Hello, everyone. Welcome back.
Thank you so, so much for joining me.
So today I want to talk about products that
betrayed me and I mean ruined my life. No, I'm joking. It's not that deep.
So I want to talk about some products
that maybe I use slightly wrong.
It happens to the best of us.
It happens to everyone. Or products
that claim to do something
and when I useed it the way it said, didn't quite
work and maybe I feel slightly let down by them.
So that's what we're going to be talking about today.
Just before we get into that, if
this is your first time here. Hi, my name is Robert.
I'm a professional makeup artist here on
YouTube and also in real life.
And it's my goal to help you become a pro
yourself or just someone who's really good at makeup.
So if that sounds like something you are
interested in, then do please consider subscribing.
Just before we get into all those betrayals, I had
to jump in here and think today's sponsor Skillshare.
Now you all know I love Skillshare.
You've heard me mention them numerous times.
There is so many different
classes to take on Skillshare. It's unbelievable.
I've had the best time educating myself,
learning something new, and gaining new skills.
New knowledge.
It's just a great time.
But for those of you who don't know
what Skillshare is, Skillshare is an online community
with thousands and thousands of classes packed with
incredible information by very skilled and talented teachers.
So I have learned recently on there
how to use Pro Create on my iPad.
I've learned how to read, and out loud better.
But recently I've been a little bit
stuck with my social media, if I'm
honest with you, especially on TikTok, right.
I've been like, what can I do?
I've run out of ideas.
My mind seems to have this
block, like a creative block.
So I thought to myself, let
me just type into Skillshare, right,
just on the off chance, creativity,
and see what comes up.
And these classes came up
by this wonderful individual, Emaese.
All on how to achieve your creative potential.
And I was like, perfect, perfection.
I'm still just about in the middle of
this course. But it's just been incredible
kind of realizing your unique brand of creativity and
also what's kind of blocking that creative mindset.
They are such good classes to take.
If you do anything creative and you feel a
little bit like, okay, I'm kind of stuck now.
I would highly recommend these classes.
So if you're interested in learning a new
skill or even learning something new about yourself,
I would highly recommend you check out Skillshare.
So here's the deal.
the first 1000 people, that's a lot of people, to use
the link down below in the description box
will get a one month free trial of
Skillshare, and you can start learning something new
or discovering something new about yourself today.
Thank you so much again to Skillshare
for sponsoring this video, back to me.
Okay, let's get into it.
I have two products that aren't physically here
because I think I threw them away.
Or they're in this bag down here
that I just have full of makeup which I need
to put back on my shelves, and I'm lazy.
What can I say?
Let's start with the first product.
I do just want to remind you of this
first product, but I do like this product.
So this is the Danessa Myricks
Yummy Skin Powder Balm thing. Love it.
Love, love, love it. The shades.
However, this is the universal one.
The reason why this betrayed me
is because I've used this before.
I've used this balm by itself.
I've used it under foundation,
and I absolutely loved it.
Here's what happened, though. True story.
I use this under a different
foundation than what I usually use.
And it went on beautifully as it does with
this balm, usually as the foundation does usually.
But I've never used it with this before.
And one thing I found that throughout the
day, my foundation started to do this weird...
I want to say...
I want to say dry, but it wasn't dry.
It was almost like it was
gathering in patches in certain areas.
So around my beard I noticed, around
here, a little bit on the nose. Sorry,
on the bridge of the nose here
and around the forehead, there were these
patches, and it almost looked like dusty.
Not like color, but like texture.
It looked like you can like brush it off.
And I was like, what's the issue here?
There's a few different things in this balm that
maybe didn't match so well with the Foundation I
was using that gave it this dusty effect.
It looked like someone could go...
and like my foundation go... you know?
It was really, really strange.
And I'm an oily person, so for that to happen on
my skin, I was a little bit like, what's going on?
I was a little bit confused. And then I kind of
thought, okay, that's what's happening.
So a portrayal, yes.
But is it my fault? Yes.
So warning with this one.
Do be careful what foundation we use it with.
We know about bases.
We know how certain bases don't
mix, all that kind of stuff.
However, yes, that's a rule.
But, I mean, you can cheat
it sometimes, you can manipulate it.
So do just be careful with the
foundation you use with this one.
And I would suggest maybe retouching a
little bit throughout the day so you
don't get to that point of dustiness.
Okay, my second product has a story time with it.
The brand Nimya, which is Nikki
Tutorials skincare line, skin prep, foundation prep,
makeup prep, I want to say,
which I use and absolutely loved.
I thought it was a really good idea for someone
who's involved in makeup to come out with skin prep
because I think that's super important over makeup.
It's what helps your makeup last longer.
It's what helps it look the way it does.
So it's extremely important.
Loved every product in there.
The eyestick, amazing.
One item, however, I really want to talk about, which
worked quite well when I used it throughout the day
on a tiny bit of foundation was fine.
And here's where the betrayal comes in, right.
Story time.
So me and James were extremely lucky and like honored
to be invited or even considered to attend the
opening of a pop up store for Lisa Eldridge
in Covent Garden with all her amazing products.
If you haven't tried the brand, you absolutely need to.
And all her collection of vintage makeup and historical makeup
was there, and it was so great to look at.
We met Lisa Eldridge, had a really good
talk with her, met some more incredible people.
Had a really amazing night.
And you guys know, I don't like to do things so for it to be a...
Oh! Oh, my God, you can see a can of Pepsi.
Had the best night, incredible.
When I got back to my hotel
and I looked in the mirror,
all I could think was,
you were speaking to Lisa Eldridge, and this is how your foundation looked.
So with me with setting sprays,
I love to use them to prep my skin, right.
Sorry. To prep my skin because setting...
And it's how I use every setting spray. No issues.
I like to block the source of
the makeup destruction, which is oil.
Setting spray, foundation, setting spray.
And everyone does it online.
You see everyone talk about it.
And it's a technique makeup artists
have used for many, many years.
This setting spray that I used a spray underneath.
And then I thought, you know what?
Let me hydrate and finish my makeup with the
setting spray so my skin looks nice and natural.
I don't know what happened.
I didn't use anything different
apart from this setting spray.
All I can describe it as...
Have you ever had one of those peel off
nail polishes that come with a Halloween dress up
kit and you can literally peel it off?
My foundation looked like vinyl.
It looked vinyl on my...
It looked like you could just go... and then rip it off.
I don't know how to describe it.
And for the life of me, I still can't figure
it out what happened, but the only new aspect to
my foundation was that setting spray. To my routine
sorry, was that setting spray.
I don't know what went on.
Perhaps I used too much, perhaps something.
But then I used it before and it
was absolutely fine. I don't know what happened
in the course of the night.
Maybe I accidentally sat under a blue light.
I don't know.
Something happened to my foundation that
made it look this texture. And I just looked at my face and
I was like, this is horrific.
Maybe I was being too picky, but I was
like, I can't believe it happened to my skin
while I was at an event for Lisa Eldridge, you know? I just...
Anyway. Okay, I'm going to talk about a skincare.
Now, for those of you who know, I'm
not the skincare twin, that's James.
He does skincare.
I know the very basics of how to prep skin for
makeup and make sure that your makeup lasts a long time.
If you want advice on skincare, don't ask me.
If you want advice on treatments, don't ask me.
However, Sunday Riley is a brand I really, really like.
Like I love their eye cream.
I really like their skincare.
And the reason why is because, like
I said, I'm not into skincare.
I'm not into ingredients, but it's one of the only brands that
when I use them, I see a difference in my skin.
However, this product, Good Jeans, which I have just
started using again because I did like it.
It says that you can use this daily.
F*cking don't. Do not... if your skin is sensitive...
Actually, I don't know. If your skin is sensitive.
It is a Glycolic Acid treatment, which to me, acid.
I don't know why I didn't pair the two together.
It's an AHA, I believe, Alpha Hydroxy Acid.
It says you can use it daily. Just like it...
So I did.
My skin hurt. It was sensitive.
It was dry.
It was the most horrendous experience
I've had with a product.
Well, actually, that's not true, because I bought
a face wash in America, and it made
my skin look like I had eczema.
Horrific when I use it daily.
When I use it, like, three times a week. Good.
We're good. We're absolutely fine.
Three, four times a week.
Daily?
Absolutely not. Oh, my God. My skin.
And some people might have built up, like, an immunity to
it, and I think that's what you have to do.
No immunity, but they're not as sensitive.
But oh, my God, it just really, really hurt. But it does...
When... I feel like brands need to be a little bit more
obvious for like us skincare simpletons that don't really
know much and say, like, listen, use it daily, sure.
But if this is your first time, if
you're stepping into it, slow it down.
And I only know that because I spoke to James,
I was like, why is this happening to my skin?
Slow it down a little bit. Take it easy. Take it slow.
It was an intense, intense situation there for me.
And you use skincare to, you know, make
your skin look better, make yourself feel better.
So when you're using something that says that you can
use it a certain way and it doesn't quite work
out you're like sh*t, that's not great, is it?
Now I have to fix this again.
Okay, so here is another cautionary
tale of mixing things together, right.
I absolutely adore this brand. This isn't the brand.
This is my story time about it.
And eye serum from Augustinus
Bader, an absolutely, really, really expensive skincare brand.
But I was very kindly gifted,
like, loads of it from Space NK.
And I absolutely loved it.
Some of the only skincare products
I finished the whole way through. Beautiful.
And I was using this eye cream, and I believe...
Sorry, serum.
And I believe it had Vitamin C in, right.
So I went to go and use this eyebrow pen.
This was from Missguided Beauty.
Really good pen.
Sat really well on top of like, brow products.
Brow gel, brow wax. Beautiful.
Really, really nice.
And where was I? Oh, okay.
So it was... when it was a little bit hot and I
was sitting outside, luckily I had sunglasses covering my eyebrows.
My eyebrows turned red.
Pure red.
I wish I had taken a picture.
Now, this isn't the first time this happened to me.
I thought it was because just of the quality of the pen.
But I do like the products from Missguided,
I think they're... are they shutting down? Something happened, right?
I don't know, something dodgy.
Anyway, it looked really good. Went on smoothly.
It was a really nice tip to it.
And I just remember going to the
bathroom and looking in the mirror
and I was like...
everywhere I've put this brow pencil,
is, is, it's red. It's lit up red.
So it was all, like, in this gap up...
I haven't got any brow pencil in,
I just put, like, a wax in. And it was all up here.
It was all red down here.
And I was like, this looks f*cking stupid.
So I had to wipe it off.
I took to Twitter, and I was
like, has this happened with anyone? So Dr.
Michelle Wong or Lab Muffin Beauty Science on YouTube.
So, she said to me, under it, she was like,
are you using anything with Vitamin C in?
And I was like, she knows what
she's talking about all the time.
So I immediately checked the ingredients and one of
the main ingredients in the serum I was using...
And I take it all around the brows, everything, was Vitamin C.
And I was like, yes. Then she put a picture up
of her eyebrows doing the same thing.
And it was a reaction between Vitamin C
and some ingredients in products like this.
It was so interesting.
Sometimes you forget makeup and skincare
is like, this incredible science.
I was like, wow, that is such a good thing
to know, because maybe it's a step in my skincare
that I can replace or skip quite easily with
products I own when I'm using this brow product.
But the betrayal in this was
those red eyebrows out in public.
Just, hi, here's my eyebrows.
Embarrassing.
Absolutely embarrassing, but easily fixed.
Okay, well, thank you so, so much for joining me.
Let me know if you've used any product that has
kind of, like, really let you down, but then
it also just turns out you're using it wrong.
Let me know below.
Thank you so much for joining me.
Please do consider subscribing.
Follow me on Instagram, Twitter.
Tiktok.
That's it I think. Do...
That's...
Yeah no, that's all I need to say.
Thank you so much again.
And I will see you very, very soon. Bye.