Shadowing Practice: my makeup routine for date night! | GET READY WITH ME - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Hey you guys, it's Hailey and I'm about to get ready for date night.
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So I thought I would just bring you guys along as I get ready.
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So first thing I'm going to do is a little skin prep and I'm going to use
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the Rode Peptide Glazing Fluid as per usual.
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Get that skin nice and glowy and dewy before I do my makeup.
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and then next I'm going to use the road barrier restore cream
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and just add a little bit in the places where I
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get a little bit extra dry as the weather's starting to cool down a little bit
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so that it's like under my eyes a little in the t-zone
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okay next thing I'm going to do is a little bit of concealer tonight I'm kind of feeling
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definitely more natural chill on the skin so I'm going to just use concealer
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and I'm going to use the Milk Future Fluid Concealer and I'm using the shade 11C.
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So I'm just going to put it in the areas where I feel like I need it under my eyes, around the nose.
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I'm going to start there and I like to blend with my fingers.
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I just feel like for me personally blending with the fingers gives a little bit more of like a natural skin finish.
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This concealer is super beautiful and creamy and gives just
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that right balance of coverage without feeling like too much
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and it also really feels like it's buildable
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so in the areas where I feel like maybe you need more you're able to build it up in those places.
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I'm going to do a little bit right here.
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So I have a couple little dark marks that I want to cover.
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And yes, they are from picking.
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I'm going to do that little trick.
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Just put it here, here.
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And then for right here, I will use a blender.
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Something about that just, it just does a little something.
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I feel like I say that every time I do this.
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And I'm going to add a teeny bit on my chin.
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So I'm also going to go in with a little bit darker of a color of the Future Fluid Concealer.
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And this one is 13W.
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And I'm just going to mix the two.
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Because my face is always much more pale than my body.
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That's because, you know, I keep my face out of the sun for the most part.
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So I have three really good colors of this concealer
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that even combining them helps me to get a really perfect even match on my skin.
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This is the Westman Atelier Lit Up Highlight Stick.
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That's what I'm going to use to kind of just bronze up the face a little bit.
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I like to just go on the cheeks, over the nose, around the hairline,
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chin, neck, all those spots.
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Sometimes I just put it onto a brush.
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I kind of wipe some of it off and then I go in just to warm of my face.
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Make sure it's all blended.
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Nobody wants to look not blended.
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Okay next I'm gonna go into my cheeks and I just got sent this Simi Haze Solar Tint Blush Duo.
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I'm really really into this color blush and like lip for fall
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so I'm gonna try this one
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because it's super pretty I don't think I could like do
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without creamy blush for the rest of my life I just love the way it sits on the skin
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and I also like products like this where I feel like not only does it work on the cheeks, but it works, you know, even putting a little on the eyelids, which I think is super nice.
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I'm really into just doing like monochromatic looks right now, like same thing on the cheek, on the lid, on the lip.
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So that's what I'm going to do.
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Okay, so that's the lip, the cheek, the eye.
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Now I'm going to just brush up my brows.
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this is the Anastasia clear brow gel.
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I feel like I've said this before I'm not big on like doing my brows.
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I usually just brush them up with product.
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This is the Marc Jacobs spotlight glow stick.
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I have used this highlighter stick for years and I'm obsessed with it.
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just put it on the high points put it on the bridge of my nose tip of my nose
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and then I also
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like to go over my highlight with the peptide glazing fluid where you can do it with a beauty blender
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and tap it in the same spots just to give like a really natural skin like dewy finish it's
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one of my favorite road hacks but i also say with
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that putting the peptide glazing fluid on i always like to do it very gently
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because i feel like
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if you really press it into the skin too much it's going to take off the product
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that you already put on before so like let's say you did your blush
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if you press it in too hard it's going to lift some of the product off
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so ever so gently next i'm going to curl my lashes i usually just curl my lashes
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and then i leave it but i'm going to do some mascara tonight
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because it's date night i'm using the milk um cush mascara i love this one it has like a super fluffy brush.
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The last thing I always like to do with my makeup
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is I do add a little bit of powder in the
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places where I feel like it needs to like be sealed in.
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So I'm just going to do a little in here underneath my eyes just to really seal in that concealer.
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And there's just one more little spot that I feel like I need to get again with some concealer.
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Tap that in.
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And then try to seal it in with a little bit of powder.
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Sometimes when I have little marks or blemishes, I feel like I need to go in like two
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or three times with the concealer and then take a beauty blender and like really seal in the concealer with powder.
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Lush.
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But my last, last last and final step is I'm just gonna add some salty caramel peptide lip treatment
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lips are feeling a little bit dry so this is the final quick
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and easy date night look I love that it's so like fresh and glowy and dewy
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this is it that's the final look super minimal easy chill don't forget to like subscribe
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and ring the notification bell and i'll see you next time

Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This video has 86 sentences and 1122 words to shadow. The speech runs for 7:25. The speaker talks at a natural 151 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

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

WordPronunciationMeaning
fluid noun/ˈflu.ɪd/Any substance which can flow with relative ease, tends to assume the shape of its container, and obeys Bernoulli's principle; a liquid, gas or plasma.
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.
seal noun/siːl/A stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance such as wax.
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…
blend verb/blɛnd/To mingle; to mix; to unite intimately; to pass or shade insensibly into each other.
blush noun/ˈblʌʃ/An act of blushing; a pink or red glow on the face caused by embarrassment, shame, shyness, love, etc.
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.
brow noun/bɹaʊ/The bony ridge over the eyes, upon which the eyebrows are located.
finger noun/ˈfɪŋɡɚ/A slender jointed extremity of the human hand, (often) exclusive of the thumb, and the corresponding part, irrespective of including a thumb, in many other…
highlight verb/ˈhaɪˌlaɪt/To make prominent; emphasize.
chill verb/tʃɪl/To lower the temperature of something; to cool.
gently adverb/ˈd͡ʒɛntli/Without strong force or quickness: softly, lightly.
chin noun/ˈt͡ʃɪn/The bottom of a face, (specifically) the typically jutting jawline below the mouth.
curl noun/kɜɹl/A curving piece or lock of hair; a ringlet.
trick noun/ˈtɹɪk/Something designed to fool, dupe, outsmart, mislead or swindle.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordPronunciationMeaning
brush up verbTo paint, or make clean or bright with a brush.
cool down verb/kuːl ˈdaʊn/To become cooler; to be reduced in temperature.
go in with verbTo commit to something with; to partner with.
go over verbTo look at carefully; to scrutinize; to analyze.
take off verbTo remove.

Grammar in this video

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

StructureIn the video
Future with “going to” be going to + verb — a plan or something you can see comingI'm going to do · I'm going to use · I'm going to just
Obligation: must / have to / need to saying that something is necessaryneeds to like · need to get · need to go
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around nowI'm using
Future with “will” will + verb — a decision, promise or predictionwill use · i'll see

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 38 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, gonna, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

  • The “sh” and “zh” sounds: brush /bɹʌʃ/, blush /ˈblʌʃ/, shade /ʃeɪd/, notification /ˌnoʊtɪfɪˈkeɪʃn̩/, lash /læʃ/
  • Long words — get the stress right: notification /ˌnoʊtɪfɪˈkeɪʃn̩/, preposition /ˌpɹɛpəˈzɪʃən/

How to practise with this video

  1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
  2. Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
  3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like fluid, cheek, seal.

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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