Hello everybody, welcome back to Real
Techniques I'm Nic and today's makeup
tutorial I'm going to do for you is all about
sponges. Now here at Real Techniques we
have a sponge for everything and I'm
going to show you how to use them but
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let's do some makeup. So firstly we need
to get our skin ready for makeup so we
want to take a sponge that's going to
prep our skin ready for it. I have got
the miracle cleansing sponge
I want to cleanse my face before I apply
anything so I'm going to take this
sponge, I'm going to use it damp which means
it swells a little bit so it will swell
slightly bigger than it was before and
then just run that over my face. This
sponge also exfoliates very very gently
which i think is an absolute win-win. I'm
going to run that all over. Then I'm going to take
my cleanser of choice I've chosen an Estee Lauder one. I'm going to run that
into the skin with the sponge so that's
really working it into the skin so we're
cleansing away any leftover makeup that
might be there we don't want that to be
sealed into place we want to take it
away and start with a completely fresh
canvas. Now quite often people might get
the odd little bit of dry skin as well
this will just help to remove that
because it's slow exfoliating
properties it's not going to damage the
skin but it is going to take away any
dead surface layer of skin. Then, you're
going to rinse all that off so I'm going
to go off and do that. Okay I'm back and
my skin is - I feel like it needs to
squeak - it's squeaky clean. I love that feeling,
but I want to moisturize before I put my
makeup on. I next want to step in with a
little bit of moisturizer. So I'm going to take
the dual-ended expert sponge and I'm
going to use the orange end with a little bit
of moisturizer over my skin. Now my
skin's a little bit on the dry side so
I've used the Clinique Moisture Surge
but use your normal moisturizer that you
would go for to really work that into the
skin. And then I'm going to turn that sponge over so
I've got the pink end I'm going to take
a little bit of primer and just work
that over the skin. The reason I want the pink end is because I want to
get into any little areas that I want the
primer to get into around the nose.
I've gone for a radiance primer because
my skin is quite dry, it can look a
little bit dull. It's giving it a lovely glow.
Next I'm going to take my miracle complexion sponge to put some
foundation on with. It doesn't matter if
you use this damp or dry, it's totally
personal preference. I like to use mine
damp so it doesn't pick up as much
product. The reason we use it damp is
because if you use it dry it's going to
soak in with a lot of your foundation so
you want to get as much from your
foundation as possible by using it damp
it still applies beautifully, but it's
already got stuff in it to stop it
soaking at your foundation. It's already
obsorbed the water.
I'm just using Elizabeth Arden Prevage Foundation over
the skin.
Any areas you feel you might need a little bit more coverage
just make sure you are dabbing over those
areas so it's really pushing the product
onto there. Mine is mostly my cheeks
and that's because I've got quite a dry skin.
Next I'm going to go in with this bad boy.
This is the Miracle Complexion Body
Sponge. It looks big there, when you add
water it goes even bigger.
This is going to cover a much wider surface. I'm going to take a
little bit of Mac face and body.
I tend to go for a couple of shades darker with
this because I want to take it down
my body. Now I'm not going to show you my
legs but I would normally take it on my
legs as well so it gives a really lovely
even color throughout the skin, but I'm just
going to take this down the neck. Going to take that right the way down the neck, a little bit
onto the decolletage as well, which you can't really see.
Next I'm going to go into the Mini
Eraser Sponge. Now I actually like to use
this dry, but it's totally personal
preference.
I like to take my concealer, I use two
different concealers, so I'm going to take a
moisturizing concealer and just run that
under my eye.
the reason I use this dry is because
after I have applied my foundation with
the wet Miracle Complexion Sponge -
get my words out - the concealer is
going to give me coverage where I need
it and I find if I use the
sponges a little bit wet they don't give
me as much, so dry it's going to give me
a bit more coverage so I'm just going to
take that under the eye and just work that in.
And it naturally blends it through.
This is a moisturizing concealer I'm using under the eye first. It is
actually MAC Moisture Cover Concealer.
And then if you look at my eyes I'm very
very dark just in here and here so I'm
going to take a little bit of my
concealer just in there, just in there, and a
bit around the nose. I'm going to turn my
sponge over so the point is there and it
fits perfectly in that little gap and
blends it without me having to worry
about it. Now, I have a couple of
blemishes - this one on my neck which
I keep picking at and I can't help
myself and I've got a little one here so I'm
going to get a heavier concealer and
still use the same sponge as before. This
concealer is the Laura Mercier High
Coverage Under Eye Concealer, but I'm not
using under my eyes. So I'm going to take a little
bit of it with the point first, and just
push it over the area that I want to conceal,
just keep pushing and it should just
disappear,
and hey presto! It's gone.
so I'm going to push that over where my
little blemish is as well and if you find
that you do get quite stubborn under
eyes I'm going to take the slightly
darker concealer, the slightly fuller
coverage concealer, and just - not darker
and just push where I get the real darknesses just here. Just lift that
 
You get two of them in your pack. Win!
Then I'm going to take the Miracle Contour Wedges, and you get four of these in your
pack and I'm going to first of all take
the pointy side. So holding on to the
slightly wider edges I'm going to pop
that into a product of choice, this is an
Hourglass one and I'm just going to take
the slightly bronzier one and you see how
I've put it on its side, I'm just going to
pop that there and then just softly pulling
upwards
Just allows it to blend itself. Just gives you a nice little shape. Now
I'm not a fan of really really strong
aligned contour but you can create this
with the sponges as well.
so you can see how it's brought my cheeks
in a little bit but still looks lovely
and healthy and then going to take the
flat end and I'm going to push it into
the same product, but I'm going to use
that around the hairline with the flat
end so it doesn't have as much lay down
that just gives me slightly bronzy glow
around the hairline.
Little bit over here as well so it blends that.
And if you want to bring your jawbone out a little bit
more, bring it just under here as well
just sharpens that jawbone really
nicely for you.
Now we also do four Mini Miracle Complexion Sponges and I'm
going to use them next.
I'm going to take my pink one first and I'm going to use my
blusher set I just used for contouring
and I'm going to use the highlight. I'm just
going to run that into the highlighter
and then push it on the top of my cheek
bone. Just lifts and creates a really lovely
glow to the top of the cheek. Now the
reason that I like these is because they come in
different colors so you know which color
you use for what which makes it really
really handy I chose this light on
because it's the lightest one in the
pack so I know I use that one for
highlighter.
I'm going to run a tiny bit down the center of my nose, little bit on my cupid's bow.
And then I'm going to take the darker
pink one and I'm going to pop that into
the blusher, put that on the uppers of my cheeks. These can be used
for creams, powders, and liquids so don't
feel like just because I'm using creams
you have to. I like the finish of creams
because I have quite a dry skin.
Now that's come off a little bit strong so I'm
just going to take a clean mini one and
just soften that a bit, just run that
over so it just takes down a little bit
of the color. Then I'm going to take my
miracle finishing sponge and a powder
and just work that on any areas where I
get a little bit too much shine so a
little bit on my chin, a little bit
through my forehead.
and I'm going to take a tiny bit - turn it
around so I get the point -
take a tiny bit around the nose as well. I
want to keep some of the shine because I
really like a little healthy glow, but
I want to lose a tiny bit. I'm also going
to take that right in the eye there and
that side.
And then my skin is done and I'm ready to go. I'm going to take a
couple of these miracle blotting sponges
with me to touch up my powder throughout
the day. Lastly a touch of lip gloss
and mascara
a little bit of brow gel
And there you have the finished look! My
skin looks like a better version, it
looks really really glowing and healthy
but not like I put tons and tons of
makeup on so don't forget to like and
subscribe and share it - especially share
it with someone who's still using their
fingers and they're not quite ready for
brushes yet and the sponge is a really
really good intermediate to get them to
the next level. Take care and I'll see you next time. Bye!
