That feels so good. My God.
I could do this for hours, honestly.
Hi Vogue! I'm Karen Elson
and watch me do my working from home makeup look.
I am going to show you all the fun little tricks that I have
that make my skin feel really lovely,
glowing and look good on Zoom
during these crazy times.
Every morning, I always use a good face oil.
This is one I just adore.
God, my face needs this.
So badly.
Then a little face cream.
Sometimes I mix in the residue of the face oil with the cream
and just kind of pat it all in again.
Then the next thing I do is use a roller,
a rose quartz roller, but you put it in ice
and it kind of sets the, face oil, the moisturiser.
That feels so good, my God.
There's days where maybe rolling out of bed in my pajamas
isn't the appropriate thing for...
[laughs]
a Zoom meeting.
My foundation.
You don't want to look like you've done too much,
Then, secret weapon: a good blending brush.
That is everything.
It's all about the little, subtle tricks.
So, next up, I'm going to mix a few little cheek stains.
Paint-on cheek stain.
I use my fingers a lot,
my hands and my fingers when I put on makeup.
It feels more lived-in. It feels more part of your skin.
Now I'm using another cheek stain.
I love this one so much.
It's, sort of, a very kind of petal-y pink, peachy stain
that I put on top of this.
And, if you're pale like me, a lot of these colours really pop.
And sometimes I put the cheek stain on my lips as well.
It's so just subtle and lovely.
And now onto eyebrows.
Having very fair eyebrows,
I do love fibre gel that kind of fills in your eyebrows.
And then just brush it in.
And then I also use blonde pencil
to, kind of, fill in the middle part just a little teeny bit,
just to give it a bit more definition.
Everything I do at each step of the way,
I just kind of smudge it all together.
Now, I'm going to put on a taupe eyeshadow.
Two shades of taupe: one lighter, one darker.
Then get a brush to smudge it all in again
and blend it so it doesn't look too, kind of, panda-like.
And then get a littler brush and get the darker shade
and just, kind of, get it in.
Now, I think I'm going to use some mascara.
I cannot go a day without it!
And I'm using a waterproof mascara as well.
It lasts all day long.
I always put it on the bottom as well.
I know some people don't want to do that,
but I just love my entire lashes being coated.
And now I'm going to put on a lovely lip stain.
I love this, it's in a very subtle kind of petal-y pink colour.
I love this stuff so much.
I'm going to add one more little touch to my eyes, as well:
more of a gel eyeshadow.
It's in this really lovely kind of lavender shade.
The, kind of, wetness adds another dewy look.
I'm going to use some highlighter.
It's in, like, a lovely sort of coral-y, pearly shade.
Not too much, but enough just to kind of have things pop.
The final thing I'm going to do, just to, kind of, warm me up,
I'm going to use glowing, warming powder.
Being a very pale redhead,
it's, sort of, anything I can do just to give myself a little warmth.
Rub it all in together
and make it all seem super lovely and natural.
And then just a little bit of this lovely lip gloss.
All right, now for the very final last touches.
I have rose water. Again, I keep it in the fridge because,
when you spray it on your face, it feels so lovely.
I'm looking for my powder.
I have a teenage daughter who loves to steal all my makeup,
so I just have to use another little powder here.
Just add a little bit more dewiness.
These are just a few little things that you can do at home
that make you look Zoom-ready.
Alrighty!
So, this is my finished working from home makeup look.
Hi Vogue! I'm Karen Elson.
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