Journal# 8

Karina Rodriguez April 2, 2009
Journal #8

Today started off a little rocky. I woke up late like around 6:45 am, and I usually wake up like at 6:00 am so I can eat breakfast take a shower, and get dressed. I also had to be at the bus stop at around 7:00 am so I would only have like 15 minutes to do everything I had to do. I was already thinking about not going, but then I knew t would have to make up those hours. I also had to call Ms. Burke, Mr. Sheppard, and Ms. Charlene. What was I going to tell them I didn’t go to internship because I didn’t have enough time to get dresses? That excuse wasn’t going to cut it. So I thought for a couple a minutes, and I remember my Suheiny, she’s a student at the school gave me her number, and told me that I was free to call her for anything, if I ever needed a ride. So I quickly called her hoping that she hadn’t left to school yet. She told me that she actually had just waked up, and would be glad to give me a ride. I then quickly ate, took a shower, got dressed, and headed out the door. As we got to the school signed in like usual. I went into the clinic. Nichole had her station set up already. The students usually have a list of things they have to complete. Some include roller sets, pink curls, finger waives etc. That list doesn’t really apply to me because I’m not a student there. So I usually still practice roller sets, or blow dries. I took the doll I was working on last week where I had blow dried her hair, and done curls with the curling iron. The curls were a little loose so I figured I would touch them up. They actually came out really good, and everyone was giving to me a lot of compliments on it. I then started looking at my friend Samantha’s cosmetology book. That book is really interesting; it has a lot of information from hair stuff, to makeup. I immediately went to the makeup section. Wow I was hooked on the book I couldn’t stop reading. I took a lot of notes that I know I would need in the long run. It talked about the different face shapes. The Oval shape face represents the ideal, so creating the illusion of an oval face when working on other face shapes ca be achieved with corrective makeup. The round face generally a fuller face, often characterized by a rounded hair line, and chin line as well. Contouring can be used to slenderize the face, adding to the vertical emphasis, and making it appear more oval. The oblong face also known as long tends to be long, and narrow; This face can be visually shortened by applying deeper tomes under the chin, and horizontally at the hair line. The pear shaped face has a narrow forhead, and a wide jaw line. Adding width to the foreheads can be achieved with highlighting. Contour to reduce the width at the bottom of the face. The square face usually characterized by a broad, straight forehead, and hairline with a broad jaw line. The effect can be very angular, and almost masculine. Contouring can be done to soften the angularity, and reduce the width. A heart shaped face characterized by a wider forehead, and a narrow jaw, or chin line width across the forehead can be minimized by contouring while the jaw line can be visually widened with highlighting. A diamond shaped face predominant width through the cheekbones is contrasted by narrow forehead, and chin/ jaw areas on the diamond shaped face. Width through the cheekbones can be minimized with contouring, and the jaw, and forehead can be made to look wider with highlighting. Learning the different shapes of faces is important because for makeup artists it is important to know what makeup should be applied to that type of face shape. The same goes’ for hair stylists they need to know what right hair cut, or hair color compliments that person’s face shape.