hi guys welcome back to my channel
so recently I did a campaign for
benefits new California
kissing color bomb so I wanted to share
that with you today and to be completely
transparent they did pay for a sponsored
post on my Instagram but this video is
not sponsored this is just something
that I wanted to do because I really
want to share with you all of the
planning shooting and events involved
with making a campaign because some
things were great in smooth and some
things were not so great just build but
you don't owe me see you guys but in the
end we came out with something that I'm
really proud of and I know a lot of you
guys like might come to work with me
videos so if you want to see that and
see some cool places around Hong Kong
then please keep watching
all right so let's go back a bit because
before this day we had about two weeks
of planning we had some e-mails back and
forth we had a couple zoom calls I was
in charge of preparing the outfits I
wasn't necessarily the stylist but I had
to put forth what I thought would look
good for the concepts and then everyone
sort of gave their opinions so you have
to plan all the looks the lipstick
colors we're going to shoot the
locations what to bring the car that you
sort of drive around and get ready in
and after all the planning was said and
done it was a shooting day hi guys oh
I'm gonna for it guys it's my
there's an actual disparate hair okay
good morning guys we are on set today
with benefit cosmetic I'm working with a
really great team I'm working with Samus
mom and Victor and stay our contact
traders here in Hong Kong they pretty
amazing shot so they're kind of creating
to write out their stamp back as he's
talking about him I'm gonna pop it I
love what she does on her social media
and like all her photos and tick tock
stocks so excited to just like were part
of your vision like environment today
and her fiance's over there will
introduce Reza later and then we have I
been doing the videography helped
develop and that's the benefit P really
great working with a benefit team
because they're they let us express
ourselves we'll be
they've let us take the concept into our
own hand kind of have a California theme
but we brought it to the city also I'm
really grateful for the team because my
skin has not been the best and usually
on these days I stressed out this
morning I woke up with a huge bug bite
something attacked me in the night and
I have two little things but in my
modeling days there's been many times
where I either didn't get the job
because of my skin or I would show up to
work and get cancels like there was one
time I took a full-on trip like I had to
take a train to a location for a shoot
that took me half a day and then when I
got there the client saw I had some
pimples and they canceled me on the
supplies that mean me
so I got some bad memories on this and
just being able to be myself today and
be a human with real skin and real
issues but still being able to work in
the beauty industry it's just really
refreshing and I know that I'm more than
just my face or just my makeup I'm here
as myself and expressing myself with how
I want to through makeup and so I'm
really grateful to the benefit team for
giving
like having a moment the hormones are
coming so yeah I will tell you guys
along with me throughout the day we're
going all around Hong Kong and shooting
in different locations and it's going to
be a great day our first location was
Troy hunk estate and it's famous for its
basketball court with its colorful
apartment and palm trees surrounding it
which is how it got its name because Tai
Tonga State actually translates into
rainbow estate and a lot of you guys
might recognize it from Lunas love and
live video or countless other Instagram
photos it's really famous year so it was
9 a.m. on a Saturday a very hot 32
degrees Celsius i sat there to get my
hair done first fan in hand like a true
local I feel like I'm holding some worth
in the long haul
very good
much new to everything that day was out
on location we had to get this massive
generator in order to power the hair
tools and the photography equipment and
when I was first fitting there I
couldn't help but feel like that sound
plus the wind blowing through my hair
and all my face felt like I was driving
some super car on my way to some vintage
Wes Anderson dreamworld
the first lipstick color was selected
which was coral it's a very bright
orange ii summery look perfect for the
location
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after an outfit hair and lipstick change
we moved on to a red Hollywood theme
located in Causeway Bay
I got to pose with God and I and Dungey
like ah which for those of you who don't
speak Cantonese or those of you who
speak Cantonese is AG waffles and opal T
which are two super popular snacks among
holding here in Hong Kong then we headed
to one choice issue or a trip theme so
when cleaning up with concepts for a
road trip its ear a bit stuffed because
none of us owned a car so we decided to
use the iconic tram in Hong Kong which
has been around for a long long time and
it's a great way to see the city
it's very slow-paced and relaxing you
have the windows open the wind blowing
in your hair yeah it's just a very
iconic Hong Kong symbol after that it
was 4 p.m. and we were all starving so
we grabbed some pho before heading to
our next location which was Instagram
here but that's not the official name
for it though it's just when it's known
as because everyone goes there to watch
the sunset because it's one of the most
amazing places to watch it in Hong Kong
Sam and Victor set up this picnic area
for me complete with champagne which was
actually 7up and the fairy colour
lipstick was chosen which is a very deep
romantic purplish lightly red color
we shot until the Sun was completely
gone and then that was a wrap for that
day and then a couple of days later I
went to Sephora to shoot because Sephora
was actually the place I suppose don't
meet-and-greet on benefits behalf but
because of Koba 19 I wasn't able to do
that and they decided to do a live
stream instead I arrived on the live
stream day I was really nervous because
I'm not so comfortable doing live
streams I've done only a couple before
but usually it's just at home where I'm
just answering questions and talking to
you guys but this one was a little bit
more structured it had a full schedule
where I had to change or say things
every three minutes pretty much so yeah
I was very nervous but soon as I arrived
I was really excited to see the booth
reveal they had set up this benefit
California kissing color balm food
complete with my video and display and
it was just so cool to see all of our
hard work in physical form and it was
just so bright and cheerful in it yeah
so the live stream went well until I had
to sing in Cantonese and that is where I
completely froze oh wait can you start
that again
I can't even sing in English sung by
dying why
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I'm sorry I did not do him justice I
don't know if I can do this
sorry maybe maybe I can just maybe I can
just have a chat and funding it's so
hard to listen and there's so many
things going on too and I can't sing Oh
despite me feeling really awkward and
embarrassed and unsure of what to do I
think we just sort of ended the life
fair
there is supposed to be eight songs
total and after trying like I think
three or four it and me not doing it we
just kind of ended it and then there's
nothing more on the schedule and then I
wasn't sure what to do because I'm not
sure what I can or can't do and
something that when you're working with
a brands you can't just talk about
whatever you want you know because
there's legal things involved I don't
know I was just scared to do anything
and I was just frozen so we just ended
the like but despite all that the
benefits of our team were all super
encouraging and understanding they know
that this happens and they knew that
this was my first time doing Instagram
life and you guys were super supportive
I remember looking out and seeing so
much encouragement in the comments and
it just really made me feel so much
better so thank you for that well thank
you guys for the encouragement okay
we're trying this singing thing but you
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may see myself I feel like I can't do
her justice entirely but that was kind
of a disaster something he came over me
and it was like a feeling I never
we felt before like I felt like I was
gonna cry on the spot like I'm terrified
of singing in public it takes me a long
time to warm up to you and sing and I
kind of do a little bit now on on on
YouTube but that's also a recording that
I can take out if I want but doing it
live
I just like it was it felt weird also in
Cantonese because I was trying to listen
to the Chinese and then when I would
think about the words then the next line
was coming already so fast and I had the
music playing in the shop so there was a
fire alarm going off so I didn't know
what that was about it was just a lot at
once but I try my best and the team was
really supportive and I'm so thankful
for you guys you know I could see all
your supportive comments rolling through
and that really helps
I hope so still someone say I don't know
who thought this is a good idea look
that I totally agree with you it didn't
work out I don't think it was what I
knew unexpected it would be and
unfortunately it's live so we can't cut
it so that was just the reality of what
it was was a good learning experience I
feel like with anything you will get
better the more you do it but part of me
is just like this kind of thing
live-streaming
so I guess is it for today I hope you
enjoyed this behind-the-scenes video and
if you do want to purchase the lipstick
it's available now if you're in Asia at
the Sephora shops for the benefit shops
online and offline and then I think it's
going to be available in the rest of the
world in August so activity a little bit
for that if you want it thank you so
much for watching I will see you in my
next video
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