Hello everyone, welcome back. Thank you so much for
joining me. Yes, so, I hope you are all well.
So what I wanted to do for you today is, go through some products. I get a lot of
questions asked at me... to me, I get asked a lot of
questions. Why was that so hard? People asking like, 'what version of
this product should I get?', 'Do I need this product?'
'Where does this product fit into this routine?' And although sometimes it's very
nice, like buy things and have things and you know, do stuff. Sometimes we don't
actually need every single product that's recommended to us
or seen online. So what I wanted to talk about today with you all,
are products that you actually don't really need,
in your makeup routine, at all. You can absolutely use them, but if you're
somebody who doesn't like to buy too much stuff or someone who's on a
budget, maybe someone who doesn't have time to do that much makeup or maybe you
just don't want to do that much makeup, and it's kind of got a little bit
complicated for you. Then here are some things you can drop from your makeup
routine. Just before we get into that today, if
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My name is Robert, I'm a professional makeup artist here on YouTube and also
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let's do it. Let's go on to our first product.
So let's talk about this. This is a controversial one. No actually, you know what,
I don't think it is. But one thing you can drop from your
makeup routine and this is when it kind of comes to cleansing,
is makeup wipes. You do not need makeup wipes. One, because they're bad for your
skin and I won't go into that now, I've made a
video on it, but I will also link below videos from people who actually know
what they're talking about when it comes to skin,
and why you shouldn't be using makeup wipes. But I've seen this as people
cleaning their face before their makeup, they use a wipe. You don't need to do that
with a wipe. And then some people are using it as a first cleanse.
It's still bad if you use it as your first step as a cleanser,
in a double cleanse it's still not great for your skin. The way I
personally like to take off my makeup, and one that I find is a lot more calmer
on my skin, not as rough, it doesn't treat my skin
like crap, and that's a cleansing balm or a cleansing oil. Now
these literally dissolve your makeup. Makeup wipes, although they look like
they remove makeup on the surface, actually don't.
It's actually pretty gross to think of how much makeup is left behind on the
skin. Same with those makeup cleansing cloths,
they do a good job on the surface but actually if you look at the skin
properly, and then go in with another cleanse,
there's still a lot of makeup left on the skin.
So balms that you can literally put, I... it's a lazy way to cleanse and I really
like it because it's an effective lazy way to cleanse. You literally pop the
balm straight on top of your makeup, rub it all away, and you can see the
makeup dissolving under the balm or the oil. It's really
satisfying actually, it's actually really fun to do.
And then you just rinse your face, and then you can go in with another cleanser
should you choose to. Or, just make sure that your first
cleanse with that balm is good enough that all your makeup is off.
Honestly, it's the best thing, and I know we do like a lazy day you know, but get a
Micellar Water if that's the case. But a balm,
I feel personally, is necessary for removing all your makeup.
So get rid of those wipes that you have to constantly keep buying, buying, buying,
buying, because there's what... like 50 or 100 in a
pack. This is something I get asked about a lot and I think I've mentioned it a few
times before, but the second product you don't really
need in your makeup routine is primer. You need eye primer, absolutely.
Face, we're talking about face primer. That isn't to say primer doesn't work, I
do believe primer is really good at smoothing out the skin,
and making everything wear a bit better. Does it grip like glue to your skin?
Not so much. Maybe. Here's why I like primer in the makeup routine first
is I feel if you have extremely oily skin, extremely dry skin
or any areas on the skin that you consider like, a troubled texture.
Then primers are really good at helping those out, but then this is also
achievable with skin care sometimes. But for makeup reasons, I feel like
primers are good if you have an exaggerated version of a skin type,
or those areas of your skin where you just need a little bit more help. For
example, I'm extremely oily, some days I'm not extremely oily. So on
the days when I'm super, super oily, I will be using a primer on the areas
where I get super oily. There's some days where I feel like,
'oh my pores look really huge today', I'll be using a primer on those like
porous areas. And then sometimes, I just won't. But
there's nothing as good as skincare than giving you that perfect
canvas. And sometimes I find, you know what, if you do have an oilier skin,
just use a serum, and then go on with your foundation, and your sunscreen.
And then if you have drier skin, use a really good moisturizer. One that you
really love, that you know kind of balances out that moisture level in your
skin. Sunscreen, foundation, and you're all good.
Primers aren't always necessary. Saving for those occasions where you're,
like my skin actually, needs some help today. So this is another
product, and actually a technique that does kind of work...
well when used correctly, and yeah. But you do not need
one of those primers or one of those like, shine,
bronzy, oil primers underneath your foundation.
Here's why, if you really want a glow, then you can go ahead and use like, you
know, a liquid highlighter mixed in with your foundation
or on the skin. But you'll find a lot of times, these bronzing
tones ones, give you quite a red undertone. Bronzers are
red in tone, terracotta, orangey. They are always different colors. So it gives you
this very, rosier tone through your foundation. And it
can kind of offset your foundation, if you're using a shearer foundation I mean.
You see them all the time on like, you know, "viral"
videos where they're using it over the whole, whole face. Unnecessary.
Especially if you're then going to go on top, with a full coverage foundation.
If you want that glow, but you want full coverage, mix the two products together.
You might get a little bit of difference in consistency.
Better yet, just use a highlighter on top. It's really an
unnecessary step. But, I find out when, people see things on like, these viral
videos, it's like, 'oh crap I don't do that in my makeup routine,
I need to add it. What's the best product?' You really don't need to. Now,
let's talk about green concealer. This is, I mean yeah, so, I don't think I have ever,
once in my makeup career, felt the need for a
green concealer on someone, ever. Even with the worst rosacea. I don't
think I've ever felt like, 'oh crap, I really need a green concealer', because
yellow does the same thing. So if you need a green concealer, more
than likely, it's because you're trying to cover up redness.
Here's... here's the deal right. Two things you can do, if you have a yellow tone
concealer that you're using already, or even a foundation.
Always do your foundation first, concealer goes afterwards
when we're covering up blemishes, because you want to see how much of a foundation
covers first. Then go in with your concealer to
conceal the rest. Adding that green is an unnecessary step,
because then you have to color correct that green.
Here's the deal with color correction, you have to... you color correct a color,
but then you have to color correct this color to make sure that it blends with
color in some cases. So it's always an unnecessary step. When
we do bright red under eyes, we have to cancel out that bright redness or it
looks like orange through our foundation. So, just use your normal concealer. If
it's yellow tone, and even if you have a red undertone, you
can buy a yellow tone concealer that is almost
level in depth, and pitch of color, rather than
the undertone. I hope that makes sense. Yellow cancels out red, as much as green
does. This is going to be so difficult to edit,
because I just keep talking, and changing what I'm talking about
halfway through. So I hope I'm making sense. Another thing that isn't really
necessary, are contour palettes. So, I know some people don't really like to
contour, because they when they think of contour, they think
of drawing on the face with different color concealers, or
cream contour and things like that. But you can do the same with powder.
However, although I love a contour palette, the Kevin Aucoin
contour palettes are amazing. You don't always have to have a contour
palette. There's going to be something in your makeup kit,
kit? Set, that you can probably contour with, and usually it is a nude
eyeshadow palette. When you think of contour, you want it to be slightly
grey, greyer in tone, and we don't mean pure grey.
Just a little bit, just slightly more a tone than a color.
Because contouring is mimicking shadow, shadow is
dark, it's like it's not a color. It's not orange, it's not
bronze, you know. So when you're contouring, you're mimicking shadow. When
you think of a nude eyeshadow palette right, ignore the shimmers.
This color right here will be a great contour for
very fair skin tones, because it has that warmth but it's still
greyish enough undertone. You have this deeper color down here, that would be
great on deeper skin tones, because again, it's not
red brown. It's not too ashy grey brown, it's
somewhere in between. So all these nude eyeshadow palettes have
great, great contour shades, because they aren't like
bronzer colors they're not like skin shade colors. They are always going to be
a tone of a different color. So before you go
and buy like, a contour palette or a product that is dedicated to being
a contour product, try out some of the shades in your nude eyeshadows, and
some of them will be surprising to you. There will be shades like this, that will
make a great contour when you try it. So try a few different tones, and see
what there is. I used to use the shade from MAC, it was called 'Kid'. I
don't use MAC anymore, but I used to use that on my nose, and
although it looked pink, it was actually a really
ashy tone that sat really well with my skin tone. So I used to use that on my
nose because it looked like shadow. I'm talking really fast, and I don't usually
do that. Same with like brightening as well, look
at what colors are in your eyeshadow palettes, and just go ahead and use that.
This is kind of like, everyone be like, 'yeah I know I don't have to use those'.
False lashes. So, sometimes when I do a look, if I put it on Instagram, if I put
it here on YouTube I get some people ,they're like, 'but I
don't want to use false lashes', and that's fine. You don't have to use
false lashes at all. I think when people think of false
lashes, and I do the same because I like it,
I like long, and fluffier lashes. You can get ones that are a lot more
natural, they look a lot more natural on the eyes, and don't look like that kind
of 3D, you know, kind of shape. So I use
lashes because I feel like it's a finishing touch to a look.
I feel like it defines the eye shape, and just yeah, it just finishes everything
off. You know, and they can kind of add a lift sometimes, I can turn the corners
down, they can have a really good effect on the eye shape.
A really great way, alternatively, to kind of sculpt the eye shape,
is to just tight-line the eyes or use a product that,
even if you're going natural, use a dark brown across the lash line, like you
would normally do a liner. Tuck a bit of pencil up here, up in this
water line, you know. Get right in there, and draw on.
That will add a bit of definition to the eye shape. I know a lot of people also
don't like putting eye shadow underneath the eye,
but that for me, like I have some on now, I like to look a little bit
more tired. Which, lucky me, because that's how I look anyway.
So for me, putting a little bit of that darker color under the eye
gives a little bit more definition to the eye area.
And of course mascara is always going to give you that definition on the lashes
that you need. Although I have crappy lashes, I think
that's another reason why I like to add lashes. So, one last
thing that I think is highly unnecessary are, big, big
brush sets, and those brush sets you can get that have like, 20 different
things in. And they're really great, like looking at them, and if you're... you know,
it's your job and you like to use loads of brushes. I know in my personal kit
I do use quite a few brushes because, you know, what's the word,
it's useful to have all those brushes, but personally as well.
So I have quite a few brushes here. I get sent some brushes,
which I'm very thankful for. I buy brushes
sometimes, if I want to, but I always reach for the same
brushes. And when I can't find that brush, if I've used it, then I'll clean it and
use that same one. So sometimes I get a little bit
disappointed in myself, that I buy all these brushes,
or get sent all these things, and I stick to the same things all the time.
But I feel like, we kind of discover our favorite brushes, and the brushes that
suit our eye shape more, and some shapes of
brushes are so much easier to use for ourselves personally. I have
brushes that are so old, the brush isn't the same shape as
how it used to be when i got it. But I know that the way that brush is now,
really works for me, really well, because I've, you know, used it for a really,
really long period of time, and I've kind of adapted to using that kind of brush.
Is it nice to have loads of brushes? Yes. Is it nice to clean them all? Not really.
But I feel like, if you're gonna go for a brush set, choose a brush set that has a
good six brushes in it. Like, one that's been really
thought out. One that is useful for everything. Brushes are multi-purpose.
Eyeshadow blending brushes for example, can be used for blending eyeshadow,
concealer, things, stuff, you know. There's loads of different uses for
different brushes, so it's good to kind of think about what
you can use those brushes for, if you're actually going to use them, and
how useful really is like 100 piece brush set going to be? Nice to
have, but also useless. All right,
I hope that helped some of you out there, and I hope it gave you all something to
think about. Are there any products that you have
kind of left out of your makeup routine recently that you're like, 'you know what,
I don't need this'. Are there products you find yourself shying away from now or
products that you bought that were maybe like, spur-of-the-moment because you
thought it was like a trend? Let me know in the comments below. Give
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