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so in this video i have a special guest with me if you guys don't recognize this is Aminat from
America's Next Top Model - cycle 12. So today she's going to tell us what goes in her model
bag and give you guys some general tips and best practices for the female models out there
so Aminat can you tell us why is it important for a model to have a model bag
it's very important for any model to have a model bag because it's better to stay ready so you don't
have to get ready so in my personal model bag I have a bit of a large model bag so I'm going to
show you guys what goes in my model bag and ideally what stays in the model bag certain
things I do take out but for the most part I leave the majority of the bulk of it in my model bag
i think it's very important to have a well-prepared model bag
because you never know what the client wants and whether it's for a job or a casting you should
always always be prepared especially for black models your model bag might save your life okay
so what's in my model bag first and foremost is shoes you need to have a pair of high-heeled shoes
ideally four inches so voila these are my heels that i keep ready
in my model bag next up nude underwear so you could have strapless bra
a nude color for your skin tone it's all about your skin tone and there is the
piste resistance if i can find it in here is the underwear so accidents happen all the time
okay whether you wore the right underwear or you didn't wear the right underwear
always have a pair of seamless nude underwear so this is nude for me because this is my skin tone
as you can see voila and it could be a thong preferably a thong or a g-string but you could
also have full panties if you know that's your vibe that's your vibe but make sure it's flesh
and a nude color for you next step for all my black girls okay this might not be necessary
if you're not a black woman or black girl but if you are have your own makeup bag
because you don't want to get caught off guard you get me so this is my makeup bag that has
my foundations um it has my eye like eyebrow pencil mascara powders it has everything that
i could need or i would need to do a face if the makeup artist doesn't show up or in my opinion
they don't get your skin toned properly they don't catch your undertones you don't want to
look ashy or red or god knows what always have a backup makeup kit next up for my black girls
i'm wearing a wig as you can see so i wear wigs or i have a protective style on my hair if you don't
disregard this this is not important but if you do wear wigs and you want to protect your natural
hair underneath make sure you have an option so if i'm wearing and i'm coming on set with a wig
and let's say they don't want the wig they want like something else always have like a bag of hair
i always have a bag of hair so i have clip-ins in this one so they don't want the wig and they want
me to take out my hair then they will blow out my hair and just match it with the clip-ins and then
they could pull it up in a ponytail they could do whatever they want to do with it
next step is hydration so always keep hydrated but you don't need that in your in your model bag but
hydration for your skin so i have this is my whipped body butter cream so this keeps
my skin glowing it gives it a nice sheen it keeps it hydrated so let's say you're doing
swimwear or you're doing underwear lingerie you just want to have something that's going to
hydrate and moisturize your skin as so but doesn't leave it oily and greasy so that you don't get any
transference onto the garment because you don't want to stain the garment and then the client
or the stylist is upset with you so you want something that's going to give you a nice sheen
and moisturize your skin and give you a nice glow without being greasy and oily and transferable so
very important and um in general i like to personally keep like
a book or a journal this is just my preference just to occupy my time let's say it's for casting
and i need to read something i have a book here or let's say i want to journal i have my journal you
can get a smaller journal but i have a journal with a pen so i can just write and zone out
if i'm not feeling like i want to do education i don't want to read i don't want to journal and i
have my iphone or my phone with me then i have my headphones and these are awesome so i don't highly
recommend noise cancellation headphones but i love this because once you put these on you don't hear
nothing you don't hear a single thing so you're in your own little world so you can
do your affirmations you can meditate you can pray you can do whatever you need to do to get
your mind right and you're not necessarily worried about the other person especially for casting so
um that's highly important and the last bit are just like hair tools so
this is a real tip for anyone whether you're black white in between let's say you you know you're on
set you have a shoe and your makeup is done and you're changing outfits you're changing garments
it's very important to have something to cover your face with so i take a bonnet and i know it
looks ridiculous and i have a scarf in here to like hold my hair down but you take a bonnet and
what you do is you put it over your face so the makeup doesn't transfer onto the clothes when
you're changing so you're here and then you change you put the thing on and then you take it off and
hopefully your hair doesn't look like a mess like mine but something like this so you could use a
a bonnet or you could use a scarf so you could just put the scarf over your head like so
so that the makeup that they the makeup artist did doesn't transfer and your hair doesn't get
messed up as you're putting the clothes or the shirt or the dress on and off um and
i think that's it oh i'm lying one more i have an extensive model bag and i just like to keep hair
stuff so if i'm on set i really don't need to do this but that's supposed to be their hair
person's job but when i'm on set it's always good to like just have your own backup stuff
because if the hair person stuff isn't clean and it's looking janky i don't want that on my wig i
don't want that on my hair so i have my own comb because we don't share combs i have my own denman
brush and then i have like a smoothing brush so i have three types of different hair kits and tools
and i know you guys are like you're doing the most amina but i promise you stay ready so you
don't have to get ready get me so a typical model bag can range from medium large to extra large
i prefer i would consider this a large model bag if you guys can see
this bag is sturdy i believe it's like fake leather but you can opt for a real leather it has
lots of pockets different little pockets like i keep my little tripod stand you know and but like
you can fit everything in here you could fit your shoes you could fit your headphones you could fit
your book or your journal you could fit your extra makeup bag you could fit your hair tool but this
is a large model bag and it's not that heavy so if we had to weigh it i would give it about like
7 to 10 pounds which is for me not that heavy for someone who wants a lighter model bag you
could compact your thing so you don't need big noise cancellation headphones you can use your
air pods you know um you can take a travel size journal so you can minimize your stuff i have
bigger things because i'm a big girl so i prefer a bigger bag and i know that i could just throw
as much things that i might need for a job in here and i'm good to go all right guys so that's it for
this video um thank you again amina for jumping on this channel really appreciate it it's my pleasure
if you guys have questions for amina or if you're interested in some of the products that she showed
i'm gonna leave as much links as i can in the description box down below also feel free to hit
her up on her instagram again link is going to be below in the description box um if you guys
have questions for her and would you be happy to to respond yes i'd be very happy to respond to
any questions and advice if you need advice hit me up i'm very friendly see you guys in my next one
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