Hi sisters James Charles here and welcome back to my youtube channel, so not only welcome back to my channel
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For today's video, I am so so pumped because
Today is the finale of my little mini makeover series
As you guys know, I am a beauty guru, and it is my job to do my own makeup almost every single day
But I rarely ever get my makeup done by other artists
Last week, I started a super fun makeover series on my channel where I went to Sephora
Mac and Ulta and got my makeup done at all three locations I asked for this picture right here of Jaclyn hill
I'm not gonna forget it this time
and
Each time came up with a very very different result
Getting these mini glam makeovers and showing you guys the results was honestly so much fun
And so cool to see all the different artists different styles and techniques that they use on me
I honestly learned so so much
But so many of you guys were saying that for the finale you guys wanted to see me do the look on myself and do
it how I would normally do the same exact look. So for today's video that is exactly what we're doing
I'm gonna be recreating that same exact look from Jaclyn hill on myself
We're gonna be talking about all three makeovers and my own makeover we're gonna be comparing them all talking about the prices talking about
The products talking about the truth, tea, which one I recommend you guys to go to if you have a very special event. SO
Without further ado let's go ahead and get glam for one last time for this mini makeover series grand finale
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For my first step of my makeup routine today, I'm gonna grab the Tatcha water cream which is my all-time favorite moisturizer
I absolutely love using moisturizer before my foundation
And I think a really really good skincare routine is absolutely vital to a really successful makeup routine and the places that did that were
Ulta and
Sephora before my makeover so major props to them for that
Once my face is all ready and nice and moisturized
Of course my next step is going to be foundation and for today's look
I'm gonna be using the Make Up For Ever Ultra HD stick, and I am in the shade Y245 right now
The Make Up For Ever stick is definitely my all-time favorite foundations
If you guys been subscribed to me for a while you know that I've been using it for a very very long time
Just as a reminder, when I went to Sephora
The artist used the Bare Minerals foundation on me
When I went to Mac, my artist used of course the Mac Studio Fix fluid
And when I went to Ulta they used Born This Way and Born This Way is actually one of my all-time favorites as well
But the color was not exactly the best match
You guys know that I definitely love a very very full coverage
Type of base even when I do my more light natural looks I still like a very very full coverage
Foundation because I do have pretty uneven skin naturally and as well in the picture that Jacqueline posted
She is definitely full beat glam
There's no questions about it
So I feel like we definitely needed a very very full coverage foundation to match this look today
For concealer today of course I'm gonna be using my Tarte Shape Tape concealer
You guys know this is my all-time favorite, and I'm in the shade light sand
I'm just gonna apply this underneath my eyes on the sides of my nose
For the snatched look when it comes to contouring and all the high points of my face
Just to add a lot of dimension
In my Sephora makeover my artist used the NARS radiant creamy concealer
And in my Mac makeover, my artist used the new Mac Pro, Longwear concealer
And in my Ulta makeover, my artist used the Tarte Shape Tape, just like I'm using right now
So honestly we had a really really good selection of concealers at all the different places that we went to
Then I'm gonna blend this in very very well using a damp Beauty Blender
Unfortunately we have no triangular makeup sponges today
Next I'm gonna take my damp Beauty Blender and dip it into my Laura Mercier translucent setting powder
And just use this to set my entire face and lock my foundation in place
At my Sephora makeover my artist used this
Powder which, as you guys know, is my all-time favorite
At my Mac makeover, she used the Mac translucent setting powder
Which -- spoiler alert -- I absolutely hated that at my Ulta makeover
He used the It Cosmetics translucent setting powder, which I literally did not even know existed
But worked fine
Next to contour my face today, I'm going to grab my Kat Von D
Shade and Light palette
I'm gonna use my Morphe
M14 one brush and dip into it the last shade and a tiny bit into the middle shade and use this to it chisel out
My cheekbones
In the photo that Jacqueline posted she definitely had a very very light and soft contour
Which honestly is not really my cup of tea
you guys know that I love a good snatched cheekbone a very very chiseled jawline and definitely a
Contoured and lowered forehead that is for sure, but obviously we're doing our best to recreate the photos today
So I'm going to go very very light on the contour powder and make sure not to go too too crazy
At my Sephora makeover, my artist used the Hourglass ambient lighting
bronzer to contour my face
Which I thought was a little bit weird first of all I didn't know it existed which obviously means nothing
But I felt as though it was a little bit of a shimmery product, which is kind of weird for bronzer
It definitely was more of like a bronze or highlight combo, rather than a contour
So I do wish it was a little bit more chilled out and a more cool toned softer
type of situation
At Mac, my artist actually used the Mac blotting powders in the darkest shade which I thought was so so cool because
She used blotting powders instead of an actual bronzer or contour, it gave her really really light washed a color which I thought was super
Super dope I've never seen that done before and I think that by adding that light wash of color instead of like the intense bronzer
And contour, it by far gave that contour the most accurate to the original picture of Jacqueline
And I loved how it looked
And then finally for the Ulta makeover, my artist used the Anastasia Beverly Hills contour kit
This is definitely one of my all-time favorites
Their products are so good and blend out so smoothly
It wasn't the best contour, but it also wasn't the worst
Now when it comes to the nose
I'm using a Morphe M433 brush and the same exact shades from the Kat Von D
Shade and light palette, and I'm drawing my nose contour very very tight together
I'm not gonna talk about my nose contour in respect to my Sephora makeover because I did not ask for it to be contoured which
is definitely my fault, so that one is out of the picture, but I did ask for a pinched nose contour at both Mac and
Ulta and I think that the result at both were honestly not the best
It is definitely not like the nose contour at Mac or Ulta looked bad by any means it literally took me a year
to figure out how to actually contour my nose and make it look decent rather than just editing it in every single photo so I
Really don't blame them at all, but I definitely do think at both makeovers if I say pinched nose
It could have been a little bit smaller and then once again, gonna grab my Laura Mercier translucent setting powder and my damp Beauty Blender
And I'm going to lightly bake my face to really intensify my nose contour and my cheekbone contour
I personally don't think it's that weird that none of the artists chose to bake me today
Honestly a lot of people think that it's really really stupid and doesn't really make a difference
I
Personally do see a difference especially when it comes like the nose contour baking the sides my nose has literally changed my nose contour for
The better but I don't blame them baking is obviously a technique
They started from drag queens and is slowly trickled its way into like online social media makeup
But I feel it hasn't fully integrated into like the regular beauty world
So I don't really think it's that strange I for one
Like I said, I do love baking so I'm just gonna do it myself today to really intensify those highlights alright
So while my face is baking in the oven at 350 degrees?
I'm gonna go into my brows and for today's brows I'm gonna use my Benefit precisely my brow pencil
I always start off my brows by drawing little hair like strokes in the center just to add a little bit of dimension and fill them in
slightly
But not make them super super defined and then I'll just go in and start doing the tail
Pull the tail more out as opposed to down
This is something that I actually recently changed to my brow routine, but I feel like it has honestly made the world of a difference
It makes my brows look more arched
Which therefore just gives me a more like lifted and a pretty look to my face
And it also gives me a lot more room for eyeshadow
So I feel like drawing them out is my new favorite brow trick
And it just flatters my face really really well for both my Sephora and Ulta makeovers my artists used the Anastasia
Brow definer to define my brows and for my Mac makeover she used the Mac brow pencil which I've actually never used before
Brows are definitely a really really personal thing when it comes to makeup
I feel like things such as like base makeup
Contouring highlighting and then like eyeshadow are very much like one style fits most type of situation
But brows like frame the entire face they can change your entire facial shape or structure or expression
So I feel like brows are like a very very vital thing and are very very personal
Which is probably why I didn't really like any of the brow styles that
And I definitely do how much to what I would normally do I don't think I think the eyebrows were particularly bad, although the Ulta
One definitely could have had a little bit more attention paid to them, but I just think they weren't really my style
I'm then just gonna go to my benefit. Give me a brow
Gel just to brush through all those hairs and lock them in place
You guys know that I'm definitely someone who has a lot of eyebrows. That is for sure
So I always like to use a brow gel, so just make sure those hairs are not gonna go anywhere
And they're gonna stay nice and defined all day long so once my eyebrows are all slayed and in place and my eyelids are
All primed and ready to go for shadow I'm of course gonna do the eyes and for today's like I'm gonna use the brand new
morphe
15 D. Which is the day Slayer palette
I'm first gonna grab the shade in the crease on my m5 13 brush and put that shade in the crease
I'm next gonna use the m-43 3 brush in the shade editor and use that to deepen up the crease and the outer corner
At my Sephora makeover, my artist used the Sephora Pro palette in the warm tones
At my Mac makeover, she used individual shadows and at my Ulta makeover, he used the Anastasia Modern Renaissance palette
I thought as though for the actual color of this eye look none of the makeovers actually were that accurate to the original I feel like
All three of them turned out very very red in the end whereas
This look is obviously super super Orange which is a little bit weird I remember at the Sephora makeover the eyeshadow look was actually done
Really really well
But the gold shadow used for the actual lid was just a really strange color that didn't match very well my Mac makeover
I think was the best eye shadow look overall it looked very very beautiful and well blended and then my Ulta  makeover
I felt like my artist used the closest technique to the original
But it was just a really really weird crease shape
I'm next gonna grab
my M124
Which is just a small Packer brush and dip into the shade mauve and use this to deepen up that outer V
Then I'm just gonna grab my M433
One more time for my last step and go over those edges to make sure that there are no harsh lines
Then I'm gonna grab the brand new Morphe cream shadow in the shade of bronze this from the new holiday collection
You guys have to check these out
And I'm gonna use that to carve out the lid. And then just to add a little bit more glitter to make it pop
I'm gonna grab the Urban Decay heavy metal
Liquid glitter liner and just pop a tiny bit of that on the lid when it came to the actual lid my Ulta artist
Was the only one who actually embraced the whole half cut crease type of situation which was definitely going on in the Jacqueline photo
But even still all three artists only used an eye shadow for the actual base
I found that a little bit weird because in the photo of Jaclyn, you can definitely tell that there is a little bit of a
Glitter situation going on I was disappointed in the lid situation at all three different locations especially
Sephora and Ulta because the Stila liquid metals things are sold in both locations and those are so beyond beautiful
I use those for almost all my cut creases and they're extremely glittery as well
So I do wish
something a little bit more glittery or true to the original photo was used so that is why we're going extra glam today for the
Lower lash line, I'm first gonna grab my M433 brush and the shade editor and just buff that in and then just using my
M513 brush that I had my original transition shade on I'm gonna go over those edges to make sure they are really really blended out
I'm then gonna grab an M151 brush into the shade mauve and I'm going to use this to hug at the waterline and
Then I'm just gonna line my lower waterline today using the pretty vulgar
Pencil in obviously the nude shade I definitely like a good nude waterline, it feels like it opens up the eye a lot
So now that the eye is all done the next up is obviously going to be the eyelashes and for today
I picked up through the Lily Lashes in the style, Doha
I feel as though these are the closest pair that I have that looks close to what Jaclyn was wearing so I'm just gonna pop on
This one today for my Sephora makeover. I was given a Sephora brand lash for my Mac makeover
I was given a Mac brand lash and for my Ulta makeover
I had it an Ardell brand lash
All the lashes were actually applied perfectly like the artists all had a really good knowledge of how to apply that right to the lash
Line and how to make the glue like not get all wonky and stuck to my eye
Clearly I don't have that knowledge because I'm having a lot of trouble putting this on right now
Lashes are some of the least favorite parts of my makeup routine because they're always are really really wonky for you
I don't know what it is, but I can just never get
Okay, Example A... There were no gaps, they were comfortable to wear which is amazing
But I felt as though all three
Lash styles were not really that close to the ones that Jaclyn had on and I would definitely not choose to wear any of them again
All right guys, and that is one eye all complete
I'm gonna go ahead and quickly do the other one on off-camera to save some time
And I'll be right back to finish off the rest of this look
alright guys
And those are both eyes all complete and the next up is going to be of course the glow
Before we go in and actually apply any highliter today
I'm gonna put a light spritz of the Skindinavia makeup finishing spray
I always like to apply a little bit of setting spray before I apply my highlighter
Just so it's really really vibrant and of course you guys know
I'm gonna use my Anastasia Illuminator in "So Hollywood" and a Morphe M501 brush
So my artists at both Ulta and Sephora used the Jaclyn Hill collaboration with Becca cosmetics champagne pop highlighter
And I thought it was so cute since obviously this look
Is a Jaclyn Hill inspired look and then my artist at Mac used the soft and gentle highlighter
I thought my highlight in all three looks was decent they definitely also had a little bit more vibrant
I do love a good glow and in the picture of Jaclyn
She is definitely like blinding the haters left right with your highlight
Which I love
What I did think was weird about the highlight for all three looks is that all three artists used a really really big brush
For applying a highlighter don't get me wrong
I definitely love a good dewy skin look, you guys see me trying to achieve it all the time
But I do feel like there are places that highlighter should be, and places that highlighter shouldn't be and
because of the size of the brush that all three artists used, I did feel like the cheeks and like the under-eye region was a
little bit shinier than I typically like it when it comes to highlighting the nose
I'm gonna once again grab that tiny pencil brush and just draw a really really thin line onto the tip and
Then down the nose bridge
Once again going back to the contour thing you guys know
I love a pinched nose and to achieve that with makeup it definitely takes a lot of different steps one of them is definitely using
A really really tiny brush. Obviously, highlight is gonna bring the eye forward and draw attention to it so by using a pencil brush
You're just furthering the illusion and the only artist that did that was my Mac artist Helen
And it was so amazing and I thought like her nose contour was by far the best
And then finally to finish off this look today. I'm gonna go into the Kat Von D
liquid lipstick in the shade
Vampira
When I first saw the photo of Jaclyn
this was the first liquid lipstick to come to my head I feel as though it is totally
A perfect match to the photo so I was so excited to see my Sephora artist pulling this out
Then my Mac artist used the carnivorous liquid lipstick from the Mac and my Ulta artist
He was the Anastasia liquid lipstick in the shade trust
But then again we remember I picked that one out from a bin, not him and yes when I'm applying this
I'm making sure to over line while applying this
I did go ahead and add two coats because as you remember it in the Sephora video and even looking in it right now
This lipstick is a little bit streaky, so I did want to make sure to get it super super opaque
And then finally last, but not least I'm gonna finish this off using the Skindinavia makeup finishing spray
Alright guys and that is the beauty guru gets a makeover at his own beauty station look all complete
Here's the finished look now that you guys have seen my version with all my favorite techniques and products
Let's go ahead and compare all four looks my first makeover was at Sephora and my artist was named crystal
She was so so sweet my makeover ended up costing me $50
And they rated it a seven out of ten. My artist did a really really great job
and this makeover was a little bit different for the other ones in the series because it was the first
episode, and I wasn't asking for specific things like nose contour and for less harsh
bronzer and stuff like that-- so I don't want to knock her too hard. Although I did dislike the foundation;
I felt as though it wasn't really that full coverage
and I felt as though some of the eyeshadow tones were a little bit off from the original. My next makeover was at Mac.
My artist was Helen. It cost me $60
And I rated this makeover an 8 out of 10.
My artist had been working at Mac for over 10 years and her expertise really
Really showed her blending was absolutely impeccable. I love the eye shadow on this look although
I do wish she added a little bit more setting powder because I started to get very very oily very quickly and I felt as
Though I was getting some creases
and she also underlined my lips which I felt wasn't really that flattering to my face shape my next makeover was at Ulta my
Artist was Darrell it cost me once again $60 that I ended up rating this makeover a 7 out of 10
I really liked this makeover in the sense that he used a lot of the same products and techniques that I usually use in my
normal routine such as Too Faced Born This Way Foundation and Tarte Shape Tape
Although there was some weird things being that the foundation shade was nowhere near my skin tone once I left the store but
That's like a whole lighting situation that I don't even want to get into and then of course my cut crease was a little bit
Of a really really wonky shape that
I don't think flattered my eyes now that we've compared all the details of all four makeovers
Let's compare them side by side first we went to Sephora
Then we went to Mac
Then was Ulta
And then finally my own look
Looking at all four of these looks next to each other
It is so cool to see all the different techniques and products used by all the different artists even though we went into each
experience with the same exact photo
I think it is literally so cool that each look looks very very different and unique in their own ways
There are things that I love on each look and there are also things that I don't love as much
But overall I think all three makeovers were a huge success in the end taking into consideration the final look, techniques used,
Products used, prices, and just treatment overall, I think my grand prize winner for this makeover finale is
Mac!
Getting my Mac makeover, I felt incredibly comfortable the entire time my artist was super kind
and was definitely extremely knowledgeable about the makeup process which obviously you want if you're getting a
Glam makeover. While $60 was on the higher end of the price tags for the makeovers
I felt as though I was definitely paying for
Expertise I feel as though the things that I didn't like as much about the look being the lack of setting powder and the underlined
Lips are two things that can really easily be fixed by simply saying something
Obviously you guys watching this know that I tried to say as little as possible just to see what the artist would come up with
On their own, but obviously if you're getting your makeup done
You should speak up because any artist is being paid to paint your face and to make you look good
So you should be getting what you want as a client even though Mac was my personal winner today
I definitely wanna hear from you guys, which out of the four looks was your favorite
Did you like the Sephora look, the Mac look, the Ulta look, or my look the best? Leave me a comment down below
I can't wait to see what you guys have to say alright guys, and that is all I have for this mini makeover series
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