I am disabled & can't leave my house often, and I really live watching your videos when I'm in bed on bad days. You are realistic & relaxed, and very creative/artistic (artist here too)--love it! Thank you!!
You're a true artist, Alex. Your understanding & explanation of where to place light & dark colours is honestly unmatched. No one has ever made shading & highlighting make as much sense to me as you. And your placement of products is always so intentional and we can actually see the changes in your face happening as you explain then execute it. You're unbelievably talented.
Not my boyfriend recognizing your voice and asking if that's "Anele" 😂 also love that colour of your top, brings out your eyes and compliments your skin so beautifully ❤
I was super snatched in the face when I was much younger but my face is getting rounder and less defined as I'm getting older and now I have no idea where any of my makeup placement is meant to go 😅 This is really helpful, thank you so much for all the information, Alex!
I absolutely love the way you describe and explain everything. It makes it so easy to understand and visualize. My face shape is similar but not exact so when you describe why you do something it helps me understand maybe I would do it a different way for different features on my face. ❤️
Can’t wait to sit down and watch this! Love a good contour tutorial! My makeup application skills have seriously grown so much from your channel, thank you for the wisdom! ❤
This look is fresh and youthful, Alex! Not that you need to create what you already have, but I do so, thank you! Plus, I love this natural light and background!!! Hope your kitties are doing great! 🐈🐾
I shape my face a bit. I don’t go too cool but I will use darker colours in areas that I want to recede. I love listening to “The Artist Alex” explaining contouring. Thank you
Alex, I have to tell you that I bought the About Face foundation in F2Olive and it is a perfect match for me. Having fair olive skin makes it SO HARD to find a good match and I only found it because of the video you posted about finding the right foundation. THANK YOU!
Honestly I admire anyone’s patience and dedication to do all this! I have always loved makeup but I was young and a punk, so it was creative and fun. Now it just feels like hard work, and not really enjoyable anymore.
Thanks for your awesome make-up education! I find you around 6 months ago, and by now I recognize how much I learn from you already and yes also take this in to practice.
Girl I recently discovered your vids since I’m searching for makeup tutorials for my wedding… and you’ve seriously changed my life. Your techniques are amazing!! Bless your heart
Ugh girl your jewelry is always so dope!! What brands do you shop at for your pieces? I know it takes some work, but I would purchase from your affiliate links in a heart beat for any pieces you have featured in your videos.
Alex Please do a video on the Kiss Falscara Lashes ! 🙏 and the overnighter serum . Looking into getting them but not sure if it’s better than strip lashes
You are the most real, honest, funny & no B S MUA online!😂 I'd love to see you do the make up on someone with a round face & double chin & preferably someone older!!😊😊
So detailed, yet looking very natural... that's a skill! Thank you for sharing this video, I've learned so much from you! Lots of love from me in the UK 🇬🇧 ❤️
I CAN NOT WAIT TIL YOUR BRUSH COMES OUT!! I have the prototype and I love it so much. I use it all the time. It’s so good. Would love to see it in a XL version too. I could totally see that being good too. I’ve been so excited to get the new one. So excited. Totally impatiently waiting. So excited 🎉🎉🎉
I'm realizing we have a very similar facial structure (down to the deeper tear troughs) and as I am getting older, I feel like my face is getting wider and weirdly rounder too. It's wild - I thought I was supposed to lose volume in my face as I got older, but alas. Appreciate you and these videos!
I am so glad you are sharing more contour techniques! I love the way you aren't afraid to experiment and say you have changed your routine! Question: Can you apply powder contour with a Sponge? Whenever I use a face-brush(blush, foundation, contour, ect), I end up making my Roseaca flare up...
I love your content! And, no worries, you can never get enough contour strategies or techniques to try. I love how your all about makeup skills and no drama or sob stories over and over! I love your strategies and the way you explain all the makeup related things 😀keep it up, your so talented
Alex! I’ve always had a hard time finding a foundation to match, but I recently bought Buff and it’s spot on! It blends seamlessly into my neck, I’m so happy 😭❤️
21:40 thanks for the laugh line crease. Been doing the concealer on that area as I have prominent laugh lines but on the while line and then they crease. 😔
This may be random but i watch your videos to help me fall asleep and I mean that in the best way possible, your voice is very soothing… and i love how detailed you are when it comes to every step in your makeup routine
Loved this! I will definitely watch again while trying this. I have a round face with similar jawline as yours so think this would work. Love these in depth tutorials! ❤
Hi! Can you talk about setting and finishing powders? Like which formulas look for, which ones work well with flash photography and which ones don't, which ones to use on different areas of the face, which brands you recommend etc. Products are so expensive, I really don't know where to start. I just use pressed powder for everything but I don't think it looks anywhere near as good as yours. I don't know what you used, but it TRANSFORMED your makeup at the end. LOVE your videos, thank you for such good content! ❤❤❤❤
This was fantastic! I have a similar face shape to you. I also tried that other contouring technique for a while, and noticed the same thing that it was dragging my face down. I wish I had seen where you put that blush, because I definitely look best with pop of sheer, bright pink.
@ Alexandre Anele OMG! Thanks for the tips! It's so refreshing to find a fair skinned beauty with a similar face shape to follow. I don't know how many MUA and counters that I've been to to try and match my color and it's always off. I just can't see it. I just know what it's not. I think. Lol! Thanks again!
I love all the explanation using the logic of why you use each product and also explaining when you can go without using a product depending on your skin color etc! I really feel like that's the best thing about your videos because that's how I learn and decide what and how to use what I have. How wonderful to have finded your channel, THANK YOU for sharing your knowledge. 🤍
While I watch several makeup influencers here on TH-cam I just wanted to tell you that imo You are absolutely perfection personified!! I always feel like you're being honest about everything you tell us & I think you give most of the Best techniques I've seen anywhere! Thank you for what you do here!! 🫶💄💋
My face is so puffy and round and I hate it. I’m working thru some medical issues and my face has changed in a lot to me in 3(ish) years. I’ve had to rapidly find out new ways to enjoy makeup to enjoy myself. It’s been difficult, but I will try some of these techniques!
Alex, your an amazing teacher in all applications of makeup. Thank you for being you. Do you have a tutorial of prepping and applying color corrector and or concealer for more mature women with very dry under eyes and dehydrated? Would be great to see your take on this big problem on us more mature women. Thank you sweetie.
Dear Alex! Do you have any advice on how to conceal Nasolabial folds and marionette lines? They're starting to annoy me but I think it's to early to get botox or even a face lift. Maybe there's something I can do with makeup! Thanks for your support! Love your videos. 🙏 ✨ ♥
Alex, I have a sunscreen recommendation for you! I have the same problem as you do where chemical sunscreens sting my eyes no matter what. about a week ago I bought the haruharu wonder black rice mineral sunscreen, and for me it replaces the cetaphil sheer mineral liquid sunscreen that I'd been using. the cetaphil sunscreen wasn't perfect but it was the best I could find, and I prefer the haruharu one, since it's spf 50+ instead of spf 50, doesn't make my face so shiny, and isn't oily and runny like the cetaphil. I got mine from amazon (it's also sold on yesstyle) for about $12, which is great as I'd been paying about $15 for the cetaphil sunscreen in stores. love u and ur videos!!!
I find this quite funny in a sense , because your face is in pretty good normal porportion . Its just that we are so used to seeing surgically enhanced or procedure enhanced that we think our cheeks aren't full enough , my face is wide etc All different shaped faces are normal , we need to compare our faces back in the 60's before filler , botox , buckle fat removal , implants , brow lifts , coloured contacts to create the perfect sky blue eye . I mean contour away because you want to be more snatched maybe , but not because you have imperfections .
Dude my face shape has that slightly more forward nose (but not large) and chin more backwards, it's one of my biggest insecurities. Thanks for the inspiration! Contouring is art! I also have light visual weight face - i think - I would love to see the differences on those two!
When I do my makeup recently… because I am 49 yrs old, with dry skin, I do my prep, clean, hydrated skin first of all. But I do my concealer, my cream contour and blush, because I have freckle’s across my nose and like seeing them. Then I lightly apply foundation to my face to balance out my complexion. I find it makes me use less product, and I don’t get weighed down with extra product to my skin than needed.
Good day, I have looked at thousands of videos of contouring videos you are the only one that seems to really know something and want to help. I need help my forehead has a unique shape and would love to find out how you would contour and highlight my face. Please help me.
Can you do a video about under eye color corrector product reviews? I’m a light olive with dark circles that need disguising. Currently I use Bobbie Brown under eye corrector in Light Bisque because it hides the dark circles and brightens.
I feel like for your face shape its important to keep the blush placement away from the mid cheek and only in the area where you did your contour to add extra lift and definition.
So how long did it take you to be able to change looks flawlessly. You make makeup changes look so easy. And that is not an easy thing to do. Any recommendations to make it easier for myself
I've been trying to find a good tutorial on the profusion moonstone palette. A pretty smokey eye if anyone knows one please lmk... Alex u absolutely beautiful would love e to look like you❤
Lol I've been selfie-proofing my contour aswell. In my case, that looks like making my face wider and shorter (especially the midface, since I'm usually facing the camera straight-on) and softening some shadows that bad lighting can sometimes emphasize.
Wonderful. I find myself not contouring at all AND wanting to put my blush lower.....yes you heard it...lower than the current trend lately which is blushing very high. Does blushing high really create a youthful look???? I don't know. I work with kids and their natural flush tends to be in the hollow of the cheeks and a bit on the apples. Hmmmmm. Oddly enough that lower blush application is sooooooo lovely. Wondering when that trend will return.
I love all your tutorials and how you go to depth and detail my, question is how do I find the correct contour color? It’s very confusing ? Suggestions please 🙏🏻
Question!! how do you not ruin your lip combo when you do glam for a dinner/meal?? i feel like i do all this work to contour w the lip liner, then top it with a gloss or stain or oil and even if i dont have a meal it starts to get all messed up 😖😖
THIS is a contour tutorial that people should follow and not in order to actually contour the same way as you do BUT to hear you analyzing your face shape and thus adjusting your contouring as to what one wants to achieve.
Girl , you will never belive this , BUT I chainged my contour routine with you every single time !!!! Love it !
😂 We're aligned! ❤️
Same lol
Hey! Me toooooo!
Hahaha same
@AlexandraAnele we're copying you.
I am disabled & can't leave my house often, and I really live watching your videos when I'm in bed on bad days. You are realistic & relaxed, and very creative/artistic (artist here too)--love it! Thank you!!
You're a true artist, Alex. Your understanding & explanation of where to place light & dark colours is honestly unmatched. No one has ever made shading & highlighting make as much sense to me as you. And your placement of products is always so intentional and we can actually see the changes in your face happening as you explain then execute it.
You're unbelievably talented.
Not my boyfriend recognizing your voice and asking if that's "Anele" 😂 also love that colour of your top, brings out your eyes and compliments your skin so beautifully ❤
😂 Hi boyfriend! 👋🏼 Thank you love! 🙏🏼
Anyone else want Alex to do a personalized reco for their exact face? 😂
Yes! I need a contour look for a giant round face with a massive jaw 😂
I was super snatched in the face when I was much younger but my face is getting rounder and less defined as I'm getting older and now I have no idea where any of my makeup placement is meant to go 😅 This is really helpful, thank you so much for all the information, Alex!
Thats interesting I thought we lose baby fat in our face as we get older. I got a bunch of facial fat😅 i want to lose it
@@friedchicken892same! I was like wait i thought this was supposed to go the opposite way lmao
I absolutely love the way you describe and explain everything. It makes it so easy to understand and visualize. My face shape is similar but not exact so when you describe why you do something it helps me understand maybe I would do it a different way for different features on my face. ❤️
Can’t wait to sit down and watch this! Love a good contour tutorial! My makeup application skills have seriously grown so much from your channel, thank you for the wisdom! ❤
😭 Thank you so much Allison!
This look is fresh and youthful, Alex! Not that you need to create what you already have, but I do so, thank you! Plus, I love this natural light and background!!!
Hope your kitties are doing great! 🐈🐾
Thank you! The kitties are doing well! 🙏🏼❤️❤️❤️
@@AlexandraAnele 🤗❤️
The warmer toned jewellery is lovely on you! Flatters your colouring so well and your green eyes really stand out.
Thank you for the tips!
I shape my face a bit. I don’t go too cool but I will use darker colours in areas that I want to recede. I love listening to “The Artist Alex” explaining contouring. Thank you
Alex, I have to tell you that I bought the About Face foundation in F2Olive and it is a perfect match for me. Having fair olive skin makes it SO HARD to find a good match and I only found it because of the video you posted about finding the right foundation. THANK YOU!
I have the EXACT same face shape as you so these contouring videos really help!
same!!!😭💚
love how you evolve, and I love and appreciate how explicit you are! thanks for the content
Honestly I admire anyone’s patience and dedication to do all this! I have always loved makeup but I was young and a punk, so it was creative and fun. Now it just feels like hard work, and not really enjoyable anymore.
I wish I could find an MUA like you in Australia to show me how to do this on my unique features!
Thanks for your awesome make-up education! I find you around 6 months ago, and by now I recognize how much I learn from you already and yes also take this in to practice.
I like your new contour routine. You are a great teacher !!!!
Girl I recently discovered your vids since I’m searching for makeup tutorials for my wedding… and you’ve seriously changed my life. Your techniques are amazing!! Bless your heart
Ugh girl your jewelry is always so dope!! What brands do you shop at for your pieces? I know it takes some work, but I would purchase from your affiliate links in a heart beat for any pieces you have featured in your videos.
Same
X2
Alex Please do a video on the Kiss Falscara Lashes ! 🙏 and the overnighter serum . Looking into getting them but not sure if it’s better than strip lashes
You are the most real, honest, funny & no B S MUA online!😂 I'd love to see you do the make up on someone with a round face & double chin & preferably someone older!!😊😊
You're my favorite go-to for make up tutorials and my comfort vlogger. sooooo gooooood
Super helpful contour video, thank you! My cheeks are very similar to yours, so this helps me understand how to contour for my face! ❤
Girl you KNOW I love a new contour vid! 🩵
I’ve been watching you since… 2020 ish? And it’s been so fun watching how you perfect your contour ❤
Alex you’re an absolute riot, you always make me smile. You look Beautiful. Love that look ❤
You explain everything so well. Thank you!
Super looking forward to that extensive video for beginners!
So detailed, yet looking very natural... that's a skill! Thank you for sharing this video, I've learned so much from you! Lots of love from me in the UK 🇬🇧 ❤️
I CAN NOT WAIT TIL YOUR BRUSH COMES OUT!! I have the prototype and I love it so much. I use it all the time. It’s so good. Would love to see it in a XL version too. I could totally see that being good too. I’ve been so excited to get the new one. So excited. Totally impatiently waiting. So excited 🎉🎉🎉
Love it, looks great. I will be trying this in the morning whether I have time or not!
I'm realizing we have a very similar facial structure (down to the deeper tear troughs) and as I am getting older, I feel like my face is getting wider and weirdly rounder too. It's wild - I thought I was supposed to lose volume in my face as I got older, but alas. Appreciate you and these videos!
Love it! We need an updated brow routine too!! 😀
“Mobile images” 🤨.. hahaha. Just one of the reasons I love your videos Alex. Thank you for sharing your expertise and authenticity ❤
Geez your hair colour, make up, earrings, blouse colour are so aesthetically pleasing. You make me want to switch up my whole look!.
I am so glad you are sharing more contour techniques! I love the way you aren't afraid to experiment and say you have changed your routine!
Question: Can you apply powder contour with a Sponge? Whenever I use a face-brush(blush, foundation, contour, ect), I end up making my Roseaca flare up...
What a great tutorial. Such clear explanations so we can adapt your tips to our face shapes. ❤
ur precise w ur technique down to the BONE i love it sm 😭 fvr obsessed w ur work
ok but the color matching of your contour is absolutely crazy !!!!
Yep, I tried it, so good! Thank you as always for such detailed and accessible tutorials!
I love your content! And, no worries, you can never get enough contour strategies or techniques to try. I love how your all about makeup skills and no drama or sob stories over and over! I love your strategies and the way you explain all the makeup related things 😀keep it up, your so talented
Alex! I’ve always had a hard time finding a foundation to match, but I recently bought Buff and it’s spot on! It blends seamlessly into my neck, I’m so happy 😭❤️
I love how you explained in this video!
I just found your channel and I’m so in love with all your content! Thank you so much for not adding music to your video, it’s so rare!
21:40 thanks for the laugh line crease. Been doing the concealer on that area as I have prominent laugh lines but on the while line and then they crease. 😔
You always have the best tips!!!! Excited to try some of these, ty ❤
I love what you're always saying about look at your own face and your own face shape not to follow these one fits all maps of contouring!!!
This may be random but i watch your videos to help me fall asleep and I mean that in the best way possible, your voice is very soothing… and i love how detailed you are when it comes to every step in your makeup routine
Loved this! I will definitely watch again while trying this. I have a round face with similar jawline as yours so think this would work. Love these in depth tutorials! ❤
Just bought the la girl concealer in light ivory on your recommendation and I love it!!!! Thank you
So glad you love it too!
I have been using a colour pop eyeshadow stick for my nose contour for a couple years now and it’s PERFECT! The size, shade everything is 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
Hi! Can you talk about setting and finishing powders? Like which formulas look for, which ones work well with flash photography and which ones don't, which ones to use on different areas of the face, which brands you recommend etc. Products are so expensive, I really don't know where to start. I just use pressed powder for everything but I don't think it looks anywhere near as good as yours. I don't know what you used, but it TRANSFORMED your makeup at the end. LOVE your videos, thank you for such good content! ❤❤❤❤
This was fantastic! I have a similar face shape to you. I also tried that other contouring technique for a while, and noticed the same thing that it was dragging my face down. I wish I had seen where you put that blush, because I definitely look best with pop of sheer, bright pink.
@ Alexandre Anele OMG! Thanks for the tips! It's so refreshing to find a fair skinned beauty with a similar face shape to follow. I don't know how many MUA and counters that I've been to to try and match my color and it's always off. I just can't see it. I just know what it's not. I think. Lol! Thanks again!
Alex, I loved the video, and I really NEED to see how you do the powders after all the contour routine 🥹
I love all the explanation using the logic of why you use each product and also explaining when you can go without using a product depending on your skin color etc! I really feel like that's the best thing about your videos because that's how I learn and decide what and how to use what I have. How wonderful to have finded your channel, THANK YOU for sharing your knowledge. 🤍
Neeeeed to know that perfect blush you have on! 😍
Ikr!!!
Such a FRESH look. And fantastic tutorial. Thank you
this came at a perfect timing! i’ve been thinking of switching up my contour routine toooooo
Ahhh wish you'd shared what you have on your lips and cheeks. Love the overall look.
You are funny! You keep me entertained, and I learn at the same time.
While I watch several makeup influencers here on TH-cam I just wanted to tell you that imo You are absolutely perfection personified!! I always feel like you're being honest about everything you tell us & I think you give most of the Best techniques I've seen anywhere! Thank you for what you do here!! 🫶💄💋
My face is so puffy and round and I hate it. I’m working thru some medical issues and my face has changed in a lot to me in 3(ish) years. I’ve had to rapidly find out new ways to enjoy makeup to enjoy myself. It’s been difficult, but I will try some of these techniques!
My face is extremely wide and pancake flat. So I don’t use any contour. But I love your voice! 😅 Your natural tone is basically ASMR.
Alex, your an amazing teacher in all applications of makeup. Thank you for being you. Do you have a tutorial of prepping and applying color corrector and or concealer for more mature women with very dry under eyes and dehydrated? Would be great to see your take on this big problem on us more mature women. Thank you sweetie.
This is straight magic, out here teaching us to shapeshift
Ahh cute lil lipstick necklace!! 💄Jewelry on point as always
Her ring is bomb too!
Dear Alex! Do you have any advice on how to conceal Nasolabial folds and marionette lines? They're starting to annoy me but I think it's to early to get botox or even a face lift. Maybe there's something I can do with makeup!
Thanks for your support! Love your videos. 🙏 ✨ ♥
Alex, I have a sunscreen recommendation for you! I have the same problem as you do where chemical sunscreens sting my eyes no matter what. about a week ago I bought the haruharu wonder black rice mineral sunscreen, and for me it replaces the cetaphil sheer mineral liquid sunscreen that I'd been using. the cetaphil sunscreen wasn't perfect but it was the best I could find, and I prefer the haruharu one, since it's spf 50+ instead of spf 50, doesn't make my face so shiny, and isn't oily and runny like the cetaphil. I got mine from amazon (it's also sold on yesstyle) for about $12, which is great as I'd been paying about $15 for the cetaphil sunscreen in stores. love u and ur videos!!!
Excellent tips. Appreciated. ❤
🙏🏼💗
I look forward to your videos so much, so specific and informative, the best, thank you xx
Girl I love your vibes✨
💗
I prefer to refrain from contouring because 1 I'm bad at it and 2 I have a small face. Thank you for sharing
I find this quite funny in a sense , because your face is in pretty good normal porportion . Its just that we are so used to seeing surgically enhanced or procedure enhanced that we think our cheeks aren't full enough , my face is wide etc
All different shaped faces are normal , we need to compare our faces back in the 60's before filler , botox , buckle fat removal , implants , brow lifts , coloured contacts to create the perfect sky blue eye .
I mean contour away because you want to be more snatched maybe , but not because you have imperfections .
I got that olive undertone foundation you recommended. OMG. A perfect shade match. Maybe now other companies will make the same shade!!
Yay so glad it works for you! 🙌🏼❤️
Dude my face shape has that slightly more forward nose (but not large) and chin more backwards, it's one of my biggest insecurities. Thanks for the inspiration! Contouring is art! I also have light visual weight face - i think - I would love to see the differences on those two!
You can fix it using mouth tape when you sleep. Look into it.
When I do my makeup recently… because I am 49 yrs old, with dry skin, I do my prep, clean, hydrated skin first of all. But I do my concealer, my cream contour and blush, because I have freckle’s across my nose and like seeing them. Then I lightly apply foundation to my face to balance out my complexion. I find it makes me use less product, and I don’t get weighed down with extra product to my skin than needed.
Good day, I have looked at thousands of videos of contouring videos you are the only one that seems to really know something and want to help. I need help my forehead has a unique shape and would love to find out how you would contour and highlight my face. Please help me.
Can you do a video about under eye color corrector product reviews? I’m a light olive with dark circles that need disguising. Currently I use Bobbie Brown under eye corrector in Light Bisque because it hides the dark circles and brightens.
Your voice is so damn soothing I love it. Also, changed my contour again now. We ride with you. LOL
Love long format videos like this ❤
I feel like for your face shape its important to keep the blush placement away from the mid cheek and only in the area where you did your contour to add extra lift and definition.
I tried this tonight and I loved it
This looks phenomenal. I love it.
I sometimes wear my La girl corrector and nothing else. It blends so nicely into my under eye area
been watching all your videos lately and learning alot! What brush do you use to blend out your concealer at 3:26? is it an eyeshadow brush?
So how long did it take you to be able to change looks flawlessly. You make makeup changes look so easy. And that is not an easy thing to do. Any recommendations to make it easier for myself
Yes to a video on only drugstore foundation ❤
You have a beautiful face and I have learned so much from your videos! Thank you
i look forward to the brush! i hope it’s available in europe too :(
I've been trying to find a good tutorial on the profusion moonstone palette. A pretty smokey eye if anyone knows one please lmk... Alex u absolutely beautiful would love e to look like you❤
Great video, thank you! What blush are you wearing here? I love it!
Lol I've been selfie-proofing my contour aswell.
In my case, that looks like making my face wider and shorter (especially the midface, since I'm usually facing the camera straight-on) and softening some shadows that bad lighting can sometimes emphasize.
Wonderful. I find myself not contouring at all AND wanting to put my blush lower.....yes you heard it...lower than the current trend lately which is blushing very high. Does blushing high really create a youthful look???? I don't know. I work with kids and their natural flush tends to be in the hollow of the cheeks and a bit on the apples. Hmmmmm. Oddly enough that lower blush application is sooooooo lovely. Wondering when that trend will return.
Love that update sis, thank you!
I love all your tutorials and how you go to depth and detail my, question is how do I find the correct contour color? It’s very confusing ? Suggestions please 🙏🏻
Would love a full face Jones Road review!
Question!! how do you not ruin your lip combo when you do glam for a dinner/meal?? i feel like i do all this work to contour w the lip liner, then top it with a gloss or stain or oil and even if i dont have a meal it starts to get all messed up 😖😖
Exactly! All work goes to waiste!
I like your energy❤
THIS is a contour tutorial that people should follow and not in order to actually contour the same way as you do BUT to hear you analyzing your face shape and thus adjusting your contouring as to what one wants to achieve.