Fake it Till You Make It Makeup

hi everyone today i thought i'd do a fake it till you make it makeup look and the reason i wanted to do this is because i was asked to do an event recently and i haven't done anything like that for ages i used to do that sort of thing all the time and it was to go and do a sort of interview and then um to meet people i've never met before and to have some photographs taken and again this is something that i probably would have well did do a lot of before the pandemic and i found myself backing away from it you know saying um can't they do it via zoom and i was quite surprised at my reaction my initial reaction and afterwards i was trying to think was it because i was being lazy is it because i don't want to unlike i guess going to like a shoot or my normal work which is a bit more of a comfort zone thing where i can go and people are looking at my work as in my makeup work it's not about me necessarily whereas something like that i guess it's more like a new job or a situation where you're going into a meeting with with with strangers and you have to bring very much your best self and i just concluded that i'm i'm out of practice with it i it may be a bit of laziness for sure um have got a bit lazy you know doing the zooms and you know that you can get away with maybe not bringing your big best self because you can say well i'm at home so i'm just in tracksuit bottoms i haven't got much makeup on and it was a little bit of anxiety about going out into the world again and presenting myself and having to kind of bring it so i was thinking about that and i have now accepted it and said i'd do it so i was thinking i'll do a makeup look like a practice run almost for that today and just talk a little bit about this idea about makeup and confidence and this situation we find ourselves in really coming out of the pandemic on one hand quite euphoric that something like that is even going to take place but on the other hand feeling very resistant to it um almost like trying to just peek out from inside my little rabbit hole and wanting to bury myself again so i've just done my moisturizer i'm using this moisturizing gel which i've used before which is nice and light for the summer for my particular skin type and then for me for confidence i definitely need a bit of foundation because i want to feel like i don't look greasy and that my skin has an even skin tone so i'm going to try something i haven't used before but it has got lots of good reviews and this is the shiseido synchro which is self-refreshing foundation and this is the shade bamboo which i'd say i have almost got a bit of a tan at the moment i think it's just from walking around haven't been anywhere but just from being around london so i'm going to put a light layer of this all over and this idea i think of confidence boosting makeup is it's the sort of thing that a journalist would ask me like what's your quote on confidence boosting makeup you know that you can tell everyone and i think i would probably say it's going to be so different for everyone because we all have our own unique set of hang ups or or worries or we know what makes us feel good so i think for me it would definitely be having my skin look natural but having it look um just even and and perfected to a certain degree particularly around the center of my face which is where i tend to get a little bit red but it would also be being not too um shiny for me but that's a hangover from my extremely oily days i think for most of my life having oily skin although it's now of course not as oily but it still has the ability to look a little greasy so i am going to start with that so that's just a thin layer all over i'll have to do a touch on my neck because i went for something a little bit warmer which i feel is my summer color but of course my neck there is quite light this feels really nice it definitely has a good coverage but without looking like it's definitely evened out my skin tone just gonna have a close-up look of this yeah that's really quite perfected my skin it's really evened everything out probably still a touch shiny on my center of my face but i will give it a little powder later on so i think for me now it's just i'm going to do a little bit more skin stuff and then move on to the eyes i'm just gonna do a tiny bit of highlighter just while that's almost still i'm still working on my skin side of things i think for me if the skin looks good and my eyes look big and awake um then that's gonna really help me to feel like i'm faking this confident look next my under eyes i'm going to use this bare minerals and this is the stick foundation in medium warm 7. this is quite yellowy but i'm just going to put a tiny bit under my eyes and just pat that in so as i was saying when i get asked for this like what is this ultimate confidence boosting makeup the reason it's different for every single person and you cannot make one statement for everyone is that everyone has got their own bug bears so for me i guess under my eyes wouldn't be a bug big bug bear because you know i'm quite fortunate i'm not too dark under there with other people it is their thing so you need to really spend time on the thing that is bothering you or the thing that is the something that holds your confidence back like if i'm gonna fake it till i make it i want my skin to look really really good that's my priority and then i want my eyes to look big and open and i want my lower lip to look bigger and that's just me okay that's me personally talking but it is nailing those things that for you are the things that just make you feel good and it can be anything it can be a touch of mascara and i feel good and that's fantastic you know it's whatever is your your thing it's really owning your your key to confidence is a very personal thing so just to do some pinpoint concealing this foundation has done a really nice job of evening out everything apart from just oh that's too dark yikes just need a bit more coverage there i'd say center of chin and then just some small things little marks here and there just gonna lighten up around my nose which is where i have a few um capillaries broken capillaries there and just pat that in and i definitely feel before i do my first um few going to meet strangers and these kind of things i think i'll probably spend quite a while on my makeup because for me it's almost like a cathartic thing to sit down and just do my face and and spend a bit of time will give me time to think about things and and get a good sense of how i'm feeling not that i think you should spend a lot of time doing your makeup you know to be able to face the world not at all god you know it just depends how you're feeling and i just think for me i think for this kind of fake it to make it type of makeup look it means that if it goes on quickly and it's easy fine but i'll allow a bit more time in case i want to tweak things or step back and maybe alter things and just make sure that i'm really happy with it so i'll probably allow a little more time to get ready so in the spirit of using new things i'm going to use this palette by sydney grace and temtalia and i really wanted to try this because christina from temtalia i just thought if anyone can make a good palette she can because she must have reviewed every single eyeshadow palette that's existed in the last at least 10 years i like these shades here so i like these kind of the matte and the sort of shiny minky color slightly a little bit um duochrome in there so i'm going to try something around around these sorts of shades so i'm going to start with this shade oh yeah very good payoff right that's shiny than i thought it was going to be but nice nonetheless so i'm just going to do eyelids with that that's definitely more about a pop and then i'm going to use the matte shade so this is a matte violet i'm just going to do this really softly bit by bit just resting my eyebrow so i can see that i can actually see the shape and just tapping that on because i'm not using i'm probably only gonna use two shades to keep it quite simple so because i'm not using any kind of a transition shade it means that i have to go slowly slowly with this one and really blend use the same shade a little bit underneath as well i always like to have just a wash of color me personally underneath my eyes because if i do mascara my eye lower lashes are quite fine so when i do mascara on them they're very separated because they are quite sparse and thin um and they can look a little bit too much almost too um almost too defined whereas if i have a little wash underneath it just gives a bigger eye illusion of a bigger eye but also it kind of frames the lashes and gives them a little bit more bulk so now that i've sort of finished the basic shape i'm just checking looking straight ahead in the mirror that i'm liking the shape that i'm getting from the or eye socket sort of definition and just going back in if i need to because if i do when my eyes are up and obviously i can't walk around like that the whole time so put more of a natural face on and i can see where the where the shading is so that's good for now i'm just going to quickly curl my eyelashes and do my mascara and put a couple of lashes on which will cheer me up no end make me feel like i'm raring to go i'm going to use underneath a base of this is one of those white bases just to give myself a little more lash and very lazy on the lash serum after being brilliant during the lockdown then i got out of the habit when things got busy again um and now i'm kicking myself of course i'm gonna put a light layer of this on and just let that dry for a couple of moments obviously i have tried out quite a lot of brand new products today which i definitely wouldn't recommend if you're having to bring your a and you are wanting to have a confidence boost because there's nothing worse than trying a new mascara or trying a new foundation for example and finding out during the day that it hasn't quite worked for you so i think definitely only ever use your most tried and trusted products or if you want to use something new definitely give it a little trial run the day before like i'm doing now because i don't really have to go anywhere today so i'm able to see how all my products perform so next for lashes i'm going to do some little bundles of individuals which i've just dropped out the box sorry hold on a minute oh i'll tell you what they look like this these are called lash star not used them before and they look perfect they're just gonna fill in any gaps and give me a nice lashy look these are a bit longer actually than i would normally wear but i think a few of these they're nice and lightweight a few just at the outer edge probably only do three or four but we'll have a look okay i just have to stop for a second because these are phenomenal i think these are the nicest eyelashes i have tried in a long time i'll need to further investigate i almost wish i hadn't put as much mascara on now i kind of overkilled on the mascara thinking i was just going to fill in a couple of gaps but i think knowing how beautiful these are um where's the box here we go so they're lash star and they're called visionary flare lashes sculpt your perfect lash look i am here for this okay i'm just gonna finish my second eye i have got a video on how to apply individual lashes which i'll link to below because otherwise it takes probably 15 minutes to make the tutorial quite long to show everything it takes me a while anyway i'm going to use this is a black liquid liner i'm not going to just go kind of lining my eyes but from underneath just filling out the gaps really in between sort of the lash line and my underneath in a water line i'm not really going along my inner waterline it's on the edge of that it's almost like the corner between my inner waterline and where the actual lash line starts again this will just give a thicker lash look especially if i'm having my picture taken or anything like that i just love having a nice kind of not not a really thick eyeliner or anything like that but i definitely like to have that definition this is a really good tip if you're getting married as well just having that depth at that at the lash roots it's great for pictures so this is kind of like fake eyeliner doing this it's almost like no eyeliner eyeliner that makes sense what's good about it is that if you're not good at doing those perfect lines the trick with this is to be almost as messy as possible because you're stabbing it like the more you stab underneath with that pen which is actually this is a really good one the grandiose because it's so fine the more you kind of get in between those lashes and on the edge of the waterline you could use a pencil for sure as well anything whatever you feel comfortable with it's like the more you kind of do it the more you kind of stab around the better it gets and then when you get to that inner corner just to kind of almost go underneath there into that inner corner on the inside though i mean this just works so well when you're wearing these kind of individual lashes because you have that lovely lashy look and all of the power of an eyeliner but without having a sort of major eyeliner and it's also such a good tip for photography if you want to look like you haven't got a big strong eyeliner on you're just wearing sort of mascara mascara if only um but you have got that impact on your eyes so i do use this a lot for red carpet and things like that or weddings in fact if you don't want to have a really big thick eyeliner it's a really nice way of doing that too so go back in with the deep purple shade we're almost going to do the same thing but this is with just with the powder i've almost just massaging a little bit of the purple into the roots of the lashes again it shouldn't look like a a liner it's more of a defining thing and then the outer edge there i'm going to just bring up go into the corner and then just slightly swoop up there just finishes off the shape so for my brows now i'm using the feather pen i love this i love the color of this and i also like how how much payoff you get with this the ink it's not too much but it's noticeable do such a nice fine brow with it so i'm just trying to i wouldn't say match my eyebrows up because i know they say eyebrows are sisters but mine are distant cousins they are so different this one is quite arched this one is flat um so i can only do my i don't want to change them completely and i think it's part of the character of my face so i'm just doing some perfecting rather than some tweaking rather than trying to get them rigidly the same this one's also got a lot more hairs at the outer edge i love this as well because it also has the um gel on the inside so you can it's a great gel as well it really sets them sets them quite hard but it doesn't leave that white residue so yeah so that's my eyes on and i feel totally different i feel like if i was having to now walk out in front of people i didn't know i would come across very confident i know it's like silly to think that i would need makeup and why would anyone need makeup for that and i do think you do need makeup for that by the way but i quite like to feel like my eyes my eyes just feel so good and i do enjoy using makeup and applying makeup so for me i feel like i look totally different and probably you're thinking well it just looks like you've got some false eyelashes on or some mascara but if you look at the before look at me before and um i don't know maybe you can tell my mood has changed and my my confidence levels are definitely going up so that that's it for me really i think just a simple eye makeup but something that gives me the lash and the socket line and that just emphasizes my eyebrows probably are the main things for me so onto the rest of the face the next thing i want of course is lips and i do want to give myself a slightly more pouty lower lip so i'm just gonna get a lip liner okay onto lips i'm just gonna apply velvet muse just in a sort of slap dash way before i do a little sculpt i'm using um this is a victoria beckham lip liner i'm just really wanting to cheat just on my lower lip okay that's faked it i'll put a touch on the top i'm not really going to change the shape here though i'm going to go back in and fill in and using the same shade on my cheeks there we go it's a lovely brush actually for doing cream blush i'm going to go back in with my clinique airbrush concealer that you anyone who's watched my videos for years know that i used to be crazy about and use for everything and i still use it quite a lot on myself i feel like i just need a touch more under there like it's almost sunk in so i just want to um refresh i do that a lot with clients as well sometimes i'll put do all the under eye and then by the time it's lived in it's sort of settled in by the time i get to the end of the makeup i'll do a touch more sometimes i'll use a different product because by then you can kind of see how the products reacted and whether there needs to be a bit more of a lift i don't know you might need to go a bit peachier or a little bit lighter or even sometimes a little bit darker um but sometimes you just get that you can only really tell after a while what's what's needed and then i'm just going to pat that in almost i don't really need to set that again because i've put so little on just to lift and then i'm going to do a tiny bit more highlighter so a little tiny bit i'm going to use that in the corner of my eyes and what's left over i'll just refresh on my cheeks and i'm probably going to need a final touch of powder as well blend that in with the blush um she's ready for business this one she is ready where is the powder let me i'm gonna take this with me i'm imagining now that i am going to an event like this is it this is not just my trial run i'm going to take this um by terry touch-up powder it's going to go around where i am starting to get a little bit shiny already okay and that i think do you know what i might go over with one clean brush so just at the end of the eye shadow and just blend everything again it's like a security blend so that's it that is my fake italy make it make up um as i say this is for me personally i this is a look that i would do if i was having to go which i am in probably a week or so to an event when i haven't been to one for so long and having to sort of meet people and i would feel really good like this because i feel like my skin looks good it doesn't look too heavy and i feel like i've got my eyes feel really good they feel like i'm engaging well with people because they look quite defined and because there is particularly for this thing i'm going to a photography element so i feel like my eyes are going to photograph really well as well and that is the genius of makeup it just is such a confidence boost and i think that there is a real magic to it it's something which is on such a subconscious level like i can't even describe how different i feel from when i started doing this makeup when i was thinking you know my reaction to having to go somewhere was a little bit strange and i think it's just the pandemic it's just the result of being at home for such a long time or has almost made me terrified but um anyway this is my crutch my makeup and um as i say it can be adapted to whatever you know particular look that you love doing and i think just go with your heart you know just go with what you really like to wear spend your time getting it right and um you almost know when you've nailed it don't you you really do so best of luck everyone do let me know if you're having the same almost i won't say fear what's the word it's not even anxiety it's something in between of um doing real life things again um and also the excitement of it too and take care everyone i'll see you soon bye

Channel: Lisa Eldridge

Views: 544,119

Keywords: Lisa Eldridge, Lisa Elridge, Lisa Eldrige, Makeup, Make-up, Make up, Tutorial, How To, Look, Professional, Pro, Makeup artist, Makeup course, Beauty, cosmetics, best, top, makeupbylisaeldridge, lisa eldridge foundation, fake it, feel good, confidence, fake it til you make it, boost, interview, new job

Id: 8CwBnM_fhps

Length: 29min 5sec (1745 seconds)

Published: Fri Jul 30 2021

Reddit Comments

[u/SloresAllOfYou]

I watched this last night when I was meant to be taking off my makeup and getting ready for bed. For the first time in nearly two years, I chose to do late night playtime with makeup instead. It’s a small thing, but I was SO depressed pre and during the pandemic that makeup play lost meaning for me. It was symbolic of my lack of self care. I’ve been working so hard to improve my physical health, including diet, exercise, supplements, and a skincare routine. Last night, listening to Lisa normalize anxiety, I found myself feeling excited to practice the look she was doing. I used to do this all the time, when she, Karima, and some beloved others would release videos. It was my “me time” act. I just completely was devoid of energy to do it the past two years. I forgot how fun it was to focus on fun, and not fear. It felt like a return to my old self in some way. I know how vapid that sounds, but beauty has always been my creative outlet. Being an essential employee and working 60 hours a week on call, wearing a mask every day, barely sleeping and eating properly, getting COVID at one point, and watching loved ones die meant slapping on just enough moisturizer and eye makeup to look half alive on the days I needed to. I just stopped caring, and the less I engaged in beauty rituals, the less I felt like myself. That wasn’t the only thing I stopped doing, but yeah. So I’m really appreciative of Lisa. Her words helped me break through another roadblock back to restoring my mental and physical health, and it makes me cry happy tears, I’m not ashamed to add.

[u/curlyque31]

I feel like her content is a good example of quality over quantity. She doesn’t make a ton of videos, but the ones she does create provide valuable information.

[u/No_Percentage636]

I appreciate how she has kept her channel the same for years. Shes so lovely, and her videos are still so educational and so relaxing to watch.

[u/sugarenia]

I loved this lengthy, chatty tutorial by Lisa. She discusses the discomfort of "showing yourself" again after spending so much time in lockdown. As always, she uses minimal makeup for maximum effects - I particularly liked her eye makeup with the mink tones and I'll try it on my hazel eyes as well.

[u/treetowngirl]

She is such a kind soul in the Beautube world. A few years ago, she did a tutorial on how to apply makeup when you're grieving that's also wonderful.

[u/Kowlz1]

I feel like my biggest weekend de-stressor over the last few years has been settling in on Friday nights and watching her new video when she releases them. She is a true artist and professional and she is so, so knowledgeable. I’ve been saving up to get a couple of her lipsticks and am so excited to try them out!

[u/stormygraysea]

i've been feeling this anxiety about rejoining society as well (kind of have been even since the beginning of the pandemic), so it's wild to me, but massively reassuring, that someone as graceful and experienced and put-together as Lisa feels this too.

i'm also fairly new to watching her content (i know, i know), but it's so nice to hear her talk about how makeup is different for everyone and that's okay. i guess since she's a pro mua, i expected her to be like "this is the right way to do things and if you don't do it this way then you're wrong!" but that's not how she approaches it at all. i really should've taken everyone's suggestions to watch her a loooooong time ago lmao

also, so cool to see her use the sydney grace x temptalia palette here! i kinda wish she had dipped into the more colorful shades, but i know that wasn't the point of this look or the video.

[u/[deleted]]

She is one of the best MUAs right now. And her tutorials are so relaxing and instructive.

[u/rjeantrinity]

I’ve never watched her before but I’m definitely on my way to YouTube now to see more. What a calming soothing voice and manner. Also love the makeup look, exactly my style - plus really makes it look so easy/not fussy.

Thanks for sharing!