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"Let's fill this hollowness underneath my eyes.
Excess off.
Only a small amount on there.
Right, let's fill it in.
I've really hydrated my base if I've put it on.
Look
at the difference."
Okay, I talk about this a million times.
No hate to this individual.
Choice of words perhaps.
Let's fill in my hollowness,
hollowness.
You can't fill in hollowness.
If you could fill in hollow, hollow
area, I would be filling in here.
I'll be filling in here.
You can't fill it in with powder.
You can make it look smoother.
I'm not going to bore you with how
many times I have explained this, because I
swear it's been in every reaction video.
It's the way light hits shine.
You can see in this video, she eliminates the shine.
It eliminates the detail. That's what it is.
It's not filling it in.
It won't fill in your under eyes.
Like, I know she's trying to sell something.
But also, can we be honest.
"When it comes to concealer, placement is key. Look straight.
See where your eye naturally creases.
Don't apply any product there.
Apply it below where it naturally creases.
That way you significantly reduce creasing.
And you don't need a lot.
I'm applying my concealer first so it
can be as full coverage as possible.
Once you apply your concealer, you
always want to blend the edges.
I didn't place it directly under my eye.
I went below where my eye naturally creases.
Don't go directly onto your face with your contour
We put it on the brush first and
then go onto your face.
Doing it this way, it's much more blendable and
you have a lot more control.
But truth be told, you really don't need
as much foundation as you think you do.
All the foundation I'm going to need is probably too much.
Going to build in the blanks with foundation.
I'm lightly taking it up the rest of
the face to blend any harsh lines of demarcation.
I use foundation more of like a transition shade
to just kind of marry all the tones together.
Less is always more when it comes to makeup.
With this light layer of makeup, it's going to
look better the longer I wear it because it's
going to mix with my natural skin oils, and
it's just going to look flawless.
For blush, I do like to start on the high points.
I slowly bring it down to the top of my contour.
This gives me a very seamless gradient.
My concealer has been sitting here.
It should be really full coverage now.
Prep your powder before you blend your concealer.
Taking Laura Mercier and I'm dabbing off
the excess, lightly blend under the eye.
So I always blend and set one eye at a time.
This is why it's really important to prep your powder.
As soon as you're finished blending, you can set it.
Take the translucent powder all the way down the
face so that when you apply the rest of
the powders, you don't get any patchiness.
Once you've lightly set with powder, now you can go
in and just apply a little bit more and bake.
For contour/bronzer, you want
to have a very light hand.
If you work in layers, you can build up to that
full coverage look without applying on a ton of products.
When you're about to clean up your contour using
a powder that's darker than the one under your
eye, a foundation colored powder is best.
And to avoid that harsh line when you clean
up under your contour, flip your powder puff to
the clean side and blend it away.
Clean but not harsh.
If you really want your makeup to be
flawless, you have to use a pressed powder.
It gets rid of any ashiness.
It brings color back and makes the makeup really last.
That is the final look.
I hope you guys learned something, and
if you did, definitely let me know."
Complexions by Mya Michelle.
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That is some incredible advice.
So a lot of people would look
at that and know my makeup style.
They know I don't like baking.
They know I don't like heavy, heavy.
And I think because it includes a lot of
techniques that are considered like online techniques, they may
think I don't agree with her techniques or the
style, but I actually really like it.
I love the explanation.
This goes to show you, you can get
that full... if you want it, that full
coverage, what I call Instagrammy online makeup look.
Being careful with your placement
and still achieving high coverage.
She did good concealer, but didn't
take it up to those areas.
She knew exactly why.
She knew exactly what worked for under her eye.
She knew where to take it up to.
She let it sit for fuller coverage, and
she thought about what's going to happen.
This is why... okay.
This is why I don't like a lot of online makeup
techniques, is because there's no thought as to the longevity of
how long that foundation is going to wear.
Under eye creasing when you use too much, all this kind of stuff.
She thought about that and she
was like, I want this look.
This is the look I want.
But I know this is where I crease.
So here's the correct and good advice.
Everything she said. Stunning. I really liked it.
I really liked the little tip with the sponge.
No harsh lines. But still cutting that thing.
It just goes to show you, it brought a smile to my
face, because it just goes to show you, you can have this
very beautiful, beautiful,
she does her makeup stunning.
She's so pretty. Full glam, and still have it looking...
Let me go off on a rant, right.
There's like, academies near where I am.
And they teach... I don't mean to be horrible, but they teach,
they teach makeup in a way that perhaps I wouldn't do it.
In perhaps a way that may look great on camera, but
it's not very well thought through and it's very visual.
So it's so nice to see somebody who is an
educator take something like modern makeup, and think about positioning
so carefully, rather than just whacking it on the face.
Beautiful. Beautiful.
"Do you guys see the coverage?
Ten out of ten.
This is flawless.
Run and get it."
I have bought some things recently that
have gone, like, viral on TikTok.
You know, they go viral for a
week because the brand says they're viral.
And it has been foundations, it's been eyeshadows.
It just...
It's so true.
When people were like, I'm so over people gasping at
products that do things that they are meant to do.
It's like painting a white wall with red paint and being
like, oh, my God, it made of the wall red.
Yeah. Yeah.
It's just, it's so true.
And that's not for everyone.
Of course, there are honest influencers,
and TikTokers, it's just... just be wary.
Go do a deep dive into products before you buy them.
"First thing I'm going to say is, if you know who
this creator is, please don't tag them and leave them alone.
The reason I'm making this video is because I have been
asked many times by people in my comments on my video
of the Kryolan Eye blood, if it comes in gold.
No, it does not.
Now, I have searched high and low
for gold and silver eye drops.
I have not been able to find them.
And in my eight or nine years, I can't
remember which year I'm up to so far of
professional work in screen and media makeup, I have
never seen metallic eye drops.
As well as that, I have asked my tutors, teachers and mentors that
have been in the industry for 40 plus years
and they have never seen anything like that.
Now, I am 99% sure what this creator is using.
And if it is that, I am truly terrified.
I truly believe that this creator
is using the Meron metallic powders.
These state very clearly not to get them
inside your eyes or inside your mouth.
So not only is there that unsafe aspect,
they are also touching the dropper to their
eye, which just causes a plethora of issues,
which really just makes me concerned.
If you see these videos, if you see gold
eye drops, please do not look for them.
Please do not listen to people
telling you to make your own.
It is not safe.
You only have one pair of eyes and once they
are [ __ ] up, they are [ __ ] up for good."
Listen, I don't know what it is about the need, the
want to go viral on TikTok by doing stupid sh*t.
It is unnecessary.
Especially your eyes.
Even small things, right, like people are...
I wonder if I can find one.
I think I've been tagging it. Where they're
putting the lash under here and the glue on
it, and then blinking and doing this.
You don't know what is going to happen to your eye.
It could take one little thing
and you've messed up your eye.
It just... please, please. I am begging you.
If you are thinking of doing something super
crazy to go viral, it's not [ __ ] worth it.
Because you'll go viral for a week. And then what?
And then what?
How much is TikTok paying you to do that?
Be viral by giving good advice.
"I'm loving this whole de
influencing trend that's going on.
And I want to throw in my opinion
as a survivor of Beauty YouTube, okay?
Because I'm starting to see things repeat themselves.
I'm feeling really, really old and I even feel
like for people who were there, you might need
a reminder or maybe this isn't something you learned
the hard way, but it is for me.
I think that you should really, really hesitate to
buy anything that expires off the recommendation of someone
who is not worried about it expiring.
Any influencer that you're watching is either
getting paid for talking about a product
or is getting it for free.
And those are both fine as long as
they're being honest about their opinion, right?
But the thing is they're not thinking about
the cost of that to a consumer most likely.
Especially some of these people who've
been influencers for a long time, they might
be out of touch, and they're also not
thinking about actually using that product up.
They will never ever, ever come close to using
that product up because there's going to be
a new one next week for sure.
As I said, I've been through this before with beauty YouTube.
These girls were literally convincing us that
we needed hand sanitizer collections and candle collections,
and just the idea of a makeup collection.
Like, that was such a normal thing to me at the
age of like eleven when I got into beauty YouTube.
Now I realize I was reaching the age of
becoming a consumer at a time when that word
meant something totally different than it ever had before.
I didn't realize how weird and abnormal it was to
have 17 different blushes that are all the same color.
And I didn't think about the long term effect of that.
Like, I'm in middle school, right? Of course I didn't.
But it got to the point that I was in college
and I'm still influenced by these things, except the products that
I bought years ago are now going bad, right.
And so I'm having to throw
out all of these foundations, concealers.
And the thing is, at the time that I
bought them, if I had really thought about it,
I would have known that I could have never,
ever, ever gotten through that whole product.
But it wasn't something that any
of the influencers were talking about.
Like, they would say, oh, I know I have a
lot of makeup and it's more than anyone needs.
But it wasn't something that clicked for me.
And even if you learned this
lesson, you're still not safe.
Because I fell back into it for
a second once I got TikTok.
But a couple of months ago, I set kind of a
resolution of sorts that I wasn't going to buy anything if
I had a comparable product in my makeup stash already.
So I'm not going to buy any bronzers
if I have a bronzer that I like, I'm not going
to force myself to use one that I don't like.
But the number of products that I would have bought by
now because they were trendy is crazy, and they would almost
all not be the IT product at this point.
So think about that when you're buying, like, the new
Makeup By Mario Foundation, there's going to be a new
one next month, and you're still going to be out
of date with your Makeup By Mario Foundation
that's hot right now, you know?"
Listen, let me just start by saying something, though.
Not every influencer is being
paid to sell you everything.
I personally say no to a lot.
I won't just sell anything.
I'm surrounded by a lot of things I have
purchased with my own money, but I know there
are a lot of people who don't do that.
However, Elise, is it Elise? I believe is correct.
There was a point, and I did it recently,
where I've changed all my cabinets in this room.
This is my filming room, my studio.
And I made them smaller because I was like,
I do not need this much makeup.
The thought now of influencers with a room full
of makeup, is actually a little bit cringy.
I think it's a little bit much.
Again, as I said in the video... actually, you know what?
There are some things down there I
need to throw away because they expired.
And it's just going to roll on, roll on,
roll on, because I'm going to get new ones.
I'm going to get new ones.
Today alone, I've received five
blushes and four highlighters.
I've received six lip products.
I received... what else did I get today?
I can't even remember.
And it's Monday. It's Monday.
I'm 100% grateful because it gives me content to make.
But once I make that content, it is so difficult
as an influencer to be...
So difficult as an influencer.
I didn't mean it like that.
I mean, it's so difficult when you're an
influencer in your mind to remember to reach
for that product you really like.
I keep talking about the r.e.m Beauty concealer. Loved it.
Have I used it more than twice since I did the review?
No, because I moved on to other ones, and now
I forgot I own it because it's over there in
my concealer drawer full of about 20 other concealers.
It's true. It's so true.
And I can't deny it.
Oh, no. What did I just do?
There's no denying everything that
was said in that clip.
But here's the deal.
I do think, especially back when YouTube
started, they were selling products to you,
but it was always a similar product.
It was always like, and I
think I mentioned again this recently.
So say, for example, I have the Sigma palette.
It's what's on my eyes right now with this eyeshadow on top.
I would use this palette
maybe in, like, every video. The older YouTubes,
they were Morphe palettes, right?
They'll be using the same Morphe palette for a
really long time until a new one came out.
And then you could go months and months and
be like, I need to get that Morphe palette.
I need to get that Morphe palette.
Now,
it's like this. I went to go and buy that
new Maybelline powder. Gone. Sold out. And you know what?
By the time it's back in stock, by the time I
have it, no one will give it a [ __ ] anymore.
No one will care.
No one will care about that powder
because there will be a new one.
I reviewed Makeup By Mario.
Will I be using it again and talking about it.
I'll be using it again, maybe on camera, but I won't
be talking about it like...
because there'll be a new one.
It is so true. It is so true.
I don't care about palette,
eye palettes expiring. I know it's on my eye.
I don't care.
I will use a palette I have from two, three
years ago, even though the thing says twelve months.
Do not care.
Concealers, I'm a little bit more wary of.
Glosses, I'm a little bit more wary of.
Mascara's, eyeliners, definitely more wary.
But TikTok to me is a huge
culprit of churning out viral product, viral product,
viral product.
Because, people think they're going viral
by trying a viral product.
You have to buy this...
Beauty TikTok works on this thing, this platform that you
need to buy this product to have relevant content.
And it's kind of boring, and it's kind of,
to see that product's always viral. And you know what?
A lot of the time they're not viral, because
I've received briefs with things that say, say this
products is viral, and it hasn't been released yet.
We're being told what's viral.
We're being told what's... it's...
and most of the time, it's not the case.
"Part Two, how to use the new e.l.f correctors.
We're using the green today.
So you might know what the green corrector does.
If not, all you have to know is green cancels red.
Let's go ahead and really blend that out.
If you're just getting into correctors,
start with a smaller amount.
I've used this before, and I know
this is how much I need.
Now we're not going to swipe.
We're going to start to tap.
Look at that already.
Just take your time.
And we want a smaller brush because
we don't need the green here.
We just need it on the redness.
Makeup is so much fun.
Look at this.
It's starting to match again.
No matter what corrector you're using, let
that dry down at least 30 seconds.
Add your foundation.
And again, tap.
We don't want to disturb all of
that hard work we just did.
And there you have it.
Now stay tuned for part three."
That's such an incredible example of
color correction at its finest.
Done correctly, with a really great amount
of product, not too much.
Color correctors should be tinting the skin.
A veil of product on the skin.
And you change the tone of the corrector
depending on the depth of the correction you
need to do, not the amount of product.
So say, for example, deep under eyes, dark under eyes.
If it's quite light, you use a lighter peach.
If it's really, really dark, you can go dark
in your corrector, but you don't need more product.
It's the tone of the product that you need to change.
Beautiful example. I love that. I love that.
"This is weird, but if I'm in a rush, I'll take blush
and I will swirl it in an outward motion like this, all
over my eyes and cheeks and temples at the same time.
It basically just allows you to get color into your
eye sockets on your temples, on your cheeks, and just
kind of gives you overall color and wakes you up."
Someone tagged me this, and I think they thought
that it was [ __ ], but it's really good.
It's a really great example of a monochromatic,
catching all the areas that lift the face,
add depth, and including it in one, one... you know,
one sweep.
I think it's a really, I think that's a really nice idea.
I think that's something you can do
with bronzer, blush was also displayed in that video.
I think that looks beautiful, and I think you can just literally
put on a lip balm and mascara, and you're good to go.
Again, because it catches all those points.
Nice.
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