What Makeup Should Men Wear on TV - Public Speaking Video Lecture - Public

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so how should a man apply makeup when
going in front of a video camera
for starters you may be asking why do I
even need to put makeup on well here's
the problem if you don't put makeup on
everyone else on TV on video has makeup
on every news anchor every sitcom star
every soap opera star so if you go on
camera and you don't wear makeup you're
going to stand out here's the pro you
may say well I look fine in general but
the video camera the lights will magnify
any imperfections let's get a little
closer right now now I just shaved an
hour ago
but you can already see a five o'clock
shadow and even though I'm not feeling
particularly hot you can start to see a
shine on my nose my forehead and every
little freckle every blemish jumps out
more so what you're looking for with
makeup is the way to mask these
imperfections and just create a neater
cleaner look you're not trying to create
a whole new persona for yourself let me
show you how simple it is I want to take
some foundation and conceal my five
o'clock shadow as well as circles under
my eyes now you may not have any circles
under your eyes but you may have a big
freckle or blemish and you like to cover
that up now you have a choice you can
get a simple sponge by the way
everything I'm showing you you can get
at any drugstore you don't need anything
special as far as your makeup so I'm
going to take some foundation I prefer
not to use my sponge I'm just going to
use my finger now I was careful to wash
it so what I'm going to do is just dab
this on and I want to get rid of my 5
o'clock shadow here and put it
over my lip I'm going to put it on my
beard line and the main thing is you
want even you don't want to see any
streaks especially with high definition
TV cameras and it just it's a light coat
everywhere I have these dark circles
under my eyes so I'm going to pay
particular attention to under my eyes to
get rid of these dark circles so I'm
going to dab it on careful not to make
anything look heavy main thing is I just
want it even and neat I'm not trying to
drastically change my looks this just
makes the color tone a little more equal
now that if you take a look at it the
problem is I look oily I look shiny I
don't want to shine so the next thing I
do is I'm going to take some powder and
this is a mosaic powder it's just a lot
of different colors I put it on the
brush I'm careful to go up high because
I don't want people to see a clear line
where the powder or makeup ends and the
regular hair starts I'm especially going
to give attention to the nose because
that tends to get shiny under a bright
light and since I put a lot of makeup
under my eye I'm going to put the powder
on there because I don't want any shine
and I don't want it too heavy I don't
want it too light and I want it
relatively even so the effect is just a
little bit of a smoother look now the
final tip I would recommend is just some
kind of a lip balm a chapstick it
doesn't matter put a little on your lips
because when you're doing any kind of TV
interview you're likely to be nervous
your mouth is going to be dry and then
you're going to start doing this let's
see how awful that looks so you want
just a little bit of lip balm but be
careful not to be shining you don't want
to look like you're wearing lipstick and
there it is it's not a huge difference
but it is enough of a difference so you
can be confident
that you look your best and you can get
people to focus on your message
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