- You got only ten minutes left.
- I actually think it's powder.
- Oh!
- We're bailing on this.
- I'm Kristina Rodulfo, Senior Beauty Editor at Elle.com
and this is Beauty Haul.
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- Today, we have Kelsey Merritt; the first Philippina model
to ever walk the Victoria's Secret fashion show.
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- I'm giving her thirty minutes and only $150 to spend
at Sephora, which everyone knows is really tough.
Kelsey!
- What's up?
- You've got only $150, and only thirty minutes
to spend in Sephora to do a full face of makeup.
How do you feel? - (laughs loudly)
This is really hard for me because I usually take longer
than thirty minutes, and I usually end up splurging
when I get in Sephora so it will be hard.
But we can do it.
- Are you ready? - Let's go.
- Timer starts now!
- (squeals)
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- All right, so what's your first step gonna be?
- So, it's foundation. I usually would use the
Giorgio Armani, um.
- Luminous Silk, yes!
- Luminous Silk. But that's very expensive.
- Oh! - It's like $60.
So I was thinking a Laura Mercier
tinted moisturizer.
I just have to find my shade.
- You're doing good on the first try!
- Yeah? Is that good? - Look at you.
- I tend to go more tan, and a little
darker than... just a little.
- Just to have a little more glow and...
- Yes. Yes.
- Like you're radiating... - I just...
- And like you're not tired and...
- Exactly!
- I think that's a perfect match.
- I am going to stick with the cream-based products
because I can't use brushes, 'cause that would add up
to my $150.
- Just gotta use your hands.
- These are free.
- [Kristina] Yes.
- Well, I was hoping they would have it travel size, but
I guess we'll have to sacrifice something else.
- [Kristina] You're down to twenty-five minutes right now.
- Okay, this is the foundation. Me time. Patience.
[Kristina Laughs]
- You did a great job, it looks beautiful!
- Thank you.
- So, next, you want...
- Concealer.
- Okay, so I think that Nars is the holy grail of all
concealers. Everyone loves it, there's a lot of shades.
You're gonna have to do a little shade-matching again.
- We have twenty... three minutes or so?
- About, about.
(Kristina laughs)
- [Kristina] Okay, that looks really good.
- [Kelsey] Oh, that's actually pretty good.
- [Kristina] How are you nailing it right on the spot?
You just have beginner's luck, okay?
(laughs) - Pretty much.
- [Kristina] You are just like getting everything
right at the first try.
- I usually put concealer under my eyes.
- Uh-huh.
- Here, around my nose, and then like, a little here 'cause
those are the spots that I get red. I learned a trick.
They were like "apply it in a V" right like...
- [Kristina] Where'd you learn that?
- Makeup artists.
(both laugh)
- Okay, looks pretty good. - What's your next step?
- I would usually do like, a really sheer powder.
- Okay.
- But since we're running out of money, I will skip that
and go to contour and blush.
- I feel like Benefit...
- Benefit? Okay. - Is the place to be, yeah.
(laughs)
- [Kristina] So, you have about $70 left.
- With only two products. - You've already blown through
half of your budget with two products, so gotta be really
smart with the next ones.
- [Kelsey] What about Naked?
- [Kristina] We could go to Urban Decay.
- [Kelsey] Urban Decay...
- [Kristina] There's Urban Decay here.
- No, that's powder.
- Cream contour and blush. I'm only thinking about
Tom Ford, but we know that that's expensive.
So we can't do that, actually. - Yeah, that's gonna be
it for us.
- [Kristina] What about... let's see here.
- [Kelsey] Sixteen minutes, guys.
- [Kristina] You got this.
- [Kelsey] Ahh! All right.
- [Kristina] That's lipstick. - Oh, yeah.
(Kristina laughs)
- Is this cream? No, that's powder.
- [Kristina] You have sixteen minutes left.
The Match Stix are probably your best bet.
- Um, I like the darker... - Mocha?
- [Kristina] You even wore your sneakers today.
- I know.
- 'Cause you were ready to be running.
- Running shoes. (laughs)
- Have you tried the Fenty products before?
- No, I actually have not. - Ooh.
- So, since I don't know how this applies, I'm like
putting a little, little by little, and like
just keep on building on.
- You have thirteen minutes and two products left.
So, time to speed it up a little bit.
- Okay.
- (laughs) Oh, my God. Your nose contour.
Where do you want to go next, blush?
- Cream blush. - Okay.
- But, I wanted to check out Stila.
- Okay, why don't we... it's on the other side
of the store, probably.
Okay, I think it's...
(both laugh)
- So, this is a new brand. I haven't tried any of their
products yet, but their blushes are only $19.
- That saves me a little.
- That saves you a little bit.
- You got only ten minutes left,
so, strategy-wise, you might need to apply it right here
in front of this mirror.
- Okay. - Yeah.
- I actually think it's powder.
- [Kristina] Oh!
- We're bailing on this. - Okay. Okay.
So, what do you want to do next?
- Let's check out the Nars.
Let's do that.
(Kelsey laughs)
- That's $30. - Or these. Oh, these.
- Ahh! - [Kristina] Sorry!
(both laugh)
- Okay, so, after this, you only have $19 left.
- Okay. - How are you feeling?
- That's okay, because I still have the contour for my eyes,
and the blush, I can try and use it for my lips.
And then, if that all works out, I'll see what else I can
buy with $19.
- Okay! Ooh, that's like a nice color on your cheeks.
- Yeah. It's nice. - Yeah.
- Putting some here.
- Oh, on the nose too. - Yeah. And then, I'm gonna
start on my eye shadow.
- You might have to pick it up because your time
is running out. Okay. Using the same contour product
on your eyes.
(both laugh)
- I'm happy with that.
- Okay. Yeah.
So, you got your blush, you got your foundation,
your contour, your eye shadow. - I will try this on my lips.
- Ooh. - My God, my lips are so dry.
- We could go for some Chapstick, or
some balm or lip gloss. - Yes, let's go there.
- Okay, so. - $19 left.
- [Kristina] $19 left. - Oh, mascara. How much is it?
- [Kristina] Five minutes left!
- $18, $21. - [Kristina] So, decide if
you want a lip, or if you're gonna go without it, or
if you're gonna use mascara, whatever is going on here.
- [Kelsey] Ahh! I think mascara, and I'll stick to the Nars.
- [Kristina] So you chose Too Faced...
- [Kelsey] Better than Sex. - Yes.
- Water-proof. - [Kristina] Okay.
(both scream)
- [Kristina] Dun dun dun dun! - It happens all the time!
But the best trick that someone told me is to wait
for it to dry, and use a Q-tip to wipe it off.
And then I'll put this on my lips.
- I've never seen anyone use it that way.
- Really? - But it looks good.
- Desperate times.
- Yeah. (laughs)
So you finished with forty-five seconds to spare,
which, awesome job! - That's awesome!
- Yeah, that was good! - Yes! I'm actually pretty
happy with how it turned out.
- It looks like a full face.
- [Kelsey] I really love it. I feel like this is something
that I would do every day, and it was really easy.
We used just five products. These are like, products I would
always have in my bag, and it's not heavy.
- I have to say, I am so impressed by you.
You did it under $150, you did it under half an hour,
with forty-five seconds to spare, but you did it!
You did it. You killed it.
- Thank you.
- That was amazing, that was like an adrenaline rush.
- It was. - (laughs)
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