Hello, everyone. Welcome back.
Thank you so, so much for joining me.
Today I have a very exciting video, and I'm really looking
forward to sharing all these little tips with you.
A lot of you who may know me know I'm super
into K-beauty, Korean skincare, Korean makeup, and today I want
to share some tips with you from Korean makeup artists.
Now, listen, Korean makeup artists, when it comes to
skin, when it comes to eyes, when it comes
to everything, know their stuff, like insane.
So today I want to share some of the tips I
have picked up over years, just over years of watching content
and reading things from makeup artists from South Korea.
Anybody knows subtle but really effective makeup,
it is South Korean makeup artists.
So we're going to be doing that today.
We're going to be getting a perfect base, perhaps using
some things and using some techniques that you may not
do every day, I personally don't do every day.
And you never know, it might
become a new habit for you.
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Okay, so I haven't prepped my skin or anything.
I've done my brows, but my skin is
actually feeling really dry and really tight.
So what we're... oh, God.
What's this here?
So the first product we're going in
with, these are incredible, by the way.
I love sheet masks and things like that,
but sometimes they don't fit my face.
These are from one of my
favorite brands at the moment, Unleashia.
And these are the Sisua Tasmanian
Pepper Calming 2-Piece Pad.
There's 70 pads in here.
So one thing that you'll see a lot of artists do
is use these kind of toner pads on the skin and
leave them on while they are doing eye makeup.
Probably couldn't do that with a sheet mask
because you wouldn't even be able to see
your face or your eyes, really.
And these pads in particular are very
calming and soothing on the skin.
So perhaps you have quite red skin or
a little bit of an uneven skin tone.
These are going to help even
that out and prep your skin.
But it also and this is
key, it helps control oil production.
We need that balance.
We need that, not too much oil,
not enough oil, in the skin.
So that's exactly what we need.
Okay, let's do the eyes.
We'll come back to the skin a little bit
later because there's a little bit more prep there.
Again from Unleashia.
They are really, like, one of
my favorite brands at the moment.
This is the Glitterpedia All Of Lavender Fog palette.
Now it says glitter palette, but
not all the shades are glitter.
And this glitter is kind of quite chunky.
It's not like that really horrible, messy glitter.
You know what I mean? You know me in glitter anyway.
It's quite nude and neutral, but the
purples and these shimmers pack quite a punch.
So we'll be using those on top.
And we have a little bit of something else, which I'm
going to stack on top as well.
So let's take this kind of darker, neutral shade here.
And what we're going to do with this is something,
usually when I start my eye makeup, I start in
the socket and bring it up quite high and kind
of aim to do this kind of winged out look.
But we're going to keep a lot of the detail on
the lids today and a little bit less in the socket.
So I'm literally just taking the whole
brush and moving that across the lid.
And you'll notice I'm using a blending brush still and
not like a flat brush because we kind of want
that nice, almost washed out tint of colour.
One thing I've noticed about K-beauty and the
way the makeup style is done by professional makeup
artists is they really like to layer their products
and they give their eyeshadow depth.
They start off with something a little bit
darker, a little bit mid tone, and then
they build it up from there.
Whereas a lot of the time, we would
maybe do like a lighter base and then
go in with darker on the outside corner.
We're starting with our darkest first.
This eyeshadow is so smooth, you can see it goes on,
I was just about to say, just like powder, but it is powder.
But like a really soft, really manageable powder.
I actually have a few of these palettes already.
I think you saw me use them before in a few videos.
Love it. Really nice.
I'm just going to grab a bit of a blending brush and
just soften up any product that we've got in the socket.
I'm just going to use the same brush and I'm
going to go in with this deeper kind of purple.
It's almost cranberry, but not as red.
And let's just run that deep in the
socket here and just soften that up again.
Give that a little buff out.
These pads on my skin, sometimes
things dry up super quick.
But these still feel incredibly hydrated still.
I was going to say moist, but
I know people hate that word.
And still quite cold.
They're really, really just relaxing on the skin.
And then I want to go in with this shade here.
This is the most stunning,
almost duo tone pinky, purple.
And we're going to tap that across the whole lid.
And we'll just soften up through the socket here.
I love this.
Okay, let's go back in with that deeper, cranberry shade right here.
And then let's just go just along the lash line.
See how it just adds a little
bit of density near the lash?
And then with our darker brown and a
small, like, angle brush, I'm going to go
literally right across the lash line.
Okay, let's remove these.
I'm actually going to use them to
wipe away any fallout under the eye.
We want our skin to take in what it
can, so I'm just going to tap what's left.
My skin feels so smooth around this area.
I'm used to it being so dry.
And don't waste any of that moisture.
Rub it into your hands or your fingers.
My skin feels bouncy.
It feels really beautiful.
Okay, let's carry on prepping the skin before we finish
up under the eyes and actually go into foundation.
So I have two options.
I'm going to show you both.
A lot of the time with prepping the
skin, yes, it's super important, and it's definitely
something you'll see in K-beauty.
There's a lot of skincare focus, which is great.
But you'll notice when a lot of makeup artists, it's actually
a well known kind of thing in makeup artistry, that
you don't pile up too much product.
It can disturb foundation.
It can do all this other stuff.
So primers and things like that aren't very popular.
So when it comes to prepping the skin, if you're
oily or you are maybe not extremely dry, but a
little bit dry, we're just going to use a spray.
That's it.
So this is the Nacific Fresh Herb Origin Revival Mist.
And you can see it's that kind of like duo phase spray.
So this spray, one, it smells incredible, but
it's formulated with a blend of citrus extracts.
And that helps nourish, it helps brighten, it
helps hydrate, just leaves your skin feeling revitalized.
So there's Orange Peel Oil in this and
also something called Meadow Foam Seed Oil.
But they basically help to tighten
the skin a little bit.
So if you are kind of oilier, maybe you're
a little bit worried about the appearance of pores.
Of course we can't completely shut them, but we
can help to kind of minimize the appearance.
I just like to spray.
I like to go at it and then just fan it dry.
I don't tap it in.
I just kind of let it do what it needs to do.
So if you are a little bit dry,
perhaps you like to build up your products
a little bit more, that's absolutely fine.
We can go for a different option.
One of my recommendations is always just
to use a Hyaluronic Acid serum.
And this is something that is also
quite popular amongst makeup artists in South
Korea, because, again, it's skin prepping without over prepping.
You won't find makeup artists anywhere dripping anything on
the face, just nice and simple.
So this is the HaruHaru Wonder
Black Rice Hyaluronic Anti-Wrinkle Serum.
So it is an anti-aging serum, but it
also doubles as a spot treatment for wrinkles.
It has Fermented Back Rice Extract and Vitamin E,
which is great for the skin, of course.
And over time, it will help even out texture and
fine lines and make your skin nice and bright.
And I like to just kind of tap it into the skin.
Take my time applying this and really push it in.
It is so super lightweight.
Like, you wouldn't really feel this on the skin.
If you're oily and you wanted to layer this on top of that
mist, I would absolutely do so, or vice versa.
But do just let your skin have
some time to absorb it all properly.
The skin is also all about the glow.
Yes, we have our skincare doing the work, but let's
also give it a little bit of help, right?
Now, I know a lot of people shy away from SPF, especially
when it comes to under makeup, because when we think of
SPF, especially SPF 50, we think of heavy, at the beach,
pure white on the skin.
Smells funny.
Sand is all over us. Like, too much.
If you want a good lightweight SPF for under
foundation, K-beauty brands are the way to go. 100%.
Anyone will tell you that.
So, this is the Heimish Artless Glow Base SPF 50 PA ++.
You know when everyone was like,
glass skin, glass skin, glass skin.
When basically it was just like,
really glowy, healthy looking skin.
If you want that look, this is the one.
So this helps to even out pores and texture
while also giving you a glow and protection With the SPF.
You can use it...
Oh, look, look, look, look, look.
You can use it under your makeup, of
course, but you can absolutely use it alone if you
just want your skin to have a really beautiful glow
with that added SPF, with that added protection.
Oh, my God.
My skin is just glowing.
My skin feels super hydrated,
super, like bouncy and nice.
But I don't feel over prepped.
I feel this is the perfect amount.
Let's go in with this frst.
You're going to be like, why? Why Robert?
Because you don't like glitter.
But I just have to show you this.
This is the, again, we're going to Unleashia you.
So I'm going to need to show you this close up.
Of course, I chose purple.
So this is a glitter gel.
So the glitter already contains the adhesive, so you
don't have to glue it to the lid.
It's slightly holographic and just grips to the lid.
Super easy to apply.
And we're just going to tap a very
light layer on top of our eye makeup.
Oh, my God.
I'm not going to go above the socket.
I'm just tapping it on the lid.
Oh, that is really cute.
Oh, my God.
Just gives a really nice shine. Okay, cool.
Try not to drag because you don't
want to interrupt the eyeshadow underneath.
And this comes in different shades as well.
Everything just looks nice and glossy and shiny.
Okay, let's move on.
So this is CLIO's Kill Cover Liquid Concealer.
Now this is a matte finish concealer.
So one thing I saw a lot of makeup artists
do in South Korea is actually something people do as
makeup artists anyway, because we don't use the applicator
straight from the applicator to the eye, is put a bit
on the back of their hand and then use their brush
to kind of just play with the product and melt it
down a little bit, taking, like, minimal, minimal amounts at a
time and just gently brushing it onto the eye area.
Now we're not going in dot here, dot here.
We're just literally tinting the undereye area.
I really like that. Look at that.
And you can still see my skin underneath.
I mean, look, I put all that on my hand,
and I'm using, like, the most minimal amount ever.
I'm almost brushing it out and waiting for it to dry
a little bit and then taking what's on the brush.
This feels, like, really satisfying for some reason,
just seeing the product tint the skin.
I feel like it's part of my skin.
I feel like that concealer is actually
my face and not makeup, you know?
Okay, so I'm just going to
add a little bit of foundation.
This is the Satin Wear Healthy-Green Cushion SPF 30 PA++.
It comes with your cushion in here, and
it does usually have a little protector on it, but like I said, used it.
And you just press this little bit here
for the color to come out.
So again, with this, we're going to take a
little bit on our pad here, but I'm going
to work from the back of my hand again.
I'm going to put excess product on the back of
my hand and then go in with the foundation.
The great thing about putting this product on the
back of your hand and taking a little bit
at a time is you're not outdoing
all that work we've just done on the skin
to give us that really amazing glow, because we're
controlling how much product we're using and taking our
time to press it into the skin with very
minimal amount, very minimal effort.
I'm going to go back into our palette and
take this deeper brown that we used before and
just run that under the eye very quickly.
This is one of my favorite products of all time.
We're going to sculpt the face a little bit in
a different way to perhaps you might do it usually.
This is a Too Cool For School Art Class Shading compact.
Look at this.
This is one of the most
popular products in South Korea.
And you can see why, it's like
everything you need in one.
So you have something that's a bit
more bronzy here, a bit more contour in this area.
And you can use this kind of as
a matte highlight if you wanted to.
And you can use all the colors together,
separate, just to find your perfect shade.
Okay, I want a flatter brush for this.
I'm actually going to mix all the shades together and
where we would usually contour under the cheekbone here.
I was watching the video, and they're like, yeah,
that's a very American way to do it.
The artist was using it on the actual
cheekbone and just brushing very gently like this.
So almost like where we would be doing our blush.
Now, of course, this absolutely depends on face shape, but
on a lot of people, if you're doing it on
your cheekbones, it still kind of looks sculpted.
I like... it's oddly sculpted, right?
It has, like, this really nice kind of,
like, lift to it despite it being kind
of, I guess, what a bronzer would do.
Now, I would usually go in maybe with a lighter
one and mattify a little bit in this area.
But there's a powder trick I want to show
you a little bit later with a powder I have also.
Let's go onto the lips.
I just want to nude them out a bit.
So this is from Etude House.
If you're familiar with K0beauty, you know Etude House.
This is the Fixing Tint.
This is a kind of a matte finish lip tint.
It's known as being, like, mask proof.
So if you are still in a position where you need
to wear masks, this is a great one to go for.
Super lightweight and super hydrating.
Oh, my God. It's like Halloween pumpkin. Oh, my God.
It goes on so smooth.
Feels like water.
That feels beautiful.
It looks like technicolor.
You know when they color like old film?
Let me show you this trick with the powder.
This was a trick that I
learned from an iconic, iconic makeup artist.
Her name is Jung Saem Mool, and you may know that name
from a brand because she has her own makeup line.
Just such an incredible, incredible artist.
Like, oh, my God, the way she does skin.
And the powder we're going to use to finish up
is the Skin Food Peach Cotton Multi Finish Powder.
It's a loose powder.
It does smell slightly like peach, and it
does come with a pad in if you
want to touch up and things like that.
However, we are going to use a flat foundation brush.
Now, this powder, it helps to set, it
helps to mattify, but it contains micro silica.
If you're not familiar with what that is, you'll
find it a lot in, like, jet-milled powders
and things like that, where it has this really
super soft, slightly blurring look to it.
It just makes the skin look
a little bit smoother and softer.
So this is a really great kind
of powder you want to go for.
So I'm going to take a foundation brush
on its side, and I'm literally going to
gently wipe that across the skin.
I saw her do this.
I was like, what?
I was like, a flat foundation brush?
I'll just do one side of the face you can see.
So we're setting our foundation.
We're mattifying, but without completely mattifying and without completely
getting rid of the shine, because in a few
minutes, when our oil comes through, we still want
to have a bit of a glow.
Never in my life have I used
a flat foundation brush for powder.
So this is the side with the glow.
We can also just do this in areas where we don't want the shine.
And we're not dragging, we're not wiping.
We're just using the edge of that
brush and gliding it across the skin.
It feels... I thought it might be a little
bit weird, but it feels incredible going on.
I love this lip color so much.
So our mascara, this is actually a Japanese
product, but Skin Cupid do sell J-beauty also.
And this is the Isehan Kiss
Me Heroin Volume & Curl Mascara.
And it's water-resistant.
A lot of people ask me for a good tubing mascara.
If you don't know what a tubing mascara
is, it creates kind of what it sounds
like, a tube, like coat around your lash.
So it is so easy to remove with like, an oil
base remover, or if you're naughty, you pick it off.
I absolutely love this brush.
Oh, maybe I should show you the brush.
Look at that curve, but also look closely.
Look how it's kind of, like, densely packed the hairs,
and they kind of, like, have a little grip on
the end, that's going to pull your lashes through.
So use that curve to cup your lashes and pull through.
And that is the finished look.
I am absolutely in love with these eyes.
I think they are so beautiful.
My skin has this... look,
just see how it catches the light occasionally.
I'm powdered, I'm set, but I have a
really nice glow from within to the skin.
I'm so happy with all of this.
Good choices.
I mean, granted, I used some of it
before, so I know it was good.
Absolutely, absolutely adore it.
Oh, I got mascara under my eyes. Okay.
Well, thank you so much for joining me.
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