Ieva gets a face-up part two

Welcome back, friend of the Fae. There was a lot going on in the land of Fae today. Ieva spent all day in the studio getting beautified. Today was a continuation of the face and body beautification process. So without further ado, I will share the procedure with you. If you didn't know this, you can click on the pictures for a slide show. This way you can see them larger which helps you see the detail much better.


With the head finished from yesterday, I briefly put it back on her body, so she could feel "together" over night. So we start here with her lovely head on. Oh by the way, I'm ashamed to admit it, but the reason she has putty holding her skull cap on is because the minute I got her I promptly dropped her head on the floor and the little resin piece that holds her head on, snapped off. Rookie mistake. I didn't realize that the heads don't come out of the box completely put on, and it tumbled off into the floor. Yikes! Eye putty seems to hold it on well and it is covered by the wig, so I was lucky and was saved.



Ok, so first step is to take the hooves off for painting. Because they are held on by a small S hook, you have to wedge something in there to keep them from disappearing back into the body. What else would I use in an artist's studio, but old paint brushes. :)









No, this isn't a casualty in a skiing accident, this is the procedure for the body blushing. Spraying Mr. Super Clear in between coats to seal the pastel work.











A better photo of the body blushing. The hoof hair is coloured amber to match her eye brows and lashes.












French manicure nails.














Full body blushing.




















The hooves completed. I used a mixture of a sand coloured pastel and a chocolate coloured pastel built up in layers and stripes for this effect. The pastels are Terry Ludwigs and they are top of the line artist pastels. They are extremely soft pastels. I am a pastel artist by trade so my studio lends itself well to body blushings/face ups. After the coats of pastel and MSC I used a gloss varnish, made by Liquitex for acrylics to get the shine. I used two coats.





Here is a top view of the hooves. You can see the shine, no?













Now the horns were made using the same chocolate Terry Ludwig pastel as well as the sand coloured one for the grooves in the horn. Again with two coats of Liquitex gloss varnish.











This is Ieva's best floppy pose. She is feeling rather sexy now.













A great view of the horns. There are several possible positions of the horns. This is but one of them. I really love the gloss finish on them.


















Ok Ieva, now you are just showing off. Here's a pic showing her fauny legs with blushed knees and shiny "show ring" hooves. Wheet woooo!



















Here's a completed and standing pose. Quite the stunner isn't she? She's wearing what I like to call the "Victorian Teacher Ensemble" outfit. There will be more Melanie Cossey designs to come. Let it be known though, that this dress *is* a Melanie Cossey original design.
















Another Cecile B. DeMille close up.




















And another...



















One of my favorite pictures of Ieva. You can see her eyelashes really well and this just frames all her features really nicely. Love her ears too.












One last studio photo of Ieva in front of Mow Cop again. Her eyeshadow matches the painting.



















Ieva says good-bye and thanks for visiting. She hopes you enjoyed reading about her face-up and body work as much as she did having it done. If you like the blog and have any thoughts Ieva would love to hear your comments. Also Ieva just loves to make new friends. She would like it very much if you would follow the faeplay blog and come back often to see what the fae are up to. Ieva has some new friends coming soon to join the Fae clan. Please check back often to see the new members and also to keep abreast of Ieva's changing fashions and adventures. Cheerio for now.