Shadowing Practice: 10-Step Facial | Step By Step Procedure Tutorial |Facial & Skincare Course | Level 2 VTCT Accredited - Learn English Speaking with Video

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The first step of our facial treatment is doing consultation.

So I have just greeted my customer.

Hello.

Hi.

What's your name?

My name is Stella.

Stella, hello.

I'm Eleonore and I'll be your therapist today.

Nice to meet you.

We're gonna go through consultation form and make sure we take all the details.

So we're gonna take her name, we're gonna put the date,

I have to put my name as well here the her age also some information about the treatment

and we're going to take some kind of like um details about her what she thinks about her skin

so everything is on the consultation form you're going to have

that um on the course to give you consultation forms you have to fill

that we're going to go through medical history check as well we're going to make sure

that she doesn't have any skin disease

or disorders we shouldn't treat her for example eczema on the face we can't treat the face

or any kind of like psoriasis or if she's diabetic

so it's really important to go through all those questions

we're gonna go through some lifestyle check as well just ask

all those questions the most important part as well is for my customer to sign the consultation form

and then I have to sign as well we are actually ready to start with our treatment so I'll just ask

Stella to come in on the bed please

okay we're gonna cover her comfortable we need to make sure

that our customer is really really comfortable we need to make sure also everything looks professional tidy clean okay

so i'm just going to put the couch roll

so it's really important to wash our hands

so it's really important to first of all make sure

that we have everything set up

so that's my trolley i have everything on my trolley i've got my products here

so i've prepared her she's laying down she's very comfortable head is a bit um higher

which is good she's comfortable with that position i'm comfortable with my position

so i've put the tissue here you're just gonna pull it back

that's it just make sure it protected everything make sure

that my hands are very clean so i'm using gel to sanitize my hands.

So the first thing we need to do is to remove the eye makeup.

Stay with me, look up for me please.

So I'm going to just put this underneath and I will press a bit but very very gently.

So I'm gonna clean your lipstick now, hold it with that hand and I'll just do one

and two and one and two and with the other one one

and two and one and two that's it we can just fold them now

and actually do the same thing one two and one

and two that's it done and then we have to dispose them in our covered bin good

remove the rest you are fine there remove the rest and that's absolutely everything

so once we've done that what usually I do is remove a little bit from her makeup

so we can do that with the same actually makeup remover I've been using on the eyes

because I've got something left here

so I'm just literally going to do a little bit from her whole face

because we have to we shouldn't forget

that the cleanser it's not a makeup removal

and very often I think our clients are very much confused about this so we're just going to remove

a little bit from her makeup like foundation the blusher with makeup removal eye makeup removal is quite gentle

so we can use that one or we can just use a normal makeup removal for the whole face

yes i've got my cleanser my toner

and then my actual uh pads um for the eye good

so i will be using a little bit of cleanser with the water

and then we will start from the chest okay

and we will work all the way through the face and make sure we spread it very very evenly.

So since I have spread it now the cleanser I need to start doing actual cleanse.

So I'm going to massage.

So circle movements, not too much pressure is the best and more water.

So more water to emulsify it, make it very slippery.

And then we will do this so we can feel like really slippery

and we make sure that we do like a proper proper cleanse.

About eight times on each side until we really get rid of that kind of dirt, pollution.

and then finish on temples.

And then I'm going to remove that cleanser and we'll start from here.

Like we will really make sure that we remove everything.

So a little bit of pressure, it's okay, but not too much.

And then also every time we do it, we little bit can kind of circle our sponges.

So we make sure that it's from the clean side.

and then when we get to the face I usually like to turn them around okay done

and we have to now change our water into a second cleanse

so we just did the second cleanse

so it's very important to do cleanse twice

and I will tone the skin now with a toner for sensitive skin

so it's just really really important to on the skin

and then i'm gonna ask my uh customer still how do you usually feel your skin um on daily basis

because you're with your skin 24 7 do you feel

it it's oily do you feel it it's dry do you feel

it's sensitive how do you feel your skin dry and sensitive dry

and sensitive okay

so that's why i have chosen um actually i need to choose calming a cleanser toner

and also moisturizer for you because here we can see a little bit of redness

so I have to choose the correct cleanser toner

and moisturizer for your skin type in that case it's going to be more sensitive

so now we are going to do skin analysis

so we need magnifying lamp before

that we need to cover customers eyes with dumb cotton discs cotton discs on the eyes means protecting her eyes

because light is quite strong

so yeah i can see definitely here the skin is quite um sensitive

she has some dilated capillaries um she also has large pores

i'm gonna just turn her on the side turn her on the side

so we have the yeah i'm gonna check now the muscle tone

so the muscle tone and the actual hydration so if i do that

and see too many lines means hydration is not very good

i don't really see too many lines mean skin is okay

but can be improved yeah that's fine

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i can see also quite a lot of um blackheads especially around the nose area

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which we will extract in a bit

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we need to make sure that

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when we put the steamer we switch the steamer on it's away from the face

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so either pointing downwards or pointing upwards but not towards the client

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because it's a um you know safety we need to make sure

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that we are fine safe once we have it on

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so actually steaming already i think everything is absolutely fine

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so no more than 30 centimeters away from um the customer's

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face no more no no less around 30 centimeters away

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so i'm just going to turn her like

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that we can also move the bed a bit upwards

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but at the moment i think she's in a quite good position um yeah she can breathe absolutely fine

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and yeah it's a good it's a good setup

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so we're gonna steam the skin

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and then after steaming the skin for about a couple of minutes

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i would like to add my exfoliator i steam it only for a couple of minutes

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and i'm going to add my exfoliator literally like that

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and then once I add it I will actually do a little bit of exfoliation with the steamer.

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So I will just exfoliate now.

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very gentle circle movements the exfoliator

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You can use it on a sensitive skin as well, but I will just kind of avoid the area where the skin is very red,

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like the cheeks.

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So I'll just do the chin, the nose, and maybe just a little bit all over the actual cheeks.

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Like that.

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So we're now going to remove the actual exfoliator.

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Before that, I can just do a little bit more.

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So I'll just remove the final bit from the actual exfoliator.

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Because it can be really dry after exfoliating just on the skin.

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I'll just apply the cotton on your eyes Stella one two three okay just press a bit good okay

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so i've got two at the moment baby wipes in my hands you can use ghost

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which i sometimes find a bit more rough you can simply use baby wipes

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and you can put some witch hazel on them literally

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and start doing extraction

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so at the moment on the nose I mean we can see between our fingers

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so I'm gonna stretch up with the skin

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and really focusing on those tiny little ones

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that they are just coming off so easy now after the actual steam

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and then we try to change every time

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we go over the skin of course yes later we can wipe the skin with some antibacterial solution for skin.

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We can use Clinicept, we can use

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Witch Hazel, you know, just to help with the tightening the pores after that.

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So you can see they just come up so easy.

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You can see the yellow bit here.

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This is sebum from the skin, just additional sebum and obviously that sebum, when it stays in the pore for such a long period of time,

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it expands the pore so the pore literally gets larger and larger

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and that's why we have like larger pores especially around the

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area where we have you know skin producing more sebum

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that's why we cannot have long nails we can see like this actual blackhead we cannot have

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that you can see how many they are I'm going to do that.

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I'm just using just the toner, which hazel spray.

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We can use Clinicept spray as well, something to really remove the excess sebum.

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Important to wear gloves, really important because obviously there can be some bleeding, but there was nothing now here.

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I'm going to just use almond oil as a massage medium,

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spread and warm my hands and I will talk to my client and breathe with her together.

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So we have to start together and I will tell her to take a deep breath before I start so

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Stella take a deep breath okay exhale

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I'm just spreading the oil now

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I've spread the oil really thoroughly so now we will start with the actual massage

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and I will ask Steva to take a deep breath and we are starting

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very good behind the neck

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just put a little bit of vaseline on the area

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and just literally put cotton discs on there just like that and then we can steam the face

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So we just steam in the skin, she has quite sensitive cheeks so we have put Vaseline

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and cotton discs on them plus of course covering the eyes

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so she'll be staying for about you know

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it depends on the since she's quite sensitive probably five minutes five to eight minutes under the steam

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and yeah okay so we will now remove the oil from the skin with toner.

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Just remove from the neck and the chest and I'll just turn them around.

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So now we're gonna apply my mask.

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So I will have it here close to me.

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Her skin is sensitive so we're gonna apply mask for sensitive skin.

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We can even see some redness in certain areas

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so we're just gonna count the skin so i have my brush and i will literally be applying over here

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i like to see my strokes so it's really perfectly applied

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and very evenly

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and during the application as well you're doing some kind of like lean drainage as well

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so it's very very comfortable for the client.

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So she will stay for about 10 minutes with the mask always follow the manufacturer instructions.

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Usually they're listed on the pack of each product.

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And in our case, we're going to wait for 10 minutes and then we will remove the mask and apply the moisturizer.

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So during the time she's actually relaxing with the mask, I'm going to be doing a little bit of arm massage,

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which is really good and relaxing because I've got time to do that now.

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Okay.

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Okay, so now I will remove the mask, it has been 10 minutes, I will just remove the mask now.

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Are you ready?

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Okay, so I'm going to start from the neck.

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So we need to press and be very, very slow so we don't just move the mask around but we actually remove it.

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So now we're going to add the eye cream.

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We're done with our treatment.

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We just need to add eye cream.

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So a little bit of eye cream.

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And then I'm going to apply it on the top eyelids first.

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and then I will ask Steva to look up for me so I'm adding now the serum

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moisturizer moisturizer.

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Okay, well that was the moisturizer and of course our sunscreen.

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So I'm just going to add that.

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Okay, that's done now. So now it's done.

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You can open your eyes.

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How do you feel?

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Okay.

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I will just remove the tissue.

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Okay.

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And we can get that in a second.

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I'll help you at the end of the treatment I can also update my form

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so I have to make sure that I will put here all the sensitivity bits

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so I'm literally trying to feel that one

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so I know more about my customers next time she comes I can just look at

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that and I know who I'm treating so it's really important

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or for example if some of my colleagues take her next time they can really see what has been

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what she had before and what skin type she has and what skin condition as well

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So we're just gonna lift you up.

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Are you fine?

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Yeah?

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Okay.

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So we can just get off the bed now and I'll help you to protect your clothing.

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Okay Steva, so how do you feel after the facial?

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I feel really good, very relaxed.

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Yeah, relaxed.

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I think yeah it was really good.

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I mean I could see that you've had some sensitivity around the cheeks so I was very careful with that area.

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I've applied also mask for sensitive skin

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because overall your face looks a bit more sensitive

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that's why we didn't um do steam for a very long time and i was very gentle with um

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exfoliation as well so my aftercare advice is i mean you can come for face once a month

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or once in like month

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and a half at least once in two months

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you need to come for facial it's good it's just relaxing helps with circulation this inflammation of that cell

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so it's very very good you know we do some

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we did some extraction you've had some um you know comedones

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but not much just literally around the nose and chin

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so we we remove that one overall the skin is not congested that much

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which is good um i recommend

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you definitely to use some um good serum like antioxidant serum

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in the morning followed by some good moisturizer since you say

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that the skin looks a bit dry dehydrated and also definitely sunscreen

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so it's really really important 24 hours post the treatment

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so post -to -day treatment you shouldn't apply any makeup so

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if you can do it for a couple of days to three days that's good

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but just literally cleanse nice cleanse morning

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and evening followed by in the morning definitely a sunscreen like moisturizer

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and a sunscreen

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but no makeup for 24 hours at least i don't recommend

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you any exercises for the next like couple of days as well i'm not in like don't be too sweaty

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because it's not good the skin is quite clean now

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so I don't want you to kind of get it congested again

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overall that's it if you plan any holiday just please make sure you always wear your hat

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and just apply sunscreen it's not very good the sun

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you know is quite damaging for the skin do you have any questions for me yeah

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so I'm glad that you came and thank you so much for being my I enjoyed it.

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Thank you.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video “10-Step Facial”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: skin, remove, sensitive, eye. This video has 250 sentences and 2842 words to shadow. The speech runs for 21:12. The speaker talks at a steady 134 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 84% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.

Key vocabulary in this video

15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
sensitive adjective	/ˈsɛn.sɪt.ɪv/	Having the faculty of sensation; pertaining to the senses.
mask noun	/mæsk/	A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection.
cotton noun	/ˈkɑt.n̩/	A soft, fibrous, usually white substance consisting of fine hairs, especially the substance around the seeds of a plant of genus Gossypium.
relax verb	/ɹɪˈlæks/	To make something loose.
breathe verb	/bɹiːð/	To draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases.
consultation noun	/ˌkɑnsəlˈteɪʃən/	The act of consulting.
removal noun	/ɹɪˈmuː.vəl/	The process of removing or the fact of being removed.
disc noun	/dɪsk/	A thin, flat, circular plate or similar object.
massage noun	/məˈsɑ(d)ʒ/	The action of rubbing, kneading or hitting someone's body, to help the person relax, prepare for muscular action (as in contact sports) or to relieve aches.
cheek noun	/t͡ʃiːk/	The soft skin on each side of the face, below the eyes; the outer surface of the sides of the oral cavity.
tone noun	/ˈtəʊn/	A specific pitch.
gentle adjective	/ˈd͡ʒɛntl̩/	Tender and amiable; of a considerate or kindly disposition.
facial adjective	/ˈfeɪ.ʃəl/	Of or affecting the face.
wipe verb	/waɪp/	To move an object over, maintaining contact, with the intention of removing some substance from the surface. (Compare rub.)
serum noun	/ˈsɪɹəm/	Blood serum used as a blood product, in the practice of medicine: blood serum from the tissues of immunized animals (human or nonhuman), containing antibodies…

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
go through verb		To travel from one end of something to the other.
come off verb		To become detached.
come up verb		To emerge or become known, especially unexpectedly.
get off verb		To move from being on top of (something) to not being on top of it.
go over verb		To look at carefully; to scrutinize; to analyze.
lay down verb		To give up, surrender, or yield (e.g. a weapon), usually by placing it on the ground.
set up verb	/ˌsɛt ˈʌp/	To make ready for use.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

I'm just using just the toner, which hazel spray.
We're done with our treatment.
How do you feel?

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

Structure	In the video
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	have just greeted · i've prepared · i've put
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	can be improved · is not congested

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 102 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, we're, gonna. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “th” sounds: breathe /bɹiːð/, clothing /ˈkloʊðɪŋ/, thoroughly /ˈθʌɹ.ə.li/, underneath /ˌʌndɚˈniθ/, therapist /ˈθɛɹəpɪst/
The “sh” and “zh” sounds: consultation /ˌkɑnsəlˈteɪʃən/, massage /məˈsɑ(d)ʒ/, facial /ˈfeɪ.ʃəl/, tissue /ˈtɪʃ.(j)u/, extraction /ɪkˈstɹækʃən/
Long words — get the stress right: consultation /ˌkɑnsəlˈteɪʃən/, sensitivity /ˌsɛn.səˈtɪv.ə.ti/, manufacturer /ˌmænjʊˈfæktʃəɹə/, circulation /ˌsɝkjʊˈleɪʃən/, inflammation /ɪnfləˈmeɪ̯ʃən/

How to practise with this video

Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like sensitive, mask, cotton.

What is the Shadowing Technique?

Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.

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Key vocabulary in this video

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Sentences worth repeating

Grammar in this video

Pronunciation to watch

How to practise with this video

What is the Shadowing Technique?