Task 3 B - 3 design logos made into one.

Logo designed with drawing as I wanted but I'm not the best at drawing. So I wanted to take an initial design to be a graphic instead of my hand drawing with some text found on photo shop. These are my three designs.

This is my first logo which is very simple but as I said I'm not good at drawing so I would get a image or make an image that would be copy right laws. I would want the lip to look some like the image I have found as I like this style and it goes with the theme of a make-up artist lip print.

The reason why I didn't pick this as my final logo is because I didn't like how the text would sit above the lips and that my initals don't go or show how that comparison is in theme with a make-up artist. Plus it doesn't have any personal or technique to it. It would be boring.

My second logo idea was also hand drawn which as you can see I'm a very basic drawer this means I would still like to make graphics for it. As choosing my final design. I wanted to create something that would be more simple, professional and collectively central where as the tools are more complex and not a unique style for my professional logo.

My third logo was more unique and had more of a makeup feel to the prospect of being a final design with a little changes. Firstly I wanted to make a lipstick which was graphic yet not to sharp as this allowed less pixels for such a detailed graphic. Further on I wanted the lipstick to be ether pink or red also the same colours as the lips. After making the graphic sharper with less amount of colours it allowed me to make a start and make the logo more me. So I wanted to find a leopard print pattern that could be transferred on to the bottom of the lip stick cube. This would also be something more people personally would be more of my type of logo.

So I had the MUA text sorted as well and made the shape of the leopard be the same as the lipstick but added an effect so it would look shaded just as the lipstick tube already does so that it looks more 3D. After doing this process I change my mind and decided it would have to much going on with the lipstick, prints, leopard print and two pieces of text. So I decided to get rid of the lips. This lead me to find another font for the CJD.  But because I still wanted it to look professional and central I changed it to be just CJ.

My Final logo looks like this because of the detailing of the leopard print and ether red or pink is my colour it makes it more of an individual and personal aspect to the logo. Also as you can see I kept with a colour theme of black for the MUA text as that stands for make-up artist and goes with the black in the leopard print. Also I found swirly type font to add my CJ letters that would contrast with the MUA but would also fit in as it looks like its meant to be there as all of it connectively flows together. Which came to me of having all the colours going together so I made the CJ the same red as the lipstick and made sure the C was behind yet was above the lipstick cube that made it join to the tip lipstick product. Next the J is similar as it is also behind the MUA but is connected also to the top lip stick so it makes a central piece which is simple but very professional. The only thing I would maybe change is make the lipstick pink and text pink but pink isn't as sophisticated as red and looks more of a grown up colour.

Task 4 B more detail into health and safety as a makeup artist.

Health and safety as a Make-up artist and hair stylist is that some substances give off fumes or vapours. Good ventilation is therefore essential, especially in confined spaces. Proper hygiene precautions help guard against contamination, and also protect people from risks of cross-infection.  This means all equipment used should be cleaned well with the correct products and warm water to help disinfect and dispose of any excess product left on brushes.

To also help keep cleanliness you should wash your hands between each client and before and after your lunch break. Do not use old make-up as make-up does go out of date and can cause problems for the skin, Do not share make-up as that can contaminate the product if there is any infections. Do not allow food or drink in some make-up areas as body paint or paint used by airbrush in the air is not a suitable eating environment and also if using chemical products like surgical spirit or bald cap mixture can be very dangerous if swallowed. Also with using these products you should have a well ventilated room and with use of air con for great ventilation as a make-up artist and for your client.

All of the floor and work tops should be safety covered so that if products fall or spill they get easily soaked up and if any products used project they cover and keep safe the furniture and the covers can easily be disposed of.

Also the use of electrical appliances as a hairstylist or creating a look with certain costumes can burn or shock you or your client or cause fires and explosions. Cables should be safely outed or covered to prevent trips or falls and protect their integrity and insulation. Cable runs should be kept as short as possible. They must not be overheated by running them close to heat sources or by running power through them while coiled or tied up. Electrical appliances must not be used when there is wet flooring, puddles or flooding.

All work equipment must be safe for its intended use, safely installed, inspected after installation and safely operated. Equipment taken from job to job is likely to suffer heavy wear and tear. You shouldn't put it any place in the work place where it can be at risk.

Commercial hair applications and cosmetics are designed for close contact with human hair and skin, and tested by manufacturers. However, some products contain hazardous substances (solvents). These may enter the body by breathing in, swallowing, skin or eye contact, or through cuts or abrasions. Immediate effects of exposure may include irritation of the eyes, lungs or skin, headaches, nausea or dizziness. Repeated exposure may lead to dermatitis, or damage to the cornea, central nervous system, kidneys, liver or lungs. In some cases exposure may be fatal. Some people are also already sensitised to certain substances.

COSHH assessments must be carried out on all hazardous substances before use. Information about risks must be given to those who may be affected. Assessments should take into account the possibility of individual allergies (to latex or aerosols). COSHH means Control Of Substances Hazardous to Health, which means the employers to control exposure of the hazardous substances to prevent ill health. From ventilation, where they are situated throughout doing your job with a client, where there stored and how there disposed of. 

Task 4 - A Legal Statutory Framework

As a make-up you must comply with the Health and Safety Work Act, must aside by many law and safety regulations. Regulations of sales of products and official permits of licences, or mechanise. The UK however for a make-up artist doesn't need a licences as researched compared to over states like America.

Make-up artists are also covered by the Cosmetic Product (Safety) Regulations 1989 because of the amount of products used they know they can be liable if the products are not correct for human use. Also as a make-up artists the law of control of substances hazardous to health 2002- COSHH is a major appliance as this means the storage, keeping and control of products used are kept, disposed and stored properly. Another act that customers and employees are protected by is Electricity at work act 1989 and the Use Of Work Equipment 1998. These acts help against if a fire or an electrical hazard is caused by an electrical appliance but that is why they are PAT tested every so often to make sure these things do not accrue.

Management of Health and Safety At Work Regulations 1999; Working Time Regulations 1998 are laws in forces to the frame work so that you have a scheduled work time and that they believe you shouldn't work no longer than a 12 hour day if so then its over time. That they should provide accommodation for employees if remote locations, provide proper meal breaks and meals. Everyone in an work environment should have a harassment free and bully free environment they work in and the working hours should have stability as being employed.

As a make-up artist another law is Workplace (Health, Safety & Welfare) Regulations 1992 which covers that the comfortable temperature range to do hair or make-up is 15.5 Celsius to 20 Celsius. There should also be adequate lighting in the work area avoids eye strain as natural lighting is best. Make-up buses should be stable and firmly sited on level ground: an unexpected shock or tremor when applying eye make-up could lead to a serious injury to the client.Make-up chairs should be suitable for the purpose, and ideally capable of being raised, lowered and tilted. Also there should be enough space for you to work while doing your job role.

These are the major rules and regulations you would need to know as a make-up artist plus the details of contra indications which isn't a law but you would need as it helps for any infections, abrasions or diseases that could be any harm to your products, brushes, your self or any future clients.

TASK 3 J- salaries & self employment

The difference between the salaried and self employment range are very easily seen. As firstly most employees have rights which only apply to them, even though you maybe self employed you have to declare self employment and a CIS4 card doesn't mean your automatically self employed declared. You have to make sure that your true status of employment is shown to the government otherwise a lot of issues can accrue.

Factors Pointing Towards Employee Status

• You don't risk your own money as an employee and there is no probability of you losing money on a job.
•  You are paid by every hour,day,week or month which means regular income.
• You don't have to have business organisation of sorting out places, materials or workers which cause more stress.
• You supply your own small amount of tools
• The person you work for sorts out where you are previous to deadline and tells you timings and details of the job so you just turn up ready.

Factors Pointing Towards Self Employed Status

• You know all the materials and where everything is laid out previous to the jobs.
• If there is a profit over from the job and employees you take that home.
• You have the right to hire who ever you want and who answer to you and are paid by you.
• You decide what jobs are done by you and when there done by with an overall deadline.
• You work with a large number of people over the space of a year.

The major aspects of what employees get from the government in there favour of protection of unfair dismissal, the right of notice and redundancy pay, statutory sick pay, holiday pay and paternity pay.

So over all what I have looked through mostly as a make-up artists for less stress and a regular income being an employee is more of a better option as the benefits over come the benefits of being self employed. If you don't like being told what you do and like being your own boss than self employment is for you. But my point of view is that I would want mostly to know that every month I can pay for my rent without any worries.

Task 3 I, Income & expenditure.

Next I had to make a database of which I found that would be best made on excel of which was made up for the Invoice's of Make-up jobs throughout a period of time. This database helps me to work out my income over a period of time. The details of the database can also be helpful with details between the amount of income for the HM Revenue, and can conclude some times for them what my income is like.

This shows how organised I am with the accounts of each client keeping record of the income of when I get paid and also when I send the invoices. This will also help the accounts of what jobs I do how much I usually make and what sort of jobs and clients I range between. The total of income  £10,385.

The next objective for me is to have show my outcomes as well as incomes. This will show how much I actually make and what my outcome deductions of which this will show how much is taxable deductions for when I am showing my expenditures to the HM revenue.

These show my outcomes linking to my income and the amount of work I get for an amount period of time.
(Totalled to £17,670)
Which with the accounts made it made me come up to looking for how much taxable income this freelance account would have to pay to the state.  This will give me an idea of expenditures of a freelance make-up artists and taxable income.

Of which the image above has details depending on how much you earn through the amount of income tax between each periods of the taxable year. This made me see that the total of income was £10,385- taking away my out comings amount makes it £17,670 which means I'm at a loss as a make-up artist as I'm not making a profit.

Task 3 H INVOICE template

To start of my invoice template for a Make-up job I had to think of a style that may go with my logo. So I just looked up general templates which helped me get a layout I would like for my job template.

I liked the clearness of the invoice and the aspects of hello and thank you in bold but thought the hello aspect was a bit informal and my logo theme is black and red so that would be my colour theme for mine.

After this I had to come up with an idea of what job would show most aspects of a job that would need an invoice sent. This came to the idea of Bridal make-up job which would have lots of payments for an occasion.

This made me look for bridal templates as a make-up artist, this made me find the template above with seemed too informal for such an invoice I would send. The aspects I took from this was the layout of the jobs done with payments due and what have paid for.

This is the invoice I made which I like the layout the way you find and understand what payments there is and the details of the customer so that payments of jobs due doesn't get mixed up or lost. There is also many details of which the payment can be made if the payment is not paid via card. The only aspect I would change is maybe put payment details instead of company address so  that the customer would understand and pay the invoice quicker.
There isn't no taxable deductions on this job because stated by H M Revenue you do not need to pay tax from 2014-2015 tax year if under £100,000. So this job alone would have no taxable outcome as it is only £575.

Task 3 G 3 Advertisement; business card companies & leaflets

My first company that I wanted to look into was vista print as there meant to be a well organised company with recognition on public television is Vista Print. They have a very easily layed out set out and are very cheap of 100 cards for £4.99 with a card holder included but because they have an easy set up of back ground and texts included you just need to maybe add a logo or change the details of the text. This means that this doesn't fit with want, but then I found an option on the vista print to upload complete design and I couldn't find getting it double sided. Below is a image of the aspects vista print has and some the examples it allows you to have printed.

http://www.vistaprint.co.uk/gallery/IK4CAAABAAAAAAA=/standard-business-cards.aspx?xnav=BC2_EU+Box_CTA+Tier2

The next company I looked at was a company who also did business cards and leaflets as well as banners. But they also had the same aspects of vista print as they wanted the basics already done so you already have a template guide line which doesn't fit my needs. Also the printing of 52 cards costs up to £32 which is a lot of money for someone just starting off. Below shows the aspects of the site and that the templates compared.

The next company I looked at was easy to work with and allowed me straight away to be able to design my own with uploading my own images the aspect of how simple the site was made me think about buying from this company even though it would cost for double sided £11.99 for 50 which isn't that bad of a price. The site is called cards made easy but the also do other services of leaflets and they cost around £20 for 50 which isn't too expensive ether. They also had template designs if wanted but I think this site was more suitable towards me because It goes straight into the aspect I needed.

There are many more business' which deal with printing products of such quality but I choose these three because of the professional aspect of the sites and how well set out they were.