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I'm a professional makeup artist... blah, blah, blah.
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Okay.
Now, obviously this video was made just to be funny.
I'm hoping. You know, for entertainment reasons.
But let's look at it from if this was
like, does this work kind of point of view?
Because that's what a lot of people tag in me. They're like, oh!
Would this work?
Should I do this?
One, those masks, as smooth as they go
on, as tight as they go on,
sometimes they miss a pore and you get that texture.
You can see around her jawline it has that texture,
where it's stopping.
I'm assuming there's a heavy filter on this
one where the beauty filter is all the way
up because it would not be that smooth.
Also, movement in the face. You saw when she tried to
blot her lip together, you couldn't actually move the face.
It may last a long time.
Your foundation will last forever.
Like if somebody could get that down and make
like a slip on the whole face, your oils
and things like that aren't going to be able
to physically interfere with your makeup.
So it lasts a very long time.
But if we look at the color as well,
you can almost see it has this gray, almost greeny
gray tone to it. Because trying to cover black,
you would have to color correct that first.
You'll have to block it.
Sorry, color block it with red, like
people do with eyebrows, like we do with 5 o'clock shadow.
You'd have to color block it and then go on top
with your color, and maybe do some more color correction.
You can't just go on top of black
with a heavy, heavy foundation and hope it
works because it's always going to show through.
So no, that wouldn't quite work the way it's shown there.
It's a fun thing to try.
Maybe one of the clear ones because you can get those
masks that are clear and see how smooth you can get it.
That will be interesting to see.
Okay, let's see what's next.
"How to turn your favorite eyeshadows into
a shadow stick using a lip balm.
Just go like that.
Check out how beautiful and how easy this is.
And done."
We did this already, right?
We did this a few years ago and we
all figured out it didn't last very long.
It looks good on the eyelid. It looks beautiful.
It looks like this metallic kind of shine.
But we all know that if you put something
too greasy, not greasy, balmy on the lids or
even glossy, it's going to look amazing, but it's
going to last you a few minutes.
I actually did an experiment with it in a
reaction video the first time we did this.
I'll put that on the screen here and I'll
link it below so you can see it.
But it doesn't last a long time, at all.
It's going to crease, so it could look cool
with like a black eyeshadow or a dark one, because
creases can look quite nice, a little bit edgy, you know?
But I wouldn't recommend it in terms of longevity.
If you want that effect, just use that eyeshadow, maybe with
a wet brush, scrape some out and use it with a
damp brush, because then it will set as well.
But I wouldn't recommend it.
It works how she used it just then, absolutely.
Would it last a long time on the lid? Not necessarily.
It will crease.
"This is the best eyebrow hack, Ever. A tiny bit
of non-latex eyelash glue as brow gel will be
the most full on heavy duty brow gel, ever.
However, this is some gorilla glue shit.
You need to work really fast.
Like, you have about 5 seconds before it starts to set
and you can have a big ol mess on your hands.
With little white dots all through your brows.
It's going to look like you have lice or something.
So work really fast.
But check this out,
it's not moving.
Set it with a bit of powder so it's not tacky.
Then you just go ahead and fill in your
eyebrows if you feel like you need it.
These eyebrows are not going anywhere.
A lot of makeup artists and celebrities use this
hack for special events or if you're going somewhere
really windy, I guess." Absolutely, that... it does work.
100% works. And you can get some lash
glues which dry like very, very clear. But like, exactly
like what she said in that video.
You have minimal, minimal time to work
with it and brush it through.
Otherwise the glue will start to dry and start to roll
and you get loads of white bits through your brows.
So yes, it does work, but oh my God,
work in sections a tiny bit at a time.
Map out how you're going to brush it first.
Get the exact shape that you want. Remember it.
Remember the motions and the actions that you use.
Then go in with the smallest amount of glue at a time.
Do the front bit first. Sort it. Do the middle bit.
Do it bit by bit because it's not budging, it
is not moving, and it will stay put and you
don't want to play with it too much.
One or two brush strokes at best and a tiny bit.
Otherwise you'll have it above your brow.
It'll be all around your skin.
There's no taking your time with this
one, you need to get it done.
However, there are so many brow products that hold
even my eyebrows, that are the thickest, outrageous brows.
There are so many out there, you don't need
to resort to that kind of thing just yet.
Yeah, no.
Because, I don't know who invented this backwards nose
contour thing, but we can see right there,
can you see the grayness on the side of the nose?
Putting something lighter on top of something dark is
going to give the impression of grayness, dullness.
No matter what pitch of gray, it isn't, it doesn't look good.
There's also no reason to really
do that in terms of contouring.
Contour like normal is absolutely fine.
It doesn't give quite the effects that people
are making it out that it gives.
It just looks grey.
It just looks, it looks terrible.
"Doing my makeup for free until I get caught."
I'm assuming that was a job.
An advert for Superdrug because it's on their page.
But also the NYX powder wasn't open.
It had the plastic rim around it still.
And he opened it and used it.
So I am assuming that was set up.
However, if this was true to life, the amount
of times the tips of those applications touch his
skin is so unhygienic and so disgusting.
Do not do this.
Do not go into places and put... for your own safety
and other people's,
do not touch products to your skin.
The applicators to your skin.
Especially lips, especially eyes.
It doesn't matter if you use your finger.
Somebody probably put something in their mouth.
I've seen people use testers in crazy ways.
It's so gross.
Guys, we just had a worldwide pandemic.
Have we not learned anything?
Like, stop.
This trend is f*cking stupid.
I'm going to leave you with that, like that.
"Use an illuminator, add some concealer and buff it out
like you normally would. Give it a good setting.
This is what you're left with, a really bright undereyes."
"I've got to try this.
So let's put the liquid higlight on.
I'm not sure how much. Blend it out.
Here's how it looks so far.
Add in my concealer.
Blending it out.
Okay.
Set it.
Okay,
I don't want to get too excited.
So let me do the other side without the highlight.
Conceal.
Then set.
So here's the end result.
This is the side with the highlight.
This is the side without the highlight.
To be honest, I don't really see much difference.
I don't know if it's just me, maybe I did it wrong.
Maybe I need to try it again.
But what do you guys think?"
Layering products like that, there's no
real way to get it wrong.
What she did was fine.
However, there's no difference.
Because, if you're going to use a product with
an effect, right, and then put heavy concealer on
top, now you're completely blocking out that effect and
then you're mattifying it with a powder.
You've completely gone over it. So there's no point.
It's like me drawing a heart on my cheek and
covering it with foundation going, I can't see the heart, you know?
So it's...
She didn't do it wrong, absolutely not.
What you did was like fine, but to actually get the
effect from the illuminator, mix it in with your concealer,
because then you'll get a mixture of that effect.
It won't be as intense as maybe you would like it.
And also, I wouldn't actually suggest, like
doing that with highlights around the eyes.
And here's my reason.
Let's take my eyes, for example.
If I was to highlight just this hollow
here, it would really accentuate the fact,
although it's a highlighter, that I have
like this hollowed out space here. You know what I mean?
It will make it really obvious.
So you would have to bring it all
the way down if that was to work.
Highlight although it's nice and bright, it
can also accentuate those darker areas.
Color match people very often.
That isn't the shade I would end
up with for that particular individual.
The reason that doesn't work is because we're
not looking at undertone right there, right?
We're looking at potential like colors you can see
on the face, straight up, redness in the cheeks,
highlight, shadow, lighting, but it doesn't quite sit right.
That's not...
I thought, gone were the days where
I just sit and complain. But that doesn't quite work.
Reason being, surface color is different to
undertone, majority of the time. And shadows
and lights in different areas as well.
The camera, our cameras don't quite pick up
how our skin is in real life.
If she wants to use that shade in
her skin, that was just slightly too dark.
That's not her shade, right?
So that doesn't quite work in terms of...
the way she was using it herself.
Okay, that was a really quick one this time round.
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