- Hairspray's like my ride or die product.
It solves every problem.
- That's good to know 'cause I have a lot of problems.
(laughs)
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- We were supposed to get married
on June 27th of this year
with like a lot of people around.
Obviously it's not super safe
for that to happen right now,
so we're pushing it down the line.
I do still wanna get legally married
whenever the courts open up back here in Los Angeles.
We can't really know how the pandemic is gonna play out
and I think the safest thing for me to do is
for me to do my own hair and makeup.
I'm not really good at doing like,
photo-ready makeup.
And hair even less so.
I mean, c'mon.
I get really frustrated with tutorials
because something won't look right
and I like can't figure out where I went wrong.
I need some help, I need a lot of help.
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Today I am meeting with Justine Marjan.
She's worked with really high-profile people
like the Kardashians.
My hair is not nearly that fancy,
but I would like it to be that fancy.
Hi, Justine, it is so nice to meet you.
We still wanna get like legally married this year
in like a nice courthouse ceremony.
We still want it to be like cute
and special and like feel a little fancy
between the two of us.
- I actually eloped last summer
and we still did full glam.
So I totally get it.
- For this first look
I wanna try this sixties inspired look
which involves a really high ponytail
that cascades into flipped-out layers
on your shoulders.
If it's possible, I would love to keep
like a piece or two in the front or something
because that is like my security blanket.
- It's totally possible,
and we will do it today.
Let's start by just giving ourselves a middle part.
So I use the center of the nose as a guide with a comb.
And then I just kind of brush it back.
So that's how you get it like perfectly center.
And just look in the mirror and be like,
"Do I like the was this looks,
do I want more hair?"
So now, if you have a clip,
we're just gonna clip these out of the way.
You know what I see a lot of people do
that's really easy?
You could braid them and then they're fully out of the way.
We're just gonna gather our hair
into a high ponytail.
It seems like you have really thick hair,
so I find it really helpful
to just start by doing half up,
so I'm only working on this top part of my hair.
And we'll add the bottom section.
Otherwise it's a lot of hair to manage.
I have the Tresemme Micro Mist hairspray here.
This will just help control it
so the hair doesn't fall out of place.
And then spray the hairspray
at the nape of your neck.
And then we'll brush it up.
The good thing about a ponytail is
if you pull it, smooth it out on the sides,
it does life your eyes and eyebrows a little bit
which is always nice for photos.
- We love a little natural Botox.
- Now we're just going to secure it with an elastic.
Great, now we can undo this piece
just so it's out of our faces.
Lift up your ponytail so it's just out of the way
and we're just gonna spray the whole thing with hairspray.
And that's so our hair has some hold and control.
We'll be using the GHD Platinum+ Styler.
It has rounded edges so it makes it really easy
to get that flip.
At really light tension,
'cause we're really only using it
to get rid of frizz up here,
not to straighten.
And we're just gonna rotate the iron up.
Rotate it like you're turning a doorknob
and then drag it down as you keep rotating it.
- Oh, it's so cute when you do it (laughs).
- Yes, there we go, there we go.
Yes, cute.
And just keep going around the entire head.
Grab your brush and we're just gonna brush through this.
All the way from the top through the ends.
I twist the iron away from my face
all the way so my hairs wrapped around it,
and then I drag it down.
There we go, and then drag it down.
Yes, there we go.
This is it.
- Okay. - There we go,
that looks great.
Hold your little curl up and spray it.
I sent you some of this Tresemme Keratin Smooth serum.
And use that through the pieces in the front,
run it kinda through the ponytail on the top.
Grab our little toothbrush.
- Okay, yes.
- Spray the toothbrush with hairspray
right at the top.
And that will give a little bit more hold.
If you decide to do this,
just trim the ends of these front ones.
We're gonna test it out with a headband.
Place it right behind our ears,
shift it back.
- The fact that I'm even like,
anywhere in the ballpark,
I'm just like very impressed.
- Once you trim these pieces,
it's gonna be like so perfect.
So cute!
- [Nina] For look number two,
I wanna try textured hair
with some kind of crown braid going along it
for extra texture.
- Spray the Tresemme Micro Mist hairspray
and just kind of spray it everywhere
and lift up your hair.
And then we'll just brush that through.
Perfect, that looks great.
About one inch above your ear,
we're just going to take a diagonal section
that goes all the way to the back of your head.
And then you twist the top piece
so it's out of the way.
Grab the one inch section of hair
that we'll be working on.
We will point the iron down
and then we're going to wrap
the hair around the iron.
And then I use another finger,
we're just tapping, tap tap tap,
to see when it feels hot.
Otherwise you don't know
and then you end up being like
the girl on the Ellen show.
- Yes!
I don't wanna be her.
- So once it feels hot, we just release.
- Okay. - And we have our curl.
So really use your fingers and try to separate,
kind of pull them out a little.
Grab a section right behind
an inch of your front piece if that makes sense.
We will just split this section into three.
So now grab your front piece,
the side pieces, and we're gonna wrap it under
the middle piece and just switch their position.
So the front piece becomes the new middle piece.
- So I'm adding it to the middle?
- Yes, there you go, that's perfect.
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And then we're gonna grab a chunk of hair from underneath.
- Oh.
This is gonna be like the real rough version of this.
- It's okay, it takes practice.
- Okay, I'm sensing a pattern.
- Yeah, so we're just bringing, do the same thing.
And you kinda wanna direct the braid
back towards your ear.
Basically what we're doing is creating
a reverse french braid.
- And I have never french-braided my hair (laughs).
- Well you have now.
Let's secure it with an elastic.
What we're gonna do is hold the braid,
and we're just gonna use our fingers
and kind of pinch and pull the sides of it.
Lift from the elastic so we get some slack.
Place it a little bit lower than
the round of your head in the back.
And keeping it close.
I put it in my braid and I weave it in and out like this.
And that way it catches enough hair.
- That's a good trick!
- Grab a little bit more of this serum.
Go over any frizz or flyaways.
Spray our toothbrush with hairspray.
Even pick up the piece like this
and get underneath,
that way if you have your makeup done
your hair won't stick to your face.
- Oh, that's a good trick.
- And then what I love about this too is
because we pinned this braid in the back,
so if you do have flowers or a veil,
you can just tuck it into the braid.
- I really like this.
It feels like something that with practice
I can like actually get to look good.
- [Justine] If you practice your braid,
you can even do another one.
So there's options.
- Thank you so much Justine.
I really appreciate everything.
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For my makeup,
I will be getting help from Drea.
She actually worked with me on a shoot before.
So it's kind of cool
because she actually kind of already knows my face
and kind of knows what looks good on me.
Hello!
- Hi Nina, how are you?
- I'm definitely excited,
possibly a little bit nervous.
The worst nightmare is like seeing something
like unblended in a photo or something
and not realizing it in the moment.
- Don't worry, I got you.
- So I wanna do something
that's similar to what I wanted
for my like actual big wedding.
A heavier bolder eye, less poppy lip.
I love gold.
- [Drea] Do you have all your makeup there?
- [Nina] I do, I have a lot of stuff
in front of me.
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- Is there like a favorite palette of yours
that you like love right now?
- I have this Moschino palette
and I also have this Colourpop palette.
This one has some gold-y tones also.
- Let's take those three palettes.
Do you have an eye primer?
- I don't.
- Well, it's okay.
We're just gonna use a concealer
and just dot one dot here
and one dot here.
You can also use your ring finger
to kind of buff it in.
So you see that color in the middle?
You're gonna dip into that color
giving our lid a regular color canvas.
Take the coppery kind of orange-y red color,
really fill into our crease right here.
I see that you use a lot of that middle one.
- Sure do.
- The best thing for shimmery ones is simply
place and swipe down.
- Oh, look at that.
That is a lot of color.
- So let's go in with that middle brown color
around like the inner and then the outer.
We're gonna basically do like a check mark,
almost like a C but like a V.
Yeah, no, you're good.
Just go back in with that fluffy brush, no product.
Just kind of buff out the edges
where you see it kind of like a little harsh.
Yeah, perfect.
I think it looks good.
- My thing with eyeliner is that
I do it everyday just like in my mirror by myself.
I think because your sitting here, like...
- Honestly, you're a superhero
'cause you're using liquid.
- Mistakes are high.
And I am here doing something.
- Yeah, I think it looks good.
So let us get into your foundation.
So basically patting it in,
we're creating like more coverage.
Your neck normally is a little bit lighter
so definitely wanna bring it down a little bit
so everything matches.
How do you feel?
- I feel good.
- So now let's look into your concealers.
Let's go in with the first two.
I would say like a little check mark here,
and then kind of like, filling it in a little bit more.
So let's go into that bronze-y color
and what we're gonna do is
we're gonna start at the top of the ear
and we're just kind of go up.
Do a little bit on the forehead
and kind of just a little on the jawline.
Do you normally use like highlight,
like shimmer highlights on like your cheekbones?
- Oh yeah (laughs).
- We're just gonna start about
around this area here.
It's almost like a C shape.
Oh, highlight is popping.
Right below where your eyeliner and your lashes meet,
I'm gonna have you place that color
more towards the outer corner
and then going inside
and just kind of smudging the bottom a little bit.
And you remember how to do your mascara?
- I do.
I'm gonna pulse a little.
- Go back and forth to the root
and then lift up to have some length.
Wow, look at those eyelashes.
You wanna little more neutral too, correct?
- Yeah.
I tend to like a pink.
- So let's do the lighter Revlon one.
I think it's gonna look really nice
with the look your going for.
Just a little bit in the center,
and then using the edge of it,
kind of connecting the corners.
- I feel like an elevated version of me.
It's not dissimilar from the makeup I do,
but it's just a little more oomph in it.
I'm really glad that you were able
to like, walk me through this.
I'm looking at myself and I'm like,
"Wow, I did this myself?"
So I will wipe off part of my face
so then we'll do the second look.
- [Drea] So now we're gonna try something
a little adventurous.
Have you ever done like a halo eye?
- [Nina] I've tried it in the past
and I couldn't quite figure it out
and I was like, I'm never doing that again.
- I'll definitely walk you into those steps.
It's important still that we primer your lid
using the same base color as we did before.
Just going in again with one of the eggplant color.
- These two.
- Do it.
We're gonna color in that C or that V.
Take that same brush
and now we're gonna go in the inner corner.
Don't go in all the way,
kind of leave like a little bit of spacing in between.
Go ahead and just put some shimmer
into that center of your lid.
- I'm just gonna take it and swipe.
- Nice, look at that color.
Just connecting the corners a little bit,
leaving that space,
and then connecting the inner corner.
Now we're gonna use it for that center.
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- When I think about my courthouse wedding,
the dresses I have in mind,
they're simpler than like my sari,
so it's kind of nice to have a face that pops.
- Looks really good.
You did a really good job of both eyes.
- Thank you so much for helping me
and being my guide.
In terms of the hair looks,
I think I really liked number one.
I honestly did not think I would like it that much.
I think that look has a good mix
of like, yes my hair is up,
but there's still a lot of it
kind of around my face and my shoulders.
I think for my makeup looks,
my favorite was the first look,
which was a slightly more elevated version
of my kind of everyday glam.
Doing it through the webcam was surprisingly easy.
Anytime I try something new,
I usually mess it up in someway and I'm like,
"Well, I'm just bad, so I'm never gonna try that again."
Doing it with somebody there guiding me along
really helped me.
I am honestly very proud of myself.
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