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If you don't know how to do your makeup, don't worry.

Class is in session.

This is Makeup 101

and today I'm going to show you step -by -step on how to do your makeup as a beginner.

Girls, I promise if you think you're bad at makeup, you're not.

You just don't know how to do it yet.

I'm going to be going over my favorite products and tips and tricks so your makeup can look like this.

Trust me, once I break it down, it's a lot easier than it looks.

So let's get into the video.

All right, step number one is always brows.

There's many different types of brows.

We have the 2016 brow, which respectfully, I hope we retired already.

And then there's more natural brow girls

but i would say i'm somewhere in between those two i

like my brows to still look feathery where you can still

see my natural hairs now i am forever a brow wax girl don't get me wrong i've tried the gels

but nothing will do my brows as good as a brow wax the one i'm using is from bay brow

and i swear by this stuff this one is better than

the anastasia one is better than the elf one okay look

at the difference from these two sides somehow on this side it magically made me look like i just have

so much more brow hairs so after i do

that i like to take my spoolie and go on top

and brush everything down like hello this actually looks

so good on the days

that i want a really natural makeup look i'll just do this brow wax

and not even fill in my eyebrows now

when it comes to filling out my brows i like to use a brow pencil this is the nyx blade

and shade i kind of just like to go in

and fill in spots where i feel like it's kind of

sparse mainly kind of this upper brow as you can see literally have no hair here remember

when people were shaving off the ends of their brows

and i guess i just kind of have that naturally one brow done

and you can definitely see the difference this side is just a lot more filled in

and i do like to keep my brows still looking kind of natural.

You can see all the individual stroke hairs.

All right, now it's time to carve out our brows.

So what I like to do is I take a little bit of moisturizer and I put it underneath.

This is really going to help prevent the concealer from caking up under the brows.

I personally like to use an hourglass concealer.

And you want to take a flat brush that looks like this.

This one is so old.

I probably got this.

I don't even know what I was like in high school and it's from e .l .f.

Now you're going to take the tiniest amount of concealer.

When I say tiny, I mean tiny.

So however much concealer you think you're going to get, make it even less.

As you can see, I barely got any concealer, but it's still creating a highlight.

We're just going to carve under the brow.

And then if you want, you can also carve the top of the brow.

Use such little products, but I swear it makes the biggest difference.

And this is the final brows.

All right, now it's time for skin prep.

If you feel like your makeup isn't makeuping the way you want it to, chances are you're just not doing your skin prep correctly.

So I'm going to go over everything that I use for skin prep.

Starting off with a superfood airwhip moisture cream from you to the people.

This is a very thick moisturizer but it doesn't feel heavy when you put makeup on top.

I always say this but the more moisturized you are the better your makeup is going to apply on top of it.

Now my skin already leans towards the dry side so

if I don't moisturize before I put on makeup you're gonna

see probably chunks of dry skin the second I put powder on top

and then these are two serums that I applied before the video.

This is the Neige Bouncy and Firm Serum and then the Anua Peach 70 Niacin Serum.

I also love this stuff.

This is the Road Glazing milk at first i was like is this worth the hype

but i promise she's worth every penny i kind of did it in the wrong order

but i would probably put this on before my moisturizer there's

usually three different main primers we have blurring primers we have very hydrating primers

and then we have sticky primers

which is my favorite good example of a hydrating primer this

is the merrick great skin priming moisturizer i feel like

if you're going for a clean girl look this is probably the primer

that i would go for i mean she's literally like moisturizer

so if you have dry skin i would go for that

and then we have our blurring primers i honestly don't pick up blurring primers as often, but I do love this one.

This is the Huda Beauty Easy Blur Primer.

If you have bigger pores, I would go for a blurring primer like this.

Now, sticky primers are my absolute favorite.

These are my tried and true e .l .f power grips.

I mean, clearly I'm almost out.

Today, I'm going to be using the Refi Glow and Sculpt Primer.

This primer is still sticky, but it's very hydrating, which I love.

I also just love how you can roll this on your face, and if you think it's unhygienic, you can also just twist this top part off and wash it.

I can kind of feel the primer getting tacky.

All right let's do the stick test.

We love to see it.

Okay so the reason why we want our primer to be sticky is

so that our makeup sticks onto our face all day.

Trust and believe my recommendations guys.

I've gone through so many primers and these are the best of the best.

Okay here's a closer up of my skin.

She looks so hydrated and glowy.

So now we can move on to the rest of our base.

Similar to primers there's also a lot of different types of foundations.

We have kind of like the BB creams where there's SPF in it.

We have skin tint.

There's matte foundations and there's also dewy foundations.

Obviously, different ones are good for different occasions.

If I were going to somewhere like the beach or like a picnic, I don't know, some sort of outdoor activity, I'd probably just go for the skin tint or BB cream.

If we want a little bit more coverage, I would pick a foundation that's either matte or dewy.

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Obviously, if you have oily skin, I would go for a matte foundation, but I personally like to go for a more dewy foundation just

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because I do layer a lot of powder over my makeup.

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I'm gonna be using the House Labs one.

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This is literally one of my favorite foundations of all time.

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Super hydrating, super dewy.

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There's different ways when it comes to picking out your foundation shade.

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You can either match it directly to your face or you can match it to your neck.

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Typically, I like to go a little bit darker

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when it comes to my foundation because I feel like the concealer really brightens up my whole face.

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So you can blend out your foundation either using a brush or a sponge.

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Guys, please don't judge me.

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I need to wash this so badly.

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I'll blend out my forehead using a brush just to kind of show you guys.

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The brush is really nice to use when you want more coverage.

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Just because the brush.. bristles doesn't soak up the product like how a sponge does.

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Like girl that is full coverage.

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I personally like using a sponge.

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I just feel like it's a lot faster.

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You want to make sure the sponge is damp and

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if it's not damp take some setting spray and just kind of spray the sponge and always tap your foundation in.

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Do not, do not please, swipe as you're trying to blend and always make sure you blend it down your neck.

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You can swipe for this part just because we do not want to look crazy.

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For me at least, my foundation shade is always different from my neck so I have to blend it out.

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Time for concealer.

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I'm going to be using the Hootie Beauty Faux Filter Concealer.

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One of my favorite concealers ever.

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It's just so creamy but not extremely thick.

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When it comes to placement, you don't want to just like swipe the concealer everywhere.

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Trust me, a little bit goes a long way.

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Because the concealer is also going to be lighter than the foundation, it'll also serve the highlight.

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So I like to put a little bit under the inner corners of my eyes.

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Sometimes I also like putting it right here on the outer corner of my eye.

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It'll kind of give that snatched vibe.

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I to put a little bit on my chin then i'll

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just do the same on the other side i swear

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when i was younger i literally used to draw a gigantic

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triangle it was just too much same thing with concealers you can blend it out using a brush

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or a sponge i actually love this brush this is an hourglass concealer brush i'm such a sponge girl

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but i love this you guys like look at how that's

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blending my concealer out i would recommend to tap in your

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concealer with the brush instead of doing swipes like this i

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feel like the moral of the story is tap not swipe

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i do like to lightly go over it with a sponge after just to kind of make sure everything is set in.

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I don't know about you guys but I feel like the placement of my concealer really does snatch my whole face.

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Now it's time for cream contour and blush.

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Starting off with contour you might be wondering what the difference between contour and bronzer is.

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The best way to describe it is I feel like contour is what's going to sculpt

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and chisel your face versus bronzer is what's going to give you that sun -kissed glow.

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Typically that's under your cheekbones right here or maybe it's your jawline.

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What I usually like to do is I use cream contour and I do powdered bronzer.

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This is the Anastasia Shadow Smooth Blur Contour.

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This is some of the best contour stick that I've used in a while.

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I swear this is the key to getting a good contour.

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You want to put it on your hand first and then take a sponge and then tap it into your sponge.

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I feel like this will give you the most seamless finish

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instead of just kind of directly applying it onto your face like that.

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And then when you apply it, it just looks so nice and natural.

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It's not too harsh.

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You guys see how immediately it's snatching up my face more?

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I swear guys, the power of makeup is crazy.

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I also like to add some on my forehead right here.

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Okay, we love to see it.

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Same with cream blush.

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I like to apply it with my sponge.

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Today, I'm going to be using the Patrick Ta Duo.

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Oh my god, this is so dirty.

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This is in the shade She Goes to the Gym.

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And I like to focus my blush honestly on the corner of my eye here, going up towards my brow bone.

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Where you place your blush will kind of change the way your face looks.

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I find that this blush placement is the most flattering on my face.

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Some people like to apply their blush on the apples of their cheeks, but I find that it really drags my face down when I do that.

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I also really like applying a little bit on the tip of my nose.

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It kind of gives you a little sun -kissed vibe.

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Time for powder products.

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We're going to start with setting powder.

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Setting powder will tie in your whole makeup look together.

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I'm very, very picky about setting powder.

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So these are my two favorites.

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One's drugstore and one's high -end.

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We have the Huda Beauty Easy Bake and then we have the Maybelline Fit Me.

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Personally, I think nothing really can beat Huda Beauty Easy Bake Powder.

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I've tried so many different powders and I just feel like this one is the best of the best.

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And then I'll take a powder puff.

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This one is huge you do not have to use a powder puff that's this huge

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but i'll tap it

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and then kind of spread it out on the back of my hand just to evenly distribute the product

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and then tap it under my eyes oh my god

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and personally what i like to do is honestly just tap

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it throughout my whole face some people like using a brush i like mine to be very full coverage

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which is why i use a powder puff this is with the powder

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and without the powder i mean the difference is huge this

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is also why i like to start off with a very dewy base just

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because i do pack on a lot of powder after.

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All right face is set now we can jump into powder blush and bronzer.

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Like I said earlier I like to use cream contour but powder bronzer.

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This one is my favorite.

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This is a Charlotte Tilbury bronzer.

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Like it's so big.

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I swear the last one that I had lasted me two years.

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I like to just take a brush and kind of dab it in a little bit.

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With everything I do work it on the back of my hand

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and then focus it kind of in between where I put the cream blush and contour.

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And with bronzer you can put it more on your cheeks.

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You cannot do that with contour.

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I also like to put it on my forehead.

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I kind of put it all over my forehead, to be honest.

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I feel like that always makes the biggest difference.

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Like, it looks like I've just been under the sun.

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Blend, blend, blend.

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I also kind of like to take a bigger brush like this

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and kind of bring it on the sides of my nose a little bit.

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Now, instead of using bronzer, you can always use contour and kind of snatch up your nose, but my personal preference is to use a bronzer for that.

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And I also like to take my bronzer and put it on my eyelids.

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One thing about me is that I'm not an eyeshadow girl.

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Once in a blue moon, I'll do a fun eyeshadow look but it's definitely not my expertise.

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My focus has always been the base

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and my eyes are just kind of like the background

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and this is just also such a great hack like on

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a day -to -day basis like you don't really need an eyeshadow palette.

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Like girl just use your bronzer and it's so easy.

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I feel like it just creates the perfect amount of depth to your eyes.

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Okay get ready.

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I'm gonna push you guys on to one of my favorite blushes ever.

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These are the Rare Beauty Matte Bouncy Blushes

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and oh my god I don't know how she formulated this product but it's so perfect.

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It's so beginner -friendly, and I'll kind of explain to you guys why.

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First things first, take a blush brush.

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This is a fancy blush brush.

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I love this one.

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It's a little bit more dense.

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So these are a matte, bouncy blush.

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I mean, it's exactly what it sounds like.

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If I really wanted to, I could push my finger in this as hard as I can.

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It will kind of start molding as if it's clay, but because it's not a traditional powder blush, it's never gonna get chalky.

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So you literally can swirl your brush on this as much as you can, and when you apply it, look how pretty that is.

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Once again, I like to focus my blush, obviously kind of starting from the apples, but upwards towards my brow bone.

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Right now, I'm using the shade Hope as the base.

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Something that I've been really into is also red blush, so I'm going to layer a little bit of this shade.

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This is in Grateful.

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Also, something that I discovered is that these also apply really nicely, like just on top of cream products without setting powder.

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I promise this isn't sponsored.

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I feel like I'm talking as if it's sponsored.

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I'm just very passionate about that blush, and then I like to go over with my powder puff just a few times

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and that is pretty much it for my base

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now we're gonna jump into eyeliner i swear eyeliner can change your entire eye shape personally i like an eyeliner

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that i feel like can really snatch up my eyes

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and give me that cat eye vibe

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and you guys see my lower lash line i'll basically just follow

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that line going up it honestly took me a

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while to figure out how i like to do my liquid liner

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so i'll start with a line like that

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and then i'll connect it starting from the outer corner of my eye

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and voila literally just all right I'm gonna quickly do my other eye

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and we're done there's two different kinds of setting sprays there's more matte setting sprays

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and there's more dewy finish setting sprays

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so I would recommend you guys to use a more dewy setting spray

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if you feel like you added a little bit too much powder

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and you just kind of want to melt your powder

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and your makeup together into your face now this setting spray on the other hand my hands are

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so oily okay one sides until dawn this stuff one sides come to the front your makeup will not budge whatsoever

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honestly the best way i can describe this is

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that it's like hairspray but i'm pretty sure this was inspired by drag queens

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because they used hairspray on your face to make their makeup

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last we've reached the end guys now it's time for lips

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let's finally take my hair out i'm going to share with you guys my current favorite lip combo

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and how to line your lips first things we want to start off with a good base

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if you feel like you have dry skin on your lips please exfoliate that.

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Personally, I think the best way to do your lip liner is to use two different lip liners.

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I just find that it looks the best and it creates more of a gradient with contour, especially if you want to use a darker lip liner.

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Here I have two different shades.

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These are both Make Up Forever lip liners and you guys, these are some of the best lip liners ever.

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So we have one that's more of a pinky nude shade

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and then we have one that's like a more of a darker brown.

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I'm first starting with the shade Wherever Walnut, just kind of lining my lips just a little bit bigger

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than my natural lips i don't want to make my lips look too big

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and then for this lighter color i'll work it more into the center of my lips

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and then i'm going to take the darker shade this is in limitless brown

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and i'm going to put this at the very edge of my lips just like

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that and you guys see how it's creating such a nice gradient sometimes i feel like

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when i just go in directly with this color it looks a little bit crazy trust me guys i've gotten

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so many compliments every time i wear this lip combo i

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usually like to top my lips with some sort of a gloss

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or lip oil today i'm going to be using the Buxom Plumping Lip Oil in the shade Berry Blast.

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I love using a more berry tone lip oil or lip gloss.

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I don't really know why, I just feel like it brings life back into my face.

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Oh my god, and this one smells so good.

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I also really love this lip oil from Revolution.

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This is in the shade Berry Mauve.

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Again, a berry tone, but this one's a little bit more purpley.

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Oh my god, love.

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Every time I wear this lip combo, I'm like, it looks so good.

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And we've reached the end of this tutorial what do you

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guys think about this final look i love it every time i have some sort of event

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or i'm going out this is always a go -to makeup look

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that i do keep in mind though it took me years

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to get to a point where i feel like i really knew what to do

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when it comes to my makeup

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and everyone has their own preferences this is just what i like to do

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when it comes to doing my makeup

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but i hope you guys enjoyed this tutorial

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and i hope it helped you out i would love to hear what some of your guys's makeup tips are

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so make sure to comment that below

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and let me know what video you guys would like to see from me next

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but i love you guys so much and i'll see you guys next week.

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Bye!

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video “how to apply makeup for beginners *IN DEPTH step by step*”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: brow, lip, powder, makeup, primer. This video has 304 sentences and 3681 words to shadow. The speech runs for 14:05. Only 78% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.

Key vocabulary in this video

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

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
brow noun	/bɹaʊ/	The bony ridge over the eyes, upon which the eyebrows are located.
powder noun	/ˈpaʊ.dɚ/	The fine particles which are the result of reducing a dry substance by pounding, grinding, or triturating, or the result of decay; dust.
blush noun	/ˈblʌʃ/	An act of blushing; a pink or red glow on the face caused by embarrassment, shame, shyness, love, etc.
brush noun	/bɹʌʃ/	An implement consisting of multiple more or less flexible bristles or other filaments attached to a handle, used for any of various purposes including…
shade noun	/ʃeɪd/	Darkness where light, particularly sunlight, is blocked.
bronze noun	/bɹɑnz/	A naturally occurring or man-made alloy of copper, usually in combination with tin, but also with one or more other metals.
sponge noun	/spʌnd͡ʒ/	Any of various marine invertebrates of the phylum Porifera, that have a porous skeleton often of silica.
blend verb	/blɛnd/	To mingle; to mix; to unite intimately; to pass or shade insensibly into each other.
lip noun	/lɪp/	Either of the two fleshy protrusions around the opening of the mouth.
spray noun	/spɹeɪ/	A fine, gentle, dispersed mist of liquid.
liner noun	/ˈlaɪnɚ/	A large passenger-carrying ship, especially one on a regular route; an ocean liner.
matte adjective	/mæt/	Dull; not reflective of light.
swipe verb	/swaɪp/	To grab or bat quickly.
snatch verb	/snæt͡ʃ/	To grasp and remove quickly.
berry noun	/ˈbɛɹi/	A small succulent fruit, of any one of many varieties.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
go over verb		To look at carefully; to scrutinize; to analyze.
go up verb		To move upwards.
figure out verb		To come to understand; to discover or find a solution; to deduce.
fill out verb	/fɪl ˈaʊt/	To complete a form or questionnaire with requested information.
go out verb		To leave, especially a building.
go through verb		To travel from one end of something to the other.
going over noun		An inspection, examination, review, or investigation.
make up verb	/ˌmeɪk ˈʌp/	To constitute, to compose.

Sentences worth repeating

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

You just don't know how to do it yet.
We're just going to carve under the brow.
I mean, clearly I'm almost out.
All right let's do the stick test.
You guys see how immediately it's snatching up my face more?

Grammar in this video

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

Structure	In the video
Conditional sentences if + clause, will/would + verb — a condition and its result	if you have dry skin i would go · If you have bigger pores, I would go · if you have oily skin, I would go
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	i've tried · I've gone · I've just been
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	is set · isn't sponsored · was inspired

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 88 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, I'll. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “th” sounds: thick /θɪk/, underneath /ˌʌndɚˈniθ/, feathery /ˈfɛ.ðəɹ.i/
The “sh” and “zh” sounds: blush /ˈblʌʃ/, brush /bɹʌʃ/, shade /ʃeɪd/, occasion /əˈkeɪ̯ʒən/, harsh /ˈhɑɹʃ/
Long words — get the stress right: naturally /ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/, recommendation /ˌɹɛkəmɛnˈdeɪʃən/, whatsoever /ˌ(h)wʌtsoʊˈɛvɚ/, preposition /ˌpɹɛpəˈzɪʃən/, respectfully /ɹɪˈspɛkt.fə.li/

How to practise with this video

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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 brow, powder, blush.

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