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The global makeup artist discusses her career journey, top makeup tips, and more.
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00:00Hey Essies!
00:01It's Akili King, Senior Beauty Editor at Essence Magazine.
00:05And today I'm presenting In The Chair, our series where we sit down with some of our
00:09favorite hair and makeup artists.
00:12And today I have the pleasure of being with Naima Bremer, the global makeup artist of
00:16Fenty Beauty and celebrity makeup artists.
00:20She's going to walk me through some spring makeup tips.
00:23Let's get into it!
00:30So, how are you?
00:33I'm excited we're doing this.
00:34I'm so excited.
00:36We're at the glam section.
00:37I'm ready.
00:38Okay, I'm going to give you just, I'm going to make you look like yourself, but like glowy,
00:42beautiful, make the melanin pop and do a nice little lip combo.
00:46You don't love a lip combo, right?
00:47We love that.
00:48Ready for some spring refresh.
00:50Yes, exactly.
00:52Okay, I'm going to tell you this.
00:54Have you tried this before?
00:55I haven't actually.
00:56I feel like no one is talking about this.
00:58This is actually like one of my favorite things to do, like for red carpets and stuff
01:02like that.
01:03So this is basically kind of like a, I would say like, it's like a retexturizing treatment.
01:12So it's really going to smooth texture.
01:14Like usually we're talking kind of about getting like hyper, rid of hyperpigmentation, but this
01:21actually also smooths out texture, which is so important because you can't hide texture
01:27when you're doing makeup.
01:29So I'm just kind of wetting your skin a little bit.
01:32I want to make sure that your skin is kind of hydrated a little bit.
01:37So soothing.
01:39And then I'm just going to add a couple of drops of this.
01:43So this is basically like almost like a, like a gentle peel is what it is.
01:50Definitely.
01:51And I'm just going to like gently massage this onto your skin.
01:58And you don't want to be like rough with it.
02:02And I swear it's really going to give you like that glowy skin.
02:06It's going to like smooth out skin texture.
02:08And like, I don't know why anyone is not talking about the product.
02:12I love it so much.
02:13It's so good.
02:14Yes, especially as a pre-makeup step.
02:16I haven't heard people talking about that.
02:20Because you have to make sure that the base is prepped and smooth before you do any makeup.
02:26So that is so important.
02:28And I also like to do the neck a little bit too.
02:33Amazing.
02:34And so you mentioned red carpet.
02:36Speaking of red carpet, you were doing amazing glam on Iman Hamam for the Masjala.
02:43What was that lay were?
02:44It was amazing.
02:45You know, Iman is, she's just amazing to work with.
02:49She's just a dream to work with.
02:51She's so sweet, so beautiful.
02:53You know, it's always nerve wracking because you know it has to just look perfect for the red carpet.
03:00Right.
03:00But yeah, I mean, we made it work, you know.
03:03Gorgeous, bombshell, glam.
03:07I know, she's stunning.
03:08Yes.
03:08What were some key techniques that you used to bring her look to life?
03:13I feel like we really made sure that like her skin was just really prepped really nicely.
03:18We did a really like nice matte base.
03:22And also, I just wanted to make her melanin pop.
03:26So we kind of just focused on just a brown tone, not too much like distracting makeup.
03:35Right.
03:35I just wanted it to look like Iman.
03:39Yeah.
03:39I guess iconic supermodel that she is.
03:42Absolutely.
03:42And bombshell.
03:43Yeah.
03:44I guess you'll see some of the tricks I'm going to use on you today, right?
03:47I'm just going to take off the pre-show glow with a little water.
03:58If you're going to use a pre-show glow on yourself, maybe you don't use it every day.
04:04Okay.
04:04Got it.
04:05It's really like I only use it for like special events.
04:09Right.
04:09Okay.
04:11And then otherwise, you would say maybe more.
04:13Four months a week.
04:14Yeah.
04:14And kind of when you do it.
04:15Well, I always say really like any active ingredients, you have to just build it up slowly because you don't want to overdo it.
04:23So if you start, maybe just start once a week.
04:25Mm-hmm.
04:26If you see that that is going well, you could do like twice a week, but you definitely don't have to do it every day.
04:31Okay.
04:31We're going to hydrate.
04:32I really like hydrating is just the most important step when it comes to doing makeup because you need a hydrated base for like your foundation to sit well onto your skin and to really kind of like blend in.
04:48And a thing that I noticed, especially with black women, like I grew up in the Caribbean, so I noticed that women don't hydrate their skin because they think, oh, my skin is glowy or it's a hot day out.
05:02Like I need to keep my skin dry.
05:03But when it comes to like hydration, so like a serum type of hydration, you really just can never do too much.
05:12Right.
05:13You know, if you have oily skin, you can pick like a lighter weight moisturizer, but in terms of the serums that you use, you actually just want to like drench your skin in hydration.
05:26Absolutely.
05:26So I'm actually just going to do a second layer.
05:28I love this.
05:29Let's do it.
05:29I love a dewy glow.
05:31So.
05:31Yes.
05:31Not mad.
05:32And it's going to sink into the skin and it's actually when your skin is hydrated, it's actually going to help by kind of telling your skin, oh, we don't need to produce as much oil.
05:42Because the skin isn't drying out.
05:44Right.
05:45It's like nice, hydrated, you know.
05:47Okay, the last step for your hydration.
06:10We're going to go in with a little bit of hydrofizer and moisturizer, a really nice, lightweight moisturizer.
06:18It has the SPF in it and they really protect your skin.
06:22And I just love that this just goes completely clear.
06:26So it's amazing for underneath your makeup.
06:29It gives you like a beautiful glow.
06:31I feel like a kid before school when my mom would just slather Aquaphor on my face and send me off.
06:44Right.
06:45This is the grown-up version.
06:48So for foundation, I'm going to use the e-drop on you today.
06:51Have you tried this already?
06:52I have.
06:53I love that.
06:53It's so good.
06:54So good, isn't it?
06:55It's perfect.
06:56So this is just such a beautiful blurring foundation.
07:00And I think a lot of people think that blurring means it's only for oily skin.
07:05But this is just really like a beautiful, like a skin tint product.
07:09Right.
07:09And I'm actually kind of matching your forehead color a little bit.
07:13Like your skin color is a little bit lighter here.
07:16But we're going to bring back those light tones with the concealer.
07:20So I'm just going to use number 14 on you.
07:25And I like to also just bring the forehead color onto the cheek like this.
07:34Nice.
07:35What are your thoughts on underpainting and seeing that happening a lot?
07:38You know, I like it.
07:40I like the underpainting because especially if you're not good at like blending, the underpainting makes it kind of easier to blend out.
07:48Sometimes I feel like the blush, people have a hard time with like blending out blush or like contour.
07:53So I think it's nice.
07:54Right.
07:55It just takes a little bit of practice.
07:56Yeah, absolutely.
07:58Do you do that on a daily basis, the underpainting?
08:00I don't.
08:01I'm like very baseline makeup, a little concealer, maybe some blush, mascara.
08:08Call it a day.
08:10Well, I mean, you are a working woman.
08:12So I get it.
08:13I get it.
08:14I have the same.
08:14Like when I have to go to work, I don't want to do a lot.
08:17Right.
08:17I just want to bang it on and go.
08:18Exactly.
08:19So the eavesdrop foundation is really going to like blur any pores, but it's still going to look like skin.
08:26It has like, I would say, a natural finish to it.
08:29What I like about it is that it's not like overly glowy, but not overly matte.
08:34Right.
08:34It's like that perfect kind of like natural skin.
08:39I would love for you to tell me about your earliest beauty memory when you fell in love with beauty.
08:46Obviously, you're a global renowned makeup artist now, but take us back to little Naima.
08:52Oh, my little Caribbean Naima.
08:55Yeah.
08:55We have on a small island.
08:56I know.
08:58I mean, you know, my first interaction with just beauty is my mom.
09:05I have like a true Caribbean mom, you know, Sunday, go to church, got to put on the makeup, the outfit, everything.
09:13Right.
09:13So, you know, I watched my mom always just really take care of her skin, put on her red lipstick in the morning.
09:21She still does to this day.
09:22Right.
09:23She always has a red lipstick on.
09:25I love it.
09:26So that's really like my first introduction to beauty, basically.
09:32And it was also, I think, how my mom and I bonded.
09:35We would just like go to makeup stores and just like, you know, we didn't even have to necessarily buy the makeup, but we would just love to just walk around and see all the beautiful beauty products that would come out.
09:47So, yeah, that's really like what started my passion.
09:50And now it's turned into like an obsession.
09:53Absolutely.
09:53And your career.
09:54So what was the kind of turning point for you when you were like, this has to be my career and not just something for fun?
10:01I think when I moved to Europe, I moved to Europe to study.
10:06And because in that time, there was no Instagram.
10:08There was like all of that did not exist.
10:11So I didn't even know that doing makeup.
10:14I thought it was just a hobby because I've always been doing it.
10:16Right.
10:16I thought it was just a fun hobby that I had.
10:19And once I moved to Europe, I was like, wait, people actually do this as like a career choice.
10:23And so I stopped studying.
10:27Obviously, my mom freaked out like any Caribbean parent would do.
10:30Like, I'm getting drunk.
10:30I got to college.
10:31Like, you know what I mean?
10:33Yes.
10:34But yeah, I was just like, this is just what I want to do.
10:37I had already been doing it.
10:39I just thought it was like a fun little hobby.
10:41And I just went for it, basically.
10:44I love applying concealer right here in that inner corner.
10:49That's kind of where we want the most brightness.
10:53I love to just smooth this out.
10:56It has such a nice applicator.
10:58And it's so soft.
10:59So I love to just smooth it out.
11:02And my little trick is to just like let it set for like a couple of seconds.
11:06And then you're still blending it out.
11:08I'm just going to blend the edges.
11:11I'm just going to do a little bit more like right here.
11:20Just for a little bit more extra brightness.
11:23Perfect.
11:24And would you say it's a full coverage concealer?
11:28Buildable?
11:29Yes, it's buildable.
11:30Definitely buildable.
11:31So you can get like a really natural finish out of it.
11:35But you can also get like a nice medium coverage out of it.
11:39And it's really buildable.
11:41Okay.
11:42So I'm not going to fully blend the concealer.
11:44And I'm going to show you my little trick.
11:45Okay.
11:46So this is my little trick.
11:47So grab your sponge and the You Miss Setting Spray.
11:51This is our new setting spray.
11:53Love it.
11:53And you're basically just going to drench this and wet it with this.
11:58Okay.
11:58And I like to just kind of like press it in to really like absorb the product into the sponge.
12:04Nice.
12:05That's the cutest little sponge ever.
12:07I love it.
12:08So you do want to make sure that it's kind of like damp, not like drenching wet, obviously.
12:12Right.
12:13And then you're just going to blend out your concealer with this setting mist.
12:19And this is really going to like lock it in.
12:23It's going to like smooth it out.
12:26And this really, I've noticed that this really helps with the creasing.
12:31Right.
12:31So I'm going to give you a little bit of a snatch.
12:36Amazingly match takes.
12:38And I know that contouring is really difficult for people.
12:41I love to brawn tour, actually.
12:43So I'm going to use a shade that is slightly darker, but also has a bit of warmth in it.
12:50So you can kind of choose.
12:52You can choose like kind of like a little bit of a warmer shade, or you can go in with like
12:55a cool shade and really like contour.
12:58But I feel like for every day, brawn touring is fine.
13:01So really load up your brush.
13:03That's the most important thing.
13:04And I always start right here, like at the hairline and kind of move my way in.
13:11Got it.
13:12And then you always want to blend going upwards like that.
13:17Because, you know, we want to be lifted and snatched, right?
13:22No, yeah.
13:23Just blend up.
13:23So when you said, you know, people struggle with contouring, I'm people.
13:29I definitely struggle.
13:31So I appreciate these tips.
13:34Yes.
13:34It's really important.
13:36Just load up your brush.
13:37So it's just evenly distributed.
13:39That's like the most important thing.
13:41And like be like a little makeup artist.
13:43Like blend it out on your hand.
13:45And then you'll have like a really just soft, diffused application, basically.
13:55So next up, we're going to set the base.
13:58We know her, right?
13:59She's iconic.
14:00She is iconic.
14:01And we're just going to set this.
14:03It's really going to mattify the skin.
14:06It's going to set it.
14:08It's going to blur.
14:09And it's amazing for touch-ups, too.
14:13Also obsessed with this brush.
14:15It's so fluffy.
14:16Right?
14:17Every time I use this, everyone's like, what is this brush?
14:19I'm a little bit old.
14:21I need her.
14:22I know.
14:23And a brush is nice because it gives you kind of like a softer finish.
14:27And if you want a little bit more matteness, you can use like a puff or something like that.
14:32But I always love just dusting it off with a brush.
14:35Right.
14:35I have eczema and therefore very dry skin, especially around my eye area.
14:41What would you say to me and those who might struggle with that, you know, in the makeup process?
14:48Well, I would say maybe less powder and definitely a lot of hydration.
14:53Like you want to really slather on a lot of eye cream and just really make sure that you do not like bake or anything.
15:02Like just keep it really hydrated and moisturized.
15:07Nice.
15:09So this is like one of my favorite bronzers, actually.
15:12It's the Sunstalker Bronzer in Caramel Cutie.
15:15It's so good.
15:16It's like a beautiful like camel-colored bronzer.
15:20It's just perfect, especially like for your skin tone.
15:23Like I love it for my skin tone.
15:24I love to use it on the eyes.
15:26It's just so gorgeous.
15:27You are known for making the likes of Iman Hamam, Lori Harvey, etc. glow.
15:35But also I feel like you're known for not only like this bombshell look, but also gorgeous graphic eyes and color pops.
15:43You do it all.
15:44But I'm curious, what's your favorite beat to do?
15:48Oh, or type of beat.
15:51Oh my God, that's so difficult.
15:52My favorite, for sure, glowy skin.
15:56I just love a beautiful, a beautiful like buttery, perfect skin.
16:01And I do love a cat eye moment.
16:07And like a good like lip combo.
16:10I love a good lip combo.
16:11Whenever I can do a nice lip combo, I'm like, yes.
16:14No, literally, your lip combo right now had the whole office gagging.
16:19So I get it.
16:21You're a pro at that.
16:22I know.
16:22I love it.
16:23You know, it really comes from me being from the Caribbean.
16:26You know, we love the lip combos.
16:28We love the lip liner.
16:30Absolutely.
16:31Okay, so I'm going to use the new Heli-Thick Mascara.
16:34You know, the Arconic Heli-Thick Mascara gives you like a bubble of boom lashes.
16:38So we have a new shade, which is brown.
16:40It's called Let's Be Blunt.
16:41Cute.
16:42Like it just ties in perfectly with the lip that we did.
16:45Amazing.
16:45You can look down though.
16:49And I'm just going to run that through your lashes.
16:54And I always like to kind of wiggle it at the base.
16:57And then you work my way up.
16:59And then do you have any makeup or beauty myths that you'd like to bust today?
17:05Or trends that you're like, hmm, maybe this isn't the best idea for the ghost to be doing?
17:13Because, you know, I just want people just to feel good.
17:17I feel like if a person just is feeling themselves.
17:21Like you could wear a crazy whatever you want.
17:24Like a blush and a glitter and whatever.
17:27But if someone like oozes like confidence, I feel like just wear whatever you want.
17:34Exactly.
17:34Yeah.
17:34It's all about the confidence.
17:36Yeah.
17:36The only thing I would wish that would like make a comeback is kind of that 90s where we
17:41kind of step away from a lot of blush.
17:44Yeah.
17:44I feel like we had a big blush moment.
17:46Definitely.
17:46And I would love to see kind of like cool tones or like blondzing and all of that.
17:54Definitely.
17:55I'm really hoping that that is going to like be there.
17:56Yeah.
17:57I love what you said about cool tones.
17:59I saw that you recently did Naomi Sharon's makeup.
18:03And I feel like she's really known for that cool muted tone.
18:07Yeah.
18:07She's the long.
18:08I love the cool tone moment.
18:09I feel like we need to go into cool tone moments.
18:11We had the blush and the warm tone moments for a while now.
18:15It's time to transition, ladies.
18:17Yeah.
18:18My favorite part, lip pomo.
18:20The moment has all been weighed out for.
18:23Definitely.
18:23So I'm going to use a little round out trace that lip liner.
18:26This is such a good brown lip liner.
18:29It's just going to work for pretty much every single skin tone almost.
18:33We also have a beautiful one, which is called cold blooded.
18:37That's really going to be super beautiful for all of my deep dark queens.
18:44And the browned out is just, I don't know, just like it takes me back to the Caribbean.
18:52And if you want to overline your lips, I always say just overline the center only.
19:01Don't do like the whole lip.
19:03And it's going to give you like a really beautiful, natural looking pout.
19:07So just here like on the cupid's bow and then along the sides, you just follow your natural lip line.
19:16Like that.
19:24Amazing.
19:24Just do a little here on the sides too.
19:29And these lip liners do not budge.
19:32Oh, just look at that.
19:35Look at this color.
19:36Oh my God.
19:37This is honestly my favorite.
19:38My favorite color.
19:40Period.
19:41And just for a little bit more drama, just going to add a little bit of gloss balm in fussy, just kind of in the center.
19:53For a little bit more sparkle and a little bit more of a pop.
20:00Like that.
20:03Oh my God.
20:04These lips, honey.
20:07Lips are listening.
20:08Can't wait to see.
20:11So now that my beautiful full beat is done, I'm ready for spring.
20:17But also curious, you know, as someone with sensitive skin, what do you tell your clients for kind of keeping their skin healthy underneath the makeup?
20:27Well, it's really important to find the skin kind of routine for your skin.
20:32And really just be gentle on your skin too.
20:35Like it's great to incorporate like exfoliants and actives.
20:40That's going to treat your skin.
20:41But also you never want to overdo it.
20:43And you really want to make sure that you really hydrate the skin.
20:46Right.
20:46Like that is like super important for every single skin type, basically.
20:51Absolutely.
20:52Yeah.
20:52And when it comes to removing your own makeup, do you have a go-to routine?
20:57I always say in terms of removing your makeup, you really have to double cleanse.
21:01That is so important.
21:03So we have the melt-off cleanser.
21:04I like to do that on dry skin.
21:06Really just like rub it off.
21:07And because it's like an oil cleanser, it's really gentle.
21:11So you're not rubbing and tugging on your skin because it is also really irritating, especially if you have sensitive skin.
21:17So really just like dissolve your makeup and like your SPF and everything with that.
21:22And then do a double cleanse.
21:23Then we also have our total cleanser, which is just a really beautiful like foaming cleanser just to really make sure that your skin is like super clean.
21:32Absolutely.
21:32Yes.
21:33Yes.
21:33Double cleanse noted.
21:35Amazing.
21:35And then you obviously work with some incredible people all day.
21:42I'm curious, what's a bit of advice that you give your clients to feel confident beyond putting makeup on them?
21:50What's something you tell them before like a big night and just your confidence advice in general?
21:55That's a good question.
21:56I feel like, to be honest, I feel like when I finish the makeup, it's almost like my clients transform and they really feel themselves.
22:06Yeah.
22:07And so I just always say just do whatever makes you feel good and just wear the makeup and the look that makes you feel like your authentic self.
22:18And I think that that is really going to give you confidence.
22:21You're going to be able to feel yourself and then kind of be ready to take on the world.
22:25Absolutely.
22:26Well, I feel ready to take on the world and my day.
22:30I have a day full of interviews coming up.
22:33Amazing.
22:33You're ready for whatever.
22:35And thanks to you.
22:36Thank you so much for being here today with us.
22:38Thank you for so lovely.
22:40I learned a lot.
22:41I hope you guys did, too.
22:43And please tune in again very soon.
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