NYX Face Awards 2015 Challenge #1: Timeless Beauty

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Challenge 1 of the NYX Face Awards 2015 is finally here! The theme for this challenge was Timeless Beauty. Only the top 20 make it into the next round so please vote for me!
Show More Challenge 1 of the NYX Face Awards 2015 is finally here! The theme for this challenge was Timeless Beauty. Only the top 20 make it into the next round so please vote for me!

EDIT: Thank you to everyone who voted. Looks like I will not be advancing to round 2 of the NYX Face Awards. Oh well! Let's see what happens next year :)

You can also show your support with the hashtag #teamminsooky or #minsooky.

ABOUT THIS CHALLENGE

So what immediately sprang to mind for me was art, as I found many of the people portrayed in art had a timeless beauty to them ^_^ So I decided to make myself living art - painting myself into two favorite art styles, the style of Gustav Klimt and pointillism.

I was actually planning on doing 3 looks for this challenge, but when I filmed the 3rd work it didn't work out. That look was going to be a watercolor look inspired by Silvia Pelissero.

POINTILLISM

This wasn't based on any specific work. I did do it a lot in high school though so I decided to recreate it on my face. I also added dots on my shirt and hat using fabric paint. This wasn't the first time I attempted pointillism - around a year ago I did a pointillism look on my eyes on this channel.

GUSTAV KLIMT

Klimt had a great appreciation for the female form, and his work featured both symbolism and art nouveau. One of my favorite paintings of him is Medizin, specifically the image of Hygieia, the Greek Goddess of health. I decided to create props to emulate what she wore in the painting.

Painting: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bc/Klimt_-_Medizin.jpg

For the face however I referenced several portraits to come up with the face makeup, specifically his portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer. The cheeks are very rosy and you can see the very full eyebrows and grayish-brown shadowing on her skin.

Painting: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portrait_of_Adele_Bloch-Bauer_I#/media/File:Gustav_Klimt_046.jpg

CREDITS

All art and old video clips in intro, including background video, are public domain, proof provided upon request. Received permission from NYX to utilize these clips specifically for this entry.

Song 1: "Full Moon"
Link to song: http://us.audionetwork.com/browse/m/track/full-moon_31337

Song 2: "Thinking"
Link to song: http://us.audionetwork.com/browse/m/track/thinking_79780

Songs provided courtesy of NYX Face Awards sponsor, Audio Network. Given permission to use music specifically for the purpose of this competition.

Any graphics seen in this video have been created by me.

All filming and editing done by me.

THANKS to NYX and all of its sponsors for the products provided for this round! While I wasn't able to use everything I am very grateful for it all.

NYX: http://www.nyxcosmetics.com
TARGET: http://www.target.com/
REDKEN 5TH AVENUE: http://www.redken.com/
GHD: http://www.ghdhair.com
LuLu's: http://www.lulus.com/
Clarisonic: http://www.clarisonic.com/
AUDIO NETWORK: http://www.audionetwork.com/

XOXO,

Minsooky

Disclaimer: All makeup products seen in this video provided by NYX...uh, in case you couldn't figure that out alraedy o_O
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