PROFESSIONAL BEAUTY TO HOST the Living Canvas Makeup COMPETITION

The Living Canvas Makeup Competition will take place during the Professional Beauty Johannesburg Expo on 3 & 4 September at Gallagher Convention Centre.

Living Canvas is a Competitor platform that gives makeup artists from all over South Africa the chance to showcase their art, learn new skills, meet new artists and grow artistically.

How To Enter

1. Get your badge to enter the expo area Register for the Professional Beauty JHB Expo and download your badge with this link: https://pbjohannesburg.showhub.live/

2. Choose your category Once you have downloaded your badge, select your category on Showhub. The categories are: Online Competition (Photographic); Live Competition – Body Painting (Professional Category and Novice Category); Face Painting; Special Effects Category (Pro Category); and Creative Makeup Category.

3. Pay for entry Once you have made your category selection/s, please pay for entry. Single Category Ticket R300 Multi-Category Ticket R500 (Please email us on: info@probeauty.co.za, to receive the discount code) Photographic Category R300

4. Read the Rules, Regulations and Competition Timetable Once you have paid for your category selection/s read the Rules and Regulations of the competition and keep note of the competition timetable. Go to https://www.probeauty.co.za/make-up-comp and click on the Rules and Regulations button. For any competition queries please contact Tanya Olivier on makeup@tanyaolivierpma.co.za

How to prepare

Do some research on the given theme to get a broad idea of what is expected from you and to really get a good idea of what the theme is about and all the ways it can be interpreted. Then make a mood board with colour pallets, textures, and ideas you would like to incorporate. Once you have that done you need to do a body chart to get the best placements for each and every design, to make your art piece as coherent as possible. A key element to a great body paint or creation is precise design placement. When you are happy with the overall look of your design, start playing around with colours and textures that will give your art extra dimension.

Before competition day you want to make sure every element you want to incorporate will work practically, e.g. fabrications should be checked beforehand to see if they work practically. Make sure the model can see, walk and that nothing falls off from being too heavy. You don’t want to do this on the day as too much can go wrong with no time to fix it. If you are doing prosthetics or glues, make sure to patch test you model in advance to make sure that she or he are not allergic to anything as this is not acceptable on the day.

What the Judges are marking on Prejudging

1. All artists will be judged on their preparation done, mood and story boards.

2. Artists will be judged on overall hygiene and sanitation practices.

Judging Guidelines: Judges will be looking at attention to details in your art piece, the use of textures, colours and dimensions, the creativity and originality of your design, and the overall composition and design of your art piece.