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Actress Kat Dennings brings soft-spoken memories, makeup tips, and calming energy to this lighthearted episode of Hush & Brush. Kat takes us back to the beginning of her obsession with makeup, trying on her mother’s gold lipstick as a kid, through today, when she dreams of starting her own line of lip stains. With tingly nail taps on every bottle, she shares some of her favorite products and techniques.

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00:00oh sorry hey guys I'm Kat Dennings today I'm gonna show you a huge amount of makeup products
00:21that I brought with me in a little bag oh my god there's so much in here look here's a tiny little
00:29pouch in this pouch there are many assorted lip products also a tiny little foundation compact
00:52oh sorry that didn't go how I was hoping it would go
01:04okay first I have to unload the rest of my stuff this is everything I brought with me
01:11I have one of everything in here here we have my oh it's got hair on it hold on a second
01:18here we have my special little french brush I just bought it's called oh my god my eyesight oh
01:26I bought this brush because Instagram knows that I wanted a nice hairbrush because I've never had
01:40like a nice hairbrush before it's very pricey but it's worth it it's really really amazing I bought
01:46my mom one for Christmas if this brand wants to send me free brushes I will not refuse I really
02:00was obsessed with makeup from like a very young age and I wanted to wear makeup so badly and I
02:05wasn't allowed to and my mom had a horrible little cold lipstick that she got it well it used to be
02:12called fresh fields that it became whole foods that's how old I am it was like a hippy dippy
02:17product it was like a cold then I snuck in her bathroom constantly and put on this cold lipstick
02:22it looked horrible on me but I was so obsessed with it and it really like made me feel so grown up
02:29and I couldn't wait for my own lipstick and now look at me
02:32I'm so sorry I'm so sorry I have some face products in here which I already done but this is a
02:42moisturizer I really like it's also very fancy
02:45I use this almost every day under makeup I have a few that I rotate but this is a really good everyday
02:53one let's see if uh oh all right let's see what I can get out of here oh yeah this is my finishing
03:00touch which I'll do uh last but this is my perfume that I really love it's so pretty it's called Delina
03:06and Snoop Dogg also wears this so shout out Snoop Dogg
03:10I learned how to do makeup the old-fashioned way from a book
03:17a physical book called Making Faces by the legendary makeup artist Kevin O'Kwan
03:23in it he shows you how to do basically everything like I learned how to overline from Kevin O'Kwan
03:29and how to do like a cat eye and how to like sculpt your face and make different shapes and stuff
03:35he would make like Gwyneth Paltrow into like
03:38Marilyn Monroe or something and do like a photo shoot so he would really teach you how to
03:44change your face and I would put diagrams in there and I would just copy it
03:48and I kind of still do all the same stuff now
03:51my husband's here don't get any ideas
03:56all right let's see if I can extract this very cute makeup bag out of here
04:03eye cream
04:04I use the eye cream usually at night
04:08oh that's good
04:10that's a good one
04:15also sometimes if I want like a subtle highlight I'll use eye cream instead of something with shimmer
04:23a makeup artist taught me that
04:26brushes
04:29the brand Tata Harper sent this to me
04:36oh wait I wanted to show you this
04:38it's a little swan like pencil sharpener
04:42isn't that so freaking cute
04:44I got this from Catbird
04:46made in Poland
04:47okay
04:49very good gift I think it was like $8
04:51cute stocking stuffer idea
04:54okay I'll just go through my like daily makeup products
04:58I really like
04:59the um
05:00new benefit foundation
05:02the porefessional foundation in the color
05:051C
05:07which is the lightest they make
05:08obviously
05:09I've been using this
05:10for a few months
05:13I think they just came out with it
05:15and it's really great
05:16it's really really good
05:17I love it
05:18and it's like the perfect color for me
05:20and when you're like
05:21very pale
05:22sometimes the undertone can look
05:24very obviously wrong
05:26so this is like
05:27perfect for me
05:27which I love
05:28okay guys
05:29it's really getting serious
05:30oh yeah
05:32here are my eye drops
05:34I no longer take my contacts out
05:41in front of a live studio audience
05:43because I've discovered beta blockers
05:45and I use those instead
05:47but before that
05:48I used to take my contacts out
05:50because I had a fear of like
05:52performing in front of an audience
05:53because I had never done it before
05:54I never did theater or anything
05:56and now I'm much
05:57I'm much more calm
05:59and used to it
05:59I feel like I should do my lips
06:03because I'm never like
06:04without lips
06:05I feel very weird right now
06:07you know
06:07the thing is
06:08is like
06:08there's like
06:09where my pigment ends
06:11and like
06:12there's more
06:13there's more lips
06:14there's more like
06:15lip area
06:16so that
06:17it's just
06:18it looks so weird
06:20without lip
06:20oh here's a very good lip scrub
06:22I've been using this
06:23for like a year
06:24bigger than beauty skincare
06:25I use this scrub
06:27like once a week
06:28because I get very like
06:29disgusting
06:31dehydrated person
06:33lips
06:33very easily
06:34oh my god
06:41I think there's sand in that
06:43I have every lip product
06:45in the world in here
06:46okay
06:47okay
06:48so today
06:49I could really go
06:50in any direction
06:51this is a product
06:52I love so much
06:54where's the color though
06:55I have all three colors
06:57right here
06:57oh my god
06:57I'm so sorry
06:59so this is by
07:00M Cosmetics
07:01and it's um
07:02called the Phantom Blur
07:05in the color Chateau
07:06and it's like
07:07a lip stain
07:07but it's very um
07:09it's
07:10it's movable
07:10like it doesn't
07:11dry your lips out
07:12it's amazing
07:14and the color
07:15is so good
07:15to the last
07:16so I'm gonna use
07:17my liner
07:18I have like
07:1950 in here
07:20oh
07:20I think I need to use
07:22my salon sharpener
07:23this is the
07:41Kevna Kwan
07:41actually
07:42Kevna Kwan
07:43unforgettable lip liner
07:44in
07:45carnal
07:46now listen
07:47listen guys
07:48I start in the middle
07:50I mean
07:57I don't know
07:58if there's like
07:58a special way
07:59to do lip liner
08:00I don't think so
08:01but
08:01okay
08:08wow my lips are
08:11dry
08:12okay
08:14that's fine
08:14I'm going for like
08:17a
08:17medium tone
08:19I don't know
08:20I can
08:21I love a brown
08:22I love a brown
08:23like brownie red
08:25kind of a lip
08:26these days
08:27this is the one
08:28this is it
08:29and they are
08:29sold out right now
08:31of
08:31of
08:32the color that I
08:33love the most
08:34which is Chateau
08:35I DM'd them
08:36and they said
08:36they're restocking it
08:37so
08:38my hair is
08:44really dark
08:45and without
08:46a kind of
08:47statement lip
08:48I look very
08:48um
08:49ill
08:50I feel like
08:52I have like
08:53big features
08:53and I feel like
08:54it needs to be
08:55balanced
08:55otherwise I look like
08:56big eyes
08:58big nose
08:58and big teeth
08:59this is
09:00I'm an actress
09:01I'm very insecure
09:02but look at this
09:03this is so great
09:04it's like
09:10it's a very
09:11soft texture
09:12and it's like
09:17uh
09:18blendy
09:18like it doesn't
09:19just dry
09:20and then it's
09:20there
09:20it's so great
09:21okay
09:23what do you think
09:24is it okay
09:24now I need powder
09:25because I am
09:26always like
09:27sweating
09:28this is a
09:29Chiseido
09:29powder
09:30I've been using
09:31this for
09:32for a long time
09:33and I really like it
09:34getting a lot of
09:40nods here in the
09:41studio
09:42well I have a
09:42wonderful makeup
09:43artist at Shifting
09:44Gears named
09:44Wendy
09:45and usually
09:46when I sit
09:47in her chair
09:47I look like
09:48the Crypt Keeper
09:49so she'll
09:50probably first
09:51put like some
09:52aquaphor on my
09:53lips and like
09:53let that sink in
09:55and put some
09:56moisturizer on
09:57and then she uses
09:58she just goes in
09:59with
09:59I mean
10:00TV makeup
10:00is a little
10:01more
10:01heavy than
10:03well especially
10:04multicam makeup
10:05because the lights
10:06are very bright
10:07so we keep it
10:07very like matte
10:08and full coverage
10:10more than I would
10:11do in my life
10:12alright
10:16oh god
10:19is this
10:21is this
10:22is this
10:22something
10:22anything
10:27hey listen
10:29they can't
10:29all be diamonds
10:30is that doing
10:38anything
10:39when I'm getting
10:40ready to go out
10:41I listen to
10:42podcasts
10:42I love a podcast
10:44I listen to
10:45a fellow
10:46Russian brush
10:46person
10:48Brittany Broski's
10:49podcast
10:49I love
10:50Brittany Broski
10:51and that
10:52that's been
10:52my like
10:53preparation
10:54podcast
10:55maybe I'll
10:56do a little
10:57blush
10:58this is the
10:59Hermes
11:00blush
11:01and rose
11:01ombre
11:02this is
11:02I wore this
11:03on my wedding
11:04day
11:04I did my own
11:05makeup
11:06I decided to do
11:07my own makeup
11:08on my wedding
11:08day because
11:09I wanted it to
11:10be like a very
11:11calm vibe
11:12and I'm lucky
11:13in my job
11:14to get my
11:15makeup done
11:15a lot
11:15I wanted to
11:17feel more like
11:17involved in the
11:18process of
11:19our wedding
11:20to have it
11:21feel like
11:22another kind
11:22of work day
11:23so it wasn't
11:24you know
11:25the best
11:25but it was
11:26like my
11:27normal makeup
11:28I also didn't
11:28want to look
11:29different than
11:30I usually
11:31looked on my
11:31wedding day
11:32but that's
11:32just me
11:33also I love
11:34a full beat
11:35for your wedding
11:36also do that
11:37that's a great
11:38idea
11:38hey what's up
11:43that was so
11:45done
11:45okay
11:46I can't
11:52hear it
11:53but
11:53I feel
11:54like
11:54Bob Ross
11:55okay
12:04this is
12:05the NYX
12:06Professional
12:07Tinted Brow
12:08Mascara
12:08in Brunette
12:09that's the one
12:11I like
12:11I also like
12:12the Benefit
12:13Brow
12:1410
12:14Benefit
12:15Brow
12:16something
12:16if you brush
12:17it down
12:18first
12:19and then brush
12:20it up
12:20it coats
12:21it more
12:21I know it
12:22sounds weird
12:23cause you
12:23so you like
12:24brush down
12:25your brows
12:25and then brush
12:26them up
12:26and it
12:27it just gets
12:27better
12:28full coverage
12:28on the brow
12:29hair
12:29does it sound
12:35like
12:35a fly
12:37rubbing
12:37its legs
12:37together
12:38so
12:41first
12:42you
12:42brush
12:43it
12:43down
12:44I'm not
12:44gonna do it
12:45too much
12:46but you brush
12:47it down
12:47a little bit
12:48and then
12:49you brush
12:49it up
12:50and now
12:53I'm just
12:53gonna brush
12:54this one up
12:54because
12:55that has
12:55stuff on it
12:56already
12:56if my makeup
12:58routine could talk
12:59it would tell me
13:00that I obviously
13:02have a lot of
13:03anxiety
13:04and overprepare
13:05for everything
13:06I like a lot
13:07of options
13:08cause sometimes
13:09I'll start the day
13:10in one lip
13:11and then I'll
13:12completely change
13:13my mind
13:13by you know
13:14three o'clock
13:15cause at
13:15shifting gears
13:16we do
13:16what's called
13:17a run
13:17through
13:17around
13:18one o'clock
13:19every day
13:20unless we're
13:20shooting
13:21with just
13:21all the
13:22writers
13:22and the
13:22producers
13:23and the
13:24network
13:25and studio
13:26come and
13:26watch us
13:27do the episode
13:28like a play
13:28so I like
13:30to give myself
13:31like a new lip
13:31to like
13:32give myself
13:33the energy
13:33to like
13:34deliver
13:34so that's
13:35why I have
13:36so much
13:37stuff in this
13:37pack
13:38cause I love
13:39the options
13:39oh
13:41oh yeah
13:43okay wait
13:46I want to
13:46show you guys
13:46something I
13:47really like
13:47this is the
13:49Benetint
13:50by Benefit
13:51but they
13:51made new
13:52colors
13:52so they
13:53used to
13:54just have
13:54like a
13:55bright red
13:55and now
13:56they have
13:57a bunch
13:57of different
13:58ones
13:58there's also
13:58oh yeah
14:00there's also
14:01the cha-cha
14:02tint
14:02which is
14:03like a
14:03peach
14:04color
14:04but it's
14:09very pretty
14:10it looks
14:12really bright
14:12but it's
14:12it's actually
14:13like darker
14:14than that
14:15color
14:15which is
14:16nice
14:16and this
14:16is the
14:17it's either
14:17black cherry
14:18or dark
14:18cherry
14:19alright
14:19this is
14:20really intense
14:21though
14:21I think
14:21I'm gonna
14:21use it
14:22everyone in
14:23the studio
14:23is being
14:24really supportive
14:25now this
14:27is the
14:27opposite of
14:28the other
14:28lip stain
14:29I used
14:29this is
14:30like
14:30you have
14:31to be
14:31ready
14:32cause it's
14:36like
14:37it's
14:37dramatic
14:38okay
14:43okay
14:44it's so
14:45good
14:46it's so
14:47and I
14:47love to
14:48layer
14:48so I
14:48love to
14:49wear like
14:49three or
14:50four different
14:51colors
14:51and then
14:52sometimes
14:52I'll like
14:53top
14:54this
14:55if I
14:55feel like
14:56a little
14:56bit brighter
14:57but this
14:57is the
14:58same
14:58M Cosmetics
14:59in the
15:01shade
15:02Sienna
15:02I have
15:03a dream
15:03of like
15:04making my
15:06own
15:06line of
15:07lip stains
15:08because I'm
15:09a lip stain
15:10like
15:10fanatic
15:11and I have
15:11owned every
15:12lip stain
15:13and I know
15:13what I
15:14know what
15:14I want to
15:15make
15:15if anyone
15:15wants to
15:16make them
15:16I'll make
15:17them
15:17oh this is
15:19a Lisa Eldridge
15:19lipstick
15:20these are
15:20incredible
15:21these are
15:22called the
15:23velvet
15:23the velvet
15:24lipsticks
15:24and they have
15:25a velvet
15:25finish on
15:27them
15:27I don't know
15:27if you can
15:28see I've
15:28used this
15:28a lot
15:29can you
15:29see that
15:30it has
15:30like a
15:30velvet
15:31finish on
15:32it
15:32maybe
15:33well it's
15:34great
15:35take it
15:35from me
15:35okay now
15:36I'm gonna
15:37punch this
15:37up
15:38the little
15:40little
15:41braid
15:41I'm so
15:46sorry
15:46so I mean
15:58it's
15:58it's
15:58taking us
15:58it's
16:00taking us
16:00into
16:01trauma
16:01town
16:01but I'm
16:02into it
16:03okay if I
16:05could give a
16:05manicure to
16:06anyone dead or
16:06alive it would
16:07be
16:07what would it
16:08be my
16:09husband's
16:09literally asleep
16:10he's literally
16:11asleep
16:12okay
16:13hi hi
16:13this has put
16:15my husband
16:15into a deep
16:16slumber
16:17okay
16:19god I guess
16:20I guess I
16:21would do
16:21David Bowie's
16:22nails
16:22I feel like
16:24he'd be down
16:25for some
16:25designs
16:26I like those
16:27foil ribbons
16:29they're those
16:29really tiny
16:30foil ribbons
16:31that you can
16:31make stripes and
16:32stuff out of
16:33that's very cute
16:34let's see if he
16:35was interested
16:35I struggle
16:38with uh
16:39with lashes
16:40a lot
16:40because I
16:41have such
16:42tiny lashes
16:43I definitely
16:44don't like
16:45gluing
16:46stuff for my
16:47eyes because
16:48I just
16:48inevitably
16:49do it wrong
16:50somehow and
16:51I get glue
16:51everywhere and
16:52I mess up my
16:52line and
16:53then you know
16:53but I found
16:54these magnetic
16:55lashes they
16:56make magnetic
16:57lashes now
16:58they're not all
17:00great but I
17:00found one that's
17:01really great I
17:01didn't have it
17:02but you
17:02basically just
17:03clamp it and
17:04you don't need
17:04glue and it
17:05stays on forever
17:06until you take
17:06it off
17:06I love the
17:09um covergirl
17:11lip stains
17:13also they
17:14are very
17:15inexpensive and
17:16they're like a
17:17marker and
17:18let's see I
17:18think this
17:19actually goes
17:19with what I'm
17:20wearing anyway
17:21these are
17:22fantastic I
17:23love using
17:23these as
17:23liners also
17:24oh yeah it
17:27really matches
17:28what I'm
17:28wearing today
17:29it's so
17:35it's so good
17:36I mean there's
17:38thousands more
17:39but I think
17:39that's that's
17:40like the
17:41basic stuff
17:42I haven't
17:43dabbled with
17:44into setting
17:45spray
17:45oh god
17:47the microphone's
17:52makeup is not
17:52gonna move for
17:53hours
17:54should I try
17:55it I'm scared
17:56okay let's go
17:57I can't
17:59I can't I
18:00can't I can't
18:01there's a secret
18:02drawer in here
18:03you guys they
18:04gave me these
18:04lotion burst
18:06star shape
18:07burst
18:08um I
18:14don't know
18:15what this
18:15is it's
18:16like a little
18:16it's like but
18:17it's not
18:17candy
18:18hold on a
18:27second
18:27here are my
18:28actual tweezers
18:29that's really
18:31gross
18:32okay
18:32sorry
18:48oh jesus christ
18:49that is strong
18:55oh my god
18:59I'm literally
18:59all done
19:00I need to
19:05recover from
19:05that
19:06okay
19:06oh my god
19:14this is the best
19:15day of my life
19:16okay
19:18oh shit
19:20there are so many
19:21speeds
19:22oh my god
19:24it never ends
19:26what the
19:30okay
19:32wow
19:33I guess I'll
19:33finish my
19:34um
19:35routine here
19:36with um
19:37cherry almond
19:39scented
19:40jerkins
19:41lotion
19:41bursts
19:42okay
19:43oh jesus
19:48okay well
19:49that was very
19:49nice
19:50one makeup
19:51tip for you
19:52guys would
19:52be
19:53um
19:54I can't take
19:54credit for this
19:55someone else
19:55had it on me
19:56is to find
19:57someone
19:57this like
19:59maybe like
19:59an actor
20:00or a musician
20:00or something
20:01that kind of
20:01looks like
20:02you
20:02and just
20:02do what
20:03they do
20:03that's a good
20:05intro to like
20:06figuring out
20:06what works
20:07for your face
20:07I still haven't
20:09figured it out
20:10okay everyone
20:11thank you for
20:13watching me
20:14share my
20:15favorite products
20:16make sure you
20:17tune into
20:17shifting gears
20:18Wednesdays at
20:198pm on
20:20ABC
20:20and you can
20:21stream the
20:22next day on
20:22Hulu
20:22and don't
20:24be afraid
20:25of a red
20:25limb
20:25bye
20:29half
20:33half
20:33half
20:33half
20:34half
20:35two
20:35half
20:40and now
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