hello friends good morning i'm in seattle this is cute little coco
but i'm getting ready to leave the house i thought i'd film a quick little 15 minute get ready with
me this is kind of like my everyday makeup and this is my little travel bag so a couple
of new makeup things i've been loving some staples that i always like to bring with me
and i have a little skin prep that i'm going to share with you as well so i'm really excited
so want to say a big thank you to ole henriksen for sponsoring a part of this video this is the
strength trainer peptide boost moisturizer so i actually had this moisturizer with me in new york
and i've been testing it and i really enjoy it you guys know i have really sensitive skin literally
just last week i broke out in a rash and i had to take off all of my necklaces i had to go through
like a big perch and really simplify my routine so i went back to this one and this is just a really
simple moisturizer that is ultra hydrating and in the summer time my skin sometimes still feels
dehydrated and i feel like prepping my skin just allows my makeup to last longer it makes my skin
look better and i've always said skin first makeup second so i'm going to go in and prep the skin
i also just got a little haircut so i'll show you guys afterwards how i style my hair and it's
actually will be the first time styling it since i've got it cut i feel like that's always the
real test so going in with this moisturizer it's kind of like a jelly texture like when i first
touched it i was like really surprised it kind of like feels really dense so i kind of just grab
some pieces with my nail and you can see right here like the texture is very like jelly but once
you rub it into your skin it really helps to melt in and feels so hydrating nourishing i also love
that this moisturizer is formulated with peptides and lots of ingredients to help strengthen your
skin barrier if you have sensitive skin like media i feel like this is a very important part that you
need to do especially because you always want to make sure that you have strong skin you know
like a good base for everything else so i'm just going to pick up a little bit more
forehead and like i said i have really oily acne prone skin but i think if you have dry
or normal skin you would really really like this you can just keep adding a couple more layers but
i think that for me is perfect the weather is actually cooling down a little bit in seattle
it's a little bit colder than it was in la so i actually can go in with a little bit more
of this moisturizer but you can see it just makes my skin feel so good healthy
moisturized and i had a facial done a couple of weeks ago while i was in new york and
i learned this facial massage technique that i thought would be fun to share with you guys so
if you have a little bit of extra time in the mornings highly recommend doing this because
it helps to kind of like increase circulation to your face it helps to kind of de-stress and almost
like release any like tension that you have in your face sometimes i just feel like my head
feels really tense from all the stress in the day from lack of sleep whatever so this is a
great little facial massage that i learned that i started doing and i feel like it's kind of
like a relaxing part of the routine so i'll just add a little bit more of that moisturizer
especially to that cheek area but it just kind of helps your fingers to
glide on your face for the facial massage and what i'll do is i'll take my knuckles
and kind of drag like between right there my under my cheekbone and then one knuckle like above my
cheekbone like where my highlight would typically go and you kind of just drag it across all the way
up to your hairline sometimes i'll just do this to brandon like if he's just sitting there and his
face is like so glowy i'll just take my knuckles and help massage the face and it just feels so
relaxing and then down here what i'll do is i'll kind of like drag one knuckle
same area and then the other knuckle will be kind of like hugging the jawline
like that it just feels so relaxing and again i'm just dragging it like all the way back like that
and then up here you can kind of just take one of the knuckles and drag
along your hairline kind of pull back into your temple areas and then what you want to do is
drag some of the moisturizer down your neck as well you don't want to forget
that area my skin has been so like extra sensitive lately so i just want to make sure
i'm moisturizing i'm starting thinning that skin bare okay skin feels really healthy
prepped and i'm going to go in with some spf and i'll be right back done prepping my skin i went
ahead and curled my eyelashes just to quicken the process but you always want to make sure you're
wearing sunscreen every day okay first thing i go in with is this heroin make volume and curl
mascara and this is like the best waterproof mascara of all time i'm also originally from
seattle so i am back home visiting my family i was debating whether or not i wanted to stay in
new york for new york fashion week but ray and i were there for the whole month i feel like we
did our time over there and i just wanted to come home and have like a little bit of a relaxing week
and we actually go to italy in a couple of weeks so we are looking forward to that and
kind of planning that trip today i'm actually going to pike place with my sister we're going
to do some fun exploring seattle things i've obviously been many times and i do have a top 10
video about my favorite thing to do in seattle where to shop you know some of my favorite
areas that i'll link in the corner if you haven't seen it yet and then later tonight we're gonna
grab some food and then we're gonna take the dogs to this dog park that they love and then i'm gonna
see some of my friends later tonight and then i'm gonna go in with this dr jart bb cream and i've
been really enjoying this i feel like it gives a pretty natural finish but it's easy to blend
it's like good coverage too i'm blending this out with a it cosmetics heavenly lux brush i really
like this brush because it's so fluffy but i've been liking foundation brushes because it just
makes everything so quick and easy and i'll drag some of the bb cream like under my eyes as well
then going in with a sponge just to blend out any of those lines i feel like sometimes
brushes can leave brush strokes if you want it to look as natural as possible next i only pack
two concealers with me and this is my first time trying the honest beauty concealer hopefully it's
nice because this is literally the only thing i packed okay like i needed just a little bit extra
coverage where i had some redness and then we'll just do some spot concealing as well usually i
haven't been adding any but some days you just need the extra help you know finishing up the
eyes with this l'oreal telescopic mascara it's been years since i use this and this wand is so
nostalgic for me because this is all i used to use in like middle school high school
the only thing with this brush is i feel like it sometimes
can get a little clumpy i have this little spoolie to help
then going in with my sponge just quickly blending out concealer
and then i'm actually going to go in with that same it cosmetics foundation brush
and use the other side to help buff out any of the concealer and it just helps to
make sure we have a really thin layer so it doesn't crease
wiping off some of the foundation on my lips and then i'm just going to go in with some of this
flawless forget the filler plumping lip gloss i love this this is like lightly tinted and it's
what i've had with me to newer but i'll do a thin layer because it helps to moisturize my lips and
also prep it for our lipstick later base is done i'm just gonna apply a little bit of cream blush
this is the euphoria color changing blush because it's green when you first have it
and it kind of turns like this pinky color but on an everyday basis i just have been doing literally
this i'll lightly powder my face and then i'm done and it's just like the easiest quick makeup that
looks still really photogenic and fresh and i feel like because we did prep our skin so
well it's going to last all day in my skin like i don't have to do that much work because the base
looks so good you know now sitting in the face i've been using this powder from givenchy it
comes with a little powder puff you can see it has like four different colors in here but it helps to
color correct and help brighten and i've been setting my makeup with like the pink version
of this it really helps to brighten but sometimes i feel like it turns my base to pink so i've been
using this like bluey purple one so far so good okay then this is key if you want a base that
looks really natural i'll take a foundation powder and go ahead and just buff away any of that extra
powder and sometimes so translucent powders can leave a little bit of a like white cast
and this just helps prevent that then going in with a brow gel that i've been using for like
a month straight i got my brows nano bladed back in december and so they're pretty
filled in now all i need is just a little bit of a gel just to darken them up and kind of
lay the brows and then near the front i'll kind of like brush the hairs up a little bit
then finishing up with a little bit of a lip liner this is rare beauty
and an ilia lip balm i'll go ahead and link all the products down below
so this is the finished look skin looks super fresh nothing crazy and this is just
like a really great everyday makeup look then i'm going to show you guys how i do my hair and then
i gotta run out okay so you can see my hair is a little bit shorter and i have a little bit of a
bang moment so i'm going to curl my hair first and show you guys how i do my bangs but pretty
much what i do is i have my t3 curler and i'll grab like little sections and i'll just alternate
which way i'm spinning it and as i get to the end that kind of like loosen it up and drag it out
and that way you just get a little bit more of a like gradual
curl versus something so intense and then another trick too is i kind of just go willy
nilly and then whatever strands i haven't curled yet i'll like go back and do that
but one trick that i learned that helped me is i won't actually do like the very ends of my
hair like i'll leave some out and then that just helps the hair look like not so curly
okay this is what the finished hair looks like and honestly i can kind of keep it like that
and it still looks really good but i want a little bit more batting so i'm
gonna show you guys what i do okay for my bangs i'm gonna clip back some of my hair
you only need three things hair dryer water and a little brush
and i'm just gonna wet my bangs and then i'm gonna re-dry them i do have a tutorial on how
i style my curtain wings if you guys want to see like more in-depth blowout tutorial
okay this is like pretty bangy but you can kind of just like play around with it
and this is the finished look i love the way that the hair actually turned out and my stylist
is better he's the best he used to be seattle basement he's now actually in la with me and i
posted on instagram the final cut and some of the insta pics i showed him if you guys are interested
or if you want a separate video on like more in depth on how i style let me know but he added a
little bit of like highlights and some color and i feel like it really helps to add some dimension
to my hair and this is the finished look i feel like all together it's very fresh and pretty
great for everyday and i'll go ahead and link all the products down below i also want to say a big
thank you to ole henriksen for again sponsoring a part of this video this moisturizer you could
see just makes my skin look so fresh and healthy and i didn't have to do that much to the base to
achieve this look so i hope you guys enjoyed this video i'll go ahead and link all the products
down below if you pick up this moisturizer and try out the facial massage let me know how it
is and if you guys want to see more videos like this thumbs up this video and i will be doing a
seattle vlog while i'm here as well so anyways i will see you guys in the next video bye you