Shadowing Practice: my everyday makeup routine | december 2024 - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Hello everyone and welcome to or welcome back to vlogmas.
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Today is day five and I just walk you guys through my everyday makeup routine
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And show you guys all of the products that I have been recently loving.
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This makeup is pretty casual I only do this
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if i'm going to a friend's house or going to run errands
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or do anything like that I'm gonna make a separate video showing you guys my going out makeup routine
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But it does consist of the majority of all of the same products that I used
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So if you like the way that this looks
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and you want to see how I achieved it keep watching I will link every single product
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that I use down below for you guys to shop and recreate this look yourself.
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Enjoy Okay, obviously I just took a shower so I got right out and put on some moisturizer
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So I don't need to apply any more of this
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But i've been using the first aid beauty ultra repair cream
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and I have been Loving this for the last like month
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or so the first step that I do is I take this say sun glow I'm literally almost out of this.
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I've never really seen an empty one before
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but I'm pretty much almost out of this and I put it on like this
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And then I just rub it in this I feel like makes such a good glowy base
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They also have star glow, which is the lighter non -tinted one and I love that one as well
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But whenever it's the winter months
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and I feel like my skin could use a little bit
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of a bronze undertone to it I love to use the sun glow
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My hair is like falling out of this towel, but I don't feel like taking it out.
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I'm brushing it right now I literally will sit in a towel in my robe for hours after I shower
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It's like honestly such a bad habit, but it's just so comfortable next I take the charlotte tilbury flawless filter
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This is in the shade 4 medium I used 4 .5 medium for a really long time
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But i've recently switched to 4 medium and I think that this matches me a little bit better
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But I put it on my forehead my cheeks and my chin
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if y 'all can hear my dog eating her bone on the floor right
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now i'm sorry then i take this rare beauty blush i don't know what this brush is for
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but i don't think it's for foundation
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but that's what i use it for i think it just like blends everything really well i like these brushes
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because they don't leave a lot of creases
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which i feel like some brushes can do that or not creases
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but like streaks this brush doesn't do
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that for me there's like some tiktok drama going on with like some mom creator right now
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and i just went literally down the rabbit hole of everything for like 30 minutes
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and i finally got up
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and was like okay i have to get ready now i feel like
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if there's anything ever going on on tiktok for some reason
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it always comes on my for you page at like the
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perfect time where i just am like sitting in bed
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or something like that and so i will just scroll
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and scroll and scroll and like find everyone's videos on it
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but there's like a lot of tea about it right
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now i don't really know what's going on the next thing
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that i use is the hourglass concealer in the shade cedar i was a nars stand for literally
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so long like that was the only concealer that i used
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but then i found this one i finally decided to try it a few months ago
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and i'm obsessed with it
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and i don't think i'll ever switch i put concealer over any blemishes
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and under my eyes that i need to brighten up
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and sometimes i'll put some right here too
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because i get pretty bad shadowing right there
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so i'll put some on both of those sides as well
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i actually let this sit on my face for a little
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while just because i feel like it really kicks it on a little bit better
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if i do that while i'm letting
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that sit on my face i go in with the refi brow gel
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i've used this also for a really long time
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and i like it a lot but it doesn't have a color to it
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and sometimes it leaves a white cast on my eyebrows
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so i have to be kind of careful with how much i use i normally just go in
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and kind of shape them with this okay
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so i just do it like
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that very lightly shaping it nothing crazy i'm gonna put a little bit more concealer on this side
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because i have more spots that i want to cover up
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and then like i said that one doesn't have color
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so i go in with the glossy boy brow in the shade dark brown
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and i just kind of lightly go over it to where
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it looks like it's filled in a little bit more
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i swear i've tried literally every brow gel on the face of the earth and this is my favorite combination by far.
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If you're looking for some good brow gels, these two are definitely my favorites.
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I like the Benefit 24 -Hour Brow Setter too, but I don't think that it stays on me for very long.
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So these are my favorite ones.
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A lot of people put water on their beauty blenders.
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I actually use setting spray.
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I think that it makes the makeup melt better into my skin, and I think it also makes it last longer
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because I feel like I see a pretty big difference if I use water versus actual setting spray.
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Since my skin has been fluctuating so much with my acne
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and my scarring I've tried to kind of minimize the times a week
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that I wear makeup just because I feel like wearing it every day probably isn't good
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but I do feel such a difference like in my days whenever
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I put a little bit of makeup on versus whenever I don't.
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There's a girl on TikTok whose name is Greta and and she has this series about
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feeling sexier and more confident for yourself and one of the things
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that she said was like doing your makeup every day helps you
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and her quote was an extra 10 minutes for a better 10 hours
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and i have been living by that these last few weeks
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and i honestly love it i definitely do feel a difference
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i think just overall it's like a little bit of a confidence boost
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and it motivates me to like get up
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and go do stuff i'm truly
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so tired i went to dinner with two of my best friends last night
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and we had so much fun and then i got back
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and as soon as i pulled into my garage someone called me
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and i sat on facetime with them for like about an hour in my garage
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so i didn't like actually come up here until like 12 30
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so i am very tired the next thing
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that i use is the merit contour stick i'm not even going to try
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and pronounce this actually i am i think it's pronounced seen cn cn
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i don't know i'll link it down below
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but i just do a little bit right here
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and a little bit right here on both cheeks
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and both sides of my forehead and then I'll also go on the sides of my nose like so.
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Also whenever I'm doing this routine I do spray my setting spray
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which is the Charlotte Tilbury airbrush flawless setting spray in between steps.
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I don't really set my face with powder every day.
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I only really do that
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if I'm going out where I know I'm not going to be able to touch up my makeup for a while.
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Right now I don't have any plans until about four
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so i'm just kind of doing this to get myself ready for the day
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so i'll probably add some powder on later before i leave
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but for now i don't really feel like i need any this contour stick literally blends
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so nicely i used the rare beauty one
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and the fenty one for a really long time until i found this one
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and i haven't switched back i absolutely love this
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and merit skin is super clean
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so their products are very good for my sensitive skin
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i actually might add some powder under my eyes just to set
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that concealer but around my face I normally don't like look at that literally so seamless
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if you follow me on tiktok you know my obsession with road
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I recently got the road pocket blush in the shade freckle
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and I have been literally wearing this every single day it is just the most perfect blush color
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and I am genuinely obsessed with it all of my brushes are a set from sephora
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but I don't know if they still sell the set
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because I haven't been able to find it
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so i've been linking like sets that are super similar
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and similar quality for you guys because i literally can't find the exact set
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that i use anywhere but another product
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that blends really nicely is this blush i am just obsessed with it
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and it just gives like the perfect like sun -kissed color okay
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this lip liner is literally almost tiny like it's smaller than my face at this point um
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but whenever i'm not wearing a lot of makeup
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i don't go super crazy with this i just kind of put it in between my cupid's bow
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and drag it a little bit on the sides
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and then go right under here but i don't make it super dark
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or anything i just do it to kind of give myself a little bit of color normally
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i use benetint i lost my benetint i think i left it in austin
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because i have no idea where it went
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so i've been using the road pocket blush as my base color
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and i just take a little bit
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and kiss my finger basically with it being christmas i am obsessed with the lineage candy cane lip Glowy Balm.
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This is my favorite flavor right now, so I just put that on right on top.
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I'm a big lip balm girl over lip gloss.
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As much as lip gloss looks really good, I swear.
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Lip balm just keeps my lips so soft all the time, and I love doing that as opposed to a lip gloss.
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I don't typically wear highlighter, but whenever I do, I use the Charlotte Tilbury Beauty Wand in the shade
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Spotlight, and i'll just put a little bit right there
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and right here and then i just kind of go up the side of my face like
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that i think honestly out of every content video platform
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that i use makeup tutorials on youtube are my favorite thing in the world to film i think they are
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so fun like what is more girlhood than just sitting here doing your makeup
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and talking to a camera like i just absolutely love it
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but anyways i blend that in with a little brush
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and basically call it a day okay like i said I don't normally wear powder,
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but if i'm gonna set my under eyes with anything it's gonna be this ysl all hours hyper finish
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It's just this little translucent powder.
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It is literally the prettiest product in the world
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Like look at that compact.
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It's insane and i'm obsessed with it.
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It literally is like blurring I just put that right under my eyes.
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I mean like
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Are you kidding me?
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It's so perfect.
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I'll drag it kind of down on the sides of my nose a little bit like right here and
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That's that I don't wear mascara every day simply because I hate taking it off at night
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Especially if i'm going over to like a friend's house for dinner
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or something and I know i'm going to be coming back
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Kind of late.
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I hate wearing mascara because taking it off is such a hassle for me
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So normally I don't wear mascara with this look.
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I do curl my eyelashes Religiously, I always use a little compact while I curl them to make sure
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But I'm getting all of them because I have really long lashes and there's a lot of them.
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So sometimes if they're like not sitting right or something, it will literally ruin my lashes for a few days.
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Because they'll get twisted and it's just like a whole pain.
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So I use the Tweezerman eyelash curler.
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I've used this for literally as long as I can remember.
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I had lash extensions for about four years.
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And then I got them off and my eyelashes were literally little nubs.
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So I started using Revited Lash, which is the lash theorem that I always talk about This is not sponsored by them in any way,
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but it is genuinely the best thing in the world
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Like look at that difference
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But anyways, it's gotten to the point where
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if my lashes are like folded
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or twisted over I end up having to tweeze some of them because once they get twisted, it's really hard to untwist them
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So i'm always super careful about curling my eyelashes
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I also never curl them whenever I have mascara on I've heard way too many horror stories about that, so.
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if you guys are looking for a lash serum
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look no further like seriously trust me all right you guys
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that is my everyday makeup tutorial my no makeup makeup look i guess you could say
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but it does look like i have makeup on
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so maybe not thank you guys
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so much for watching this video i hope you guys are enjoying vlogmas as much as i am
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and i will see you all again tomorrow as a reminder
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all of these products will be linked down below as always
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so if you like the way that my makeup turned out
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or saw a product
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that you think you might like definitely check out the description box below i love you all
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and i will see you guys tomorrow bye
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “my everyday makeup routine”. This video has 200 sentences and 2454 words to shadow. The speech runs for 11:54. The speaker talks fast, about 206 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| makeup noun | /ˈmeɪkʌp/ | An item's composition. |
| 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… |
| 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. |
| spray noun | /spɹeɪ/ | A fine, gentle, dispersed mist of liquid. |
| shade noun | /ʃeɪd/ | Darkness where light, particularly sunlight, is blocked. |
| blush noun | /ˈblʌʃ/ | An act of blushing; a pink or red glow on the face caused by embarrassment, shame, shyness, love, etc. |
| brow noun | /bɹaʊ/ | The bony ridge over the eyes, upon which the eyebrows are located. |
| blend verb | /blɛnd/ | To mingle; to mix; to unite intimately; to pass or shade insensibly into each other. |
| curl noun | /kɜɹl/ | A curving piece or lock of hair; a ringlet. |
| routine noun | /ɹuˈtin/ | A course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure. |
| twist verb | /twɪst/ | To turn the ends of something, usually thread, rope etc., in opposite directions, often using force. |
| glow verb | /ɡloʊ/ | To emit heat and light without a flame. |
| scroll noun | /skɹoʊl/ | A roll of paper or parchment; a writing formed into a roll. |
| pocket noun | /ˈpɑ.kɪt/ | A bag stitched to an item of clothing, used for carrying small items. |
| everyday adjective | /ˈɛvɹiˌdeɪ/ | Appropriate for ordinary use, rather than for special occasions. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| get up verb | To move in an upward direction; to ascend or climb. |
| go in with verb | To commit to something with; to partner with. |
| go out verb | To leave, especially a building. |
| check out verb | To record the departure or withdrawal of someone or something (such as guests, employees, books, etc.). |
| come back verb | To return to a place. |
| come up verb | To emerge or become known, especially unexpectedly. |
| cover up verb | To conceal or disguise. |
| end up verb | To bring to a conclusion. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- I'm a big lip balm girl over lip gloss.
- It's insane and i'm obsessed with it.
- Are you kidding me?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — an action that started earlier and is still going on | i've been using · have been Loving · has been fluctuating |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | have been · I've never really seen · i've recently switched |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | is not sponsored · will be linked |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | glow, which is · Lash, which is |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 77 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, I've. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: brush /bɹʌʃ/, shade /ʃeɪd/, blush /ˈblʌʃ/, garage /ɡəˈɹɑʒ/, extension /ɪkˈstɛnʃən/
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 makeup, brush, powder.
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.