Shadowing Practice: SIMPLE & minimal daily makeup routine - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Hello, hello, and welcome to my channel.
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My name is Kiana.
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Welcome back, if you are not new.
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What am I trying to say?
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Anyways, okay.
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Yeah, we're gonna be doing a makeup routine on this look right here.
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It's the same exact makeup routine that I had in my last YouTube video, and you guys all really,
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really liked it, and you all wanted to hear about it.
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So this is my minimalist, everyday makeup routine.
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Trying to look into my actual lens instead of the viewfinder, but it's really hard.
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One of you guys said that it looks better if I look into the lens and i'm trying my hardest,
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but it's hard I just want to Look over.
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All right, let's get started.
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So starting off with skincare.
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Also, my hair is drying I usually do skincare like a good five ten minutes before the rest of my makeup
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Because I just think it lays better and it soaks in the skin and you just give it time to settle
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That's why my hair is still drying.
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It will be dry for the next part if you guys hear the wind blowing that.
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If you guys hear that, that's my boyfriend.
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He's doing like lawn care stuff.
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We just decided to do things at the exact same time.
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So hopefully it's not too annoying.
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If it is, this won't get posted.
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So yeah, I started off with skincare.
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I think that skincare is probably the most important step in this entire makeup routine.
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It is very, very simple makeup, but that's because we're focusing so much on our skin.
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I do them most for my skin at all times so that I can wear the least amount of makeups possible.
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Also, you don't have to wear makeup, obviously.
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But you're here watching this video so you want to okay
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so anything to buy i love cosrx i used to get really really bad bumps on my skin
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and it wasn't even acne it was just like little tiny clogged pores i guess
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and ever since i switched over korean skincare i don't have
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that problem ever that's also why i kind of backed away from a lot of foundations
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because i noticed they were doing the same i haven't really found any foundations
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that don't do that so i've just kind of kept my distance so this is just water
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It used to be the Kosas serum, which was really, really nice.
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I just, I don't know.
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I just decided I wasn't going to buy it again.
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So yeah, I'm just going to spray this over my face just because a lot of this stuff, they're just humectants.
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So you actually have a little bit of moisture on your face to keep it in.
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This is just the Ordinary's Hyaluronic Acid.
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I know some people are going to attack me for not putting this in my hand
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and putting it directly on my face, but I will.
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Also, while I was doing this, couldn't find my sunscreen.
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Don't know where it is i swear every single time
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i sit down to make a youtube video can't find my sunscreen literally will not be found next up
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i'm gonna spritz just a little bit not enough to like take off the product obviously
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and then i'm going in with the very highly rated tiktok product
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it's the snail mucin also by cosrx i do love this stuff i think
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that has been absolutely amazing for my skin
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and yeah it's just finding products that moisturize my skin
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but also don't make it oily throughout the day
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and also don't give me those little bumps on my skin it's kind of crazy the amount of things
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that say they're non -comedogenic is how you say
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that word i mean literate but they still clog your pores like it still shows
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because you're still getting bumps all over your skin like how is it non -clog pouring
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if it's still clogging pores make it make sense i don't get
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it the last thing also by cosrx again i love
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this brand this is just their snail 92 all -in -one cream
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they finally put it in this tube it used to be in like a glass container a little tub
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that you had to put your fingers in every single time
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and I know I just put that one serum on my face but I don't let the vial like touch my face.
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Keep everything as hygienic as possible.
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So I'm gonna let this all soak into my skin.
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Usually I would have a sunscreen on me.
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Can't find my sunscreen.
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I'm sure it's somewhere.
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There's a hair in my mouth.
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I'll come back and we will do the rest of the makeup tutorial.
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A few moments later.
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Now that we're a little bit more dry we can start the actual makeup routine.
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So So starting off, I need to get the big version of this, but this is the Say, what is this?
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The Say Glowy Super Gel in Star Glow.
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Stuff is actually amazing.
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It almost gives your skin the finish that a foundation would, but without the coverage.
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Like it's just, it makes you look like you almost have foundation on.
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My sun is disappearing.
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Look at that.
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Half of our routine is already done with one product.
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It's
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so nice like i just oh i love
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it next up going in with bronzer i just use
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this bronzer from merit this is the color cyan
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i think is how you'd say
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it i don't like applying products straight to my face i always like using a brush i just realized
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that it gives a much more natural finish
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and your products will just lay better honestly
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which as cute as it is to do the entire thing it doesn't actually work well the more
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that I did it I put stuff pretty high up on my cheeks
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because it just lifts your entire face
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and it makes you look like you got cheekbones higher than they are plus
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I like being a little bronzy like being a little toasty as the winter is coming I'm terrified
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because I'll be a little pale baby
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Honestly, I'm quite pale right now.
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I really didn't treat this summer very well.
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I didn't go outside much.
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Not, I should have gone out more.
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Then I'm going to go in and I'm going to use a blush.
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I have been torn between two blushes recently.
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They're both by the same exact company.
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They're from Persona Beauty.
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One is from Guava and then the other one is Bloom.
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Bloom is kind of like a true pink, almost like a baby pink.
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And then Guava is almost like this like toasty color.
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They're so pretty.
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I'm pretty sure that in that in my video last time I was wearing this
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This is the one that we're gonna go with I should put products back in their case
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So that way i'm not getting them all over our floor
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Once again going in with a brush A little goes a long way with this product is what i've noticed
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Kind of tap this into place
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Taking it a little bit over the nose A little on the forehead
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Just giving it overall a little bit toastier of a look making
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it look like we go out in the sunshine I can't recall
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if I used a concealer for this in the case
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that I did it was most likely this one
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because I've been obsessed with it recently
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so this is the Glossier Stretch Concealer I just take this little brush from Hourglass
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and I will put a little bit on just to get it to apply also around my nose
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because it always gets really red and I'm not sure why
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and then once I've applied it I use like the warmth of my finger to really get it in there.
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I've noticed that with this product, you really do need to use your fingers.
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I've noticed that with a lot of Glossier's products.
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I think they intend for you to use your fingers and not actual brushes, and it shows what their products,
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because their products just do so much better when you use your fingers.
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I almost forgot I put it on my nose.
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I go back in with my blush brush just to make sure
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that I didn't take away from the high points of my cheekbones, because sometimes when you put on concealer,
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I don't know why, but I always put on my blush before my concealer,
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and I'm not sure why because I always go back and do this, but it's just a habit at this point.
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Next, I'm just going to brush up my eyebrows.
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I have very thick eyebrows, so I don't really want to put any more product in them,
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especially since this is my simple, very, very simple routine.
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I've lost my eyelash griller, but I don't know where it is.
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Most of the times, I'll decide that day if I want to wear mascara, but for the sake of today's videos,
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we're going to put on mascara.
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I probably enjoy it right here.
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The Milani Highly Rated Lash Extensions Tubing Mascara.
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I know why i just love this product if you get it
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and you hate it don't kill me i just personally
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adore it oh my god the eyelashes are not cooperating today do you see that
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what the heck is that okay don't mind my eyelashes those are
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so bad i always curl them
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and i feel like it always looks 10 times better
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when you curl them but here we are curlingless god those look man why are they
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so short right there it almost just ruined my entire mood
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like this eye she's cute what is going on right there okay everyone was asking the lip combo for
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that day it's literally just this this is all i was wearing in
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that um i have a really really strong like lining for my lips already
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and i like the color of my lips a lot
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so i just picked this color
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because it kind of i don't know it kind of just looked right this is the merit beauty lip oil in Marrakesh.
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She's cute.
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That's, I mean, that's basically it.
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And then I am going to go in with the Charlotte Tilbury setting spray.
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I thought that this product was a lie.
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I thought everyone who was talking about it was just like crazy
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and just Charlotte Tilbury stans because there's so many of their products that I kind of have issues with, but not this one.
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This one actually
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it actually does its job swear i missed my face for the first half of that
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fix the curlies let me fix my eyebrows something not sitting right about them
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i kind of want them to be a little bit like furrier
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so i'm gonna let them grow out i think
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which i mean i don't really trim i like i'll trim them
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and i think i just want them to have less of like a concrete shape okay
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that is the final look this is just my very very minimalist makeup
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that I basically do every day now like this is just
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it I really love all of these products I feel like there's not much on my face at all
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and sometimes I'll even decide I don't want mascara
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or I don't even want bronzer maybe it just kind of depends on the day
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but yeah that is the entire look I hope you guys enjoyed giveaway and thank you so much for watching.
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Almost forgot.
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If you guys have made it this far
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and you're still curious about the giveaway that I'm going to be doing over on my Instagram, it will be happening this week.
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I am just in the process of getting everything ready.
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I am going to be doing three boxes, which is super exciting.
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Basically the rules are just going to...
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be over on my Instagram.
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I think it would be too hard to do it all here on YouTube.
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So if you are still interested in that, definitely head over to my Instagram and I will be posting it there.
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I can't tell you exactly which day because I don't know yet.
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I don't plan out that far, but it will be happening.
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All right, for real this time, toodles, kisses, love you, buh -bye.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “SIMPLE & minimal daily makeup routine”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: product, makeup, skin. This video has 182 sentences and 2103 words to shadow. The speech runs for 10:05. The speaker talks fast, about 208 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 82% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| routine noun | /ɹuˈtin/ | A course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure. |
| 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… |
| 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… |
| blush noun | /ˈblʌʃ/ | An act of blushing; a pink or red glow on the face caused by embarrassment, shame, shyness, love, etc. |
| 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. |
| bump noun | /bʌmp/ | A light blow or jolting collision. |
| spray noun | /spɹeɪ/ | A fine, gentle, dispersed mist of liquid. |
| lens noun | /lɛnz/ | An object, usually made of glass, that focuses or defocuses the light that passes through it. |
| rat noun | /ɹæt/ | Any of the numerous members of several rodent families that usually have short limbs, a pointy snout, a long, hairless tail, and a body length greater than… |
| lip noun | /lɪp/ | Either of the two fleshy protrusions around the opening of the mouth. |
| merit noun | /ˈmɛɹɪt/ | A claim to commendation or a reward. |
| pale adjective | /peɪl/ | Light in color. |
| trim verb | /ˈtɹɪm/ | To reduce slightly; to cut; especially, to remove excess. |
| serum noun | /ˈsɪɹəm/ | Blood serum used as a blood product, in the practice of medicine: blood serum from the tissues of immunized animals (human or nonhuman), containing antibodies… |
| snail noun | /sneɪl/ | Any of very many animals (either hermaphroditic or nonhermaphroditic), of the class Gastropoda, having a coiled shell. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| go in with verb | To commit to something with; to partner with. |
| brush up verb | To paint, or make clean or bright with a brush. |
| come back verb | To return to a place. |
| go back verb | To return to a place or state after having been there at a previous time. |
| go out verb | To leave, especially a building. |
| grow out verb | To allow (something, often hair) to grow unimpeded. |
| look over verb | To check quickly; to make a brief or cursory visual inspection of. |
| plan out verb | to plan, organize, make a plan for something |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- What am I trying to say?
- All right, let's get started.
- That's why my hair is still drying.
- If you guys hear that, that's my boyfriend.
- Also, you don't have to wear makeup, obviously.
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| “Used to” used to + verb — a past habit or state that is no longer true | used to get · used to be |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | haven't really found · has been · have been torn |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | will not be found · have been torn · I've been obsessed |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | serum, which was · everyone who was · boxes, which is |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 82 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, I'm, I've. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: thick /θɪk/, warmth /wɔɹmθ/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: brush /bɹʌʃ/, blush /ˈblʌʃ/, sunshine /ˈsʌnʃaɪn/, eyelash /ˈaɪlæʃ/
- Long words — get the stress right: cooperate /kəʊˈɒp.ə.ɹeɪt/, minimalist /ˈmɪn.ə.məl.ɪst/
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 routine, brush, finger.
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.