Bollywood Beauty | clairegolbymue

Bollywood

Class notes:

- play on the word hollywood with the 'b' coming from Bombay (mumbai) the centre of the film world

- Indian cinema dats all the way back to 1913 and the silent film

- 1920-1945: historical or mythological theme

- 1947: modern indian film was born, sense of realism

- 1970's: Monmohan Desai - 'Masala Film'. Conatins action, romance, comedy and of course musical numbers is a model that still dominates the Bollywood industry

- Kareena Kapoor 20 million dollars per film

- Most beautiful actress 17 million Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

- Cute and feminine role 15 million Katrine Kaif

Vidya Balan, Bipashu Basu, Priyanka Chopra

Arabic style, dark eyes, some bold lips, defined brows

Makeup developents:

- had become fresh faces, less heavy foundation, more modern colours, more off a crossover with western culture, but STILL accent on eyes

-MICKEY CONTRACTOR (massive bollywood MUA) "Not just right now, what it has always been and always will be - is accent on the eyes. Bollywood is all about the eyes. I think Indaia is all about the eyes because we draw a lot from out tradition......

Film style: Romantic storyline, boy meets girl, emphasize leading ladies beauty, male and female equality, effortless beauty makeup, european influences

- there would never be and ugly leading lady

- men will wear just as much makeup as the ladies, men are very vain

Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Cham - Mickey Contractor did the makeup

MAKEUP DEMO

mix of classic and traditional bollywood look

-moisturize skin MAC natural radiance

- then primer smashbox photofinish

- then moisturize lips elizabeth arden 8 hour balm

- MAC studio sculpt foundation for dewy look. SLightly lighter in the middle of the face and darker around the outside

- conceal (around the lips for overdrawing in later)and then go in with highlighter pen (almost white) to really highlight undereye in a V shape

- warm skin with bronzer on a duo fibre brush. natural - not a structurd contour, but a warm glow

- ben nye powder ubder the eye to highlight and brighten. flat brush to press the product in. Buff and rose petal

- use a flesh coloured primer on the eyes

- blend in crease coloured eyeshadow and blend into primer and crease. angles application

- gel liner on an angled brush. work triangles. rest little finger on face. drag away line to a soft finish. liquid liner to smooth out bumps

- brow gel to get stronger brows to balance eyes

- use e/s do fill in brows

- use little finger to act as a guide when applying lipstick

-apply red lipliner and fill with matte red lipstick

- highligh cheekbones and nose and also contour nose

Kareena Kapoor (2011) [online image] Available from:http://bollywood-hot-beautifull-actresses.blogspot.co.uk/2011/02/kareena-kapoor.html [Accessed: February 5th 2015]

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (2012) [online image] Available from:http://www.rex-fox.com/wallpaper/aishwarya-rai/26829.html [Accessed: February 5th 2015]

MyBollywoodBadshah (2012) Bole Chudiyan - K3G(Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...) *HQ* 720p with Lyrics [online] vailable from:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1871tJgCT4 [Accessed: February 5th 2015]

My Makeup

I chose to do a much more extreme arabic look for my makeup. For the skin, I used a brightening makeup primer to give the skin a healthy glow.

I then mixed up the matching foundation shade with MAC studio fix and applied it with a flat brush, and then buffed it in with a kabuki brush.

I then used my coastel scents palette to contour the face. I added a very soft peachy blush to warm the look and help diffuse the contour, which I applied under the cheekbones and the temples. I powdered very lightly with a translucent powder

because I wanted to retain a glow, so I didn't want the skin to look too matte.

The brows I defined with a brown pencil, using a small angled brush to create the smooth edge and shape traditional of Bollywood brows.

The eyes were the focus of this makeup for me. I used copper and purple e/s to create an 'indian sunset' theme for the colours. I then used dramatic winged liner with an arabic twist with gel liner on an angled brush. I didn't have time to add mascara or lips, but for the lips I would've used a creamy, strong nude/brown shade.

I'm really pleased with my Bollywood look. I wanted to do a more extreme look to challenge myself, so I know this probably wouldb't be seen on a lead actress in a Bollywood film, as the eyes are too heavy.

Interview with Mickey Contractor:

I: What are the strongest makeup TRENDS in Bollywood right now?

MC: Not just right now -- what it has always been and always will be -- is accent on the eyes. Bollywood is all about eyes, I think India is all about eyes, because we draw a lot from our tradition, we draw a lot from our culture -- for generations it's always been about eyes. Even if Indian women don't wear too much makeup -- foundation was pretty alien to them 10 years ago -- they always more or less use kohl and they use their bindi, which adds color to their face. Kohl is so important to every Indian woman, it's also our highest selling product at MAC. It will always be eyes.

I: So you've really noticed they're now using less foundation in Bollywood...

MC: Yes, absolutely they have! And I take a lot of CREDIT for that frankly because we have managed to change the mindset of the actresses by proving over and over again that you don't actually need so much makeup, and you don't actually need so much contouring. Now camera people light up differently, the lenses are much sharper, so you can't do the makeup you used to do 20 years ago -- which was so caked up but yet with a diffuser everything looked great -- it's not the case anymore. So I think the girls today are far more open to change, and they're very receptive to anything you show them or tell them, as long as they feel it looks good on them!

Bronfman, M. (2011). Huffington Post. 10 minutes with Mickey Contractor. [online] unknown. Available from:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marissa-bronfman/mac-mickey-contractor_b_891820.html [Accessed: February 15th 2015]