Above, under & beyond the rainbow: A World of Colors in the Eyes and Hands of PMUAA

Hue is one of the main properties of a color, defined technically (in the CIECAM02 model), as "the degree to which a stimulus can be described as similar to or different from stimuli that are described as red, green,blue, and yellow,"^[1] (the unique hues). Orange and violet (purple) are the other hues, for a total of six, as in the rainbow: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet. The other main correlatives of color appearance are colorfulness, chroma,saturation, lightness, and brightness.

-wikipedia.org

Last October 20 was the unveiling of HUE, A Make-up Exhibit, held at the main hall of the Megafashion hall of SM Megamall. It is a 24 art pieces created by different members of the Philippine Make-up Artist Association (PMUAA) in partnership with Make-up For Ever Philippines (MUFE). This was a 2-days open exhibit that features the talent of our local make-up artist.

Understanding the aim and purpose of PMUAA, Liv Co PH supported the event as one of its media partners and has paved the way for some bloggers to witness this gracious event. Thank you to both Liv Co and PMUAA for being part of this unveiling!

In line with this is the promotion of Make Up For Ever Philippines new eyeshadow line called Artist Shadow. This new eye make-up line is so fine in texture that with one stroke, the color is evenly distributed. There is no grit, simply a smooth feeling on your skin. Add to that the high degree of pigmentation on each shade. With but a light dab, you can create that intense look or that hi-light that you desire. It comes in 210 shades that you can choose from or simply get all!

Arriving at the event an hour early (as if that is new to me . . .hehehe!), I was able to chat with Ms. Faye Young (host and ambassadress of PMUAA) and one of their new foreign member, now based in Manila, Ms. Justina Lopez. Ms. Faye was so candid in sharing her stories as a make-up artist here in Manila and the different places she has been to just to further study her craft. During our chat, I told her that I used to use make-up since I was once a stage actor which also led me to my love and appreciation of make-up. We then started making comparison on stage make-up and fashion make-up. With Justina, I shared to her my make-up design when I portrayed a Chinese god in one production that I did decades ago. It was a fun conversation!

Ms Faye Young

The program started with a prayer and followed by a video about the mission and vision of the group: to raise and maintain a high standard of make-up artistry and to uplift the said industry as a well recognized profession in the Philippines. There was a short demonstration made featuring the new line of eye make-up of MUFE. Then comes the unveiling . . .

To fully show the creativity of the make-up artist, they were given specific themes to work on - spring, winter, summer and autumn; earth, water and fire. And the result was spectacular!

This exhibit truly showed the collaborative work that took place among the make-up artist, model and photographer. The make-up artists were given themes and specific colors to work with. Like painters, they made use of the models as canvas to illustrate the image that they have in mind. For some, the make-up may be too much but for an artist looking at a fellow artist work, it is at the right level. The techniques used to show their skills were near to being mind-boggling. Imagine using a sponge to apply make-up but still maintaining a perfect edge. Imagine using an apple wrap to created texture and pattern or mixing eye make-up to a gloss to create spot effects. That is how good they are! They know their craft and are not afraid to show to the people that are artist too with their profession.

It was a 2-days open exhibit at the Main Hall of the Mega Fashion Hall. To those who were able to see those images, I do hope you were captivated by it. To those who weren’t able to see it, despair no further for I am here to share to you some of the works displayed. May you be blown away by the great art medium called Make-up.

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(All photos used were personally taken by me during the event)

During the event