Fiere Raven Ice Queen - Transformations by Dita Whip

Hey there! After yesterdays break I got yet another Transformations for you in cooperation with Dita Whip. Yet this one is dry special to me as I was able to secure Gil (Remember her from her Versace and Pop Art Transformation) as the photographer. And her camera is a good one.

A fierce beauty to discover the wild.

The volunteer this time was Anna, a friend of Gil's who was visiting us in Chester. So let me hand over to Dita to give you all the details on the look. 

An icy queen can always seduce one with a smile.

Okay ladies, gentlemen and everything in between. This look, as the title already gives away, aims at a really cold, strong and darkly fierce attitude with lots of sassy power. This is not "sissying" a walk, this is dominating the runway! The make up in general started out with foundation and lots and lots of clown white. After I mixed these two in and given Anna's face cold look I added some bronzer to give depth to her face, however just a little bit. Then the actual make-up part took place.

Sleeping Beauty.

I started out shaping the triangle part around the eyes and filling in the lid black. After this way done I took to newspaper and cut some triangular pieces out. I then glued them into the before shaped triangles on Anna's forehead. After that I filled in the triangles with black and let it dry. Afterwards I added blue glitter to the eye make up and completed the eyes with under eye lines. Annas lips were filled with a mixture of lip tar and blue glitter and finally adding some of the glitter to highlight Anna's check bones. The hair was simply combed back and was whitened by using white powder and white hair color.

Her eyes are so vividly alive. They shine with fierceness.

Afterwards I slapped lots and lots of silver necklaces onto Anna's neck and we took to the garden to take these amazing pictures. I had lots of fun working with Anna on the make up and Gil had lots of fun to work with Anna in front of the camera. And the results speak for themselves.

Staring daggers. Terrifc. 

The flow of glitter was perfectly caught by Gil and her camera. Fierce beauty.

Looks Like Dita - "Transformations"

Hey Gender Blenders out there! Todays issue of "Transformations" has one motto: me, Dita Whip! I took my lovely volunteer Katie and turned her into a version of me! 

As I already said, I went all me on Katie's face, and in accordance to this she had to go trough full layers of foundation, clown white, powder, bronzer, more powder and anything I need to make my mug as pretty as photoshop would.  And that started off with flattening Katie's hair, which she did herself as she is pretty fast with her iron. After they I slapped on everything I had foundation wise painted on extreme eye make up with glitter and gold and then we tried wigs, a hat and different necklaces. It was so much fun, and the pictures that came out in the end show two things: (1) the resemblance with me is uncanny and (2) Katie is a beautiful and gorgeous girl with such a fantastic smile! 

What If Charlie Chaplin was female and loved glitter? - Transformations

Hello there art fans, photography enthusiasts and make up fanatics! It is time for another round of "Transformations" in cooperation with the fabulous Dita Whip. Our lovely volunteer this time: Lisa.

Now it is time to hand over to Dita: The look I and Lisa were going for with this transformation in the first place was to make it an extravaganza of glitter. Really over the top and already Capitol like from the Hunger Games. Ridiculously fabulous you may say. However, when taking the pictures we reversed more and more towards poses that rather resembled old Hollywood glamour meets humor. And as we finally added a hat and pearls the decision was kind of made in the progress that this futuristic over the top look we were going for was not what came out.

In the process I as well had my hard time to put the glitter on. It was one of the first times I worked with the material, however yet it is an integral part of my make up. But a big thanks to Lisa for enduring the procedure. Yet I am extremely happy with the outcome of the pictures. They might not be perfect, and the make up might not be as flawless as wished for, however it really shows what a beauty Lisa is, with and without make up.

The picture have been taken in February, and since then I was really able to work on my craft, however the pictures remain amazing. Finally I asked Lisa to frame the experience in her own words. This is how she felt about the process: 

The first minute, I saw my friend Lisa’s pictures as the one and only Sexcretary, I simply couldn’t believe my own eyes! This transformation (and of course all the other transformation Dita Whip created) was totally awesome and I instantly knew: I just had to become a part of it!

So I literally begged Lisa to ask Dita, if she could also work her magic on me. And as you can see my begging was totally worth it! During my first night in Great Britain, she transformed me into a gorgeous glitter-amazon and made me feel like a real mermaid princess…. Even considering it being a hard way to go before I finally became this awesome new me - I never thought that I needed strong duct tape to keep away my own hair (argh…it really hurts when you take it off at the end!) as well as tones of hairspray to glue glitter on my face (memo to myself: never ever get hairspray in my eyes again) - as I’ve mentioned before: it was totally worth it! ;)

Getting to the moment of the photoshoot, I thought for the first moment that a stranger is looking at me. But after a while this strange new person surprisingly became a new and exciting part of me and we started to perform like crazy!

Finally, when Dita told me that my photoshoot has to come to an end, I really felt sad that I have to lose all my make-up and return to my old me?! But I still think that this gorgeous glitter mermaid princess and I will at some point in the future meet again... at least I hope so! And for now I’ve got all those incredible memories…

Fierce Dark Eyes - Transformations - 2nd Cycle

Hey there again! This February Icon Art Marilyn ran the "Transfromations" project to celebrate its one year anniversary, and after a bit of a hiatus the project is back on its second cycle. Once more in combination with Dita Whip! 

This time the look we were going for was a dark eye, gorgeous red lips and a very light, white skin to counter the dark eye. The look started off with a light foundation and lots of highlighting. Afterwards contouring was added before the powder. For the eyes I uses Berry M's black glitter eyeshadow and some simple clown white blended in together. To finish the eyes of white was added to the water line and a visible black lower eyeliner. To finish off the look the lips were covered with dark red lipstick and a bit of glitter. Then Nena, my lovely volunteer, had fun with the pictures. And she is a stunning beauty rocking different wigs as well as my top hat with the signature "D". Give her some applause!

These two pictures give you a dark side as well as a golden twenties take on big hair with some ombre in it. Besides the dark energy the fist picture has its is very interesting how the shadow plays along. Same goes with the second picture. Both my favorites.

Ditas Whip - 12 Shades of Dita - "Transformations"

Hey hunties! Yeah its here! The last day of the February celebration of Icon Art Marilyn's anniversary! and as it is the tradition with such things we finish this first year with a big big bang! And this is gonna be me, Dita Whip, in 12 shades for you! 

 

Of course "Transformations" has been a huge fun project for me and I thank the lovely volunteers for their participation! I hope that the actual aim of the project to highlight make-up and its facets has been anticipated and seen as well, so that there has been more then the usual awe about beautiful make-up. If you don't have any idea what the actual aim of the project is and was then head here to read all about it! But so far the series comes to an end.... until March 5th, when a new "Transformation" goes online, glitter style! I have decided with icon Art Marilyn that the "Transformations" project will become a category of its own here on the blog to show you all different kinds of wonderful faces, with and without make-up. But to let you see that I not only paint people I will give you 12 shades of Dita, and be part of the series! So hold on to your wigs and gag on my eleganza! xoxo

Well, look at you!

Giving you cookie 20's chic!

I had to do it the art way, just one time!

What might you be thinking about my pink wig? Well, I think its fierce!

See, I toild you it's fierce!

She said what?

If you ask me, I'm not surpised!

Cause I am the queen! ;)

Don't you think?

Effie Trinket, Poker, Casino & 20's mixture. I love it! Sob it up!

Yes, I can give you Cher!

Buh! I scared you! Giving you my version of Sharon Needles!

"Transfromations" - Jessica Rabbit with Pink Hair!

Hey bubble buts and gutter sluts! Its Dita once again! And today its time for another "Transfromations"! And this time I have the honor to present you my lovely volunteer Michaela as the Dita Whip version of Jessica Rabbit... with cotton candy oink hair! Lets get started, shall we?

This look speaks of a fantasy land where reality, comic, crazy, sexy and fierce meet, intercept and have a love baby. And that looks like what you are about to see. Crazy high eyebrows, sexy pumped up lips and some damn big blue eyeshadow! Exuding sexy in the Aime form with a side dish of surprised look. What a strong and self determined beauty that looks like one of these dolls, don't you think?

For this look I wanted to go completely crazy and unnatural, cause the idea behind it was Jessica Rabbit. I started off with the usual contouring and highlighting, but with the difference that I glued down Michaelas eyebrows to paint all over them later. After powder, powder and more powder, i was done with her eyebrows which then made me paint on new ones somewhere high on her forehead. Afterwards I painted all white what was going to be the eyeshadow part before I added layers of blue eyeshadow for the optimal coverage. Then, adding thick and juicy black eyeliner and mascara completed the eye part. The lips were finished by a red lipstick and some bright accents in the lip corners. Of course some lip gloss was added to optically boost the lips.

Of course you can get an insight into what Michaela had to say about  her transformation:

As Sandra Bullock correctly said, ‘make-up is scary’. Nevertheless, Dita’s offer was a great opportunity to try something new and face up to the challenge. For someone who does not use very much make-up and has short hair, the weight of both, makeup and wig, were new to me. Already after the first layers of foundation, my face felt significantly heavier. Since my eyebrows (or what is left of them… Insert joke about trichotillomania here!) were to disappear, Dita used a mixture of different glues to flatten their structure and cover them with makeup. With a face full of glue and heavy layers of makeup, I felt like a Hollywood star shortly after her tenth lifting – my face was an alien part of my body, incapable of moving or showing any facial expressions, you know... just like Kristin Stewart. Since it took quite long to finish the makeup, I had time to become familiar with my new look… and in the end, I even liked it! Although long hair will never feel right on my head, it was a great experience to slip into a different role…. And the fact that neither my family nor my friends recognized me on the pictures shows, that this was a radical transformation!

And, since we once more did not take a real half and half picture, here Dita got for you a sort of half and half one: 

"Transformations" - Behind the Scenes of Versace 90's Realness

Hallelu! Yesterday has been a real feast when Jill showed us her Versace 90's realness look and made us gag on her eleganza extravaganza! And, during the making of this gemstone, Dita Whip had someone to take pictures during the process, you know, to document it. Are you ready for the behind the scenes? Then lets get to it! 

First of course there was an extensive amount of foundation, contouring and a wig cap to hold back Jill's hair, cause ain't nobody got time for getting foundation outta your hair gurrl!

Then came the usual highlighting with clown white make up that was been blended in to the nines. Spread that stuff good and well so it wont be seen no more! Highlights were set under the eyes, the forehead, under the cheeks, along the nose, under the nose and on the chin. 

After all the highlights have been blended in lots of powder was added on there (Not in the pictures), and some more blending had to be done. After that a little bit of blush was added. Then the color part began. With some simple but delicious pink red eyeshadow.

After the blush all the colors were added to Jills forehead, her eyebrows were thickened and a huge eyeliner completed the look along red shiny lips. And the result was as seen in the next picture.

"Transformation" - Versace 90's Realness

Hey there hunties! Today it is time for the second run of my lovely volunteer Jill and her pictures as a Versace 90's  model. If you havent seen Jill's first, Pop Art Realness, "Transformations" check it out here! So lets have at it and turn and twist this "Transfromations" episode Dita Whip style!

Ths look exudes roman or greek elegance with the idea of the fierce glamazon! This look speaks of an agressive straight forewrd woman with lots of confidence in her abilities. She knows that her beauty is from an ancient perfection and screams color bride of the rainbow. Luxurious feeling and sickeningly devastating richness of color give this attire the last finish.

Highlighting and contouring within this look are very extensive, to create a perfcet foundation for the many colors that are to be set on her forehead. The most part of the work was it to add the rainbow around the eye parts, although it was not a real rainbow. The gold part around the center of the foreheadtook the longest. All together all the colors had to be added as several layers so that they really shined bright and powerfull. The look was completed by a simple but thick eyeliner and red, volumptuous lips. 

And as per ususal my volunteer gave her opinion on the transformation! This is how she felt about this all:

To be honest I'm rather a fan of the n's... nude... natural... or no make-up at all! But I have to admit that I was looking forward to the transformation, especially because I was curious how different I am able to look. It is always astonishing to see how make-up can change a person's overall appearance. For days the girls participating in the series were really excited about who would be getting which theme for her look. When I heard that I should be turned into a Brazilian or Indian colour explosion I was even more curious. Would I look like a Holi Festival visitor splashed with paint or like a colourful canary bird? After about two hours of pasting and gumming up every pore (not to mention the neck pain) the result was stunning! The face in the mirror was not mine anymore but I loved the combination of colours which reached up to my hairline. I'd describe it as a piece of art in which Dita put in much effort. However, it's still hard for me to imagine that there are actually many girls taking that much time every morning to put on their daily mask.

And as per usual you also get a look behind the scenes with the half and half picture! Oh and stay tuned for tomorrows behind the scenes pictures of the whole transformation!