Shadowing Practice: My Work from Home Beauty Routine Using KKW Beauty - Learn English Speaking with Video
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All right, hey guys, I am super bored
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and I'm in my guest bathroom right now and I'm gonna do a little makeup tutorial.
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So I set up a little light and gonna show you guys how I just do a quick little makeup sesh.
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But when I'm super pale like this, I use Joe Blasco Foundation and my color is Olive Beige 3.
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I've always liked a cream-based foundation more than liquid.
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And then I use this old MAC 180 Kabuki brush
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I mean the key to a good base is always your moisturizer
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and your serums and like having good serums
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that don't pill it's like the worst I don't like powder my whole skin
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because I still have like the contour
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and everything I just like to lightly lightly do it and then I go back and really do it.
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So I am going to use Conceal Bake Brighten and my color that I love is number seven.
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So much gets on that wand that it's like perfection.
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I always like to kind of bring the concealer down into my laugh lines a little bit
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because I really feel like if you add concealer here, it really kind of helps soften those lines.
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I just like to blend.
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I don't really like to spend a whole lot of time blending, honestly.
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I know it's the key to like a flawless makeup, but I just don't have the time.
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Is it P.E time?
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Ready.
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The P.E screen is off the movie reader.
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So what are you doing?
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Are you doing the yoga today?
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Pokemon yoga?
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No, I want to do a baby Sonic one or a Pokemon one or the Elsa one.
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Okay.
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So next I'm going to bake with the KKW Beauty Number 2 Bake.
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And even though this is a little wet on the sponge, like it doesn't bother me that it's a little wet it's a little wet.
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I kind of keep that on for a second.
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You know what makes me feel good that I'm using?
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And it broke the little spoolie.
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So I have a little max spoolie.
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This is like my travel kit in here in this guest room.
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My eyebrows are a must.
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Wet, sweetie.
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Okay.
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Okay, Northie.
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Can I wash my hands?
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Can you do it in the other room?
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I'm in the middle of something.
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I don't want to get this what sweetie i'm hiding in
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the guest room you guys i'm hiding in the guest room because my kids
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will not leave me alone hey that's me
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north can i please just do my little tutorial i i
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it's all i want to do is one little fun thing
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for myself okay i'm going to use our content contour stick the kkw beauty contour stick in medium
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And since I'm super pale, I'll pretty much just use the lighter color.
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So then I get to blending.
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I'm going to wet my sponge really quick.
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I had the powder on it.
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So you just kind of push it in.
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Okay.
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I am going to wipe my powder off.
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using this Syrah Beauty eyelash curler.
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It is the best.
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What I like to do is since I did the cream contour, I am going to use this palette.
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This is the medium contour palette.
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I'll just use the lighter color contour since I'm super pale and just kind of go over it.
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I feel like it just sets it.
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Just makes me feel.
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I always like to take a drop and like put it under my nose for some reason.
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My skin has been looking really good.
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Even though I have like a few blemishes, I think I've just been overdoing it.
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So this is a Shoe Amora 14 brush
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and I love this color highlighter it's just really subtle i like to add it there too
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you guys
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if you haven't already gotten my blush palettes i think i'll use my shimmer blush today i love the middle one
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I think pink blush just makes you look awake and just youthful.
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What I do is I always just take contour and I'll mix the two and just kind of go over my eye.
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Since it's contour, you can kind of like blend it back into your nose.
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I think this just like gives a little bit of definition.
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I don't really have my brushes with me, just my little travel brush in this room.
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And I have this tiny little Charlotte Tilbury one
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and I just dip it right into the contour palette and just go under my eye.
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I always need to shade under my eye.
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And then if I want that extra shimmer, which I'll use like the lighter pink one just to kind of add a little bit.
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Now I'm going to show you guys something so cute that's not out yet. But I love minis.
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And so I'm making some minis.
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A little tiny mini KKW Beauty Mascara.
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Oh my God.
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Is that not the cutest thing you've ever seen?
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I don't know if I've said this before, but my dad used to always walk by me.
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Because I lived at his house and my bathroom door would be open
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while I was putting my makeup on
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and he would always say I bet you can't close your mouth
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when you put on your mascara but for some reason with this mini I can.
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Now lips.
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Oh you know what I do like to kind of repowder just a little bit
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so I just will powder there a little bit under.
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I do love a good setting spray.
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I love Tasha.
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Tasha gives you like more of a glow.
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Am I overdoing it?
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Okay, now my favorite lip combo is Nude 1.5.
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Do you guys notice when I can always tell who does my makeup by the shape of my lips?
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Mary gives this beautiful pout.
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Ariel gives this like lip lifting thing where he fills in the cupids though right here.
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Then Moria just likes my lips smaller like regular.
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I need to sharpen.
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But every night I have at least two kids with me, either both girls, Sommas and a crib.
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But I'll either have Shy and North or Saint and North or just me and Saint.
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While we all are quarantined.
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Okay, so I'll use Nude 1.5.
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Which lip combo will I do today?
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Do I want matte?
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Which then would be 90s icon maybe?
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I love our matte lipsticks.
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not too peachy
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last step very important step is brighten I love to brighten
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up under my eyes just a little bit I think I'll use um brighten two I usually use brighten one
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but because I feel like I did such a good job blending
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which is kind of rare I don't think I need as white but this sets it all and brings it.
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This is the key to like the youthful like.
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All right, so that was a quick KKW Beauty, mostly using KKW Beauty products, glam in my guest room,
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quarantine glam, just to go to the kitchen to get harassed by my kids and on how to do their homework.
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I at least feel honestly good about myself
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that I haven't stayed in my pajamas all day and
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that I actually got up and got dressed and put on some normal clothes and put on some makeup.
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It really does make you feel good about yourself every once in a while.
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Okay, I hope you guys enjoyed your quick little KKW Beauty social distancing glam session.
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Looks kind of cute.
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All right, I'm ready to go to my living room.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B2 speaking lesson is built on the video “My Work from Home Beauty Routine Using KKW Beauty”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: contour, beauty, kkw, lip, makeup. This video has 122 sentences and 1280 words to shadow. The speech runs for 8:55. The speaker talks at a steady 144 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 76% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| contour noun | /ˈkɒntɔː/ | An outline, boundary or border, usually of curved shape. |
| brighten verb | /ˈbɹaɪtən/ | To make bright or brighter in color. |
| blend verb | /blɛnd/ | To mingle; to mix; to unite intimately; to pass or shade insensibly into each other. |
| palette noun | /ˈpælɪt/ | A thin board on which a painter lays and mixes colours. |
| blush noun | /ˈblʌʃ/ | An act of blushing; a pink or red glow on the face caused by embarrassment, shame, shyness, love, etc. |
| bake verb | /beɪk/ | To cook (something) in an oven (for someone). |
| pale adjective | /peɪl/ | Light in color. |
| lip noun | /lɪp/ | Either of the two fleshy protrusions around the opening of the mouth. |
| concealer noun | Something that, or someone who, conceals. | |
| mascara noun | /ˌmæsˈkæɹə/ | A cosmetic used to darken and thicken the eyelashes. |
| overdo verb | /ˌoʊvɚˈdu/ | To do too much; to exceed what is proper or true in doing; to carry too far. |
| shimmer verb | /ˈʃɪm.ɚ/ | To shine tremulously or intermittently; to gleam faintly. |
| spoolie noun | A spool brush. | |
| matte adjective | /mæt/ | Dull; not reflective of light. |
| sweetie noun | /ˈswi.ti/ | A person who is much loved. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| go over verb | To look at carefully; to scrutinize; to analyze. | |
| get up verb | To move in an upward direction; to ascend or climb. | |
| go back verb | To return to a place or state after having been there at a previous time. | |
| go under verb | To descend into a body of water; to founder. | |
| set up verb | /ˌsɛt ˈʌp/ | To make ready for use. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Are you doing the yoga today?
- You know what makes me feel good that I'm using?
- Can I wash my hands?
- Can you do it in the other room?
- Is that not the cutest thing you've ever seen?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
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| Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — an action that started earlier and is still going on | has been looking · I've just been overdoing |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | I've always liked · haven't already gotten · you've ever seen |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 41 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, I'll. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: youthful /ˈjuθfəl/, cloth /klɒθ/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: blush /ˈblʌʃ/, shimmer /ˈʃɪm.ɚ/, blemish /ˈblɛmɪʃ/, eyelash /ˈaɪlæʃ/, sharpen /ˈʃɑɹpən/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like contour, brighten, blend.
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.