Rachel Duffy Artistry

Creative Makeup: a step-by-step guide to expressive makeup from fantasy to full illusion

Author and Makeup Artist, Rachel Duffy, encourages you to draw on inspiration from life, film and fiction to get creative with makeup. These fundamental techniques will provide you with the skills you need and help you on your way to your specific creative goals. These techniques and tutorials are an ideal learning base for retail or brand artistry, cosplay, theatre, television and film work, special effects and editorial work.

There are instructions for all the basic techniques required to get started including how to create the perfect base through to more advanced techniques such as eyebrow blocking which is necessary for the more dramatic and involved looks. There is advice on colour theory and how to use it when developing characters and creating your own designs. Rachel explains how to create the perfect flawless base on which to build your looks and takes you through the process step-by-step.

Once you've got the basics, there are 12 signature looks for you to experiment with all with step-by-step text instructions and pictorials. These range from softer looks that can be amped up or toned down, right through to four stunning illusion looks that will completely transform your image.

The 12 key looks: Spotlight Eye; Monochrome Graphic Liner; Ombre Cat Liner; Limelight Deep Smoke; Rainbow Electrica; Sea Siren; Woodland Fae; Celestial Being; Flapper Starlet; Haunted Skull; Space Bot and Circus Horrorshow.

Author and Artist: Rachel Duffy
Photographer: William Clark
Publisher: David and Charles