TikTok Star Loren Gray Shares Her Beauty Secrets—Including Her New Favorite Wing Liner Trick

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Hi, I'm Loren Gray,

and I'm gonna be showing you my skincare routine

as well as my everyday makeup routine,

which is new and improved.

I did my spray tan last night, and it's not great.

I was really tired and I forgot to moisturize my hands,

which I would typically do,

so we're just gonna ignore that my hands are orange.

First, I have my favorite cleanser right now,

which is the Soap & Glory,

and this is really good for me

because I have seriously dry skin,

and this is really gentle.

And I have really sensitive skin too.

We're just gonna use a little bit like that.

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And then I'm just gonna wash it off.

I usually just wipe it off with a washcloth,

but I've been trying to be more gentle on my skin

because I'm really rough with my skin.

So I've made that a resolution for the new year. [chuckles]

So when I was locked in my house,

I did press-on nails all of the time,

and I actually just went to the nail salon

for the first time in a long time.

And it's been an adjustment, I'm not used to it.

I keep stabbing myself in the eye

and stabbing myself in the nose,

but I liked the way they look.

So this is my toner by Philosophy.

I kinda just keep it on my T-zone.

I feel like I break out the most in this area.

Right now I'm breaking out everywhere

because I'm a 19-year-old girl and that happens.

When I was in middle school,

I used the whole like coconut oil thing,

which worked because I was young and it didn't matter.

But then once I hit like 17, 18,

my skin started getting pretty bad.

So then I started branching out

and trying different products

and seeing what worked.

This is a face mask.

I don't do this every night,

I do this like two to three times a week.

And I like using a brush for this

because I don't like it getting in [chuckles] my nails.

So I'm just gonna apply this where I feel like I need it.

I don't like putting it on my whole face.

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Skincare is something that's been

really hard for me to prioritize

because a lot of skincare has to do with self-care,

and self-care is difficult for me sometimes.

And I feel like skincare is something that can be a task,

but it's something that's necessary and makes you feel good.

So I'm just gonna wipe it off with a wet washcloth.

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Next, I have this anti-puff, anti-dark circle eye serum.

I get a lot of sleep or at least I try to

because I used to not get a lot of sleep,

and I feel like my body suffers when I don't.

So my breakouts are definitely stress-related.

If I'm stressed, my skin is stressed.

Your body definitely reflects how you're feeling,

and so I try to take care of my mental health first

because that's reflected in your appearance.

Wellness as a whole is really important.

I've dealt with a lot of trauma

and a lot of [chuckles] things throughout my life

that kind of build up.

And I've been trying to find ways

to deal with things emotionally

and mentally so that my body can be as healthy as it can.

I've been setting boundaries with myself on social media.

I turned off my likes because that was a big thing for me.

It seems so minute and unimportant,

but it's so consuming.

I feel like more people need to

be talking about mental health

and how it affects your body

and how it can be really, really hard

no matter who you are or what position you're in.

And it's okay.

Up next, I have this serum, it's hyaluronic glow serum,

and Lord knows I needed some glow

because my skin is so dry.

I'm gonna not rub it in, but tap it in.

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So once I have the serum on,

I just kind of roll that in.

And this is really good for lymphatic drainage,

which I learned recently,

up until then it just looked fancy

and I enjoyed doing it.

It feels good. It's like a little face massage.

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Next up, we have moisturizer,

and this is the Pond's Dry Skin Cream.

I have very dry skin,

and I actually started using this

because my best friend's great-grandmother

is 108 years old now.

And she's been using this moisturizer for a long time

and she has very minimal wrinkles.

And I don't know if this is because of that,

but I'm gonna take any beauty advice that I can

from that woman.

And I try not to put too much on

because a little bit goes a long way with this.

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The last step in my skincare routine

is the Mario Badescu Facial Spray,

and I love this one because it's orange blossom.

So now my skin feels incredible

and we're gonna get into my favorite part,

which is makeup.

I kinda switched it up.

I've been wearing winged eyeliner for the past

like five or six years.

And recently, I started branching out past winged eyeliner

and doing different looks.

I'm excited to share this with you.

So the first step is primer,

and I really like this one

because it's moisturizing

and it's for all skin types.

So I'm just gonna put this all over my face

because I want my makeup to stick to it.

And this one is pretty wet,

which I feel like sometimes primers aren't moisturizing,

and I need that in my life.

So I have two different foundations right now.

This is Dior and this is NARS.

When I do my spray tans,

I'm always a different shade.

As the spray tan fades,

I sorta have to color match my skin.

It's important to have different shades

if you're a pale girl who does [chuckles] spray tans.

There we go. And a little bit of this one.

So I'm just gonna test a little bit on my face.

That one looks pretty good,

but sometimes I mix them together too.

It just depends.

I'm just gonna mix them together

and pray for the best.

I feel like my whole life my mom told me

that I need to blend down my neck,

I was like, Stop, mom.

And she was right.

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So I just kind of push it up into my hairline.

I have a widow's peak,

so I have to like pull that back a little bit.

Get it on my ears, that's important.

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Now I'm gonna use the Beautyblender,

and I'm just gonna blend it in

because I feel like the brush leaves marks sometimes.

And then I blend it on my neck a little bit.

And then, my favorite part is I do the double chin

to see if my neck matches.

So I also have the Dior concealer and the NARS concealer

because I like to keep things the same.

For the NARS concealer,

I use that on spots that are like blemishes

because this is really good for that.

And then the Dior concealer is like my under eyes,

and... I'll show you.

I'm just gonna go over places

where I know I have breakouts,

which is here.

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I kind of place it with the brush

and then I blend it out with the Beautyblender.

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So I started doing my makeup

because I hated the way that I look.

And I started doing makeup to sort of hide behind that.

And then it became more about the art

and I just really, really love doing it.

So now I use makeup to enhance my features

and enhance my beauty that I have inside of me,

and I bring it out instead of hiding behind it.

Now I'm gonna use the Dior concealer.

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I'm gonna do my cream contour,

which I never used to do before,

but I recently started getting into it.

So I use the Fenty Beauty Contour Stick,

and I put it like that.

I put it right underneath my cheekbone.

I put it here and here.

Because I have a widow's peak,

putting the contour here and here

kind of evens out my hairline a little bit

because adding those shadows there.

I don't know, just something I've learned.

I'm gonna do one line here and one line here.

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So I learned this nose contour trick on TikTok,

and I really like it.

And I just kind of...

I learn a lot of stuff on TikTok.

Stuff I didn't even know was possible.

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I also like to go underneath my contour

with a little bit of concealer,

and I feel like if my foundation doesn't match my skin,

this helps a lot.

And it also helps to sort of carve out that contour.

It's kind of like baking, but it's just with cream.

I started social media on musically,

before TikTok, it was musically.

It started as posting videos,

and then I got really into it.

I would come home from school

and I would put my makeup on

and I would get in front of the camera

and I would do it all day.

I would sit in my room, I would go live,

and I would talk to people,

and I put a lot of effort into it.

And I feel like that was [chuckles] really weird transition

as a 13-year-old to go from like being in school

and then I was homeschooled

and now I was making videos all the time.

It was hard work,

but it was fun and I still love doing it.

So I use two powders.

I use the Charlotte Tilbury powder

and the Laura Mercier powder.

So I'm gonna use the fair shade

of the Charlotte Tilbury powder

underneath my eyes like right here.

And I feel like it brightens it up a little bit.

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After I do that, I use the Laura Mercier powder.

I use my Beautyblender

because I feel like it presses

the powder into my skin better.

And I just sort of put it everywhere

that I don't have contour

because we're gonna go over that with bronzer.

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Now I'm gonna use the Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Bronzer.

Now I'm just gonna bronze everywhere

that I put the contour.

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So I like to build everything,

and I like that the contour stick adds

like a nice foundation for the powder

because it's already a little bit darker.

So once you put the powder on top of it,

it just kind of solidifies everything.

This is the tricky part.

This is when I powder my nose contour.

So I'm just kind of following

the guideline that I set earlier

and making my way up.

And I don't like my nose contour to be too severe.

I have done some severe nose contours

and it did not look good,

so I just kinda take it easy now.

For blush and highlight,

I have this little Hourglass palette,

and it has four different shades in it.

And I like to use this champagne one for my highlight

and I kinda mix these two together for my blush.

Like that.

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And then, I don't bring it in too far,

I like to keep everything sorta to the outside of my face.

Now I'm gonna use this like champagne color,

and I like this highlighter because it's not too sparkly.

I just kinda keep everything really soft.

And then I also put it right here

and a little bit above my brow too.

I just kinda do the little th...

This thing.

I don't know, Rihanna said to do that.

And I was like, okay, [chuckles] I'll do that.

So now I'm gonna take a smaller brush,

and I'm just gonna put that on the tip of my nose,

like that, and right here.

And I don't like to drag it all the way down,

I just keep it sort of here and here.

I also saw a girl on TikTok do that,

and I was like, mm, that looks good.

I do tint my own eyebrows

because my eyebrows are basically white.

So unless I tint them, they don't exist,

and it creates kind of a guideline.

First, I just kind of trace underneath my brow.

And this is the Anastasia Brow Pencil,

which I've been using forever

since I started doing [chuckles] makeup.

And then I'll show you,

I make little hairs.

Perfect.

As someone who was bullied for their eyebrows

pretty much their whole childhood,

take it very seriously. [chuckles]

Now I'm using the Makeup By Mario Brow Gel.

I like this brow gel because it's not too heavy,

but it keeps everything in place.

So I just kinda brush my brows up

and then down on the end.

And I don't know, I just like this look better now.

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So next I'm doing my eye look,

which I'm really excited for.

I'm gonna use this light brown,

and I'm just gonna buff that into my crease.

I will sit in my room if I have nothing else to do

and just do my own makeup,

and I'll look at Pinterest boards,

and I'll be like, hmm, I wanna do my makeup like that.

And then I'll try and see if it looks good on me.

I'm using a liquid like pen eyeliner,

and I'm just gonna do a line.

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Now I'm gonna use this black shadow,

and this is my favorite part,

and I'm just gonna kinda smudge it out

with the black shadow.

And then I'll show you what I do instead of a wing,

which I just did by accident the other night,

but I really like the way it looks.

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And it's okay if it's messy

because it's kinda supposed to be.

And it's a lot of layers

because you kind of want it to be darker

near the lash line

and then flare out a little bit.

Now I'm just gonna take my finger

and sorta just go like this.

I feel like that blends it,

makes it look a little grungy.

So I just started doing this,

but I'm gonna take this like reddish color.

You sorta go like this on the outside,

and I smudge it out to extend my eye,

but not to like super lift it.

But I like the pop of red.

I like looking a little tired.

Just gonna smudge that a little bit under my eye.

I don't know, I just love the way that the red looks.

So now I'm using a black pencil liner

and I'm gonna do my tightline

and I'm gonna bring it like kind of out

into this a little bit.

But I'm just gonna pull my eye up.

I brought a bunch of different lashes.

Today I think I'm gonna do more tiny only because

I like to build the small lashes up with mascara

and it makes them look like real lashes.

So I have this like clear glue.

This is my favorite tool that's ever been invented.

It's the best thing since the wheel.

Basically, I just go like this

and squeeze it to my lashes.

It helps to blend my real lashes

and sort of pull the lash down

so that it blends better

and it's not like up here, you know.

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Okay, so now we're gonna do our blending.

I have two different [chuckles] mascaras.

I like both of these because they're really skinny ones,

and I feel like they make my eyelashes look more individual.

I like to focus a lot of the mascara

on the top of the outer corner.

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I spend so much money on eyelashes. [chuckles]

I love trying different ones

because they do so much for my face

and I just love the way that they look.

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Now I'm gonna use this, it's like a crayon

and just doing it really lightly.

This is a lipstick.

It looks dark, but I don't put a lot on,

I'll just kind of do this.

The last step is setting spray.

This is the final look.

I'm really happy with it. I love it.

I hope you guys learned something,

and thank you so much for watching.

Bye.

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