Shadowing Practice: you probably wear too much makeup (the ONLY routine you’ll ever need) - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Is this a safe space to say I do not like wearing a ton of makeup?
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Like I love looking put together.
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I do not love doing a full beat every single day.
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Over the years, I've gone through phases of wearing a ton of makeup and wearing none.
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And I think I figured out which products actually make a difference and which ones do not.
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I can actually use very little products, spend barely any time getting ready, and I still look put together like I actually tried.
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So today I am showing you my ultra low effort makeup routine with only the products that I think are worth using.
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Let's take off these bad boys and get to work.
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I am first going to start with a serum foundation, or you can use a skin tint.
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I think the biggest myth when it comes to your base is
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that you need a lot of foundation to look like you have perfect skin.
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That could not be more opposite.
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When you use too much foundation, you will actually emphasize your textures and pores even more.
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It can actually cause your skin to produce more sebum.
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And when your face is very shiny or greasy, it highlights your blemishes and lines.
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I prefer a product that's very light and buildable, which is why I absolutely love this foundation.
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It's not really a foundation in my opinion.
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It has amazing coverage, just like a regular foundation.
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It's basically the best of both worlds and it is very, very buildable.
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Taking some on an angled brush, applying it where I just need more coverage, like my forehead area.
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I would also avoid using concealer as like an all -over
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product really only meant to be placed in very specific small areas
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It can be quite heavy and drying which again will only emphasize your texture
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and fine lines I just take a little bit more that's already on my hand
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and I just apply it where I need to I love it
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when I can just eliminate steps from my makeup routine
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I'm definitely a little bit rusty since I haven't done a beauty video in so long
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Not sure if anyone misses these but if you do then let me know in the comments I can do more,
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which brings me to the next product.
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This is also by Westman Atelier.
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They've just become one of my favorites for base products.
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And this is like the perfect universal neutral contour.
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It adds so much dimension without adding more color, if that makes sense.
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The whole purpose of this makeup look is to make it seem like you're not really wearing makeup
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and using the least amount of products as possible.
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The beauty with this product is it functions as multiple things in one.
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It can be bronzer, it's contour.
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I also like to use it as eyeshadow.
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As you can see, I've only placed like a little dot underneath, almost on top of my cheekbone.
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I've had instances where I place it like too far down and then it looks muddy.
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It looks like I got a five o 'clock shadow going on, which is not cute.
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With this little dot, I will just start to buff it out and naturally it's going to elongate.
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I never do like a full streak because once you start blending, it's gonna be creeping too close towards the center of your face.
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Once it's kind of diffused like this, blend it a little bit further as well as like up through my temples.
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We want to create the illusion that there's no lines, basically.
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I've also been seeing this trend going around online where people are using bronzer or contour as blush, like an anti -blush.
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I think that's really cute.
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I think that if you really wanted to, you could just stop right here, but I love me some blush,
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so I'm definitely gonna be using that today.
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For the eyes, I don't really do anything, but just kind of buff it out.
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Kind of drag it out, so it's giving me that natural lift.
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And if you have monolids like me, It is super important to add dimension since this part can be very flat.
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Trust me growing up with monolids I've tried every single possible.
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I look out there and they all look super unnatural besides just like adding some natural shadow
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When it comes to my jaw, i'm really careful here because again, I don't want it to look like I have facial hair
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I just put a little tiny dot right under my jaw
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and I go in this like buffing motion I absolutely love westman atelier formulas because they are just so incredibly blendable
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You could even apply this with your fingers if you want.
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I do recommend brushes though But if you're in a pinch hey,
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you can use your fingers I don't know why but every time I film videos my armpits get so sweaty.
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Let's get into the lips
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Yes, i'm doing lips already, but hear me out the color of your lips determines your blush
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I know most of us do it the other way around like blush first lips last
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but sometimes we forget to match them
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If you're using a warm blush, you need a warm lip.
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If you're using a cool blush, you need a cool lip.
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It is really important that you take some time to think about the lip color you're gonna use.
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This might be a hot take, but I have such a love -hate relationship with lip gloss.
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Actually, it's mostly hate.
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It is always just too sticky, too gloopy.
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Lipstick is always too pigmented on me.
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And every time I put it on, I feel like a clown.
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So for the girls that relate to this problem,
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what I found is that we need a lip oil that looks like a gloss and acts as a stain.
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And this one has become one of my all -time favorites.
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This is by Nooni and it's a Korean brand.
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And if there's one thing Koreans are gonna do is that they're always going to make a fire lip product.
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Let me show you what this looks like so you can see how good it looks.
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I gotta bring you guys in closer for this one.
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I'm only gonna apply it to my bottom lip so you can see the difference.
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The shine this gives you is insane.
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It gives your lips the super juicy look, but it's not sticky at all.
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When I wear this all day, I do not get overstimulated.
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And because it's an oil, it's actually quite nourishing.
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This is a lip tint, so it's going to give you a subtle stain,
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which I love because then I don't have to keep applying it throughout the day.
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I am wearing the shade Apple Vanilla, and I feel like this is the perfect match for me.
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Anuni has a ton of other shades.
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I actually wanna get some more because this is my favorite lip product of all time.
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As someone who used to hate them, I will link this in the description if you're interested
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and I will keep putting everyone on this because it's actually that good
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Now that we have our lip color i'm going to choose a blush that actually matches it
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This is the road pocket blush that everyone knows and loves
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but this is the only road product I actually use I actually like this more than the lip balms,
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which I feel like is saying a lot.
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This formula is so creamy I love applying it on my finger first and then kind of dabbing it on my cheeks
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Yeah, I feel like this matches my lips really well.
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This is in the shade
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Sleepy Girl and I feel like this is the perfect muted dark pink.
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Fun fact, my color season is actually deep autumn slash deep winter, so this is when my closet should really pop off.
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I like to put it on my eyes as well.
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The base products you already use should be going on your eyes.
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Remember that we're trying to create like a very cohesive look, so we shouldn't see one product start and one end.
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Of course, don't forget right under the eyes as well.
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And boom, that's blush.
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None of this should be really that complicated.
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It's all about how you apply the product.
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Already here, we've created a lot of dimension.
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Now, the most important step for me is the eyes.
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I think eyes are the most beautiful part about the face.
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They're the most expressive.
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Of course, like we want to emphasize that even with a natural makeup look.
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I'm going to show you how to do a very natural eyeliner with eyeshadow.
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This is an eyeshadow stick by Jones Road.
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They sent me like a ton of these and I love using this shade for my eyes.
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I tend to find liquid liner too harsh and unforgiving.
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If you mess up with liquid liner, it's done.
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With this, you can be pretty messy.
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I start by lining the outer corner, but I don't draw a long wing.
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I'll just go until my eye stops and then I'll connect it with the inner corner.
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I know this is looking kind of crazy right now, but trust the process.
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If you have monolids like me,
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You can really go ham on this and it won't look that crazy because half of my eyelid is covering it
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Okay, this is what my eyes look like.
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I know it's very messy
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But the key is to use an angled brush slowly diffuse the line
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that I drew I love using an eyeshadow stick for this
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because it blends like eyeshadow and it just makes this whole process Very easy.
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You see how it kind of gives me like a subtle eyeliner look without a harsh line right there
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And I also like to blend this kind of going up my eyelid.
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So the line and my shadow, it all looks like one thing.
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And the reason why I didn't draw like a super long wing is because when I blend it out, it already creates a natural wing.
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And I just like to use my finger to like clean it up a little bit.
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For this, the messier, the better.
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It's not supposed to look like super precise.
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It's kind of giving just like effortless, clean girl, French girl.
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This is my version of that.
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It's really not supposed to look like you actually put eyeliner
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on like i keep saying all of these products are buildable so
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if you're going out at night
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you can 100 add more liner on top of this to make
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it a little bit more dramatic take the leftover on my brush
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and apply some on the lower lash line
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this just kind of connects the shadow to the rest of
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the eye gives the eyes some more dimension like i want people to think your eyes look like this naturally
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this might be kind of weird
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but i also like to use this on my brows so
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if you're going to use this for both your eyes and your brows i would choose a color that suits both.
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And I just take a small angled brush and I fill in my brows.
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Because I'm using like a cream product, it's not going to give me super harsh lines.
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I have been plagued by the 2016 like chiseled brows.
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Never again.
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Never again.
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There we have it y 'all.
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Who knew eyeshadow could work on your brows?
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One of my must -dos for makeup, doesn't matter how lazy I'm feeling,
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I always have to do my lashes lashes are like really the only thing
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that opens up my eyes i feel naked
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if i don't do mascara this is the og by the way
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i have probably been using this for like more than six
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or seven years six seven um sorry cringe
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i just love a lengthening mascara this one is also waterproof by the way
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so it's going to hold pretty much the entire day man
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i kind of miss doing these makeup videos maybe i should do more i don't know
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if anyone's gonna watch
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this though then i will wait a couple minutes to let the mascara dry a little bit before
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i curl a second time no this will not rip out your lashes
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if you let the mascara dry first if you go in
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when it's wet it's gonna rip them out this is the secret to making my lashes stay elevated the whole day
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Do you see the difference there?
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Let's give her a set.
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One of my favorite setting sprays, by the way.
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I love a really fine mist.
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This does not feel like you're getting ambushed.
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It's so good.
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And this is the finished makeup look.
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Oh my god, I missed saying that.
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This is just my go -to routine whenever I'm feeling lazy, but I still want to look put together.
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And like, I tried.
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I can probably do this in like five minutes and be out the door.
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Like, it's that quick.
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You don't even need brushes and I feel like the result is not
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that much different if I used 10 products versus six.
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Let me know if you guys try this look and if you wanna get the products I use, I will link them in the description.
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If there is one thing you should get though, it would be this lip oil.
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It just looks so flattering on everybody.
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As always, thanks so much for watching and I'll see you next time.
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Bye.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “you probably wear too much makeup”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: product, lip, eye, blush, makeup. This video has 188 sentences and 2308 words to shadow. The speech runs for 10:42. The speaker talks fast, about 216 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. Only 81% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| blush noun | /ˈblʌʃ/ | An act of blushing; a pink or red glow on the face caused by embarrassment, shame, shyness, love, etc. |
| 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… |
| 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. |
| 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… |
| shadow noun | /ˈʃædəʊ̯/ | A dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object. |
| shade noun | /ʃeɪd/ | Darkness where light, particularly sunlight, is blocked. |
| dimension noun | /daɪˈmɛn.ʃən/ | A single aspect of a given thing. |
| angle noun | /ˈæŋ.ɡəl/ | A figure formed by two rays which start from a common point (a plane angle) or by three planes that intersect (a solid angle). |
| routine noun | /ɹuˈtin/ | A course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure. |
| harsh adjective | /ˈhɑɹʃ/ | Unpleasantly rough to the touch or other senses. |
| messy adjective | /ˈmɛsi/ | In a disorderly state; chaotic; disorderly. |
| liner noun | /ˈlaɪnɚ/ | A large passenger-carrying ship, especially one on a regular route; an ocean liner. |
| emphasize verb | /ˈɛm.fə.saɪz/ | To stress, give emphasis or extra weight to (something). |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| put together verb | To assemble, construct, build, or formulate. |
| figure out verb | To come to understand; to discover or find a solution; to deduce. |
| go around verb | To move or spread from person to person. |
| go through verb | To travel from one end of something to the other. |
| go up verb | To move upwards. |
| look out verb | To be vigilant and aware often as an imperative to alert a person to danger. |
| open up verb | To open. |
| pop off verb | To leave and return in a short time. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- It's not really a foundation in my opinion.
- I think that's really cute.
- It's all about how you apply the product.
- Who knew eyeshadow could work on your brows?
- Do you see the difference there?
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 also been seeing · have probably been using |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | I've gone · haven't done · They've just become |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | be placed · have been plagued |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | buildable, which is · someone who used |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 56 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, you're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: myth /mɪθ/, underneath /ˌʌndɚˈniθ/, lengthen /ˈlɛŋθən/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: blush /ˈblʌʃ/, brush /bɹʌʃ/, shadow /ˈʃædəʊ̯/, shade /ʃeɪd/, dimension /daɪˈmɛn.ʃən/
- Long words — get the stress right: naturally /ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/, universal /ˌjunəˈvɜɹs(ə)l/, complicated /ˈkɑm.plɪˌkeɪ.tɪd/, incredibly /ɪŋˈkɹɛdɪbli/, eliminate /ɪˈlɪm.ɪ.neɪt/
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 blush, brush, lip.
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.