hello friends welcome back to my channel if you're new welcome my name is
christine today we are going to do a makeup tutorial
for beginners i'm going to share a lot of my tips and tricks that
all levels of makeup users will find helpful
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and get started today's video is actually partially sponsored by elf i
actually have a full face of elf makeup on my channel so obviously i'm a big fan
of the brand i have a lot of new products from elf as well as old
favorites i'm going to start off with the elf nourishing facial oil
when i was reading the ingredients of this i was actually really impressed it
contains a lot of really great ingredients like rosehip oil which i
really love for my skin i did do my skincare this morning but i
just feel a little bit dehydrated so i could use a little bit more especially
if you are going to be wearing a full face of makeup foundation concealer all
that jazz you want to make sure that your skin
is prepped and that way everything will just apply so much more smoothly
next i'm going to be using the elf poreless putty
primer and this is an old favorite of mine it's such a goodie
it's so hyped but for a good reason this is a really really great primer and i
feel like it actually works a lot of primers out there don't
really notice a difference but with this i do so i'm just going to take a small
amount you don't need a whole lot of this and i'm going to spread it mainly
in my t-zone now i don't think that primer is a
necessary step it kind of just helps to prolong your
makeup also whenever i have blemishes i like to put primer
over that because it just allows the makeup to apply on top smoothly i'm
actually going to start off with the eyebrows
i'm going to be using the benefit goof proof brow pencil
and what's great about this brow pencil is it actually has a little angled tip
so this actually makes it really easy for me to
do my brows especially if you're a beginner if you
want to get a pencil that instead of having a fine tip you want something
that has more of an angled tip like this because it just is
so much easier for doing your brows when i'm doing my brows too i find it
easier to do a lot of like straight lines and kind of
trace out the brow shape that i want and then using lighter strokes i'm going
to fill it in and then switching to the spoolie here and there
to kind of brush out my brows so that way it just looks a little bit
more natural
if you mess up a little bit like i did it's totally fine one trick that i like
to do is i will grab a tissue and i can use that to kind of clean up
the brows you can also use concealer but i've always just liked using
tissue paper because it gets the job done i also have these atrocious
blemishes that i'm going to show you my little trick for
covering up a little bit later i'm actually going to prep my lips
i have loved this lip exfoliator from elf for so many years comes in a
little tube form so it makes it super quick and easy to exfoliate my lips and
then just wipe off the excess with a tissue or napkin eyeshadow can be a
little bit intimidating so i like to do my eyes first that way if there's any
fallout or any powders that fall onto my face it's super easy to wipe and clean
away elf has these really cute eyeshadow
palettes that i'm discovering for the first time and these are so
affordable as well these are the bite size eyeshadow palettes
and this one right here is in the color berry
bad i feel like this is a really good neutral palette and they're so
affordable that it's great if you want to
try out some colors without spending a whole lot of money so i think i'm going
to be using this one this one is in the color pumpkin pie
i'm not a huge believer in eyeshadow primer i don't think it's necessary at
all if you struggle with your eyeshadows
moving around a lot you might try out eyeshadow primer but for me powdering my
eyelids has always helped a ton so i'm just gonna pick up some of this sephora
pressed powder and using a fluffy brush i'm just going to go ahead and set my
eyelids you can also use a translucent powder or
some type of loose powder works as well i'm gonna pick up this
warm tone right here i'm just gonna use that same brush that
i used to set my eyeshadow and i'm just excuse me
i'm just gonna pack this color all over my eyelid and kind of buff it
out to the crease this is the technique that i find super
helpful and really really easy especially for beginners
if you don't want to play with a lot of different shadows and you're just
experimenting for the first time packing it all over your lid and kind of
blending it out is kind of a great way to kind of get used to the
look get used to blending and you don't have to dig in a lot of
colors to kind of get that impact you want to
use windshield wiper motions blending actually takes a long time and i think
the longer that you spend with it the better it's gonna look
a lot of times in my makeup tutorials i really speed up the process so you don't
really see how much time goes into blending but
usually i'm blending out my eyeshadow for like one to two minutes
also towards the edges of my eyes i will kind of flick the shadow up
at an angle shape and i just find that is the most flattering for my eye shape
i didn't pick any more product either i'm just using my brush just to make
sure that everything is really nicely blended up so i'm super happy with the
way that looks that eyeshadow just blended out so
quickly and easily and that color is absolutely gorgeous
you could keep it like this if you wanted but i want to add a little
shimmer to my lid i think i like the darker color so i'm gonna pick up this
one right here and just using my ring finger i find that using my fingers
really gets you a lot of pigment as well for the colors
so i'm just dragging this on my lid making sure not to bring it
too high because i just like my shimmer shades to stay a little bit more
concentrated onto the center of my lid then i'm gonna go in with that same
original brush that we used to blend out the
matte shadow and i'm just gonna kind of buff out the edges and just make sure
that everything is blended out and we don't have any harsh lines
i'm just gonna leave it like that so that it's quick and easy going in with
mascara i'm gonna be using my tried and true laura mercier eyelash
curler this is the best eyelash curler on the market i'm gonna
be using the essence lash princess mascara this is one of my
favorite mascaras from the drugstore and it's so
affordable as well this wand makes it really great for getting a lot of volume
i'm not gonna go too crazy with the mascara just because i am
going to put on falsies i also like to use mascara even when i'm putting on
false lashes just because i feel like it helps to
blend my natural lashes with the false lashes a little bit better
so i decided i wanted to darken my lash line a little bit more
i'm gonna pick up a little angled brush and i'm gonna pick up the dark brown in
this palette i don't even know if i should call it a
little palette because it's so small we're not gonna do a winged liner or
anything like that we are just kind of packing it onto the lash line
so there you can see there's a little bit of difference this eye just looks
like it's a little bit more defined it's just an easy step that you can do
then we're gonna move into falsies the false lashes that i have been wearing
non-stop are these ones from ilor these are the luxe silk in the style marquis
i think it was only 15 or three pairs of these but i also wanted to show you a
different style that's great for beginners
these are the ardell faux mink wispies and i
love these lashes these are one of my favorite lashes especially for beginners
when you're looking for lashes you want to look for something that has a really
really thin band you can see the eyelure ones have just a slightly
thicker lash band so they're a smidge harder to work with than these ones so
you want to make sure that you're getting a band has a really really
thin lash line they kind of flare up in the outer corners so it kind of just
gives you a cattier look which i really really like i'm going to be using this
duo brush on adhesive with vitamins and i'm just going to quickly pop them
on if you want to see a little tutorial on how to apply lashes i'll go ahead and
leave a igtv link down below now that the eyes are
done i'm going to move into the foundation i've been using the smashbox
studio skin hydrating foundation and i have been
obsessed it looks so good on my skin it looks
beautiful in pictures and videos and the color match is also really really great
i have it in shade 2.3 but i have so many videos on my channel
recommending a lot of foundations that i really like from the drugstore i will go
ahead and link those videos above and below
so that is just one pump i'm gonna use the sponge from elf i
love this sponge it's only six doulas i also prefer
using sponges as opposed to brushes just because i feel like
sponges give you a more natural finish i need a little bit more coverage so i'm
going to go ahead and pick up another pump and a half next we are going to use
a new concealer i'm super excited to try elf has this hydrating camo concealer
and i have it here in two shades i think this one might be a little bit
too deep for me this one is in the shade medium beige so i think i'm gonna be
using the medium sand these have a really big doe
foot applicator they remind me a lot of the
tarte shape tape adding a concealer that is a little bit
lighter than your skin tone helps to bring that area forward so any areas
that are hollow like this that you want to bring forward or
blemishes that you want to conceal i like to use a concealer that is about
one to two shades lighter than my skin tone instead of doing the
big triangle that you kind of see a lot on instagram
i like to just put a little bit just like that and sometimes bring it down
the nose as well and that helps to kind of brighten those
areas and since i have blemishes i'm gonna put it there too
as you get to the outer corners of your face you don't have
as high of coverage and that much product out there where you don't really
need it as much i'm also gonna put a little bit of
concealer here to kind of help brighten that part of my face because that is
where my face is naturally a little bit brighter as well
and then a little bit on my chin area holy full coverage but see how it just
really brightens up that eye area that is what we want
and then i'm just going to kind of drag it out here as well
okay now that most of that is blended out i'm actually gonna go in with this
flawless concealer brush from elf this is one of my favorite brushes
i actually will like to go in with a brush like this and kind of buff in
around my t-zone this just allows the product to really
sink into the skin it helps to blur out some of the pores that i have and buff
out some of that extra product so it doesn't look
cakey so i'm actually going to go in with a matte loose translucent powder
just so that it really sets everything in place and i just kind of prefer
a more matte look for my under eyes so i'm going to use this one from milk
oh you know what i have a cream blush this is kind of an extra step you are
really new to makeup and using creams is kind of like
overwhelming for you you can totally skip this step but i prefer using
a cream product as my blush or bronzer it just makes my cheeks look so
naturally flush so i have two different multi sticks here from elf this one is
in the shade bronze cherry looks like a good apricot
color and i think this one is in the shade radiant bronzed
so i think i'm gonna use the bronze cherry i'm gonna
oh wow that's really pigmented so i put it on my hand to kind of warm it up pat
that on my cheeks this is the area where i normally like to put my blush
a little bit across my nose as well because it just really helps to
warm up my face and add a little bit more color back so i want to make sure
that i'm not bringing my blush lower than this we want everything to
look really chiseled and cut so i'm kind of keeping the blush
up on my cheekbones and then i'm going to take what's remaining
and drag that across my nose okay then going back in with my sponge
i'm going to blend out all the edges so now going in with my
setting powder okay wipe off some of the foundation that i have on my lips next
i'm going to bronze up i'm not sure if this bronzer is going to be
deep enough for me but this one is the elf forever sun kissed bronzer
similar to the blush we want to make sure that the bronzer is placed about
right here if i suck in you'll see that i have shadows that naturally occur
in this area so that is where i want to apply the bronzer
you can kind of suck into to kind of see where you should place it so i'm just
bronzing my entire face it helps to bring a lot more color back
especially after all that foundation and concealer it just helps to make your
makeup look a little bit more retro for bronzers too i normally like
to apply it in kind of a three shape so it'll be
like this and like this i also like to pat a little bit of bronzer on my chin
as well because it just helps to make the makeup look not as cakey down there
i personally like to layer my cream and powder products because it just helps
my makeup to last a longer amount of time especially because i have such oily
skin blush is one of the products that fade the quickest on my skin
i also love the really blushed effect so i'm just gonna layer it i'm
using here the elf blush in the color always rosy so i'm gonna pick that up on
a little angled brush and put that in the same area where you
use the cream blush and it helps to bring so much more color
back my face i cannot live without blush i'm gonna go back into the little
eyeshadow quad that we used earlier and i'm gonna pick up that dark shade that
we put all over the lid i'm actually gonna smudge that
on the lower lash line i prefer using shimmer shades because it
doesn't really close off my eye area i prefer my eyes to look really
bright and open let's see how pretty that looks just
makes it look like i put so much more effort into my eye shadow and it's such
a quick and easy step that you can do then for my lips i'm actually going to
use the same monochromatic stick that we use from elf and i'm just gonna pick up
a little bit on my finger and pat that into my lips
this really helps to kind of tie in all the colors that we use
on our face together and that is it for today's makeup look i hope you all
enjoyed i will go ahead and link all the products down below in the description
box like i always do i love the way that the makeup turned
out it is so soft and pretty and super easy to recreate i also wanted to say a
big thank you to elf for partially sponsoring this video i'm such a fan of
their products and obviously everything worked out so beautifully
that is all for today's video i hope you all enjoyed let me know down in the
comments what you'd like to see next and i will see you in the next video bye
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