
    • colours:
    • primary
    • secondary
    • tertiary
    • complementary
    • warm
    • cold
    • neutral
    • colour value and tone:
    • hues
    • shades
    • skin tones:
    • fair
    • medium
    • olive
    • dark
    • skin undertones:
    • warm
    • cool
    • neutral
    • products used for creative make-up:
    • water based
    • oil based
    • high pigment
    • neutralisers
    • light and its effects on make-up:
    • tones:
    • cool
    • warm
    • skin types:
    • dry, alipid and lipid dry
    • oily and lipid
    • diffused red
    • facial shapes and their relationship to the make-up design:
    • round
    • oval
    • square
    • triangle
    • heart
    • diamond
    • body shapes and their relationship to make-up design:
    • triangle
    • inverted triangle
    • rectangular
    • pear
    • hour-glass
    • effects created with make-up products:
    • avant-garde
    • catwalk
    • decade
    • fantasy
    • entertainment
    • contraindications to make-up services:
    • bacterial, fungal, parasitic and viral infections
    • abnormal skin
    • recent hair removal
    • burns
    • symptoms of allergies to products:
    • red eyes
    • itchy eyes and skin
    • skin irritation
    • skin redness
    • sustainable operating procedures for the conservation of product, water and power
    • aftercare advice and products to maintain and remove make-up applications.

    Required reading

    The qualified trainer and assessor will provide teaching and learning materials as required in the form of workbooks produced by VU Polytechnic and/or via the VU Polytechnic e-learning system.

    As part of a course

    This unit is studied as part of the following course(s):

    Certificate III in Make-Up
    SHB30221 | Certificate iii | Duration:

    Refer to the course page for information on how to apply for the course. VU takes care to ensure the accuracy of this unit information, but reserves the right to change or withdraw courses offered at any time. Please check that unit information is current with the Student Contact Centre.

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