Hello everyone, welcome back. Thank you so much
for joining me. So, what I'm going to talk about with you
today is some of my skin care, skin prep. I don't want to say
skincare, because I don't know anything about skincare but skin prep secrets. So,
here's why I'm saying skin prep, and not skincare, one, because I don't know much
about skin care at all. All I know is that a good skin prep is
one of the keys to amazing, amazing makeup, and throughout my time being a
makeup artist, I've learned many things about how to kind of like cheat the
system, when it comes to skin, and making makeup
look good on top of your skincare. So here's the deal right, I've mentioned
this a few times before, my skincare routine before I do makeup,
is completely different to my morning, and evening skincare routine.
My morning skincare routine, is all about protecting my skin from the sun,
making sure I don't age. So is my evening routine, kind of controlling my
oil a little bit more, and my evening routine is more about
moisturizing, hydrating, active ingredients, all this other stuff.
However, my skincare routine before I do makeup,
all completely different products, and it's about keeping in mind, how my skin
affects my makeup throughout the day, and how my makeup
sits on top of certain areas, and certain textures on my skin.
So for example, me personally, oil breaks down my makeup throughout the day,
because I'm extremely oily. Setting sprays don't work for me, I
actually don't really get on well with setting
sprays on top of foundation, under foundation I do but we'll get to that
later. So, skin prep is extremely important for me,
so when I'm doing my makeup, my skin prep is about... absorbing all that
potential oil, because that's what breaks down my
makeup when it comes through. We use oil-based makeup removers to take off
makeup, my face oil does the same thing, it
breaks everything down, I get all crusty and gross.
And if you have drier skin, you may find that some areas of your skin
grip to foundation in a really obvious way, and you almost get like textured
skin. So, I'm going to run through a few things
that we can do to kind of help combat those things. Anyway, just before
getting that, hi, my name is Robert, I'm a professional
makeup artist here on YouTube, and also real life, and it's my goal to help you
become a Pro yourself or just someone who is really good at makeup.
So if that sounds like something you are interested in please do consider
subscribing. Let's do it, let's start with the eye
area shall we. So listen, I know people don't like eye
creams in skincare, some people do but some
people don't see them as necessary. Here's the deal, I really, really like to
use eye creams. I'll flash some of my favorites of this
on the screen. I really like to use eye creams, because I feel like they are just
the perfect amount of moisture for around the eye area, when they're a
different texture. So, for example a gel eye cream I
really, really like, just because it gives the right amount of slip to the lid.
We don't want our eyelids to be too oily, or too greasy when we're applying eye
makeup, because that can break down your eye makeup. So an eye cream, or an eye gel,
for me, is just perfect for under makeup. There are also ways you can
use a gel based eye cream, or gel texture eye cream
in makeup that maybe you might not think is the best idea.
Let's say for example, your foundation doesn't sit on your nose properly, this
is a really great time to use a gel based eye cream. I don't know what it is,
I don't know the science behind it, I don't know what's going on but there's
something about that texture on the nose, that makes the
smoothest application but also helps grip a little
bit more to your foundation. Give it a go, if you
have any kind of texture, or an area of makeup where the
foundation doesn't sit, give this a go. I used to use this
technique right, if I, sometimes I would have clients that
would come to me straight after getting their eyebrows waxed,
and want their makeup done. Now if you've ever tried to do makeup
on top of skin, which you absolutely shouldn't by the way, you shouldn't get
your eyebrows waxed the same day you get your makeup done
but some people do it, if you've ever tried to put makeup on top of a waxed
area of skin it just does not sit at all. So I would
always use a gel-based eye cream to make a different texture. I don't know,
if you're, if you know why that would happen,
let me know. It's just something I used to do all the time, and always, always
worked. I also find gel based eye creams to be
incredible on area's of skin that are a little bit more
textured. Say you have extremely dehydrated skin like myself, I have a
really dry nose all around here, it's all
dehydrated, you can look into my pores like this,
and just foundation just doesn't sit very nicely on those areas,
some days more than others. So, I always use, again
gel-based eye cream, in most areas, and it is a lifesaver.
It works so well. This can also be done on areas that are extremely dry.
So, say you have crumbly skin, or maybe you have drier skin where the foundation just
kind of really sits, almost like it's sitting in
the crevices, that's a really great option.
Another thing you can do with eye cream, it doesn't have to be gel-based it can
be anything else, is to mix it with a little bit of eye
primer. Now, this is a really great thing to do, again, if you have a really porous
nose, or you have areas of skin that are incredibly
textured. Just mix a little bit of your eye cream with a bit of eye primer, and
I'm talking, something about as flesh tone to you,
or something that is clear eye primer, and again, you get the most incredible
slip, and the most incredible texture to the skin. So, talking about
eyes, here's one thing that is an incredibly good tip
for under eyes cracking. We all get really
dehydrated under eyes, we get those lines under the eyes, it can look really
dry, and this kind of comes from a place as well, where we like to use a lot of
powder under the eyes, which dries out. Under the eyes are so
dry you guys, like it's extremely dry, and if you add dryness to dryness you
get crepiness, and you get this... like everything just kind of, you know.
There's a few things you can do in this sense so... situation. So, I've seen a lot,
again, that people have been sending me messages of people using eye primer
under the eyes, and being like, does this work?
I actually made a video about this, about a two or two years ago now, and it was a
tip on how to stop creasing under your eyes. So if you
find your under eyes aren't extremely dry,
you can use eye primer underneath your eye, and I mean a very small amount. I
wouldn't go using something like the e.l.f Putty
Primer. Anything too dry, for example Urban Decay Priming
Potion, the shade Eden in particular. So don't use anything too dry under
there, you can use an eyeshadow primer that has,
is clear, because they tend to be a little bit smoother, or one that has more
of a concealer texture, even though I hate those on the top of
the lid, because it's still a primer but it's not going to dry. Again, we don't
want to dry out under the eye, and this just kind of helps grip onto
the products a little bit more, and keep it in place.
That's not my favorite technique for under the eyes. Yes, it may work on some
people, and it is a, it is a good tip. However, one
thing I really, really like, if we think about it in a way of skin, and how your
skin is working, creasing comes from dryness, it comes
from texture, comes from movement in the skin
but particularly under the eyes, it comes from dryness.
So, one thing I really, really like to use, this is the e.l.f Nourishing Facial Oil.
The smallest, smallest, smallest amount, I will
drop a tiny bit on the back of my hand, I'll then touch my finger into that oil,
and then my other finger, tap, tap, tap, and then I'll gently push that product
under the eye like this, very gently,
and I don't want to see a surface layer of oil, you want to keep going until
it's kind of absorbed but also don't use enough or too much, sorry, of that oil that
you're going to get that slick and that kind of like oil slick to the skin. Oil
slick isn't the right word to say that, you know what I mean, that oily
kind of surface. And then you're hydrating under the eye,
keep that area hydrated. I know we like to use powder on top
because we think, sh*t, is going to crease but if you just kept that area nice, and
plump, and hydrated, it wouldn't crease, trust me, I promise
you. I promise you. Maybe even mix in like a hydrating spray, not a
setting spray, because again, setting sprays
freeze product, and it kind of gets that clay texture. Use like a hydrating mist,
to kind of like mix with the eye primer if you want to,
that's worked more for me, then trying to use an eye primer under
the eye, is keeping that area hydrated,
that's why, I again, I would use a eye cream under
eye if I'm doing a client, I always start with eyes first,
personal preference. It doesn't really matter, I just find sometimes you get
fall down from product, and I don't want to start the skin all over again,
so I would use an eye cream under the eye and let that sit while I do the eye
makeup. If I do get fall out, or drop out, you can literally use eye cream on a
cotton pad, or a face brush, and just wipe it away with
eye cream but you're not interfering with the skincare. Same again with primer.
So, let's talk about our faces, and kind of trying to keep foundation on
the skin, and prepping the skin for makeup. Now,
here's the thing, let's think about what kind of skin you have, and in makeup
we can make it very basic in skincare, it's more than that, you know, but we can
do oily, dry, and combination, and then oily and dehydrated, dry and
slightly oily in some areas, you know. We can kind of
be very quick about our choices. We use this foundation, we use that
foundation, we use that powder, whereas in skincare, you probably need to go a
little bit deeper than that. However, talking about skincare
for prepping makeup, the key to having great skin,
and having like a bouncy skin, a bouncy skin texture, and a really smooth texture
without over hydrating, without under hydrating is
serums. I like these ones from Fourth Ray, ColourPop's
skincare thing. I actually don't care when I'm,
when I'm prepping the skin for makeup, I don't care if the serums brightening,
whatever, as long as the person doesn't have a
reaction to any of the ingredients. I use a really sensitive one, one that doesn't
have too much active ingredients, it doesn't have like, you know, Retinols
or AHA's, BHA's, just a hydrating one. Don't care what it
does, as long as it hydrates, and it is the perfect amount of moisture
on the skin, it absorbs, it's absorbed quickly into the skin, it doesn't sit
around and leave a layer on top of the skin.
This is serums in general, I haven't had an issue with one serum. And it just
leaves the most, almost like pillowy kind of texture on the skin.
One serum I really, really like in particular, this is the Glow Recipe
Watermelon, Watermelon Glow, I can never say this word
Niacin... Niacin... Niacinamide Dew Drops. Incredible, so, so stunning on
the skin. These I would use without makeup on
top, because it just seems to be the most
incredible shine, and glow. It doesn't look sweaty, it doesn't look
greasy, it looks like healthy skin. And again, with all those benefits of a serum,
and what it does to the skin, and how it looks under foundation, and
how it treats the skin but with that really nice
glow to it. So, if you are extremely oily, grab a serum, and just use that before
your makeup, if you are extremely oily. That and a bit of SPF, and you're all good.
If you're oily or dry, team up a serum with whatever other
skincare you're going to use. Serums though, under makeup, are so, so
amazing, so do try and incorporate one into your makeup routine, but one's from
Fourth Ray are really, really affordable, and I think they come in a pack as well,
or you can buy them individually. So, for something that you might potentially be
using every day, they're a really good price point. Okay, let's
talk face primers. Now, some people don't like primer or don't see them as
necessary. Listen, people were priming their skin
way back, this isn't a new thing, ancient Rome was using primers, you know.
However, I do think that primers aren't always necessary, and I say this a lot in
my videos. So again, sorry for repetition but primers
really help the extremes of certain skin types. Extremely oily,
extremely dry, extremely textured, extremely dehydrated,
there is, a primer is gonna help to sort out the texture. Not the problem, the
texture. So for example, if you're extremely oily
a good mattifying primer, or a setting spray before your foundation is one of
the best things you can use. So let's start with primers first, I personally
don't like for oily skins, I know the kind of the two go together things
like Porefessional, or those silicone based primers, I really
don't like those for oily skin, or for dry skin actually.
I prefer to use them in patches, in certain areas if I need to.
For oily skins, I really like to use a good sticky
primer, Milk's Hydro Grip is a really good example of that, or
one of my favorites, the e.l.f Mint Melt Cooling
Face Primer, I have a few of these now because,
I don't know if they're limited edition but they're the best primer I've used for a
really long time. They have this kind of, sticky sounds
terrible, because you don't want like a texture on your skin,
it's weightless on the skin but it does have a really nice
tackiness to it. What I find works the best, isn't a primer
that gets into your pores or gets into your skin,
I like a primer that creates a barrier. So as long as it
smooths across the skin, that's what I like to use.
Primer that makes that shield against your makeup
is one of the best things you can do, because it's not going to touch your
skin texture. So hydrate dehydrated skin, pores around
the nose, dry cheeks, fine lines, kind of fine
lines, we want a shield, we want a barrier. So I
know people are like, yeah pore-filling primers are really
great, they can be great. One that I really like is the e.l.f
Putty Primer, this one's really great because it doesn't have that silicon-y
texture to it. So look for that barrier, not that
filling, I don't want to fill my pores I don't want to create a silky,
the worst texture on oily skin, and I don't know why the two go together, is
that silky, silicon-y texture. So let's talk about
setting sprays on the face before foundation. Here's why I really like
products on the skin, and prepping the skin. Setting sprays are fine, like if you
like using setting sprays, great over foundation. However, I like to
use them, one before foundation to create a
barrier, and after as well, just to kind of almost like boost the
makeup. A hydrating mist maybe. Okay, here's my demonstration. Okay, so
let's say this is my skin right, this is my foundation,
so what ruins my makeup, personally, is my oil.
My oil doesn't come through this way, it doesn't go through my foundation, and
unreal my foundation. It comes out of my skin, through here, and then
into my foundation, and breaks it down. If I'm putting a setting spray, if I... my
hands the setting spray, if I'm then using a setting spray here,
that's not the source of my problem, my oil can still get
into the makeup, and people are like, yeah but it freezes your makeup. Not when my
oil gets involved, nothing can freeze my makeup when oil gets involved.
So your setting spray is going to sit right here, maybe can kind of like
get in with your foundation but that's it.
My oil is going to come from this way, and ruin my foundation. This is why I'm
prepping my skin, and not worrying so much about setting,
because what ruins my makeup is my oil, and the texture of
my skin, and you may find that with drier skin too.
So that's why I like to create those barriers between my skin and the makeup.
Setting spray I find is a really good way to do that, there's ones in
particular that have like mattifying sprays that have
powder in them, which are really great to use. Ofra have a really good one of that.
The Urban Decay All Nighter Spray or the D-
Slick one, is also a really great setting spray to use
before your foundation, and I don't find it troubles the texture of foundation
either, and then you can still use it on top
if you feel the need to. Now, here's something I don't think,
people know they exist but not a lot of people use them. I want to talk about lip
primers, lip primers are, I think incredibly
important to the surface of the lip. Again, whether or not it really grips
onto your lip product is a conversation but to smooth out
the surface of the lip, my absolute favorite I've ever used is this one from
Pony Effect. Lip primers are a product I really don't think people use
enough, just to get, again, that smoother surface.
We want to smooth everything out, it can temporarily get rid of the lines in your
lip. So that's all I have for you today, this
is an extremely short video just because I wanted to run through some things with
you. Give this video a big thumbs up if it
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