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Hey Allure, I'm Gracie Abrams and this is my 10 minute beauty routine.
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Today I'm going to keep it really simple.
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This is kind of like what I do when I don't want to be completely barefaced, but when I really want to feel like myself.
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I feel like having watched beauty videos, I'm like trained to do the like...
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This is the Caudalie Beauty Elixir.
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This is what I use every time I'm doing my makeup.
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It also feels like a bit of a, like a meditative thing.
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The smell is crazy good.
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This is a fresh one.
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So, oh, it's so good, guys.
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It smells like, it reminds me of being home.
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So I think being on tour every five seconds, this is like a bit of home for me.
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It's like, you know, the sense memory of smells that like really brings you back to a place of peace.
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This is another like must for me because being on the road and traveling so much where sleep isn't always reliable.
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I feel like I wake up sometimes after a shower sometimes like something and my eyes are just red and puffy.
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And so this is Lumify and it helps me feel like I appear more awake than I am.
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um so i do like a a drop per
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and it's just really trustworthy to be honest with you it
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does feel like you look like you've had 10 coffees
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or something in a not scary way just in like a
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i'm up this is the laneige lip sleeping mask in vanilla
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i think i've had every i was gonna say flavor every
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uh scent of this product over the past few years it's
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like always in my bag it's the best to prep
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and also i think because the look
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that i'm doing today the look oh yeah the look
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that i'm doing today is like very uh glowy it's just
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supposed to be fresh this is alone you don't need like a liner
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or a balm or excuse me like a gloss
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or anything this kind of does it I feel like I started taking skincare seriously when I started breaking out.
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I didn't have acne prone skin until I went to college
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and then I did and it's been kind of like a real journey ever since then
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and so I think I've you know on the skincare front just tried to use products
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that I notice don't cause flare-ups this is the hourglass veil
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hydrating skin tint addicted to this it's gorgeous I'm in shade three
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which is I also like I'm sometimes shade one
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because I'm pale beyond belief but even
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if like okay before I even put it on my face can you see this it's
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so glowy and it just feels like a silky moisturizer
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so I do it with my fingers sometimes I use yeah
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no I'm not gonna use a brush allow me to show
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you like see how I've just been on tour I got
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back two nights ago I'm gonna blend it nobody who freaked out
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and traveling like flying dries out your skin in a huge way this product reverses
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that like makes me feel like I haven't just been the
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most dehydrated girl in the history of time for the past month.
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I do my own makeup on tour which I actually really enjoy
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because it kind of is like this dedicated 30 minute period of the day where it's like quiet
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and I listen to like classical music and try to tune out.
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I learned how to do my makeup from
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well Emily Chang my genius makeup artist the day
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that we shot the pictures in the video for the song I did with Selena
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and Benny we realized that
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that was the last time we were gonna see each other before I left on the road
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and we filmed a video that day that's like a 45 minute long video of her doing my makeup and I
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watched that on the first night of tour this past month
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and feel like I just tried to lock in and gain as much knowledge through her as I could.
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This product does go hand in hand with this one for me
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and sometimes I don't use concealer because I don't really mind always
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when there's like I have a few spots right now a few blemishes
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and it doesn't bother me really for that to show through
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but when I'm on tour or
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if you want to just not see them this this is the hourglass Spanish airbrush concealer I'm in
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silk and I use this like under eyes on blemishes it helps brightening your face obviously but it's just really mega.
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There's something really relaxing about using your fingers only to do makeup.
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In therapy, I learned about tapping, which is like, it helps regulate your nervous system.
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And so tapping like here and like literally across your face is something that I do to reduce anxiety,
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which might sound silly to people who haven't tried it before
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but it's actually really great
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and it does help calm me down i feel like pre-show i'm always like tapping my face
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and so to be honest applying concealer feels like an extension of
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that a little bit it's peaceful okay so i told you about emily earlier
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but em did this really sweet thing this palette emily made for me
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and it has my name on it which we love a label maker um
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but I use this is the milk contour
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and then this is the katie jane hughes uh highlighter
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and these two together are like I use them every single time I'm on stage
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and I also use them in my day-to-day life I'm just gonna hold this here
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as I do more intricate work with the contour.
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I like to warm up my face in certain places, mostly here, here, here, a little bit under my lip sometimes.
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It's funny, I've watched so many of these videos, and now that I'm doing one, I'm like, I wonder if I'm talking too little or too much or what the vibe is,
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but it's nice to hang out with you guys virtually wherever you are.
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I hope it's gorgeous.
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Okay, so here here, I'm actually not even gonna do cheekbones today to be honest with you.
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I think just center of the face.
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I do a little bit on my chin, which I think is just, I do this on tour.
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I think it just helps create a little shadow, but, oh, the highlighter now I wanted to show you.
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I'm obsessed with this.
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This is the Katie Jane Hughes highlighter, and I like to take some on my finger like that, and then I warm it up on the back of my hand a little bit
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and just press it into the high points I do cheekbones here
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and then I do a little bit in the inner corner
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corners of my eye like a dot boom boom blend that's kind of it really
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yeah
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and now um i use blush as much as i do like a the skin tint it's like skin tint
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and blush i would say are the two go-to products
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and this is fenty in summertime wine amen sometimes i'll like tap the blush into the con
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or excuse me the highlighter so it's kind of just like a two-in-one thing
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and I do it a little bit excessively
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but it makes me feel again alive I think that's the
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theme of this look is like trying to feel as alive as possible um
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so I go across I've seen so many videos on blush placement
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and what it can do for the shape of your face
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but I feel like I just go everywhere with it
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and now I got curl lashes at the very end uh
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because I don't like wearing mascara to be honest on a daily basis.
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I feel like it can be drying and I don't know.
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Sometimes I don't love how I look wearing mascara and I'm not necessarily that great at applying it.
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So this is just what I do on a daily basis.
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And then fragrance.
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This is another 13 by Le Labo and then this is called Sex Musk
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and this is by Cycler
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and I have started using this recently um my friend claudia makes it
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and it's gorgeous and i do this on my wrists
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and i go here and i go here it's so good it's
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so good and then why do i shake it i don't need to shake it
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and that's the look i'm feeling fresh and alive
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and i'm just gonna keep tapping the rest of this excess in for the rest of my day.
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This is the finished look.
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Thank you Allure for watching my 10 minute beauty routine.
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I will see you next time.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B2 speaking lesson is built on the video “Gracie Abrams' 10-Minute Routine for a Glowy, Fresh Face”. This video has 120 sentences and 1505 words to shadow. The speech runs for 9:51. The speaker talks at a natural 153 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. Only 78% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| highlighter noun | /ˈhaɪ.laɪt.ɚ/ | A marker pen used to highlight text. |
| blush noun | /ˈblʌʃ/ | An act of blushing; a pink or red glow on the face caused by embarrassment, shame, shyness, love, etc. |
| concealer noun | Something that, or someone who, conceals. | |
| tint noun | /tɪnt/ | A slight coloring. |
| blemish noun | /ˈblɛmɪʃ/ | A small flaw which spoils the appearance of something, a stain, a spot. |
| cheekbone noun | /ˈt͡ʃikˌboʊn/ | The small prominent bone of the cheek. |
| contour noun | /ˈkɒntɔː/ | An outline, boundary or border, usually of curved shape. |
| glowy adjective | /ˈɡloʊ.i/ | Glowing. |
| hourglass noun | /ˈaʊəɡlɑːs/ | A clock made of two glass vessels connected by a narrow passage through which sand flows. |
| mascara noun | /ˌmæsˈkæɹə/ | A cosmetic used to darken and thicken the eyelashes. |
| skincare noun | /ˈskɪn.kɛɹ/ | The care and treatment of the skin, especially of the face. |
| blend verb | /blɛnd/ | To mingle; to mix; to unite intimately; to pass or shade insensibly into each other. |
| shade noun | /ʃeɪd/ | Darkness where light, particularly sunlight, is blocked. |
| airbrush noun | A miniature, handheld paint sprayer, powered by compressed air or other gas, used for delicate, artistic painting, or sometimes retouching of photographs. | |
| barefaced adjective | /ˈbeə(ɹ)feɪst/ | Undisguisedly offensive and bold; crude. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| break out verb | To escape, especially forcefully or defiantly. | |
| dry out verb | To cause moisture to be completely removed from; to make dry. | |
| tune out verb | To stop paying attention to; to ignore; to zone out. | |
| wake up verb | /ˌweɪk ˈʌp/ | To stop sleeping; to awake. |
| warm up verb | /ˌwɔː(ɹ)m ˈʌp/ | To become warmer. |
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 | you've had · i've had · it's been |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | tapping, which is · people who haven |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 53 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, gonna. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: blush /ˈblʌʃ/, blemish /ˈblɛmɪʃ/, shade /ʃeɪd/, preposition /ˌpɹɛpəˈzɪʃən/
- Long words — get the stress right: excessively /ɪkˈsɛsɪvli/, meditative /ˈmɛdɪˌteɪtɪv/, preposition /ˌpɹɛpəˈzɪʃən/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like highlighter, blush, concealer.
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.