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".