[upbeat music]
- Hi guys, I'm Neelam Gill, and this is my go-to
makeup look when I'm not working.
If I wanna try to look cute, this is what I do myself
but I'm not a makeup artist, I'm not a professional,
this is just what I've picked up and what works for me.
Right now, I have a breakout you can see right here,
hormonal breakout, time of the month, girl problems.
I start with cleansing my face,
and I like this cleanser from Sarah Trapman.
I like it in the morning 'cause it's really fresh
and I like it when I'm finished shooting
because it melts all my makeup off
'cause I don't really like to use wipes,
'cause I feel like it pushes the product into my skin.
I also try to rub my face in an upward motion.
This sounds weird but Sarah tells me to do this
to prevent wrinkles, she is like you should never
drag your face down, so I do this.
Next if I have free time, I love to do a mask.
This is my favorite sheet mask, it's from Sarah again,
it's a 3D Moisture Infusion Mask,
kinda looks crazy when I'm on the plane and I just
have this mask on my face and people are looking
at me weird, but my skin gets very, very dehydrated
from flying so I like to use this on the plane.
[laughs]
Okay, what I do next, I just rub the excess product
in my skin.
I mean I never had bad skin my whole life
but actually, I'm 24 now, last year, last summer
I literally got acne.
People don't believe me when I say it
'cause I'm a model and they just see my pictures
from shoots or red carpets but I really
had breakouts like here, here, my chin, my forehead,
and it was really like deep, cystic acne,
and now my skin's only just getting back to normal
but I've definitely been more careful,
like I've cut dairy out of my diet,
I don't drink alcohol anyway, but I'm really careful
on set as well because people are just constantly
touching your face all day.
Now, I like to put a little oil on my skin.
I'm not gonna use too much 'cause this is really rich, but.
Now I have this kind of weird device.
Apparently it's good for lymphatic drainage,
but I love it because it's really relaxing
and if I'm flying or if I have a big red carpet
and I just want my face to be snatched
and my cheekbones to be popping,
I like to use this.
I really like this moisturizer
because it's pretty lightweight.
I have this little eye cream.
I like that you don't have to scoop in the pot yourself
and put it on your eye, it's a really nice applicator.
It's crazy 'cause I have really dark circles.
I'm Indian, it's genetic, it is what it is.
I also always use SPF every day.
I feel like some SPF again clogs up your skin.
I feel like it's really nice to get a special one
for your face, especially with my skin tone,
a lot of SPFs would just leave that weird,
white, ashy residue that no makeup could save,
whereas this one is actually good for me.
Wait, I forgot one step.
Before I start my makeup, I do a little lip scrub.
This is nearly ran out, guys,
but I use it every day.
I really like this 'cause it's so grainy.
I know some people find that a bit intense,
but I just love to get in there as you can see,
I'm scrubbing my lips for like two minutes now.
And I'm gonna put on some lip balm
just while I do my makeup because I'm obsessed
with having nice lips.
My first step is foundation.
Actually use this Fenty Beauty, so my shade is
Pro Filter 240, and it's a matte foundation,
but I don't mind that because I get kind of oily
around my T zone.
It's crazy 'cause when I was growing up
I could never find my foundation shade.
When I was growing up, I definitely couldn't afford
these products first of all.
I would go to like you know, Boots or the local drugstore
and all my friends were able to buy like foundation
and all these products, and I would just stick
to mascara or like a lip gloss
because nothing would be in my shade,
and I would feel really left out and upset,
and now I feel so lucky that through modeling,
I've worked with brands who I have like
been the first Indian model for, and people can look
at me in a campaign and feel like they're represented
in the mainstream media because growing up,
I didn't feel that way.
I also use the matching concealer to this
just because I bought them together,
but this is in the shade Sand.
What I do is I like warm it up on my hand first,
because I saw Rihanna do this on YouTube,
so I'm just doing it myself.
I literally just use this like a crayon,
and put it where I need to.
Now for powder, I just powder where I concealed
so it lasts through the day and my red spots
don't try and pop through.
I use Charlotte Tilbury.
Tap off the excess.
I'm gonna apply it on my breakout that I just concealed,
around my mouth, under my eyes a little bit.
For highlight, I like to apply quite a lot.
Next step is blush, and I personally love blusher.
I don't know if it's because I'm always tired
but I feel like it just injects some life into my skin,
and this is my favorite blush, from NARS,
in the shade Orgasm.
If I do wanna like kinda look cute
for a little dinner, I will just put a little something
on my eye and I really like this Tom Ford eyeshadow,
it's a cream shadow.
You can apply it with your fingers.
If I'm traveling I don't even bring a brush with me,
I'll just dab it on with my finger but I have
the matching brush today so I'll use that.
With my finger I just like kind of pull it up
to create the shape.
This is what Wendy taught me, Wendy Rose,
she was a makeup artist for Burberry,
that's like the first makeup artist I ever worked with,
and when I first, first worked for them,
they didn't even have a foundation shade in my color,
and Wendy used to mix them and have her own little,
special one for me, but because she was
the head makeup artist, she ended up like expanding
the shade range which I think is amazing,
so moments like that make me really proud of my career
because I feel like I'm making a difference,
it's not just like I'm being known for taking a photo,
I feel like this is actually making a positive change.
So now I have this Glow Kit from Anastasia Beverley Hills
and I'm going to use the shade Summer.
This is just for a little pop.
I always, always use a lash curler.
This is form Charlotte Tilbury.
Give it a few squeezes.
So many times my eyes have been pinched.
At this point my eyes are just like bulletproof.
I'm gonna use this YSL mascara.
I just like it because I like the brush
and also, I always get like a super black mascara,
I think 'cause I have dark features, I kinda need it.
When I'm not working, I just wanna look really fresh
and natural, and I only apply it to the top.
Now for brows.
My brows I'm really precious over, even though
they're kinda bushy and crazy right now,
but I get them threaded.
So I've done it my whole life, kind of part of
my culture, I guess.
On a daily basis I use this Glossier Boy Brow,
and it's tinted.
Even though I grew up in the UK,
and I'm British, I'm born here and my mom was born here,
my dad was born here, I feel very connected
to my culture and I feel very proud of where I'm from
and I feel lucky to have grown up with certain traditions.
My Nani, that's like grandma in Punjabi,
sometimes like she'd send me to school
with like all this food that she's made,
like a Roti and I'd be like oh my god,
this is so embarrassing, but now I've grown up,
I'm so grateful, I'm so proud of my roots.
When I first started modeling, my Nani,
we didn't tell her for the longest that I was modeling.
When I told her I was a model, I told her you know,
I'm the first Indian model for Burberry,
and I did this like interview on TV
and I did a documentary and she watched it
and that's when she knew it was legit
and it wasn't a scam or anything, but it was so cute
because she goes to the temple every day
and she would tell all of her friends at the temple like,
you know my granddaughter's modeling,
she's the first model for Blueberry,
like yes, you know Blueberry, she's the first Indian model
for the brand and like none of us had the heart
to tell her that it was Burberry, so to this day
she thinks it's Blueberry, but to me that's even cooler.
Okay, now I'm gonna do lips.
For me it's really hard to find a good shade for my lips
because I feel like a lot of nudes don't suit me,
they make my skin look really ashy,
so I kind of have to go for more pinky, browny color
and I'm gonna use this lip liner from NYX.
I kind of overline my lip, a little bit,
just a little bit.
I'm gonna use this lipstick, it's kinda busted, sorry guys,
but it's Charlotte Tilbury Bond Girl, I love this color.
Next I am gonna use a little bit of lip gloss,
it's from Fenty.
It looks really bright but on my skin tone,
this is very neutral.
It's in the shade Fuzzy.
I'll just put a little bit there.
The last step I'm doing is I'm adding more bronzer,
I know it seems kinda crazy, but I just feel like
I need to warm up my skin.
It's funny because when I was growing up,
especially being Indian, a lot of people were kind of
ashamed of their skin tone and I feel like
that's because in my community, especially in India,
skin lightening is such a big industry.
I'm the complete opposite, I want my skin
to look more tan and darker, but there's a portion
of our community that still believes that like
fair skin is beautiful, and I feel like
everyone's beautiful, diversity is beautiful.
I always end with this Fix Plus spray,
it's nice and refreshing so.
Now for my hair, my hair, this is my natural texture.
This is like a little Argan oil I use,
it's from Got2b, this was literally like four pounds,
but I love it so much, and I just put
a little bit on my hand, rub it together,
smooth my hair out like this,
put it through the roots.
So I just have this little Elnett Satin,
I think I got this at the airport
'cause it's travel sized, but I will spray it,
just to add a little bit of texture.
So guys this is my final look,
thank you so much for watching and listening
to my rambles and my stories.