Editing my editorial images

Front:

Camera Raw:

• Lowered temperature - the original images looked a little too warm to fit with 'penumbra'
• Cropped image
• Sharpened image

Photoshop:

• Clone stamp;
• removed hairs from forehead or background/blemishes/uneven skin/fallen glitter
• removed strays from eyebrows and added hairs to fill sparse/uneven parts
• added shadow of twigs to fill blank patch on cheek
• evened and rounded shaped of chin
• neatened lipstick
• added hair to bunches to make the size match
• removed glimpse of bottom teeth
• added glow on nose
• lessened dark line under lips
• lightened facial lines/creases around mouth and under eyes
• Sharpen tool; 
• sharpened hair to avoid it all blending together
• sharpen > darker > darkened shadow lines on hair to avoid them blending in
• Quick select tool;
• selected yellowy teeth > raised brightness and lowered saturation to whiten teeth
• Liquify;
• reshaped brows
• enlarged lips
• raised right side of model's head to make it even

Before:

After: 

Profile:

Camera Raw:

• Cropped image
• Set the white balance, temperature and tint to the same as the front-facing image
• Sharpened image

Photoshop:

• Clone stamp;
• added shadows of twigs to fill blank space of wall on right
• removed hairs on face/blemishes
• added hairs to eyebrows and eyelashes
• added glitter to eyelids
• added extra hair to reshape bunches and to cover any visible scalp
• removed stray hairs from background
• evened shape of hair on top of head
• Quick-select tool;
• selected cheekbone shadow > refine edge > raised feathering > lowered exposure to shade cheekbones
• selected shadow under lips > raised brightness and lowered contrast to lessen shadow
• Liquify;
• reshaped brows
• enlarged and evened shape of lips

Before:

After:

Back:

Camera Raw:

• Cropped image
• Set the white balance, temperature and tint to the same as the front and side-facing images
• Sharpened image

Photoshop:

• Clone stamp;
• neatened parting
• hid hair elastic
• added hair to top of bunches
• removed ring on finger

Before:

After:

These images were harder to edit than my brand one due to the intricate shadows and messy hairs. As I edited, I struggled to make them look realistic at times, and had to go over the same parts more than once to perfect them. However, I enjoyed working on them and am happy with the results. After speaking with my course leader, I understand the importance of things like reducing/enhancing shadows, filling blank spaces, making the hair even and symmetrical, and so on. After putting these tips into use, I think I have created a series of images that are much cleaner and more visually pleasing.