- So I wanted to do a little video
on how you can do your makeup
for video conference calls.
Whether you're having a Houseparty
with your friends, or whether you are Zooming
your lecturer, or your colleague,
we're all using video calls right now.
It ain't the easiest, so let me help you.
This is just water.
(laughing) I don't know why I'm holding it
like it's wine.
By the way, if you noticed
I'm in a completely new environment,
and you missed my previous videos,
hi, this is Sam's room.
I am currently living with my boyfriend,
while we're in lockdown.
And I'm using one of his best friend's rooms
to film my video.
Whoo!
Okay, cool.
There is one big rule about video conferencing,
if you wanna look your absolute best,
and that is, stand by a window.
Sit by a window.
Make sure you are facing the window
and getting as much natural light as possible.
That is the number one way,
the number one way, where you will look better
on video calls.
So I have a tiny bit of makeup on right now,
just used it earlier to shoot a pic.
And now, I'm gonna just add more to it.
I think that's fine, right?
I would start by saying
don't worry too much about concealing.
Because ultimately, these are low quality
video calls a lot of the time,
people can't see every pore.
It's not high definition.
So, I would focus more on creating dimension
in your face, so you don't just look
like one big moon.
I'm just gonna accentuate a bit more dimension
in my face.
I'm not gonna try and conceal
or cover everything up.
Or create a big face of foundation.
You don't necessarily want a blank canvas.
You wanna just accentuate
what you've already got.
I'm in such a weird mood today,
I'm so sorry.
So, I'm am using this Milk Makeup,
what is this?
Sunshine Skin Tint, which is amazing.
It's gonna make me quite glowy,
so I might have to powder down
a bit later, so I don't glint in the sun.
But, yeah.
I just think it's great for really light
to medium coverage.
This is my everyday foundation,
'cause it's what I really like.
But ultimately, I think it's really good
for video conferencing.
Do people call them video conferences?
Makes me sound like I'm gonna be like,
"I'mma paid you."
I'm just blending this in with my fingers,
partially because I forgot
a blending brush or sponge.
I think that's another really important part
of this whole video conference makeup thing.
You don't wanna spend
more than 10 minutes getting ready.
Because ultimately, you're not going out.
(laughing)
Do you think, I don't know.
When I'm not going somewhere fancy,
I just wanna look a bit more perfected,
and a bit like, not like I've got corona.
That's my main aim, (laughing) from wearing
makeup at the moment.
So that took a minute and a half, two minutes,
and I just have some basic concealing done.
To conceal again, I'm just gonna use
my Glossier concealer.
I think it's called the Stretch Concealer.
This is the shade G11.
I'm just gonna add this,
again, super light concealer.
Just under my eyes, just to add
a little extra coverage.
And make sure I don't look tired,
from staying up and binge watching
all the series I've been watching.
All that Disney+, I'm telling you now.
I've been watching a bit of The Mandalorian.
I'm quite enjoying it.
I keep calling him "The Mandalori Man",
and it's really annoying Jack.
I've just added a little bit of coverage
on my under eyes, 'cause I think
they just show, oftentimes,
exactly how you're doing. (chuckling)
You wanna look healthy.
Healthy is the main thing,
and it's the main thing that shows up on calls.
Not just in this kind of unprecedented time.
So, I'm gonna add some bronzer.
You could also do blush.
This is just my Marc Jacobs bronzer,
the Omega Bronzer.
So maybe add a little more
than you would normally.
I also put some on my forehead,
to try and make my forehead
look slightly smaller.
And hopefully, I just look like I've been
sunkissed while I've been working in my office.
Not that I have an office, let's be real.
And now, we do a little bit of highlight.
I'm such a sucker, you could go
ham on the highlight, to be honest,
but I am just gonna use the Gen G Haloscope.
It's not called Gen G, is it?
It's called the Glossier Haloscope.
Come on, Luce.
You could add a powder highlighter.
I think highlight just looks really good
on video calls, so long
as it's in the right places,
which, generally, is a nice glow
across your cheeks.
Maybe along, down your nose.
I do the end of my nose.
'Cause my nose is quite thin,
so I don't wanna accentuate the thinness of it.
And then on my upper lip.
People will just be like,
"Wow, she's spent a lot of time
"in her garden."
You've been reading a book in the sun.
So yes, I'm now glowing.
This is the part where I'm gonna add lip balm,
because as soon as I drink any coffee,
my lips are just the driest thing
in the whole world.
This is also the best lip balm.
If you don't use Palmer's Cocoa Butter,
what are using?
What's the point?
This is the part where I quickly powder down
just some of the areas
which probably shouldn't be glowing
as much as they currently are.
My forehead is like a beacon
that guides ships to the shore.
Now this is maybe the most important part
of your face, in my opinion.
It's your brows.
When you're on calls, I think your brows
express so much of what you're trying to say,
and come with your facial expressions,
but also they just look great
when they're really well defined.
So, when all you've got is highlight
and shadow, which a lot of the time,
is what you're working with on video calls,
your brows are a big bit
of expressive shadow.
So let's work with that.
Define your brows however you define them,
but do not forget them.
I am using the Glossier, what is this called?
The Glossier Brow Flick.
So I just draw in extra hairs
where the hair would be.
And then if I do a line
that's a little too dark, I pat it out.
I'm so shaky holding this mirror today.
I don't know what's got into me.
How do people who shake all the time do this?
And then as part of my brow defining,
my second step is that I brush them through
with Boy Brow, again from Glossier.
Glossier does a lot of my go-to makeup.
It just adds a bit of extra filler.
(laughing) Bit of extra shape,
and dimension, and holds them in place.
Now let's move onto eyes.
Eyes are the thing that I would argue
is the darkest part of your face,
other than your jawline, and your cheekbone,
the underneath of your cheekbone,
when you're looking directly at someone
on Zoom, or on Skype, or whatever.
Because eyes often sit a bit further back
in the face.
So I would say try not to do
a big smoky shadow look.
Try and keep them looking bright,
and open, and light.
So, if you are someone who is like,
"No, I need to wear something
"on my eye area, or I feel naked."
I would recommend doing a winged liner.
Because then that's defining
as opposed to sinking you back in.
I feel like all of my makeup
that I've brought here
is Marc Jacobs or Glossier.
I promise I do use other brands.
You'll see me in two seconds,
once this is applied, because it's not gonna go
well if I just do it in this mirror.
So, I'll see you in a sec.
So, you know how they say liner
is sisters, not twins?
I think today I have estranged sisters.
Eyeliner never goes well when it's on camera.
Liner is on, let's do mascara.
Mascara just as normal.
I would always recommend curling your lashes,
'cause it just opens your eye out,
and makes you look so much more awake.
I also think curling your lashes
really aids application.
I always apply my mascara better
when I've curled my lashes.
I think 'cause it separates them a bit.
I always pull such a stupid face
when I do my mascara.
I don't know why.
Again, not my best eyes.
But, everyone's only seeing them
in standard definition.
Eyes are framed, face is defined,
brows are defined.
Now for lips.
So, I've seen a lot of advice out there
that says you should not do a bold lip.
I think you can do a bold lip
if you wanna do a bold lip, if that's your thing.
I think it looks nice on camera.
Especially on lower quality cameras,
I think it looks really nice.
But, I'm gonna just stick with a neutral one,
and give advice on that,
'cause I think that's maybe
slightly, I don't know,
maybe there's slightly more to say about that.
So when it comes to lips on Zoom calls,
I would use a lip liner.
Because you can go slightly around the edge
of your lips, and slightly overline.
And then you create a really nice defined lip.
That I think makes everyone look sexy.
But especially when you have
a poor quality camera,
that distort your face, or make everything
look smaller and weirder.
So I would always go for a neutral color,
but really define the lip to bring it out.
And I always like to slightly overline.
I think it's really nice.
I'm just using a matte shade.
This is the Kylie Cosmetics, Malibu,
no this is Dolce K, I am wrong.
These are so good.
I know everyone shits on Kylie Cosmetics,
but actually, the products are so good.
So I just go, just right to the edge.
And then I fill in the middle of my lip.
I quite them looking one dimensional
and matte, because that's just my thing.
But, if you want to add a little bit
more definition, you could either do
another color, maybe lighter or darker,
I would go lighter, I guess, in the middle,
and then ombre it out.
Our a darker color around the edge
and ombre that out.
Or just add a little bit of lip gloss.
I am using the Nudestix, what shade is this?
'Cause it's so nice.
This is the Nude 06, (sniffing) from Nudestix.
And it smells like chocolate chip mint,
it's just lovely.
Not too much that it's overpowering, though.
I really don't love smelly smelly things.
Just added a bit to the middle
to make them look round,
to make my lips look bigger, I don't know.
Just a bit more dimension.
Dimensional.
Dimensional?
I don't know.
But yeah, so this is the makeup
I would do if I was gonna put on makeup
for a video call.
Whether that is a pub quiz with my friends
on Zoom, or a Skype meeting,
or a lecture, a digital lecture.
Whatever you're doing, this is the makeup
I'd put on to be like, "I'm ready.
"I'm ready for this.
"Get ready, boys and girls."
I also have really terrible hay fever.
(sniffing)
If I sound bunged up, that's why.
As we all know, I'm allergic to everything,
and that includes grass and pollen.
Thanks so much for watching.
I hope this helps give you some ideas
for what you can do with your face
and your makeup, while you are indoors,
in the house, and also talking to people,
all the bloody time, 'cause that's all we seem
to do at the moment.
Let me know if there's any other videos
you'd like to see in the description,
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And I will see you in my next video.
(humming)
(clapping hands)
I'm done!