Hello, Vogue.
I'm Leslie Dumeix, a Parisian makeup artist,
and today I'm going to show you a spring makeup tutorial: fresh, glowy
and, of course, Parisian style.
I'll start with my skincare routine.
Very important, the step you can't miss when you want a fresh and glowy make-up.
I always put a lotion first to prepare my skin for the products.
Then, I use a Guerlain Abeille Royale eye contour,
which I find quite effective since it really removes small wrinkles.
It relaxes the eye area.
And then, of course, I massage it.
Then, I apply the Abeille Royale serum.
There, two pumps, that's enough.
I always apply it by pressure, like this, on the face.
After the serum, I apply a cream,
it's very important to moisturize the skin.
And then I always put a face mist to really increase the hydration of my products.
And, last step, the lip balm,
it's very important to moisturize your lips before putting lipstick
to avoid having dry areas when you put the makeup on.
Ok, let's put on the makeup.
I always start with this foundation from Shiseido.
It is the Synchro Skin, which is a little more covering.
And then I put my blend of Face And Body from Mac,
a little drop, which is lighter and more transparent.
Let's say it's the secret of makeup artists to get the perfect color for a foundation.
I'm not going to put too much on.
With my brush, I'm just going to blend it in.
It hides rednesses, small pimples,
it's very light, very natural, just to unify the complexion.
So how do you know if the color you've chosen is right?
Well, what I do is I take a little bit of my color,
I apply it here and if I see that it blends well, it's the right color.
When I'm done with my foundation step, I use a concealer palette.
I like this one from Mac because it has several colors.
Correcting small imperfections is pretty essential for me.
I take a little bit of these two colors, the ones I use the most,
and I just correct the little imperfections.
Where there are some, I put a little bit of product and blend it in.
Rather than putting on a ton of foundation,
it's better to put on very little foundation, if any at all,
and make corrections.
That's what keeps the complexion light, fresh and natural.
Next, the concealer.
I use this Lumière pen from Chanel.
That's step one.
To correct the color of the dark circle, use a pen, get the product out,
and put in the hollow of the dark circle.
I spread the product first with the brush.
That's not mandatory. Sometimes, I do it with my finger.
Then I'll use my finger to blend the product.
You can already see that it has corrected the color.
I don't have the blue color anymore.
You can still see the rings under my eyes, but it's a true color correction,
especially if you have very dark circles,
and at the same time, it lightens up, which is what I like about this type of product,
and it's a little bit lighter than some concealers.
It's more of a light step.
So, if you have very little dark circles, some light is enough.
I move on to my second concealer: Fenty Pro Filt'r,
there's no need to put much on.
I do three small dots
and I always stay well in the hollow of the ring.
I never put my product right up to the eye,
because otherwise, during the day, you end up with concealer lines under the eye,
and it doesn't look very good.
It also creates fine lines.
To avoid this kind of problem, we really stick to the hollows of the dark circles.
And also, a little tip, don't forget this little corner of the eye
because it's always a bit red and it tends to make the look fall off.
I always correct, on everyone, it really lifts the eyes.
Then, the powder.
This is a must.
I use this powder from Mac, the Blot,
with a slightly beveled brush that follows the shape of my dark circle.
I powder and mattify.
If you don't powder your dark circles, unfortunately, it doesn't stay on.
And moreover, when you don't powder, the circles are more defined
because it brings out the volume, because it is shiny.
I powder the areas of sweat, like the forehead,
the corners of the nose, the corner of the eye, under the eye,
and here, you can leave more glow, it's okay.
The blush, my favorite step.
I just put on a blush from Mac that has a bit of a hybrid texture,
shimmery, but not glittery.
And with my La Bouche Rouge brush, I pick up the product.
First, I stroke it over my hand to remove the excess material,
I smile and apply from the cheek up to the temple.
Some people like to put a little bit on their nose for a fresh, spring-like look.
You can just swipe it like that.
And I like to finish up with a little bit on the eyes.
It already colors my eyelid.
The bronzer that I'm going to use is this one, the Terracotta Matte by Guerlain.
I'm using a pretty dark color.
This is the deep color.
I take the product with the same brush as the blush.
I stroke it a little bit on my hand so I don't smudge it
and I always start at the temple and I'm going to do a three around my face.
Forehead.
If you have a very small forehead, of course,
you need to avoid putting too much bronzer on the forehead.
Then I do this.
I really place it in the hollow, under the bone, going towards mouth.
I blend a bit with my blush.
Then I continue on the neck.
That really avoids having a demarcation of foundation.
It rectifies the color a little bit,
and the neck is always whiter because it doesn't tan,
it's always lighter than the face.
I also put some on the bridge of the nose.
That's a technique if you want to sharpen your nose a little bit.
After forming the three with the Terracotta, let's do the eyes.
I start with this palette.
I like these colors right now, it's rosy, it's fresh,
it's easy to use on all eye colors.
And most importantly, you have matte and iridescent,
so it's very complete.
I use a slightly fluffy eye brush.
The fluffy whites, it's a must for you to do your eye makeup.
I'll take my matte pink color first.
Same thing, I go over my hand and I place my brush there,
in the crease of my eye and also the end of the eye.
So, never going down, always stretching while going up
to open the eye and not to make it fall, it is not the goal.
And always a matte color in the hollow,
because matte sculpts, and glossy bulges.
Then I take the slightly darker color,
I swipe over my hand
and I'll just put that dark color at the end of the eye.
You can use these iridescent colors on the bulge of the eye.
For daytime, I have another one that I love that has an absolutely gorgeous glow.
It's a product from Mac.
And here, with my finger this time, not with a brush,
I close the eye and I place this small light on the bulge of the eye, just in the center.
Then I'll blend in a little bit with my finger, and with a little brush,
I'll really come to the inner corner.
You can also do it with your finger, but right now my nails are a bit long.
It doesn't work very well.
We're going to avoid poking an eye anyway.
You can also put a little bit there, underneath, on the corner of the eye.
Right away, it completely changes the makeup.
Then, essential step, the eyelash curler.
It scares a lot of people,
but as soon as I put makeup on, I always use it.
You catch your lashes
and it really...
lifts them up.
It's like we already have mascara on.
After curling my lashes, I apply the mascara
to hold them up.
I use this mascara from Charlotte Tilbury.
It has little spikes that really separate the lashes,
that's what I like about this type of mascara,
it's that it looks more natural, it gives me long lashes.
Then, pro tip,
with a small stick which does not have mascara, I brush my lashes
to remove the excess of mascara, to avoid clumping.
We're done with the eye look and I'm going to move on to the eyebrows.
I'm going to use this pencil from Shiseido.
There is a pencil side and there is a side with a little brush.
First, we brush the eyebrow upwards.
We're going to fill in the bottom line.
I just fill in the little holes.
If you need to fill in more, you redraw the whole bottom line.
I end up lengthening the tip just a little bit,
and then we brush down and see what needs to be filled in.
For example, here.
And if you have a lot more to complete, feel free to redo the line.
Then, I brush well.
If necessary, I fill in the inside of my eyebrow and I brush,
especially to blend the product and to avoid pencil marks,
which we often see when it comes to eyebrows.
There is another tip to avoid having marks: don't use a pencil that is too dark.
Prefer a lighter pencil that will just fill in and not completely pencil your eyebrow.
To know where your eyebrow should stop, in general,
we make a line between the corner of the eye and the corner of the nose.
This is about right.
It's the same for the inside of the eyebrow, in general,
we put our pencil at the corner of the nose and at the corner of the eye
and we see where the eyebrow should end.
After that, I fix my eyebrows upwards.
This is really the product I can't live without.
When I don't do my eyebrows, at least I brush them.
I raise the head of the eyebrow
and then, at the back, I brush them a little straighter
to really place them well,
to have a well disciplined eyebrow.
It's actually the French fashion to have big eyebrows.
Models love it.
Now I'm going to do the highlighter.
This is the step that everyone loves.
I prefer liquid highlighters over powder
because I find the materials are much lighter and more natural.
I just put on one, two, three drops and then, with my finger, I tap off the excess.
I put it on the nose.
That's what's really going to give that fresh effect to the complexion,
that glowy effect that we like.
Use an highlighter if you want that fresh effect,
it's really magical.
But how do you choose the color?
It's the same, there are colors in the highlighters.
When you have a more tanned complexion,
you'll choose colors that are more golden, that have little golden reflections,
and when you have a whiter complexion,
you can go for colors that are a little more...
we often call them "moon", really whiter or pinker.
The mouth.
I always use a pencil.
If you want lips that are a little bit fuller, a little bit better defined,
it's essential, especially when you have thin lips.
You can cheat a little bit by going slightly underneath.
Don't worry, you won't get that pencil look with a big, bold pencil line
if you choose a good color, one that's natural and light,
that doesn't show too much, that's almost the shade of your lip.
And I'm mainly here to catch up, you never have a symmetrical mouth.
If there is a side higher than the other, we overflow a little and we correct.
We also correct the end,
the corners of the lips, which are never naturally that filled.
We come well to the end to redefine our mouth.
I will add a lipstick.
The pencil was Charlotte Tilbury's,
and the lipstick is also Charlotte Tilbury's, it's the same shade, it's Pillow Talk.
Normally, they're a really good match.
I don't wear a lot, just a little bit to fill in the middle.
But if you have thinner lips, of course,
feel free to go for colors that are a little bit more satin-like
that plump up the lips more.
And that's it, makeup is done!
I hope you liked it.
I'm going to take off my barrettes.
Thanks Vogue.
See you soon!