00:00So we're living in an age of social media. Ever since social media sort of began, especially with makeup, makeup
00:06has become heavier handed. There's nothing wrong with that. It's also become very quick and the education is more just
00:12in a blip versus an actual time explained to show you why something might work a certain way and an
00:19alternative method.
00:19Now I'm going to show you, in my opinion, what is one of the best concealing techniques. As a makeup
00:24artist that has been brought up in the fashion industry, that works with celebrities, that works on photo shoots, that
00:29product develops for brands and so on and so forth, skin. Looking like skin is paramount. You can slap a
00:35full face of foundation on a face and it can look incredibly beautiful, but it is quite hard to make
00:39skin look flawless all the while looking like somebody's got no makeup on at all. And I'm going to show
00:43you how. And the trick is a teeny tiny brush.
00:46But first I'm going to moisturise. Also, I will just preface, everybody's interpretation of flawless is different, so keep it
00:51up in mind.
00:52Okay, so the moisturiser's going on. I'm not putting the moisturiser too thick under the eyes where I might crease,
00:57nor am I putting it too thick here. I'm putting it on the cheeks and all of the more forward
01:02sort of parts of the face so that they are really sort of glowy and enhanced.
01:10Taking a medium coverage concealer, Tower 28 swipe, and I'm going to slightly just place little dots of product wherever
01:17I have a few blemishes or redness. My skin's doing okay right now. I'm a little blemishy around my chin
01:24post period and then a little bit of redness on my cheek here and that's pretty much all I'm probably
01:30going to use for the whole face.
01:32And in this tutorial, I'm going to show you two techniques. This technique I would call like a pinpoint concealing.
01:37So you're going to take the little brush and you're just going to start to sort of swipe, swirl, pat,
01:42whatever you want in those areas.
01:44And the reason why this works is because you're keeping the concealer concentrated to the areas that you personally want
01:49or need the coverage.
01:50But watch when those bristles touch my skin. They splay out, they become bigger. So therefore, that's covering more ground
01:57in which you initially applied the concealer.
02:00When it comes to areas where you've got a few breakouts, just be a bit more delicate because sometimes if
02:05you're too rough and you're sort of really scruffing the product into the skin, you're actually removing it as you're
02:10applying it.
02:10Another method that makeup artists practice is it's easier to add more later than it is to try and take
02:16product away. So always remember that.
02:17So now you see that little red bit down the side of my nose, I'm going to take what's already
02:21in the brush from me just applying around my chin into that zone and then start to sweep it up
02:26toward my under eye to start blending that product out and keeping it quite low down.
02:32I'm not taking it right under the lash line because that's an area that I like to have a little
02:35bit of color naturally. A little bit of the natural color that lives in my skin I think should remain
02:39for me.
02:40Everybody's different, but I think sometimes when you put a bright white concealer under there, it looks quite stark.
02:46And then you have to build those shadows in later with another color anyway, because it just looks a bit
02:49strange.
02:50And then what's left in the brush here is the perfect amount to sort of neutralize the eyelid.
02:55Obviously everyone's level of coverage preference is very different.
02:59This is very much a makeup artist working in the industry that I specified earlier's sort of way.
03:07And this is where we start. We build from here, but this is the starting point.
03:10And this would be the perfect sort of skin if I was doing a beauty campaign or if I was
03:14doing a super chic, you know, no makeup makeup look for a fashion job where we really wanted the skin
03:22to just look like skin.
03:22So I'm pretty happy with that, but I'm going to do more and I'm going to show you another technique
03:26furthermore.
03:27Taking some concealer onto the back of my hand or the palm of your hand.
03:29If you've washed your hands, it's fair game.
03:31People on TikTok don't like it when I put foundation on the palm of my hand.
03:34And then I'm going to take this brush and really buff it into the swatch of concealer thoroughly so that
03:41the product is sort of no longer visible on the back of my hand.
03:44And this is a technique that I like to call priming the brush because then when I take that brush
03:48to my face, for example, on a red area, it basically just sort of retouches everything and makes everything disappear
03:57and makes everything more flawless.
03:58All the while, you don't have to blend any sort of swipes, strokes, sort of patches of product that sometimes
04:05might set on the skin and sort of become more dry.
04:09So this is my favorite method as far as building coverage.
04:15And honestly, that's kind of it.
04:17I want to know what element of this video you found most helpful because I don't know what you don't
04:22know if you don't tell me that you don't know it already.
04:25And it helps me to really sort of further educate more thoroughly.
04:29And if you haven't tried this technique yet, please do.
04:33And let me know what you think.
04:35My closing remarks are, it does take a little bit longer with this, but to be fair, this video is
04:40four and a half minutes long.
04:41And I really didn't stop to sort of fix anything off camera.
04:45And the reason why it was four minutes long was probably because I was talking a lot throughout.
04:48So it can be quick.
04:49It just might take a few moments longer to sort of experience this and figure out this versus just doing
04:54this.
04:55Don't get me wrong.
04:56I love a big foundation application with a bigger brush for ease and for maximum coverage.
05:00But this is also a really, really good technique to know and to have in your back pocket for when
05:04you might need it.
05:04Don't get me wrong.
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