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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Establish creative make-up requirements.
   • Consult with client to develop design brief.
   • Confirm make-up requirements and occasion with client.
   • Identify lighting and photography to be used for occasion, as required.
   • Identify contraindications and refer client to appropriate professional as required.
2. Design make-up plan.
   • Investigate make-up themes and creative looks and source reference material for use in designing creative make-up.
   • Identify make-up products, equipment and techniques that are needed for desired colour schemes and creative looks.
   • Generate creative ideas and design make-up plan.
   • Explain make-up plan to client and revise as required.
   • Confirm make-up plan and service timing with client.
   • Arrange make-up trial as required.
3. Prepare for make-up service.
   • Prepare service area, equipment and self.
   • Cleanse client skin to thoroughly remove make-up.
   • Select make-up products and equipment according to make-up plan.
   • Identify client skin type, condition, colour, tone and undertone to select foundation.
   • Identify facial shape, and identify areas requiring make-up.
4. Apply creative make-up design and post service advice.
   • Apply make-up according to modified make-up plan.
   • Confirm make-up application meets the requirements of client and make-up design.
   • Advise on make-up products and techniques to maintain make-up throughout occasion.
   • Recommend make-up removal products and methods.
5. Clean service area.
   • Clean non disposable make-up equipment and tools.
   • Restock equipment and products to prepare for next service.
   • Dispose of general waste to minimise negative environmental impacts.
6. Establish creative make-up requirements.
   • Consult with client to develop design brief.
   • Confirm make-up requirements and occasion with client.
   • Identify lighting and photography to be used for occasion, as required.
   • Identify contraindications and refer client to appropriate professional as required.
7. Design make-up plan.
   • Investigate make-up themes and creative looks and source reference material for use in designing creative make-up.
   • Identify make-up products, equipment and techniques that are needed for desired colour schemes and creative looks.
   • Generate creative ideas and design make-up plan.
   • Explain make-up plan to client and revise as required.
   • Confirm make-up plan and service timing with client.
   • Arrange make-up trial as required.
8. Prepare for make-up service.
   • Prepare service area, equipment and self.
   • Cleanse client skin to thoroughly remove make-up.
   • Select make-up products and equipment according to make-up plan.
   • Identify client skin type, condition, colour, tone and undertone to select foundation.
   • Identify facial shape, and identify areas requiring make-up.
9. Apply creative make-up design and post service advice.
   • Apply make-up according to modified make-up plan.
   • Confirm make-up application meets the requirements of client and make-up design.
   • Advise on make-up products and techniques to maintain make-up throughout occasion.
   • Recommend make-up removal products and methods.
10. Clean service area.
    • Clean non disposable make-up equipment and tools.
    • Restock equipment and products to prepare for next service.
    • Dispose of general waste to minimise negative environmental impacts.

Performance Evidence

Evidence of the ability to complete tasks outlined in elements and performance criteria of this unit in the context of the job role, and:

develop a portfolio of visual images that provide creative ideas for each of the following make-up designs:

fashion or catwalk

period

fantasy

entertainment

follow client briefs to design and trial three creative make-up plans and then apply finalised make-up for three of the following themes:

avant-garde

fashion

period or decade

fantasy

entertainment

design and record make-up plan for each client above specifying details of:

make-up theme or occasion

areas requiring corrective make-up

contraindications

desired client image

colour analysis and design

contraindications to make-up services

facial shape

highlighting and shading

products and application techniques

skin types and conditions

manage product quantities to avoid waste of consumables

comply with health and hygiene regulations and requirements.

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Knowledge Evidence

Demonstrated knowledge required to complete the tasks outlined in elements and performance criteria of this unit:

state or territory and local health and hygiene regulations and requirements relevant to make-up services

organisational policies and procedures relevant to make-up services:

client record management

equipment use and maintenance

incident reporting

linen use and laundry procedures

personal hygiene and presentation

presentation of treatment area

waste disposal

work health and safety

legal and insurance liabilities and responsibilities regarding make-up services

scope of practice:

when to refer clients to other practitioners

importance of not stating a diagnosis of a contraindication

contemporary creative make-up products, equipment and application techniques

sources of visual images to inform creative design:

print media from period

internet

social media

documentary films and videos

paintings and illustrations from period

photographs

the role of make-up in completing image and looks for:

fashion

theatre

film

photography

evolution of make-up colours from the 20s to current time

application techniques:

eyes

lips

cheeks

colour wheel theory:

colours:

primary

secondary

tertiary

complementary

warm

cold

neutral

colour value and tone:

hues

shades

skin tones and undertones:

pink

yellow

olive

brown

products used for creative make-up:

water based

oil based

high pigment

neutralisers

light and its effects on make-up:

tones:

cool

warm

skin types:

dry/alipid/lipid dry

oily/lipid

diffused red

facial shapes and their relationship to the make-up design:

round

oval

square

triangle

heart

diamond

body shapes and their relationship to make-up design:

triangle

inverted triangle

rectangular

pear

hour-glass

effects created with make-up products:

avant-garde

catwalk

decade

fantasy

entertainment

contraindications to make-up services:

bacterial, fungal, parasitic and viral infections

abnormal skin

recent hair removal

burns

symptoms of allergies to products:

red eyes

itchy eyes and skin

skin irritation

skin redness

sustainable operating procedures for the conservation of product, water and power

aftercare advice and products to maintain and remove make-up applications.

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