Category: Day/Winter Splendor
Judge: Azzi Williams
Here is Azzi’s advice for contestants:
- Creativity: How unique and creative is this look? Does it show personality and flair?
- Effort: How much effort has the MUA put into the look in terms of using the right shades, textures, effects and finer details that work in synergy with the hair, accessories and overall styling?
- Skill: Does the MUA demonstrate a high level of skill—palette selection to suit a daytime holiday look, good symmetry, blending techniques, accuracy and attention to detail? I’m looking for a ‘clean and precise’ finish with no mascara or eyeshadow fall-out, looking for precisely applied false lashes and even lip colour application.
- Theme: Is there a clear conceptual connection with the holiday theme of the contest?
- Overall Image: Does the makeup complement the overall outfit, hair and model’s features? Is the background clean and creative to suit the holiday theme? Is the photography clear, in focus and taken with good lighting to show the makeup application in the best light? Please avoid over-use of Photoshop retouching and editing, and please also avoid any social or smartphone editing filters!?
Day/Winter Splendor Scoring:
Artist: Jessica Puente
- Creativity: 5/5
- Effort: 5/5
- Skill: 3.5/5
- Theme: 5/5
- Overall Image: 4/5
- Total: 22.5./25
Comments: Creative, enormous effort and terrific, dramatic look. Absolutely love the addition of the wig and headpiece and beautiful lip colour. Lashes could be either frosted or slightly shorter for a more balanced look—and watch the blending of the blue contour along the cheekbones and nose
Artist: Jessica Shay
- Creativity: 5/5
- Effort: 5/5
- Skill: 5/5
- Theme: 4/5
- Overall Image: 4/5
- Total: 23/25
Comments: Incredible dramatic look, stunning work showing tremendous creativity and skill. The teeth are just incredible and the glitter is impeccable. Just watch the finer details like the snowflakes—use a more pigmented white and finer brushstrokes and the nails—try frosting the nails or using a more harmonious colour for them.
Artist: Leslie Mendez
- Creativity: 4/5
- Effort: 4/5
- Skill: 5/5
- Theme: 4/5
- Overall Image: 4/5
- Total: 21/25
Comments: A very pretty makeup look that showcases attention to detail and a soft, clean finish. Just love the winged liner and precise intense blue pigment of the lips. Could add more dramatic elements like appliques, stencils or frosted textures to take the look to a more pronounced level
Artist: Isabel Gagne
- Creativity: 4/5
- Effort: 4/5
- Skill: 4/5
- Theme: 4/5
- Overall Image: 4/5
- Total: 20/25
Comments: A lovely creative look that’s very pretty and photographs well. Love the smokey eye and the dash of frosting along the eye. A little more pigment white colour on the stencilling could really intensify the look, as would false lashes and a more dramatic lip colour.
Artist: Abbie Beautement
- Creativity: 5/5
- Effort: 5/5
- Skill: 5/5
- Theme: 5/5
- Overall Image: 5/5
- Total: 25/25
Comments: Beautifully executed, extremely fine elements from the lip colour to the clean intense eyes and gorgeous facial appliques, stunning final image, you worked seamlessly with the theme and just love all the intricate stencilling and frosted details—simply sublime.
Congratulations Abbie Beautement for winning the 2016 QC Holiday Contest, Winter Splendor category!
Abbie wins a gorgeous Sephora Collection Geometricolor Palette Blockbuster, and a set of Clinique Chubby Treats!
Thank you to all the artists who submitted entries for the contest! And to the 5 finalists, you should all be very proud of your work. Have a Happy Holidays everyone and once again, congratulations Abbie Beautement for winning the 2016 QC Holiday Contest, Winter Splendor category!
