GRWM My Go To Hair & Makeup QUICK ROUTINE for Spoonies Or Beginners

For today's video, I thought that I would combine my three super quick tutorials into one video

My easy salon blowout, my two-minute eye, and my fast foundation routine

I am all about getting ready with as little effort as possible, especially because I have a chronic illness

And sometimes I want my illness to be invisible even to me when I look in the mirror

And as someone commented recently, we don't want to waste our spoons getting ready for an event that we need the spoons for

So let's get started. I would suggest starting off with your hair so that you can have it up and out of the way as you go

And all you need for this salon blowout is one or two hair scrunchies and a hair straightener

This is my favorite thing in the world. I don't know why I look so annoyed looking at it

Is this the face that I make when I love something? But anyway, I love the Luriel steamer pod

I've had it for about seven plus years, I think. It's amazing. I like to start off with air dried hair

So I washed it the night before. I let it air dry. And that way I use less heat, but also less time getting ready

Now, if you have bangs, you want to start with your bangs first. We won't be doing anything until the end

but what I want you to do is to section off your bangs and tie them off in front of your face

And it kind of looks like a little unicorn horn. It's just tied right in the middle so you can still see on either side

Now take a section behind that at the top of the head. Try to keep these sections straight to make it easier

These first few sections that you're doing are very important. So make sure you're taking your time to get them just right

So with your first section, you then want to take your straightener or flat iron, place it at the top, and roll your way all the way to the end

Now pick up that scrunchy and tie this section off. In the same way that we did with the bangs

You want to keep this quite tight at the roots right behind the section of the bangs

And remember to keep this position as you add to this. Then you want to take a section behind that and do exactly the same thing, sweeping the hair straightener over, bringing it in like a little sweep

swishing motion, curbing the edges over the face. We don't want to go away. We want to sweep

around and close to the face. Then just untie the previous section and add this and retie

Again, try to keep it tight to the front of the head. Then just take a section behind that

and repeat the same motion, sweeping it over and around. And then what do you do? You've guessed it

You're going to untie the previous section, add this section, and retie again. And you're going to do

this all around the head until you get to the side of the ears. I like to pull everything in front

of my ears forward. We're going to wait to the end to style that. I'll show you why. Now, I don't have

very thick hair. I have a very small amount of hair. So this ponytail is working quite well in the

top. But if you have a lot of hair, this is going to get heavy really quickly. So if you can't

keep adding hair to this because it's too heavy, you can just rest them at the back of your head

Just make sure the crown of the hair is in this ponytail. But I have thin hair so I can get

it all up there. I've actually never noticed my highlights from from this angle, they look pretty good considering I do it myself with like the cheapest

hairlightening products ever in the supermarket. Now that we have that main section of hair

done, we can then go to the front. I'm going to take the front tie out, that little section

for the bangs, the little uticorn horn, remember? And I'm going to do this in three steps

Step one, we're going to roll this straight down in front of our face. Step two, split the bangs

in half vertically and add the side sections into the side. that. This time the straightener is going to go up and back away from the face, creating a little

swoosh at the side. And then for the third step, we're going to half the bangs horizontally

So we have a front and a back. Take the back section. And this time we're going to bring this

down in front of the face, but flip it upwards. So the opposite of everything that we've done so far

So this time it's going down and flipping upwards to create this little kick at the end. Then pin the

sections at the side and just let it cool down. And once it's cool down, then once it's cool

down and you removed this section and the bobby pins Look at the movement You would swear that you had rollers in that you use maybe a round brush and a hair dryer So much volume so much lift but it so much easier to do this way And you can trust that once you take this out

you just pull out the bobby pins, pull out the hair scrunchy, your hair is going to look great

No worries about the little kinks that you get in your rollers sometimes, or whether or not your hair

has cooled properly. It's all working really well together. And the longer you leave this

the better it's going to be. So you can actually leave this up while you do your makeup

Now speaking of makeup, let's do a super speedy smoky eye. This literally takes two minutes per eye. It's so quick

So the first step is obviously to prime the lid. So I'm going to be using a sponge because it's so much quicker to get an even layer all over the lid

This is going to make sure that we have a even tone right from the lash line all the way up to the brows

And you can use an eye shadow primer. You can use a little bit of concealer as long as it's kind of on the drier side

And this is going to give your eyeshadow something to hold on to. Now the first brush that you're going to need is a fluffy brush. This is the E26. This is an essential brush. And you want to hold this in the bunny position. So two fingers on top, this is just going to give you the maximum control that you can have over this brush. So taking your favorite fluffy brush, you want to apply an eye show that's at least one shade lighter than your skin tone and it should be matte. You can also use a translucent powder if you prefer. You want to focus this from the crease line, blending upwards towards the brows. So keep it right at the crease line, blending upwards. What this is going to do is

help speed up our blending process later. So avoid the lid completely. Make sure it's only in the

crease and blending upwards towards the brows. Now, if you're really good at applying your midtone

or your transition shade, you can just skip the step right away, but I do find that it helps speed

up the application. Now put that fluffy brush down for a minute and pick up a pencil brush. This is

the E26 by Blank Canvas Cosmetics. It has a little tip to it. It's a little denser and smaller

I like to hold it like I'm holding a pen and pick up a darker eye shadow. So as dark as you want to

for your smoky eye. We are doing a push and glide motion working right at the lash line. Now if you're

new to makeup, aim for your lashes. Get as close to those lashes as possible. If you pretend you're

trying to hit your lashes, you're actually going to hit right above it and it's just going to

make it so much easier for you. But for people more experienced with makeup, basically you're working

this across the lash line. And you want to build this up very slowly. So go from the inner to the outer

corner of the lash line, building up as you go. The more sheer layers you apply

the deeper this will look and also the longer it will last. But if you don't have too much time, you can just go in really quickly with a lot

but just make sure you're stamping it down there so it really adheres to the lid

And you should end up with something that looks like this. Now pick up that fluffy brush again

This time we're going to be holding it like a pen with our finger on the top

We don't want too much pressure so hold it a little further down on the handle. And we're going to apply an eye shadow that's at least one shade darker than her skin tone

or you can use your bronzer, you can use your contour, it's totally up to you. Now you want to aim above the lash line, so above that line that we've already

created, and you're sweeping this over and back, and then into the crease. And you can sweep down

into the darker eyeshadow if you feel like you have too many harsh lines there and just very slowly

start to build this up. Now, I want you to focus on the lid and just into that crease to start with

and then you can very slowly start to move upwards into the crease. And you should end up with

something that looks like this, and then we're going to very slowly bring this higher and higher

but it should get sheer and shear as it reaches the eyebrows. If you bring your hand a little higher, it will actually help with your blending process

It will create this sweeping motion in a straighter line, which means we're going to get it in exactly the place that we need it

Blending this slowly upwards so it disappears as it reaches the eyebrows

We want to leave a small gap underneath the eyebrows so there are eyebrows to look lifted

Now, if you feel like you've overblended, don't worry, you can just go back in with a little bit more of that darker eye shadow

and that will just create a little bit more smokiness right of the lash line. Now if you have lashes on like me or you have eye shadow that has fallen down onto your lashes

what you can do is just take a little bit of eyeliner and just cover any of that fallout so your lashes look darker again Now you can do this with mascara but I find that it actually a little trickier to do It so much easier if you just kind of dot and coat the lashes with a little bit of liquid liner or even black eye shadow

Now with whatever's left over on the pencil brush from previous use, you can just apply this underneath the eyes to create that sultry finish

What I like to do is press it down at like a 90 degree angle and smudge this underneath the eyes

But I know that some people struggle to hold their hand in that position. So what you can do is just bring your hand nice and high and sweep this underneath the lashes

Keeping it nice and high will make sure the tip is hitting right underneath. And then finish off with mascara

And what I like to do for the lower lashes in particular is do a little tapping motion

I really like to build up my lower lashes when I do a smoky eye just to bring the entire look together

So on the lower lashes, we're just doing this little tapping motion. We're not pulling them through because we don't want to drag the eyes downwards

Just keep it right at the top of the lashes right before they're about to curve and go downwards

And there you go. A sultry smoky eye in just a few different steps and you can get this down to two minutes with a little bit of practice

Now you're like, okay, my hair is done, I've got this smoky eye. What should I do about my face

Because I want to get makeup on there really quickly. I'm going to tell you it's all about your hands

Now I know not everybody likes using their hands. Trust me, I'm not a big fan of it either

But sometimes it is so much quicker to do. However, if you're really against it, I do have a tutorial using one

brush which does make it so much quicker too. I'll link that below and above. I've already

applied moisturizer after I cleansed my face this morning so we're going to skip primer

and go straight to foundation. Now because we're going to be applying the foundation with our hands

we want to wash them really well but I also like to do this extra step which I hear from

people is really helping them and it's to spray your hands with some setting spray. This will

just help the makeup glide on your face a little bit easier but it also stops your hands

from absorbing too much of the foundation and we're pumping the foundation direct

onto the palms of our hands. So the palms of our hands first. I'm mixing two different

types of foundations and I'm using the exact same amount that I would use if I was applying it

with a brush. Now I have tried this with matter foundations but it doesn't work as well because it

tends to dry onto your hands. So maybe use a little extra spray if your foundation is more in the

matte side or try switching out for a more hydrating foundation if you're using this step. You want to

rub the palms of your hands together. Don't use your fingertips yet. Just rub the palms of your

hands together to mix that foundation and spread it out just on the palms. Now dip your fingers into the

palm of your hands, keeping your fingers nice and tight so that they're nice and flat and the foundation

doesn't get in between because we don't want to waste any. Now with your fingertips, you want to start at

the forehead. You want to start in your forehead and work your way down because the fingertips

tend to dry out a lot quicker. But we also need our fingertips to get in and around our hairline

get in and around our brows. And then what we can do is lean back and use the palm of our hands and

press this onto our cheeks. Now obviously you probably have your hair up. I probably should have put

my hair up, but it should feel like you're blending in an SBF. That's what's so great about this

You don't really even need to look in the mirror to see what you're doing. I have walked around my

house checking on dinner, seeing if my bread is burning in the oven and I had this kind of working

away using my hands to blend this in. Now to use every last drop that's on your hand

re-spray them and then you can start to build this up a little bit more

and blend this over your face if you need a bit more coverage or blend this down your neck

It will be a little bit more on the shearer side, so it's great for blending this down your neck

Now you do need a makeup wipe or a towel handy when you're doing this

So put that on your list when you're doing this step because you need to clean off your hands

A lot of breakouts actually occur because of our hands being full with makeup

and then we're touching other makeup products, and then that dries out, and then we tend to break out

So if you want to see a whole video on how to keep your makeup clean, I will link it above and below

I also like to remove any excess from my lips. And I do have a trick for removing any excess from your brows and your lashes or your hairline if that happens to you

Take a spoolie or a clean mascara one Wrap it with a makeup wipe and keep it kind of tight so some of the bristles almost like pop through but not fully and run this over your lashes and your brows your hairline wherever you

have excess buildup and you'd be surprised how much you manage to clean off. Sometimes that buildup

can just make our eyebrows look a little crusty so it's great to get rid of it. Then take off the

wipe and use the dry spoolie just to brush over the brows again. This is just going to make sure

they're in place for us. Now I'm pretty happy with the coverage but if you do want more coverage, you can

go in with a little bit of concealer. I like to use the concealer that's at least one shade

lighter than my skin tone to add some dimension. And the older I get, the more I work in

upwards angles, just to give my skin a little bit more lift, a little bit more brightness. And

you can use a sponge, a brush, your fingertips to blend this out. Now, if you have nails

like me and you find that blending around your eyes is too difficult because you keep poking

yourself in the eye, what you can do is bend your index finger. And this edge creates a little

padded effect, which is very similar to the pads of the tips of your fingers. It also allows you to

get right underneath the eyes. Next, I'm going to use a setting spray to set everything in place

Even if you use powder, I would still recommend using a setting spray first. I'd also recommend

fanning it dry with a piece of paper, a book, or a fan like I am doing, so that it all dries

at the same speed. You can then go in with powder if you feel like you need to, but I'm just going to

skip right to the next step. Now, for the next step, I'm going to be using the large supersized

F20. If you're not a big fan of using your hands to apply your makeup, you can use this brush to apply

everything, which really cuts down on time. So for the next three steps, we're just going to be

using this brush. We're going to roll one side, one side only, into our sculpting product

roll this onto the face, blending this into the hollow of the cheeks, blending this over the cheeks

and blending this around the hairline. Try to make sure you're keeping it to just that one side that

you've coated. Now turn the brush to the opposite side. roll this in your highlighter or any other products that you'd like. Just make sure it's the opposite

side. And I'm just sweeping the highlighter wherever I want to catch the light. And then for the final

step, we're going to apply blush using the top flat part of the brush. Now you want to leave your

blush to last because otherwise your sculpting products, your highlighters, your bronzers, whatever

you used might have a little bit of a tint of that pink or peach or purple or whatever blush that you've

decided to use. And there you go. You have your eyes done, your face. done, your hair done, you're all glam in under 30 minutes. Keep your lipstick in your hallway

in your purse, in your car, just so you can really quickly apply it. I also keep a little bag

with earrings, a ring, just by my front door so I can grab it and head out even though

I barely ever leave the house. So it's not something that I have to worry about too much. I mostly

just go downstairs to hang out with Davy. And I want to say a special thank you to everyone who has

created a safe space for me to share my illness. I did put up a short recently about my pots

flare up that happened during this filming. I wanted to share the reality of living and working

with an illness as much as I would love to have stopped and taken some time to rest. I have to pay my

bills. I have massive bills that are coming up soon for my health that I need to get more tests

done and they are very expensive. So I needed to pull myself together to finish this video

And I do love creating videos as well. Unfortunately, my illness is so unpredictable that

even if I took time, I never know how it's going to respond. I could take an hour, a day, a week

and it might never change. So it's best for me to just put on a brave face and keep going and just rest

afterwards. And I'm not alone in living like this. This is a reality for so many of us

Spoonies, as we call ourselves. And I want to thank you for letting me share, showing support

sharing your stories. You know, I always say, always be kind to yourself and be kind to others

And the reason I say that is because you never know the reality that somebody is living in

But that kindness still has to begin with you, which is why I always say it first

Be kind to yourself, my friends. And I will see you in the next one