Social Studies
For Social Studies, I put together two ads with the same message on them to reflect on the topic that a lot of brands in the beauty industry struggle to be culturally diverse. I watched many videos about this topic to develop insight for this project but the one fact that stood out to me was that it only takes three pigments (titanium dioxide, iron oxide red and iron oxide yellow) to create every shade of foundation and it varies in color depending on the amount of pigment you use. I got this information from this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5e4gwDGrNk. After hearing this shocking information, I decided that creating ads for my press kit would show a powerful message that it is more than possible to create makeup that works on everyone. I think this shows synthesis because of the research i did to create the ads and finding pictures and recent controversies to prove my point even more. Also, I decided to research the Black is Beautiful movement for a more historical aspect on my project. This movement was based around the beauty industry not catering to every skin tone which was taken as hateful and disrespectful. I decided to write a synopsis of this event and use the Glowforge to engrave it on my palette. This shows synthesis because I took ideas from the Black is Beautiful Movemement about how cosmetics should work for everyone, and created an eyeshadow palette that was tested on different skin tones and it would perform the same for every user.
Art
For the art portion of my project I created my own eyeshadow palette. I decided to make a color palette full of jewel tones that were suitable for every skin tone. I researched which ingredients other brands (especially brands that catered to dark skin stones) used to create their eyeshadows. I found that a common theme was Mica powders, certain amounts of pigment and a binders that include ingredients such as silicon dioxide and dimethicone. I ordered the ingredients to make my own eyeshadows and made two palettes. The first palette was a tester to see how much of each ingredient i should use. The process was trial and error, because the first palette turned out very crumbly and was not pressed enough, so in turn the makeup was very loose and messy. The final palette I made was pressed a bit better and has a more visually appealing look in the case. After i created my makeup, I decided to engrave information about the Black is Beautiful Movement on the case. I think that this shows synthesis because I am incorporating elements from different companies that I did research on such as Juvia’s Place and Covergirl to create my own palette and develop my own concept.
For Social Studies, I put together two ads with the same message on them to reflect on the topic that a lot of brands in the beauty industry struggle to be culturally diverse. I watched many videos about this topic to develop insight for this project but the one fact that stood out to me was that it only takes three pigments (titanium dioxide, iron oxide red and iron oxide yellow) to create every shade of foundation and it varies in color depending on the amount of pigment you use. I got this information from this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5e4gwDGrNk. After hearing this shocking information, I decided that creating ads for my press kit would show a powerful message that it is more than possible to create makeup that works on everyone. I think this shows synthesis because of the research i did to create the ads and finding pictures and recent controversies to prove my point even more. Also, I decided to research the Black is Beautiful movement for a more historical aspect on my project. This movement was based around the beauty industry not catering to every skin tone which was taken as hateful and disrespectful. I decided to write a synopsis of this event and use the Glowforge to engrave it on my palette. This shows synthesis because I took ideas from the Black is Beautiful Movemement about how cosmetics should work for everyone, and created an eyeshadow palette that was tested on different skin tones and it would perform the same for every user.
Art
For the art portion of my project I created my own eyeshadow palette. I decided to make a color palette full of jewel tones that were suitable for every skin tone. I researched which ingredients other brands (especially brands that catered to dark skin stones) used to create their eyeshadows. I found that a common theme was Mica powders, certain amounts of pigment and a binders that include ingredients such as silicon dioxide and dimethicone. I ordered the ingredients to make my own eyeshadows and made two palettes. The first palette was a tester to see how much of each ingredient i should use. The process was trial and error, because the first palette turned out very crumbly and was not pressed enough, so in turn the makeup was very loose and messy. The final palette I made was pressed a bit better and has a more visually appealing look in the case. After i created my makeup, I decided to engrave information about the Black is Beautiful Movement on the case. I think that this shows synthesis because I am incorporating elements from different companies that I did research on such as Juvia’s Place and Covergirl to create my own palette and develop my own concept.
English
For English, I decided to create a press kit to showcase the product that I created. I included pictures of my own palette and the color swatches applied to different skin tones. Also, I added information about the Black is Beautiful Movement and the ad that I created for Social Studies. This shows synthesis because I had to take aspects from other parts of my project to create the end result, the press kit.
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