Abigail Cowen’s Guide to Earth-Tone Eyes and an Effortless Red Lip

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Hey, I m Abigail Cowen,

and I m gonna be walking you through my skincare routine.

And I m also gonna be doing my go-to make-up look,

add a little red lip to have some fun.

First step is my cleanser,

it s from Clarins.

I really like this because it s just like,

very lightweight.

I have very sensitive skin.

So it helps me just not get breakouts and get red and stuff.

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I tend to get breakouts in here a lot.

I,

found, kind of my skincare routine,

honestly,

I d say about two years ago.

It took me at least three to four months

to see really a change in my skin

when I started doing um, this kind of religiously.

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Also I ve learned through experience,

ya pat dry,

you don t rub.

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I m going to put my hair up.

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I decided to cut my own bangs the other day.

So they re a little wonky.

Don t do that.

Don t try this at home, kids.

Next,

I like to use

a toner,

the alcohol-free, natural.

Love to see it.

And if you re drinking the night before,

or if you re, ya know,

eating a certain type of food,

usually for me it s like really salty stuff,

or just, yeah, a lot of sodium.

I blow up.

What I do is a little, a little hack

little trick is I take a piece of ice very quickly.

I like to do this right

before I put all of my skin products on.

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I will also then put these,

these are a lifesaver.

It s Masque Bar Charcoal Hydro Eye.

I have done this before on a flight,

and a flight attendant comes up to me

and they were like, Oh my god.

I was like, Oh my god. What?

And I forgot that these were on my eyes.

It was definitely probably a sight to see.

Gotta do what you gotta do.

So then I ll leave these on for about twenty,

thirty minutes.

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Okay, I think they re done.

Take them off.

I use the SkinCeuticals Phloretin CF.

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And then I go into my hydration.

So this is the again,

it s the SkinCeuticals Hydrating B5 Gel,

and this amplifies,

the moisturizer.

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This is Frankie For Acne FP Skin.

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You know you see people with such

flawless skin and stuff,

they re blessed.

But, some people are just prone to,

ya know, getting some red stuff,

getting breakouts.

I mean, it s natural, we re human, so.

Man I even have something like right there, too.

I ve also learned,

that the first like, a big sign of aging

is in your neck.

I didn t know that.

So, it s always very important to moisturize

your neck.

And this is like, very good for that.

I would say my most important thing for my skin

is sunscreen.

So this is the Sport Shield,

it s almost gone, too.

Sport Shield SPF45.

I love this one because it s non-comedogenic,

and I never have an issue really like,

fully breaking out with it.

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After that,

I will take this little

roller, it s gray, I love it.

You re supposed to do it in a outward motion.

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Now that I am done with all of my skincare,

I m gonna move on to the makeup.

I use this Bobby Brown Vitamin Enriched Face base.

And, it s an all-in-one primer and it s a moisturizer.

When you look at it, it looks really thick.

But, you put it on, and it s,

I feel like I m touching a cloud.

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Well I first, to start on my eyes,

will do a tiny bit of concealer.

Not a lot, because I do my concealer afterwards.

Clothing, I don t like to usually wear orange,

because my hair is orange,

but for eyes I ve actually found,

it is

just the all time

best color for me.

But I do kind of try to stay away from pinks,

I feel like they re not always the best with

my skin, because red-heads are naturally like,

rosy, so,

I personally,

don t like to bring out

the rosiness anymore than I can, so.

I m gonna start with this base,

and I m just gonna put it,

kind of all over my eye.

Fun little hack that I actually learned on set.

Just like with a piece of toilet paper,

you just do it in a, you want it to be like,

a very clean cut,

um, line.

You can get it like that.

I put it at the edge,

like that, and I meet it up with my eyebrow.

I ll just hold it there while I m doing

my eyeshadow.

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So there s my base.

I will now, I m gonna do this like,

this one. Like brown-ish.

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When I was finally allowed to wear make-up,

which was, I think I like, begged my mom

in like fourth grade to just put mascara on

to see what I would look like.

It was like, my whole world transformed.

And so, I start becoming obsessed with just,

what different make-up looks I could do.

And then what I m gonna do is I m gonna

take a lighter color, just to fan over it,

cause it is a little bit intense right now.

I m just gonna do like, something like

that and that.

I m gonna take my concealer,

and going to highlight the brow bone a little bit.

After my eyes, I then go into my face.

I m gonna do concealer first.

Everywhere. Put it over the redness.

And I ve learned to go up,

and not the triangle way.

Now for my foundation.

This has been a literally,

wild journey for me

again because it s so hard to find my right shade,

or my proper shade.

I m going to mix these two foundations

cause I feel like it helps me find my perfect blend.

It s the Shiseido Future Solution,

and then the Armani Luminous Silk,

and I love them both.

Put a little bit, I always like to do it

on the back of my hand.

Like literally just that much for my,

maybe a little bit more.

And then this just opens, clearly it s been used

so much.

And I ll just take a little bit like that.

Put that on the back of my hand.

Now that the foundation is all in,

I ll take kind of a flat beauty blender.

I like to use, um,

this contour powder kit,

from Anastasia.

Tap a little bit.

I like to do kind of in-between my collar bones,

and then a little bit on my chest,

to just add more definition I feel like.

I ll then take the beauty blender,

and I ll just kind of like,

on the cheeks a little bit.

You can use your finger too.

This little guy,

has been wonderful for me.

It s Gimme Brow by Benefit.

Sometimes I ll, again, I ll take the

concealer and I ll just kind of like go over.

After that, I go into

my mascara,

which is a fun part.

I will first off, I always like to curl my lashes,

because they re very straight,

and I always take my finger and kind of

go through it like this first.

This mascara I have been using since high school,

and I ve tried so many others,

but it s by Mayballine.

It s Full and Soft mascara.

Oh yeah.

So, as you can see, literally,

this eye with make-up vs this one.

It s so drastic.

I ya know, growing up with

completely blonde eyelashes was,

I mean, I still kind of am, very like, insecure

about just the way that, ya know I look with

make-up vs without.

And, I literally used to,

I mean,

not be seen out of my house without mascara on.

And then what I ll do, is I ll take

my finger, and I ll kind of pinch them,

so it takes, it just gives them color.

Now that I have my mascara on,

I will take my base color of my eyeshadow,

which was this color,

and I will take a,

an angled brush and I ll just take it and

put it underneath.

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Sometimes I ll do a little bit of a yellow,

and I ll mix it with this um, more of a white powder,

but I do it, actually, I don t do it all over,

I just do it in the places that I also put

the concealer, to make it more contoured.

When I was on, um, Sabrina,

I was obviously in a lot, a lot of make-up

all the time, and so it got me to a point

where I just like, my days off I would just

even like a year, I feel like, afterwards,

like when I would have a break or whatever

months I just would not put anything on my face,

cause I was so just, it s just, you re in that

make-up all the time and,

I feel like it was pretty,

you know stage make-up is very very heavy.

The minute that I wrap, I go into hair and make-up,

and I take it all off,

and I do my whole skin care.

My nighttime routine.

Um, just because I feel like,

personally every minute counts when you have

all that stuff on your face,

and spending hours and hours in that everyday.

Just a bit more of this.

So, this is the NYX Liquid Suede.

It s the color Soft Spoken,

I love the color, and I feel like it works

as a um,

it still can be natural,

and it can also work as base too,

to kind of build.

I stay away from blush,

because I do get so rosy in here.

When I do decide to do blush,

I do it like kind of like this kind of color.

If you ever like, don t want to bring blush with you

and you just have your favorite lip color,

I ve found if you take this,

or whatever lip color you have, if it s like

more of a natural just go like this,

you can take it from your lips too,

throughout the day.

That would be like, my natural look.

And then I d be good to go for the day,

but,

I m gonna do a red lip,

to just

spice it up.

I ve found I don t necessarily

as long as it s dark enough,

if I m doing a red lip it doesn t

need to be a red lip liner.

I ll take a bit of my contour,

and I will dab a bit,

and do it right under.

For my red lip, I m going to use,

this is Chanel.

I just put it on,

and then usually I will take my pinky

and rub it in because I don t like,

again I feel like I can kind of like,

fan it out.

I don t want it too much where it looks like

I m over lining, but, I will just kind of.

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I ll kind of go over it again real quick,

and then I also then I ll go over with concealer.

Feel like it s done and then I just take my,

my hair out.

Chi Silk Infusion, it s been,

again I ve used it since, forever.

I just take a little bit,

just rub it all over your hands.

Don t do it in the roots,

and just take your hair in a pony tail

and kind of go like that through the ends.

It really keeps from like little, frizzies,

and just adds extra shine I feel like.

I am obsessed with this, these kinds of colors

just because um, yeah, I feel like they work

for me with my red hair and a lot doesn t, so.

Hope that this helps.

Hope that this gives anyone some kind of uh,

insight.

Thank you so much for watching.

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