Shadowing Practice: Sabrina Carpenter's 10 Minute Makeup Routine For Natural Light | Allure - Learn English Speaking with Video
Choose a practice mode
Each mode opens a full-screen practice room.
142 sentences
If sentences are too short or too long, click Edit to adjust them.
1
Hi Allure, it's Sabrina Carpenter and I'm going to take you guys through my 10 minute beauty tutorial.
2
Let's go.
3
Alrighty, one of my favorite places to do my makeup
4
and where I usually like to do it is by a big window
5
because there's a lot of natural light and you kind of just end up getting a better product because you can see, isn't that innovative?
6
I usually like to start by putting concealer
7
wherever i feel inspired to put it so if
8
that means under the eyes we start there this is my
9
laura mercier ultra long wear concealer i kind of just like to put it in all the places that i feel
10
i'm gonna like usually blend out with foundation anyways
11
because i don't like to use a lot of foundation i like i like to conceal lightly
12
and foundation lightly i'm gonna put this kind of in all the places
13
and then over the years i've tried a lot of different foundations
14
and i really like this nars sheer glow foundation it just works for me
15
and my skin
16
so we're gonna apply some of this you gotta go down to the neck right that's what everyone always says
17
because you don't want your face to be a different shade
18
from your neck okay i usually tend to focus on the skin first a lot of makeup artists
19
that i work with sometimes will start with the eyes so
20
that like no product falls down onto the skin after you've already perfected it
21
but if you bake a cake
22
and the cake doesn't taste good then the icing is not really gonna like matter
23
because the cake is dry i just want cake.
24
So now what I like to do is I like to take my favorite Charlotte Tilbury palette
25
and I like to just put it right on my cheekbones.
26
I like to put it right up here on top of my forehead
27
just to kind of blend out the outer corners of my face and tie everything together.
28
And then I Let me blend it out a little bit.
29
Blush.
30
I naturally blush anyways, like the second I step out into the sun because I am almost an iridescent color.
31
But this NARS blush, Dolce Vita, that I really adore.
32
And once when I was watching a makeup tutorial, one of the many ones that I watched over the years, I heard the person was like,
33
you know, all you have to do is like, swipe it right across the bridge of your nose
34
and then it looks like you got like a little sunburn
35
and you've been a little sun kissed
36
and for me my entire life like i go out into
37
the sun i don't burn i don't tan like nothing happens
38
it really truly is just like this is what you get
39
so i was like oh that's stupid that's that doesn't work
40
and then i did it every single day after that so
41
i actually really like this trick now and after i have my blush
42
if it looks like there's too much on i just usually
43
like to blend it out a little bit with the same blender from before
44
so now i like to focus on my eyelids
45
so i like to take this charlotte tilbury palette i love this one you can always tell by
46
which one has like the biggest crease in it i like this color the most
47
so i start i start here i put this right all over my eyelids
48
little trick that i like to do is i like to put
49
that like kind of shimmery color
50
that i use for my lids in my inner corners of my eyelids creates more shape
51
and definition I actually don't know anything I'm saying I think I'm I actually don't know
52
if like these words are making sense
53
so then I like to take this Charlotte Tilbury pillow talk luxury palette
54
so I will take this darker color and kind of blend it
55
and put it into my crease I tend to go a little bit more
56
natural
57
or as natural as I'm feeling some days I feel more
58
some days I feel less I usually like to take a little bit of a darker color
59
and put it right on the ends of my eyes just
60
to kind of elongate their natural shape without like lining it
61
at this point next is one of my favorite parts mascara this is the charlotte tilbury mascara
62
that i love it's a glossy black and there's something about this mascara
63
that for me has always looked super natural
64
but it also looks super full i will change mascaras sometimes depending on the event or the occasion.
65
Not a fan of waterproof mascara.
66
However, I really should invest in some more with how often my mascara gets ruined.
67
So, someone did teach me a trick once where they were like, put the mirror down here.
68
And I was like, I don't like how I look from down there.
69
I don't like how my face looks from this angle.
70
They're like, no, because you can see how long your lashes are becoming as you apply your mascara.
71
So sometimes I do that, sometimes I don't.
72
But this mascara is super nice.
73
Did I get it on my forehead?
74
How does that happen?
75
How is that possible?
76
Oh, okay, I think we're good.
77
Amazing.
78
What I like to do now is highlight my face.
79
We all like looking like a glazed donut or something.
80
I love this Dior highlighter palette.
81
The colors in it are just so beautiful and it creates such like a natural glow that I'm, we all love to glow naturally, you know.
82
So I like to apply it in all the places where people apply highlighter.
83
so on my cheekbones really lay it on there um on
84
the tip of la nose right here sometimes i i don't usually do the forehead
85
but sometimes i will do like the corners of my eyes i know i'm not using the right brush for
86
that but it's okay
87
because we're just we're just having fun we're gonna go to the grocery store
88
so then if there are any shiny spots i will apply this uh charlotte tilbury powder
89
but i don't really powder my face too often
90
because i don't like it looking super matte so
91
if anywhere i'll just do like my forehead and maybe my chin
92
but just a super light layer
93
when i was on broadway i was doing mean girls on broadway
94
and i was sharing a dressing room with renee who played regina
95
and i was playing katie um
96
and she did teach me a trick she'd apply her lipstick put a tissue over her lipstick
97
and then take the powder and powder over the tissue and
98
when you take the tissue off the lipstick doesn't move it
99
never moves it's such an amazing trick another thing i forgot
100
to mention i usually like to moisturize my lips at some point either early on
101
or i forget i do it later this is probably one
102
of my favorite products ever to moisturize your lips with it is australian we love the australians for many reasons
103
and this is one of them and it really is just super hydrating
104
so i'm gonna apply some of
105
that to my lips it's also really great for just dry skin in general so
106
if you got you know a cold you're sneezing it's it's
107
great it's very multi multi -purpose product now for the eyebrows i would say
108
that there's like a whole thing but i really was just born with these
109
so i kind of just brush them up with this nice
110
anastasia brow wiz pencil um there there is a color on
111
this it's medium brown I don't like to fill in my eyebrows, really.
112
I just kind of like to lightly brush over any parts.
113
That really did nothing.
114
I don't think it does anything, but I just kind of brush them up.
115
Some people have different techniques, but this is what works for me.
116
The next thing that I like to do is my lips.
117
As you can see, this one has been used.
118
This is the Makeup Forever Wherever Walnut.
119
So I basically, oh, she needs to be sharp I just kind of apply it to my, the edge of my lips.
120
And then I love this Chanel lip.
121
I don't actually know if it's, it's called Rouge Allure, Allure?
122
I did not plan that, but here we are Allure.
123
This is yours, Rouge Allure ink.
124
And the product just feels really interesting on your lips it feels kind of like ink now
125
that i read that label
126
but i like how it feels it's not super sticky i
127
just kind of like pat it with my finger just to
128
kind of like really get it into my lips it's still super moist
129
because we all love that word then it wouldn't be a makeup tutorial
130
if i didn't uh hold up a product by fenty beauty this lip gloss came out
131
and it's been pretty much my favorite lip gloss ever since.
132
Just gonna show that to the kids at home.
133
You all have this already.
134
We all have it.
135
We all have some sort of Brianna product in our lives.
136
And then the last thing I do is I apply this to my face and I think it does something.
137
It makes it feel more moist for sure.
138
Take a little brush, run it through the hair
139
and voila I mean it's weird we're really just getting ready to get back in bed.
140
This is where we're going come with me.
141
Good night Allure.
142
The sun's still out.
Download App
Everything you need to speak fluently
AI PronunciationScore every sentence
IPA PracticeMaster every sound
VocabularyBuild your word bank
Vocab GameLearn while playing
Same Channel
B21
Olivia Dean's 10-Minute Routine for Healthy Hair & Dewy Skin | Allure
Daily ConversationWorking Adults
B12
Millie Bobby Brown's 10-Minute Routine As A New Mom | Allure
Business EnglishTeensDaily Conversation
B12
KATSEYE Spill Secrets After Sipping the Truth Serum | Allure
TeensDaily ConversationHigh School Students
B14
Kendall Jenner Tweets Fans on Confidence, Self Care, and Hair | Allure
TeensDaily ConversationHigh School Students
B11
Alex Consani & Anok Yai Spill Secrets After Sipping the Truth Serum | Allure
TeensDaily ConversationHigh School Students
B22
Alysa Liu's 10-Minute Competition Glam Routine | Allure
TeensDaily ConversationHigh School Students
B227
CORTIS Spill Secrets After Sipping the Truth Serum | Allure
Daily Conversation
B2Gracie Abrams' 10-Minute Routine for a Glowy, Fresh Face | Allure
TeensDaily ConversationHigh School Students
FOR YOU
Recommend Video
B21
126 sentences
my everyday summer makeup routine ⋆‧°𓏲ּ𝄢
Daily ConversationWorking Adults
B21
132 sentences
Sabrina Carpenter Creates Her Self Portrait | Vanity Fair
Business EnglishDaily ConversationUniversity Students
B23
156 sentences
Lady Gaga’s Favorite Makeup Hacks
Daily ConversationWorking Adults
B22
82 sentences
셀럽 인터뷰로 배우는 영어 | 카일리 제너의 GRWM
Daily ConversationWorking Adults
B22
259 sentences
Acrylic Painting Tutorial - Ocean Sunset (Beginner to Intermediate)
Daily ConversationWorking Adults
B21
292 sentences
NEW Natasha Denona Tan Palette 👀 who needs this?
Daily ConversationWorking Adults
B21
305 sentences
Glowy Finish Foundation for Dry Skin
Daily ConversationWorking Adults
B12
44 sentences
my daily make-up tutorial (@micaellamnn)
Daily ConversationWorking Adults
B22
239 sentences
How to Look NATURALLY Beautiful WITHOUT Makeup (Real Glow Up Tips)
TeensDaily ConversationWorking Adults
B2157 sentences
tuscan fall makeup tutorial ❦° 🍂 ⋆.ೃ࿔*:･
Daily ConversationWorking Adults
B23
169 sentences
"Why Does My Makeup Look Cakey?" | Perfect Your Base Routine With These Steps!
Daily ConversationWorking Adults
Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Sabrina Carpenter's 10 Minute Makeup Routine For Natural Light”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: lip, apply, mascara, super, usually. This video has 142 sentences and 1650 words to shadow. The speech runs for 9:56. The speaker talks at a natural 166 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. Only 79% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| mascara noun | /ˌmæsˈkæɹə/ | A cosmetic used to darken and thicken the eyelashes. |
| lip noun | /lɪp/ | Either of the two fleshy protrusions around the opening of the mouth. |
| blend verb | /blɛnd/ | To mingle; to mix; to unite intimately; to pass or shade insensibly into each other. |
| 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… |
| blush noun | /ˈblʌʃ/ | An act of blushing; a pink or red glow on the face caused by embarrassment, shame, shyness, love, etc. |
| palette noun | /ˈpælɪt/ | A thin board on which a painter lays and mixes colours. |
| forehead noun | /ˈfɔɹ.hɛd/ | The part of the face above the eyebrows and below the hairline. |
| 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. |
| eyelid noun | /ˈaɪ.lɪd/ | A thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye. |
| lipstick noun | /ˈlɪpˌstɪk/ | Makeup for the lips. |
| tutorial noun | /ˌtjuːˈtɔːɹɪəl/ | A self-paced learning exercise; a lesson prepared so that a student can learn at their own speed or convenience. |
| glow verb | /ɡloʊ/ | To emit heat and light without a flame. |
| lightly adverb | /ˈlaɪtli/ | In a light manner. |
| tissue noun | /ˈtɪʃ.(j)u/ | Thin, woven, gauzelike fabric. |
| cheekbone noun | /ˈt͡ʃikˌboʊn/ | The small prominent bone of the cheek. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| brush over verb | To barely cover a topic; to skim through or lightly touch on (something). | |
| come out verb | /ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/ | To be discovered; to be revealed. |
| end up verb | To bring to a conclusion. | |
| hold up verb | To wait or delay. | |
| watch over verb | To guard and protect. |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 52 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, I'm, gonna. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: brush /bɹʌʃ/, blush /ˈblʌʃ/, tissue /ˈtɪʃ.(j)u/, shimmery /ˈʃɪməɹi/, sheer /ʃɪɚ/
- Long words — get the stress right: iridescent /ˌɪɹ.ɪˈdɛs.ənt/, innovative /ˈɪn.əˌveɪtɪv/
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 mascara, lip, 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.