Hello everyone, welcome back. Thank you so much for joining me.
So today, it’s been a long time since I’ve done one of these
reaction video’s to TikTok, and things on Instagram.
So, all of you tagged me in so many things and send me so many things,
which I’m very, very grateful for. Let me just ask a favour of you though,
please don’t comment on people’s content with things like sick faces and “oh Robert
you’ll hate this!”. Just @ me.
Because I like to think the way I do it is constructive criticism.
I would never comment on somebody’s personal image. I’m not looking
to offend the person as an individual. We’re talking about makeup technique, and how
realistic is it in real life for people. That’s all it is.
So please don’t tie my name to your hate comment on someone else’s content. Okay?
So saying that, if you’ve never been here before, my name’s Robert. I’m a professional
makeup artist here on YouTube and also in real life, and it’s my goal to help you become
a pro yourself, or just someone who is really good at makeup. And sometimes that means
separating what we see online vs. reality. And I know a lot of people like to say there
are no rules to makeup. I like to think that
creativity and individuality have no rules, but makeup
most definitely has a theory, and this is for people who want to learn that theory.
If you don’t want to, keep doing you. But, I know for a fact that there’s a lot of people
out there who the kind of TikTok and Instragram “makeup theory” doesn’t work for you,
because most of the time it’s just click-bait, and we’re here to kind of separate that
and see what’s actually achievable and what’s actually doable, and what is actually
workable in real life. Okay, so let’s do it. Let’s just get straight into it, and take
a look at our first video.
Yeah… that’s cool. [Laugher] I think… where did I say this?
I think I said this the other day, but I think when we talk about trying to keep
makeup up under our eyes looking as natural as possible and as stable as
Possible. We tend to put a lot of powder underneath and we forget about the moisture
aspect. Here’s the thing with eyelids right,
we have really oily eyelids, the majority of the time.
So we need to make sure that area
is oil free...ish for our eye makeup, so we use eye primers.
Where as under the eye, it’s completely different. We want the exact opposite, we want to keep
it hydrated. When we put on too much powder, we’re still sucking that moisture out of the eye area,
So then we can get those fine, little lines.
And this is why I personally don’t like Baking for example, cause I think it dehydrates under
the eye area. And I know there’s a lot of you out there that baking doesn’t work for you.
You can absolutely try mixing your concealer with a hydrating product. Another great thing
about this video is the tone of concealer.
A pink tone concealer is great at color correction under the eye,
if you just want a slight color correction, and then you can go on top with a tiny bit of
a lighter one to brighten the eye. So, so color correct the one that’s a little bit pinker,
brighten with something that’s a
lighter concealer.
Yeah, that’s a good tip too. [Laughter]
So, like false lashes, we go for those ones that lift in the corner to give us an uplift on the
eye area. So yeah, I don’t see why you couldn’t do the same with mascara. I wouldn’t personally
leave the inside completely blank. I would maybe shade with a darker eyeshadow, just to add,
still, that kind of depth. Because
that depends on eye shape as well. If you have it too light in here
and too dark here, it can make your eyes look further out, and for those who want their eyes
to look a little bit further in, you know, it does the opposite. So, balance it out with something
still a little bit darker but the uplifted lash is always, in comparison,
gonna make it look like that.
Fox eyes, let’s stop pulling our eyes like that, I’m just gonna say that there.
If your makeup hack or makeup technique is meant to uplift the eye, then what’s the need
to then further stretch it out like that. Yeah, don’t do that, let’s stop doing that. Okay.
Who needs… who needs that? That’s 5 Minute Crafts level there. So, here’s the thing,
here’s why I really don’t like that. First of all, cutting your own hair and making it into a
hair brush, you don’t know what kind of oils are on your hair. Second of all, make up
brushes aren’t just a bundle of hair that is glued on the end, and they’re like ‘yeah that
will do.’ Makeup brushes are cut in certain shapes. They are cut in certain ways, they
are tapered, they’re angled, you know. There’s all these different things. Fibres are different.
The weight of the brush is different, the balance of the brush is different. They’re a little more
complex than that. You also have to get the correct density of brush,
otherwise it becomes completely useless.
So, for example, a big fan brush like this,
although it’s fanned out and and spaced out, look at this metal bit here.
It’s clamping the hair there, so when you do
push back, there’s still some pressure on the application on the brush.
Where as, if you just had hair, sticking, there’s nothing here to stop it from just full on folding.
So you don’t get that pressure from the hairs. Brushes are a lot more complex than that,
I think that’s a really terrible idea. And who needs a pen that’s also a makeup brush?
I mean, I’m a makeup artist and I don’t need
a pen that’s a makeup brush, who else is gonna need that.
Erm… no. Because of the shape of the spoon. So,
if your eye shape curves with that shape of the spoon, great.
But when you’re doing a cut crease, you ideally want it to go with the shape of the eye.
It’s complimentary to eye shape. You can change it slightly, but notice that the shape on the spoon,
it kinda goes flat as it goes out to the end, whereas really,
we want that nice curve, or it goes
straight up and out, you know. It’s not really… that spoon shape isn’t really complimentary
to the eye shape. I even think that it’s been touched up afterwards because, the shape of that
cut crease afterwards, is more rounded, where as,
like I said the spoon looks more straight across. So I don’t think that is a true hack.
Let’s stop it there, because I think I know why I was tagged in this one. Colour correction.
Again, under the eye. If you wanna use that much, you absolutely don’t need to use that much
colour corrector under the eye. Position. Okay, so what does orange colour corrector cancel out?
Darkness under the eye, the redy tones or the orangey tones, cancels out anything in that bluey,
purple spectrum that, that sits right here, that comes from blood just sitting in that area there.
That’s why it’s darker under there,
or pigmentation under the eye. Why are we putting it here?
And then not even blending it up to the eye. That is unnecessary colour correction
at it’s like, highest. It should be under your eye… directly under your eye. Cause what are
you colour correcting in this case? Your normal skin colour. So then why just in that area,
and why so much?
[Laugher]
Let me just start off by saying, I love the way that she says in this, ‘On camera’.
They do look huge on camera, they look really big on camera. In real life… okay, so this
Is, this is the only way I can think how to explain this kind of
over drawing, and I’ve seen people
do this in real life. I’ve seen people walk around with that lip line that’s that much higher than there
actual, natural lip line. Okay, so let’s take Trixie Mattel, as an example. Very overdrawn lips,
because it’s meant to be exaggerated, she’s a Drag Queen so it’s meant to be that way.
But you can clearly see where the natural lip line ends, and where that colour, that gap
of colour is. So that’s what that looks like in real life. That’s that exaggerated, overdrawn lip.
Trixie Mattel is a Drag Queen, it’s a character, it’s a “costume” almost. So, that again
looks great on stage, on camera. So I’m very happy she said ‘On camera’, and does it work on camera?
Of course it does. In real life, you’re gonna see that divide, you’re gonna see where
the ridge lifts and then goes flat, and then gonna…
no one’s lip goes up and flat and then finishes there. You know what I mean?
It gets worse when you put gloss on it.
I was tagged in this, so many times. This, this works and here’s why. Right, let me explain first.
So again, this is a… what’s it called, what do people say…
“hack”. That isn’t like a new hack, it’s a very old
technique and this is, I’m gonna age myself quite a bit here. But
this is something we used to do back in the day
when we didn’t have so much choice in a good matte lipstick. There was… if you wanted a really matte
velvet red, there was one choice of lipstick and that was MAC Ruby Woo.
But even then, trying to paint that on
a client was really difficult because it is so matte. They
could do it themselves, but you know when you just
want to be perfect. So, you could also take a matte lipstick,
and there’s the thing. You would need a 2 ply tissue,
And then split the ply, whatever it’s called. So you have this really thin tissue.
We would then put it over the lip,
or over the lipstick, and then you would tap powder.
The tissue wouldn’t be breaking cause they shouldn't be talking.
And that would make the lip matte. So let me show you this… way she did it. Once sec.
Let me use a red. So I’m going to go for the Juvia’s Place,
this is called ‘Afrik’ which is… like a deeper tone red.
A really nice colour actually. And then, she used quite a fluffy brush.
I’m actually gonna go for a denser one cause I really want to put that colour through.
And it’s almost like you need that pressure. So I’m going to use the Rare Beauty Concealer brush.
It looks dirty but it’s not, that’s just the hairs.
There you go, then the colour comes through. The only thing,
that’s a little bit dodgy about this “hack” is,
precision. So especially with a colour like this, but,
if you grab concealer… where’s my concealer thing?
Then you can grab your brush you did with your concealer or your foundation
and get that ombré lip. So it really does work. Yeah.
I wasn’t surprised at this hack at all,
it’s cause it’s an old technique and one that actually really does work.
“Here’s a quick baking tip. No.1, bake, obviously. It’s been sitting for about a minute.
Take the same brush you used your bronzer with,
and then tap it into your skin. Don’t brush it away, cause that defeats the purpose.
Tap it into your skin.
And the reason I said use your bronzer brush,
is because it will not leave that white cast because it still
has a little bit of color on the brush. So that’s how you avoid that heavy white cast.
So, we’re just going to keep tapping in, until it is,
all gone. And then you can brush away, and you still have
a little bit of color down there.”
I hate baking, but what a great tip. That is such a good tip.
So bake… I always think, she said about the white cast,
I see it all the time and actually sometimes it looks grey.
It has this undertone of grey to it and it looks awful.
You can always tell when someone’s baked, because this area here, looks grey and horrible.
So to use that leftover bronzer to add warmth to those areas,
it’s such a good idea. That’s a really, really nice idea.
I don’t know why people bake down here. If you want that harsh…
do people get oily there? If you want that harsh line
why don’t you just use concealer instead of using loads of powder,
cause it’s such a horrible texture.
Just a question.
“Asked me to do this and I will gladly sacrifice having uneven bronzer today,
just to show you guys the difference.
I’m gonna do this side the way that I do it,
and then this side, how I like, used to do it and how I think
most people do it.
So this is how I do it, right up on the temple. And what I used to do,
is put it way down here, like where my cheekbone would end.
I haven’t blended it out, but you can already see
the difference. And these are all the same products
that I used in the original video. Okay, so, this is just the bronzer,
I haven’t done the blush yet but, there’s the difference.
So for blush on this side, I’m focusing it more
towards my temple and blending up as I showed you guys before.
And for this side, I’m gonna do my blush how I used to do it, so just on the apples of my cheeks.
Okay, so, this is how I used to do it. It’s fine, it’s cute whatever. This is how I do it now.
It definitely changes the way that my cheekbone shadows look, it doesn’t weigh my face down.
I’ll just let you look for a sec… see the difference? I don’t think
anybody can deny that this side is way less flattering
for my face, compared to this side. I love her”
Yeah, that looks great. Here’s why, especially on her.
She does have a rounded face, although she has that
very nice, almost like ‘V’ shape jawline, it is a little bit rounder. So,
putting her blush in that area here,
apples of cheeks, here, accentuates roundness in
the face. That’s something I would do on maybe on someone who has long face,
who wants a rounder face. But when she puts it on the other side, it stretches and it lifts.
I… that’s a really, really good tip, I really, really like that. Yeah, let’s do one more.
“So I’m going to use Cork lip liner by MAC.
So when I’m applying lip liner I like to outline it and then kind of shade in
on the outer corners. Like that.
And I like to pat the lipstick, rather than rub.
So I’ll do that throughout the whole lip.
And I also like to take my finger and kind of like melt everything together.
Then I’m going to take ‘Love Nectar’ lipglass from MAC and add that.
This is when you can shade back in with the lip liner.
So obviously I don’t have a full face on or lashes or anything, or foundation,
but this is how you can totally transform
a lipstick with lip liner and it makes such a big difference”.
Another really good tip. I… I… I prefer this technique
to make the lips look bigger, over, overdrawing.
Just by shading in the outside corners you can really make your lips look huge.
So deepen this corner, these corners here,
deepen these corners here and make sure you get right into
these corners here, and then, like triangles,
like four triangles on the outside corner, line your lips as normal,
line your bottom lip as normal. But I do kind of
like to bring the dark down a little but so it doesn’t look
like a solid line.
Apply lipstick to the middle, just like she did there, and tap it and blend that altogether.
It looks absolutely amazing, it looks more realistic,
it goes with the real lip shape, but you have that comparison
of light and dark. So they accentuate each other and make your lips look much bigger.
Okay, so that was it our TikTok and Instagram… Instagrams… what are they called? Reels.
Thank you so much for joining me.
If there is anything that you really liked in that video out of those “hacks”,
then please do let me know. I have a whole playlist for these reaction videos. To TikToks.
Some of them don’t go as well as this, usually I hate every single hack that’s happening.
But check that out, I’ll leave it right at the end here for
you. Thanks again for joining me, please consider subscribing
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