Meeting with a make-up artist from Diego dalla Palma

    On the 11th of September I went to a meeting with a make-up artist from who works for Diego dalla Palma. During thatb meeting he showed me the new line of cosmetics they produced and also he made a tutorial showing an evening make-up on myself.
    From this new line of cosmetics I fell in love with the foundation from this brand.

This foundation is oil free and is made on purpose thinking about the today's make-up astists' problem which is the High Definition media. Its high coverage does not show shielding layer of foundation. His stellar compositione absorbed fully by the skin while keeping a massuma coverage without creating the effect of "mask". It rests absolutely invisible on the skin.

I personally recomend it to everyone, and especially for those make-up artists who work with cameras, for films and shootings.

 

Conclusion

     After this huge step I did towards the creation of my future, I can say that I am happy with all the changes that occured especially on my personal level. All this changes will definitely help me for my future. I feel that I become stronger, more determined and with much more courage. I am ready to overpass every fear I have and to face every obstacle. This experience increased my desire to reach the top of my dreams.
    For the next year I would like to have more challanges that will teach us to be more determined, more team works- that will make us be more united and also will help us to learn how to interact with different people (aspect which is important for our careers).
    To support my future studies I need more practice and more research to deepen my knowledge. And to work more on the make-up, in order to overpass that fear tha blocks me everytime I want to create something.
     For having success for my future career I need first of all to exceed those limits that I blocks me in showing myself in make-up; as in the film "FASHION" (2008) was said: " To succeed in the fashion world you need a tough character" -  and I completely agree with it. This strong character will help to interact with different people and also to meet people that might be important for building my career.                In this area there is no place for bashfulness.

Critical review

    As a result of the first year experience I can definetely say that there are skills that I improved. For example in make-up, I think I learned how to apply the base well and how to make it look natural, what are the right steps to follow when applying make-up, I learned that there must be a lot of practice for a good result.I also learned that it is necessarily to go deeper in every research I am doing and not to stop at just the appearence. It is very important to make researches and to try to absorb as much information as possible especially when working on a specific ptroject. I learned how to annalyze a portrait and that every detail is symbolic.
    Regarding Hair design I became much more confident in working with hair and I also discovered that workinf on hair is not only a satisfaction, but also a nice way to relax for me. It makes me feel good when working on hair and I have noticed that when working on hair I do not feel taht pressure as when I am puting make-up on someone. Working on hair gives me that sensation of reliefnees and freedom. The reason why I do not have the same feeling while doing make-up is because I am still blocked by the idea of making mistakes, or for being judged or criticized.
   Regarding Digital image production lessons, well, I still find it difficult working in Photoshop and the most annoying thing is that I don't have enough patience to stay in front of the computer for hours and adjust an image. One thing I relly like is taking pictures. I feel really confident with a camera in my hands and I adore capturing scenes with a nice background and even working in photo studio.
Here are some examples of what I like to capture:

 Landscape photography made in Passignano sul Trasimeno(Italy)

Landscape took in Cortona, Tuscany (Italy)

•        What would I've done differently from the first year of study?
  I woulr defenitely let myself go, overpassing every fear that blocked me to show myself and my abilities. I would practice more make-up, I would challange myself, I would have tryed to show better my aspirations and my desire to do thing, to learn and to create.
•         What factors influend my decisions this year? Why?
  I believe that the factors that influenced my decisions and that created my regrets of not doing everything I wanted and not living this experiece as it had to be lived, is that it was a big change for me, a lot of new things, new people, new country and ... Everything was completely new for me and I was frightened , scared of doing things wrong and unsure of myself.
  Of course, now as I am going to be a second-year student, I am determined to recover everything I regret I haven't done last year. I really want to show that I can work, I want push ahead and to reach my goal and I would also like to gain some work experience in different places, in order to have more and more experience in this domain.
   This year I want to create a challange for myself and work hard to show first of all to myself there "Where is a will there is a way" !
• What was the most successful moments during the first year?
  The most successful moments during my first year, was the Timed assessment of the Elizabethan Look of me working as a make-up artist and as a make-up designer. I loved this "chalange" because we had the possibility to be free in our creations and show our abilities in creating a look already imposed and to satisfy as much as possible his/her expectations.Also as a designer we has the opportunity to show through our creations our rebel souls.
         
  The look I had to create as a make-up artist:
  
  
  

The result:

My design:

I consider a success also the image I took for Digital image production for the Perfume advertisment because even if it wasn't windy outside and I was afraid that I won't manage to have the sunset I wanted, I am more than happy with the final result:

From a general point of view, I think in general all my first year experience was a success, because I managed to overpass some of my fears, to discover abilities and other aspects of my personality that eve I didn't know I have... I discovered in me the courage I never knew I have ... I dicovered a ne "ME". 

How did this experience change my life...

     The experience I had as a first-year student changed a lot of things if talking about my attitudes,my actions ... Well, let's say - my personality.
   When I first came in England, I was a really shy girl who was living her life just dreaming. Even if I always considered myself a strong person from a certain point of view, sometimes even the most trivial thing such as asking an address to a person, was frightening for me. Once arrived in UK, and especially at uni, I had to do everything by myself: asking in case I don't understand something that teachers or other persons were saying, start talking for expressing my own point of view and first of all living the life as an adult. This means I became braver that I could ever immagine.
   All the lessons at Uni showed me that one of the most important things is being yourself! Do what you think is right... do what your hear/ brain tells you to do and DO NOT be afraid to be criticized, especially if you have valid reasons to do things in that certain way. This helped me to be much more self-confident. Why I am saying this? ...Because in Italy, where I live, I have always been criticized for the way I am dressing, for the make-up and hair colours. I have always been different from others. I couldn't/can't pass unobserved, and many times this made me feel intimidated. Now, I am absolutely proud of being different, it shows that I have my own personality.
    There is one defect I still couldn't pass over- the fear to express myself/showing my creativeness through the make-up, the fear of making mistakes, the fear of doing something and not liking the result. The interesting thing is that I am not afraid of showing these things through my appearance, but I am afraid of doing it in the class, through my works. I consider it a huge defect end I really hope I can exceed this fear because it is going to have a negative influence on the results of my second and 3rd year.
    I hope the next period of time will help me to learn how to overcome the slightest fears that still remained and hope that I am going grow more and more in order to reach the target I have for my future.

The impact of the first year ...

   Just thinking of how quick did this first year of University pass. It seems like it was yesterday the day I did the check-in in the airport of Pisa. It seems yesterday that I arrived in a foreign to me country- England! Suddenly, I realized that I made the big step- I made my first step towards my life as an adult; towards a life where you have to face every difficulty, every fear and finally start to be comletely independent.

    Of course I don't deny that first two weeks were the most terrifying period for me. Each hour felt like it was an eternity. Fortunately, I met nice persons who understood me, understood my situation and the big change I have to adapt myself to.

    Yes, I am not a baby anymore and I realized it when I first entered the big glass building- Sounthampton Solent University. I felt like Alice in Wonderland. Everything was completely new for me and finding the room I needed was like walking through the labyrinth trying to find the exit.
    Well, from a social point of view it was quite difficult to adapt myself to foreign to me habits, and trying to be myself but taking in account rules or habits that were strange for me. In the end, opening yourself to the world means exactly this- accepting other cultures and living this kind of experience helps to understand the variety.
    From a professional point of view, that is studying- at the beggining was difficult to me to understand even what teachers were saying, because of could each person has his own accent and own way of explaining.
    If talking about make-up- from the very beginning it seemed that a new world opened to me. Even the first moodboard I did was a novelty , as I have never done anything like that before. One thing I understand is that in this scope you will never stop learning or discovering. Make-up and Hairdesign is that purview which is evolving continuosly.
    By the end of the year I was a bit dispaointed because I expected to finish it with much more technical knowledge But that making the summery of the entire year and taking into consideration all the difficulties I passed, I understand that it was the rightest way to help us to learn as well as possibil e the basic techniques and knowledgefor this area, because you must have a strong fountation to grow.