Introduction to Major Project Production & Evaluation (MFS124)

This is it! The final major project brief has been introduced and the learning has commenced. I have been anticipating this particular project from the moment I became a student here at Solent, and in the past two years I have been certain that I would be creating a project solely based around spirituality in fashion, this preference is very much inspired by my personal experiences throughout the past few years and has become a major factor in my lifestyle.

   However, the second half of my project was established after attending a guest lecture with organic and natural make-up artist Nat Van Zee, her message was clear and simple. After introducing her successful career in the beauty and fashion industry the lecture took an unexpected turn. I was shocked to hear that make-up and personal care products are considered by many to be potentially harmful to human health, not only women and young girls –but even new-born babies.  This was information I had not been aware of and hearing it in a university lecture hall meant it was something I couldn’t forget. Below is one of the clips Nat showed during the lecture.

  Returning home that evening I looked through my product shelf, I wondered if the chemicals in the ingredients list could be causing my skin condition to worsen. I have suffered from eczema for as long as I can remember, a condition which prevented me from perusing a career in hairdressing. I had tried everything the doctors suggested from steroids to sun therapy with no luck, only managing the condition. So I decided to do some research of my own into cosmetic ingredients, I found there were a lot of people asking the same questions as me in relation to skin conditions. After briefly researching it was decided my New Year’s resolution would be to give up regular beauty and personal care products, replacing them with certified organic and natural ingredients. With the hope I would see and feel improvement in my skin.

This personal quest shaped the direction of my final major project, through researching into organic beauty I realised there was a link forming between ethical beauty and spiritual wellbeing, two very personal interests of mine that could be combined to produce a lifestyle that puts human health, the environment and wellbeing first. 

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Image sources: http://www.natvanzee.com/organic-beauty-1/

Film source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfq000AF1i8