THE BIGGEST MAKEUP SECRET NO ONE TALKS ABOUT

What's the biggest makeup secret that, once you'll see it it will change the way you look at makeup forever???
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[@caitrinabbott4006]

If I put on a red lip, I think I look amazing. I put on a nude lip, and my lips disappear. So I try to do natural makeup and I look like a sick Victorian child. So thank you for this video, I thought I was doing something wrong

[@bellefleur6300]

A sick Victorian child 🤣

[@doeeyes2]

Im absolutely the opposite. If i put on too much makeup i instantly look like a dated Pamela Anderson, in the worst way possible. Its just too much contrast. I look much better with a beachy, beigy, nude type of look.

[@hissykittycat]

Same with me, I work really hard at creating these natural looks, walk out the door and look like a chalk faced sick kid. Now I finally understand why!

[@icegypsy99]

I thought I was doing somthing wrong as well. Nude lip looks ridiculous On mr. Cool red looks amazing. Facinating lol

[@VicesinMyHead]

I look like a sick Victorian child, but that's just my face.

[@ms.q604]

If I could give this 1000 thumbs up I would! This is the 30 minute explanation for what took me over a year to figure out on my own - namely, I'm low contrast (right now it's super obvious but I was MYSTIFIED) and can't wear high contrast without looking super, duper made up and glam. Love it, need it, want more!

[@sazdoxie4247]

Well stated! Thank you

[@Genevieve-ni5el]

Agree. I’ve never seen someone do a video talking and teaching about this and when you understand it, it helps tremendously. This woman is definitely a girls girl. She gets it! Lol💕

[@okayspacewitch]

Qfxz​@@sazdoxie4247

[@killbethy]

Same!! I'm very pale (too pale for most foundations aimed at Western markets until recently), level 10 blonde hair, very light blue eyes. I only truly figured it out when I decided to dye by hair and brows to a dark brown and noticed the black eyelash extensions that always looked clownish on me before looked "normal" while the brown ones I used to get totally disappeared. And then it clicked. But this video was still so helpful with showing how to adjust the midtones and gradients. I've been to makeup artists who don't understand this as well as this video does! 🙀

[@jujugoketo3711]

Amen! Well said. 1000 stars - gals/people that wear makeup need this info!❤❤❤

[@Genevieve-ni5el]

Painters are the most amazing and talented makeup artists because they really have an understanding of things like THIS, that most of us do not. Appreciate this video more than you know. I’d love to see this in a series, where you pull your artistry talent into applying it to makeup.

[@loosilu]

I KNEW she had to be a painter!!! I'm a painter, and contrast is everything.

[@jennifermarie1230]

Just practice u can be amazing too I promise

[@watermelon6878]

I quite agree! I would be lovely to learn bore about the main principles, and not always have to "trial and error" again and again to stumble onto something that works, but you don't really know why, and how to utilise it in other areas. A helpful shortcut.

[@petratuccino717]

Yes! More videos on contrast ❤ ty

[@kagitsune]

Two more fine artists turned either Makeup KZbinrs or professional MUAs: Alexandra Anele, and Hindash! Both great at demonstrating this stuff.

[@SarahMcAshan]

Bobbi Brown has long advocated this "double blush" technique that "fills in the distance." Whatever is "nude" on you, your-cheeks-but-better tone, then a pop of a brighter shade on top as an accent. Thanks for this detailed exploration; contrast explains why I look "formal" really easily with very little actual products if the contrast is too marked. That Beckham Cinnamon Kajal is perfection itself, isn't it?

[@e.l.2734]

I never knew she did that but it's how I wear any more pronounced blusher shade if I don't want to blend for 3 hours lol. Good to know

[@mstie3252]

Oh, that's a very interesting idea. I'll have to try it!

[@aristac9257]

Oh thank you! That helps!

[@NotesNNotes]

That’s really interesting. After reading it it felt obvious because that’s what we do with eyeshadow, but it wasn’t obvious at all 😅

[@JaimeMesChiens]

Bobbie Brown est une artiste française de formation. Pour moi, elle est minimaliste et ses produits mettent l’accent sur un bel aspect naturel, en mettant l’accent sur une seule couleur. Elle a maintenant près de soixante-dix ans et continue d'innover. je vais chercher si Kackie a discuté de Miracle Balm. Les gens semblent aimer ou détester ce produit. je l'adore, comme j'aime la plupart des produits Bobbie Brown.

[@emilyanneaurelius]

Omgosh, the lipstick turning "red" on you was WILD! I doubted my eyes for a few seconds 😂 Beautiful demonstration

[@kackie]

Thank you!!

[@yoylos3p]

It was wild! I turn not only peachy pinks but neutral pinks into orange colors with my lightish skin and very yellow undertone, but that mauve turning red was indeed wild, and beautiful!

[@randis7785]

I had to blink and rewatch that a few times because it tripped me out. Painters know their color theory to the max!!!!!

[@darklin333]

Omg that happens to me, I look like a thunderbird , like they're not my lips never heard anyone else mention that happens to them ..can't wait to watch now 👍

[@kreator1474]

on olive skin tones, everything softer, mauve or even nude lipstick will look brighter, like a magenta or true red, even if the colors were not bright in the first place.

[@radioreverie]

Another important dimension here is saturation. I'm high contrast (naturally black hair, pale nearly-white skin with a desaturated cool blue-pink undertone) and low saturation. Even a blush like Nars Sex Appeal can and does look clownish on me because even though it's pale, it's at maximum saturation for its white value. The darkest blush in your look here would probably look less clownish on me because it has enough gray/black in it to match my extreme desaturation better. It would be the same with Velvet Ribbon as a lip color. It would look *good* on me because of my high contrast, but it would never look casual and effortless. I'd look like a femme fatale at best and a sexy mime at worst! A color like Chai would probably also be my best bet for French girl look, though it might be deep enough against my skin that it would actually look vampy/goth rather than casual and Cinnamon Red is probably too saturated/warm! There are always so many dimensions of art math to consider when trying to replicate a look; it gets a bit dizzying.

[@marielle7505]

I keep reading this comment back, this is so interesting to me!

[@Justaregularoldplumbus]

Girl yes I just commented about my high contrast low saturation situationship as well 😂 luckily I love looking vampy so I play into that!! And avoid anything that could possibly go too bright or orange on me, which is basically everything…. I buy all the grey purple browns and grey greens lol and black mascara forever

[@emilyscottbanks7638]

Yes! This is me too - high contrast but I need that hint of a gray undertone to make it work. I think that’s because my very pale olive undertone actually presents as a little gray? 🤷🏻‍♀️ But everything you mentioned: yes.

[@beatdizzy]

OMG saturation next!

[@jennyelledge566]

Love! Video 2: saturation! Video 3: contrast and saturation!

[@Muh-Rang]

This is one of those concepts that's so intuitive that you can leverage it accidentally, but it needs to be explained in depth before you can leverage it purposefully. For myself, I'm thinking of my "everyday" glasses with their dark, bold rim balancing out the low contrast of my bleached hair and tan skin. With my natural black hair, i automatically revert to subtler clear glasses, to balance the high contrast of my hair and skin.

[@AuroraCarlisle]

It’s funny because I used to wear black frames as a dark brunette/very fair neutral skin tone girl. Now as a balayaged blonde fair skinned girl, I wear a lot of gold rims and get compliments all the time. I never really considered why it looked better. It just did.

[@BeautyAndHerBeasts]

Tan skin/light hair = would be in high contrast to one another. Tan skin/Dark Hair would be lower contrast to one another.

[@RosieSandwiches]

Frames really do have such an effect on contrast and makeup choices! Dark hair, fair skin, high contrast. Black frames and I can only wear cooler tones and low contrast lips. Bright tortoiseshell frames and it has to be almost bare skin and a bold rusty warm lip.

[@sofia_c_1]

​@@BeautyAndHerBeasts Not really, it depends how dark her hair originally was and how light she has bleached it and how tan her skin is, tan skin and medium-dark blonde adjacents like honey blonde would usually have very low contrast. It won't become high contrast until your hair is nearing very very blonde/white (and even then won't be as high contrast as a deep skin tone with the same hair or a pale girl with black hair). Like zendaya in the challengers red carpet she has much lower contrast. Dark hair also comes in loads of shades and there are people with black or black adjacent hair who have tan skin but are definitely high contrast, like zendaya with jet black hair. And contrast also goes higher when there one part is cool and the other is warm. I have fair skin and dark hair but I am olive/ ashen both in hair and skin so I have lower contrast than my friend with very similar depth but very "clear" contrasty colours, warm skin and cool hair. So in general it's better not to give blanket statements.

[@squeekytoy123]

I think part of the reason this has never clicked for me is that I'm pretty neutral contrast- naturally medium blonde hair, dark green eyes, but very pale pale lips. My brow girl always asks if I want to go "bold (cooler and darker)" or "subtle (redder and lighter)" and I shift back and forth based on how blonde I am at the time, I've never understood why! These videos are amazing.

[@Ms.Mel.Creates]

Yaaaaas!! I’m a watercolour and pastel artist and the same concepts apply to visual arts and makeup art. It’s colour and value math - I appreciate so much the way you use colour language to help people understand not only what’s working and not but WHY and how to manipulate things based on theory. ❤❤❤

[@1827handmade]

DUDE I was dark haired for 10+ years and could get away with liquid black winged eyeliner, day time smokey eye, etc. I went back to my natural strawberrish blonde hair and my typical make up DID NOT WORK ANYMORE. At all. I looked so "done up". Eyeliner had to go 2 shades lighter/and a touch less cool, brows too, eyeshadows became a whole different ball game. It was crazy frustrating! Fantastic video, thank you Kacks MaLacks!

[@greezly25]

The same i am experiencing right now and i have to say am very sorry about it. With dark hair, i did so many fun eye looks and now only the neutral looks are looking good.

[@BangtanBangtanBusan]

Brown mascara Light Brown line (Occasionally burgundy mascara over brown at night Eye makeup hugely toned down Natural with med taupe in the crease; Ivory highlight - it's easy🙏💜🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💜🇮🇪💜🇬🇧💜

[@greezly25]

@@BangtanBangtanBusan yeah i know but thats not a fun creative look in my eyes, it's kinda boring

[@alanawolf1556]

@@greezly25THIS!!! Neutrals look better on me but I vastly prefer a vampy or edgy look 😭😭😭

[@Arianassie]

WHY HAS THIS CHANGED MY LIFE! I've never been able to pull off red lipstick but I just mixed two together (a darkish nude and a tiny bit of red in the center) and I'm sitting here in my pajamas looking cool af

[@autumnakins7640]

That's awesome!

[@jenthulhu]

That feeling when you click on a video by a creator you've never seen before because they have a very alternative vibe and you think they're going to be super down to Earth, but then they pull out the Prada concealer. LOL. Really enjoyed your take on makeup! I don't think I've ever seen anyone take an artistic approach to makeup--which is crazy because makeup is such an artistic thing!

[@sandyfishgirl]

THIS 💯

[@jennifermarie1230]

Dumbest makeup video I’ve seen!

[@lifeontheledgerlines8394]

if you like an artistic approach to makeup, you might also want to check out Alexandra Anele, who also was a painter who now applies her skills to makeup!

[@stephgreen3070]

Lisa Eldridge is also very art-oriented when she talks about out makeup.

[@KarenMelchior]

You’d probably like Alexandra Anele (something like that) as well then

[@bigwildonion]

When I got serious about sun protection, my hair darkened and my skin got paler. I couldn't figure out why my dusty rose and mauve makeup started looking muddy and unnatural. When I finally tried on bright lipstick, I was joking around, and was so surprised that it worked!

[@kackie]

Omg this is such an exciting revelation!!

[@dickottel]

I use different lipstick in summer when my skin is darker, for sure 😊 Purplish lipsticks don't go well with my tan. I also don't darken my eyebrows cause I love the low contrast summer look, and I wear more summer palette pastel clothes, they look nice with my tan. In winter my skin looks a bit sickly and it's harder to find colors that look good on me, I'm still not sure 😅 but I do more contrast

[@Meggyp0p]

This happened in my early thirties when my lupus was at its worst. I had to relearn how to do my makeup and started using better skin care and now at 40 I’m so glad I did because I get told daily how my skin looks “so young.”

[@GiovannaRibeiro687]

I've always had this theory that some people are "eyes people" and some are "lips people". If my grandma put on a dark red lipstick with no other make up on, she looks amazing; in fact, she cannot go out of the house without her red lips. If I do the same, I look like a freaking clown and my dark circles pop like Madonna's music. Instead, I go for some mascara, maybe some subtle eyeshadows, and I'm done; for the lips, usually just a lip balm, or if I'm feeling more ✨adventurous✨, a gloss. I guess the contrast might be the reasoning behind that theory.

[@marshawilliamson8602]

‘’JUST a painter.” 😂C’mon, gurl. Understatement of the decade!🌸🐝

[@lindsaybeyerstein7096]

Do you ever share your paintings on social media? I'd love to see your work!

[@AhriFoxling]

@@lindsaybeyerstein7096 she is filming in front of one of her "paintings"

[@alanawolf1556]

@@AhriFoxling quotation marks??

[@gabrielafonseca4034]

This is the first time I see your content and this is the first time I've actually understood so many things about makeup. It makes sense that a painter can explain actual theory, which to me makes more sense than all those "season" videos and makeup tutorials.

[@annamoehagen3447]

As a high contrast person, I’ve found “natural” or “no makeup” makeup looks worse on me than no makeup at all. But I can slap on a bold lip like I was born that way. Once I figured out the high contrast thing, I gave up buying neutral makeup. Haha

[@Ruth78620]

I wear mascara, blush and Ruby woo and I'm good to go. I have dark brown nearly black hair, lashes and brows and pale cool toned skin and neutral colours look awful on me. Nude lipstick makes me look like I have none 😂

[@EH23831]

Same! Neutral makeup makes me look like a corpse! I love her layering of the blush idea- I have trouble finding blush that works well.

[@yerbamate86]

I’m the exact opposite!! I’ve always wanted to wear a bold lip or cat eye liner but I always look like a clown. The only makeup that works on me is no makeup makeup

[@weavrmom]

I had my colors and fashion type done by a professional, and believe you would be what is called a 'Dramatic Contrast' type (I have 0%of that!) and the advice for folks with a significant DC component is that they will always look better with some high-contrast makeup on. That without makeup they will look unfinished and not their best. Figuring out personal makeup colors/style really is an individual thing, right? 🙂

[@mariannetracy4248]

The definition of contrast: "your skin tone vs the rest of your features; hair color, brow color, eyelash color, lip color, etc." will help me tremendously! SUPERB CONTENT! Now I can play with more confidence and curiosity. I'm a natural warm redhead (with clear brows and light lashes, dark blue green eyes). At 70, my hair has faded closer to my skin tone and I couldn't figure out why my makeup application has gotten so hit or miss - the fine line between bringing fresh color to the face, but not looking harsh (or glam) in daytime. Thanks for being so concise, bright and making this fun to do.

[@peachorchard9109]

I’m high contrast and my daily makeup look is brows, blush, and red lipstick. I’ve always really struggled with literally any eyeshadow not looking clownish on me. This really helped me understand shades that may contrast well! So helpful!

[@kackie]

So happy to help!

[@annamoehagen3447]

Same! Eyeshadow always looks extra on me in not a flattering way.

[@cerin7654]

This was the first makeup video that I watched (and I’ve watched thousands) where I was enthralled from start to finish. I can’t even explain how much i appreciate this video!

[@kackie]

Omg THANK YOU

[@Kittensforchrist]

You're humble too :) & a great natural teacher

[@shaec3405]

OMG. SAME.

[@squeekytoy123]

I'm a painter, and I like makeup but your red lip video changed everything for me! Mind blown! I've only ever been confident with eyeshadow, where I think I was painting subconsciously. I've never been able to choose a lip colour and I'm so excited to put together a look! These are masterclass level videos!

[@MillieMaa]

love this!!! for us 50+ folks - as you age, your needs will likely change. I am neutral/warm, very fair, bright redhead with hazel eyes. I am probably mostly low contrast, but when I was younger I could get away with dramatic looks like a stong brow and no mascara, navy eyeliner or a bright orange lip (high contrast against fair skin and bright hair), but as I've gone more gray and my face has aged, these don't look as good. I still need a relatively strong brow and mascara, but if I do a strong lip it looks very costumey. It's like there's both a harshness (eg receding hairlines) and a softening (eyes and jawline) that's a part of aging, so a softer touch (for a lot of folks, not everyone) is more flattering. So interesting...

[@sarahkelly4095]

In my late 30s I’m already having to adjust the level of contrast I choose for makeup!

[@kimberly38amsterdam]

Same here. Did you try Charlotte Tilbury pillow talk eyeshadow and lip combined with a standout color eyeliner on the waterlines? Works for me.

[@natalienelson8681]

Redheads are stunning! Lucky you.😊

[@natalienelson8681]

So not a fan of the receding hairline situation. I thank God I was born with a bunch of big hair so I still have some left up there.😊

[@roboslobin]

I have a naturally high contrast complexion, much like your sister. However, I have been going gray and just letting it happen. This has decreased my contrast some and it has been a struggle to work out what shades now look best with the way I wear makeup. Thanks for explaining "bridging the gap" some in this video. Very helpful. Also, as an aside, my first profession was as a color chemist. So, I really dig when you get in the weeds with color theory.

[@reganszczepanowska8272]

As a 60-year-old woman with absolutely no contrast… I cannot thank you enough for this tutorial. It’s really pulled things together for me. I am extremely fair and wear the same foundations shades that you do yet my hair is completely buzzed cut and platinum. This has really helped me thank you thank you thank you.

[@cinemaocd1752]

The hair sounds awesome. I'm 54 and a med blonde but my hair is starting to gray. I definitely want to go short and platinum or silver soon!

[@loosilu]

I'm 56 and was born strawberry blonde. I stopped coloring my hair about 2 years ago and was shocked to find out my hair had naturally turned completely platinum blonde with NO gray streaks. Since then I've really been struggling with makeup!

[@serendipity1237]

Do you watch Alexandra Anele? Your description of your hair made me think you might like her.

[@reganszczepanowska8272]

@@serendipity1237I’ll check it out.. thanks

[@JillKnapp]

Hello there fellow pale-skinned platinum-hair buzz-cut GenXer 😁!

[@2shadowcats2]

I remember when Delta Burke bleached her black hair to platinum blonde. Her makeup suddenly looked overdone and clownish, because it was bold and bright to match her dark hair. It didn't work against the lighter hair. What you are saying makes perfect sense!! This is why hot pink dark or vivid red or purple lipsticks look ghastly on me!!

[@natalienelson8681]

Talk about a stunning woman. Deltas skin is porcelain. I know what you speak of re: her blond.

[@sugaCat363]

This is honestly one of the most useful makeup videos I've ever watched! Just the principles behind it make so much sense. Also that certain colors or types of look aren't inaccessible, but you just have to be strategic to tailor it to your own coloring: mind blowing 🤯 I'm very high contrast (pale skin and dark hair) and cool toned. I remember trying to do the Latte Girl trend and just looking very orange and overdone because that caramel brown is not at home on my skin at all. It took me years to figure out bronzer because I didn't realize that it needed to be either more grey or more rosey to work on me.

[@kackie]

I'm so glad you left this comment! It's so helpful to understand the challenges of every skin tone.

[@Justaregularoldplumbus]

I totally relate to the bronzer thing!! I just never wear it unless I want to contour with some greige

[@natalienelson8681]

I’m still lost but I’m sleep deprived whilst watching.

[@thejulietocean]

And this is why I’ve always looked TERRIBLE with a nude lip 😂 I’m super high contrast and I don’t f with lip liner so I will never be a nude lip girly. It’s aight I’ll keep my hot pinks and tomato reds instead.

[@roboslobin]

Nude lip is the bane of my existence. I want it but it looks so washed out and terrible.

[@SandraSanchez-hc6qs]

This explains SO MUCH. I have figured out through trial and error that I look best in mid-tone/moderate contrast colors because I am basically the color of Cream of Wheat from my hair to my neck, with the exception of my eyes, which are a bright aqua shade. This is also made more complicated in that I naturally have both warm & cool tones in my complexion. Even slightly too high contrast, and I go clownish immediately. And if I swing too low, I am super washed out & look dull. I can pull off a little more contrast on my eyes, but not much. I had always thought I was just playing things too safe or staying in my comfort zone, but maybe I was, intuitively, staying in the range that was truly best for me. I love that your brain works this way & would love to see more color contrast videos for different looks.

[@sunnysorrel]

I did my makeup for an event yesterday and binge watching kackie came in clutch because i was like hmm i wonder why my makeup looks weird and then realised my foundation was a bit cool toned and so was my eyeshadow but my blush was PEACH and changing it helped so much ! Thank you for being so entertaining and educational

[@kackie]

omg that I have this impact is...so fulfilling thank you

[@sunnysorrel]

@@kackie 🥰🥰💖 ofc!

[@sharonburr9880]

Such a good explaination. As a portrait painter this is intuitive for me . I’ve been ‘teaching people this about makeup for years. It’s the main problem I see with not adjusting your makeup as you age, I’m talking over a decade or more, your ‘ contrast gets closer’ as you age . You have to adjust .

[@carolmelancon]

Yes, I'm a little sad about losing my high contrast now that I'm letting my S&P hair go natural these last couple of years. I'm slowly culling my red lipsticks and will keep just a couple for formal events.

[@sharonburr9880]

@@carolmelancon or change the formula of the red lipsticks to a stain, good balm or semi sheer lip. Might be a nice ‘softer’ option :)

[@Doleniam]

This is so valuable for my brain that needs visual side by side. Thank you, Kackie! 🙌

[@kackie]

🥰🥰🥰

[@noomitje8]

I've darkened my hair over the last year or so (which just means: less and less bright highlights) and now i feel like I can "get away" with wearing no makeup at all way easier!

[@dottyfulcrum]

Repetition of the theory has produced understanding at the time mark of 16:50. Thank you for making the effort. I already understood the basic colour theory (because, yes, painting is that), but I have never been able to produce that effortless daytime look. Thank you so much for that. It opens up my world.

[@AutumnElaine]

Contrast is everything. In more than makeup. I'm obsessed

[@maryarmstrong2231]

It’s what makes the Pixies so great! quiet LOUD quiet. Sunshine/rain etc❤

[@westernnut8407]

This was fantastic, and I was so glad to see you follow the line of your cupid's bow. I'm so tired of makeup influencers drawing a straight line right across the top in an effort to get bigger lips!

[@kackie]

Hahaha I've tried it before and it looks silly on me!

[@CelesteSeeker]

Right?! Natural Cupid's Bows are very pretty! I like mine and even though my lips aren't the fullest, I feel like its more natural, effortless, and elegant to follow it.

[@rheahalona]

Your videos are so entertaining, but more than that, they are educational and so smart.

[@pamcamcris]

I don't know what prompted the algorithm to finally send one of your videos my way but your knowledge of blending color and its manipulation just earned you a new subscriber! ❤

[@kackie]

Well thank you!!!

[@eckbeck1982]

Same, girl. Same!!

[@bonitamoore7679]

Same!

[@veryferal1970]

This was genuinely one of the most educational and informative makeup videos I've ever watched, while still being loads of fun! I feel like you can show subscribers how to do a look all day long but teaching them the "art math" as you said, gives them so much more than just that one look.

[@Homeschooler64]

I’m lost on the 1st sentence. Lol. I’m 60 & in makeup wilderness.🙄🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️

[@abigailclay6914]

I’ve noticed this a lot with opacity. My sister and I have pretty much the same shade of skin, but hers is much more opaque than mine. Like whole milk vs skim milk. Her skin is a gorgeous creamy pink and mine is more of a translucent blue 😂 She can get away with higher coverage and much brighter colors than I can!

[@roboslobin]

Interesting. Makes sense.

[@sunnysorrel]

videos like this reminding me why i was drawn to yours and Hannah's channel ❤

[@caitlinstark9321]

This may be one of my favorite art math sessions ever!!!

[@maggiegmcgrann]

I really love videos like this from you that bring not only the knowledge and art tools to make decisions about how we want to look but also give a Kackie-centered perspective on how YOU interpret a trend or makeup need.

[@kackie]

Gosh thank you SO much this means the world to me!!

[@pamallen7534]

Kackie, this is SO HELPFUL! I have never understood why paler lipsticks didn’t look good on me. The palest I can go where I still look good is Charlotte Tilbury’s candy chic, and I’m a similar skin tone to you. I thought it was maybe because pale lipsticks can sway too orange, but I recently tried a cool toned one and still hated it. I am high contrast! I wouldn’t have thought so because I’m pale and my hair isn’t that dark, but I only really look good in darker lip colours, and lighter eyeliners and eyeshadows just disappear on me. This is fabulous and so helpful!

[@victoriaj.9055]

Girl yes 🙌🏼 it took me absolutely forever to figure out why as a pale girl I look best in shades like pillow talk medium instead of light. Here we go!

[@Ladynipchick2]

Yes, fair skinned here, but possibly higher contrast than I realised.

[@LLove4Beauty]

Words can’t explain how much I needed this today

[@kackie]

🥹

[@gingerhalo123]

I’m high contrast - black hair, dark brown eyes, and light to medium skin. A red lip black winged liner looks good on me but no makeup makeup looks TERRIBLE 😭 like I need that darkness somewhere. Whether it be my eyes or lips.

[@LisaF_]

I’ve always wondered why I need a punchy lip to look “right” WOW! It’s finally clicked!!! I love, love, love this video!!! Thank you so much for making this!!! It’s like a huge lightbulb moment for me!!!

[@sallygreer5678]

Girl, please do more of this!! I’m so nerding out because I looove this stuff.

[@Riskycommentnotahoe]

This is why I have so much doubts about enrolling in makeup classes and academies…. You’re out here giving MASTERCLASSES FOR FREE this is the tutorial of my dreams. Saw you do the “red lipstick for your skin tone” vid and you’re SUCH A GREAT TEACHER this is EXACTLY the makeup / beauty videos i have been waiting for all my life 😩😩😩

[@ZAPitsALEX]

This was really helpful. Thank you so much for going into depth on this topic! Would it be possible to also do your sister's makeup so that we can see someone with more high contrast features??

[@yensid4294]

Yeah, basing everything on your skin tone doesn't always work. I am VERY fair/light with dark blonde/light brown hair & hazel eyes & I was always frustrated because using pale blushes & lipcolors (& even eyeshadow) did nothing for me or washed me out completely. Some of it was because lighter shades are often too cool but mostlly it was because I can take medium depth & saturation. I am not hight contrast or low, I am goldilocks--can't be too light/dark, can't be too bright/muted has to be just right in the middle. Same goes for warm/cool. Contrast is very important.

[@annao5796]

You sound a lot like me, very medium😀

[@chaosbecomesher]

I think I'm the same. Very fair, hazel eyes, blonde. The most at-home blush color on my skin was always a reddish-pink or deep coral. But I recently went from my natural blonde (kind of warm honey blonde) to a pale icy bleach blonde in order to go ombre pastel pink and lilac and fuchsia... and now I can't easily wear my favorite blush shades. I need very cool toned pinks and purples (Dior pink instead of my coral, haus labs purple... need the new Dior lilac). And more cool toned eyeshadow. All my old favorites got tossed aside for the natasha denona mini love palette, which didn't look like "me" in the pan, but it's PERFECT. And also, I've bought SO MUCH BLUSH. 😂🖤

[@RaelNikolaidis]

Loved this. I would love a demonstration / explanation of how undertones change colours of makeup. For example. Everything turns fluorescent pink on me. Why? You are the Artist With The Answers, clearly. I could ( and have) watched you “get into the weeds” for hours. Thank you! ☺️ ❤

[@classictomatosoup]

Do you have a green/olive undertone? :) pink against green really pops!

[@alexandrialadd3125]

This has blown my mind! I have always wondered why some girls look so beautiful with such simple makeup, whereas I have to add a lot of depth to really feel like I look special. I even thought maybe those girls are prettier and need less but this explanation is perfect. Im just higher contrast and have very dark hair, eyes, brows, and lips. Thank you so much for this!!!!!

[@liz54321]

This is so helpful, and explains so much of why I can sometimes wear something, but other times it makes me look incredibly washed out. 💚

[@auderp]

I had my color analysis done a few months ago, and rather than treating it like a set of rules to follow, it really just taught me where on the Munsell Color System my natural color palette is. This video was a really practical demonstration about how to examine a makeup look on another person with a different natural color palette, and normalizing it to your color palette. I found out I'm typed as a Light Spring, also low contrast, and now I know if I want to achieve drama via contrast, I don't have to run as objectively as full a gamut of values (light-dark) or stick to as "pure" of colors as a Bright season (adding white to these pure colors will look more harmonious on me). That being said, "looking harmonious" does not *equate* to "looking good" because the former has a semblance of measurability and the latter allows for the flexibility of context and semantics and human expression and all of these other qualitative things.

[@TheChakka888]

I watched this while having morning coffee and I think I need to watch again when I am more awake! What a great video. Thank you!

[@tinasmith7596]

I just found your channel and you have solved an issue I’ve been having for the last 12 years in 10 mins. I used to have very dark natural hair and eyebrows with light/ medium neutral skin. About 12 years ago, I decided to start going lighter, like your sister I start putting light high lights in and kept getting lighter and lighter. I finally decided to see what my gray would look like on me. my gray is basically white around my face so it blends into my skin now. I have been fighting my make up for 12 years and now I know it’s because I went from high contrast to a low contrast and I’m still trying to do my make up as a high contrast and that’s why I feel my make up always looks overdone or just not complementary. Thank you, thank you for sharing your knowledge. You have become a new favorite KZbinr to watch. ❤

[@juliethomas3575]

At first I thought this was going right over my head but by the end? I think I have a good grasp of your point. I’m 53 years old and I really love makeup. My problem is that I don’t really know what my canvas really is. I live very far from Ulta and Sephora so I order online. Other than the “what color are your veins” bullshit. So I don’t wear concealer or foundation because they make me look older! Any suggestions on how to figure out my skin tone? Thanks!

[@nicolerenee2521]

The Fleetwood Mac tribute leading up to the nod to Ren & Stimpy just brought life back to my little millennial heart. There is still hope in this world.

[@AbigailFaulkner-kv3ei]

Came here to say the same thing ❤❤❤

[@saritavenkatapathynaidu9533]

So I wasn’t alone, huh? I think about 60% of what I love about Kackie’s Channel could be expressed by the fact that I’m a millennial creative of about the same age (turning 34 in a couple weeks) and the rest is just how much she appeals to the nerdy, social weirdo in me.

[@Sinead_Orebellion]

Apparently, the lyrics to the log jingle have been taking up space in my brain for 30 years…I sang along lol

[@Er1n_N1cole]

Same, same!! 🪵💜

[@alisoneardley3849]

You’ve just answered the reason as to why all the make up I try to replicate from influencers doesn’t work for me. I’m pale, with white blonde eyebrows and eyelashes… I always say I have a blank face if I don’t colour my brows and lashes! I’ve now started using brown everything but always wondered why a red lip looked absolutely ridiculous! Well thanks for answering that… thank you 😊

[@brynb1325]

“That’s not an insult, it’s just accurate”. Perfection

[@thelipstickgal]

My choices for color cosmetics really changed when I stopped dying my hair. As a young kid until my mid 30s, I had a deep auburn hair color. (carrot red at birth) I always chose a deep auburn shade to cover my greys and I wore more desaturated looks with a warm lean. Now that I'm older, my natural hair color is less red, and more dark brown. Add to that, the white that I have coming in makes me more high contrast. Those warm tones I used to love don't work as well. When I'm wearing a black top, I can pull off a red like Velvet Ribbon at full opacity and it looks smashing. On days that I'm wearing lighter shades (beige, light blue, pale peach) I need makeup with lower contrast like the Lisa Eldridge Baume Embrace in the lightest shade Meet Cute. It's taken me a long time to learn this, but I'm so glad I did. Thanks for explaining it so in depth! Loved this video.

[@MillieMaa]

@thelipstickgal - fellow redhead here - I follow you and I didn't know that you used to be a redhead! that explains so much (Ive been trying to figure out how your skin kind of leans warm/neutral but you can carry all these strong lip colors that I can't!). I would say I'm more of a true autumn with my medium auburn/bright hair and neutral/warm skin (I have a fair amount of yellow but makeup that's too warm just looks orangey on me). My natural color is now more of a grey/brown/white mix but it just doesn't look great with my skin, makes it look too sallow and washed out. So I'm waiting to go full white/grey before I transition and then will have to think about a way to add warm highlights.

[@thelipstickgal]

@@MillieMaa two of my uncles on my dad's side are redheads, with 4 cousins having that same red color. On my mom's side of my family, my grandma had a beautiful deep auburn color that turned brown as she aged. I'm taking after my Mexican grandma with the auburn hair in my younger years with the darker brown as my white comes in. In the sunlight you can still see auburn tones at my temples, and random strands throughout. These days my hair is decidedly darker, but I started out as a redhead. I have noticed that the older I get, the more sallow my complexion gets. I'm not seeing as much pink in my undertone as I used to when I was younger. Everything ages. 🤷‍♀️

[@biogirl1381]

this was an EPIC demonstration and even better than i anticipated!!! i have high contrast features and it’s taken me literal ages to figure out exactly what you explained in this 35 minute video!!! ♥️♥️♥️

[@mediterraneangirl947]

Amazing video! It explains a lot. Years ago I bought lipstain in dark plum color, that had terrible reviews, people were saying it was too dark. It was cheap and I liked the color in the tube, but OMG on my lips and my face it looked so natural so effortless. My favorite makeup ever. It brightened my whole complexion, my eyes looked so alive and prominent, and you could´t even see the lipstain , my dark circles disappeared, skintone looked even, magical color, sadly it was LE. Bought many dupes, but nothing came close.

[@linesch2569]

Omg I just remembered I had the same with a lipstick I wore in college! It was discontinued and I missed it for years after

[@Chaotic313]

The addition of the "Log" song was epic.🥰 So, in an attempt to give my medium blonde hair a slight red tint, accidentally dyed it a terracotta red. I went from low contrast to high overnight, and had to completely change my makeup. My usual makeup was invisible. Twas quite the adventure!

[@sandymacnab3981]

turning grey and the whole game has changed, still lot of brown but around my face is grey white, totally lost

[@valerievalois6263]

Kackie, Mel Thompson just reached out to Sydney Grace and asked if they’d be interested in a collab with her resulting in my favourite eyeshadow palette of all time, Tiny Marvels. Please reach out to them, a SGXkackie bedroom eye browns palette, instant interstellar hit! Please do it ❤☺️

[@KatherineCutrufello]

When you started singing the log song I freaking lost it! I love you and your chaos, it’s perfect. Never change!

[@catetanenbaum2418]

More of these videos pllllllease!! Understanding the why behind looks is so so helpful and your art school training I think eeally helps you explain the nuance well!

[@maple_star]

Great demo! As a makeup artist, I have changed lives with this concept. It only gets more interesting as we get older and we “need” more colour. Add some grey hair and we have a whole new equation ♥️

[@betty4gators]

Okay I am almost 60 yrs old been loving makeup since I was like 14 and thought I knew it all then I watch your video. I learned so much!! I am guessing your background as an artist helped your explanation - it was almost like I was back in art class in college but for my face not a canvas. Your detailed enthusiastic tutorial is so appreciated. It is late I am about to hit shower and bed but can not wait to do my makeup tomorrow with your tips!

[@MariaLuckyxo]

I was intrigued by the title of this video and I admit I thought it would be clickbait but it's not:) This is a great explanation on contrast and understanding contrast in make up choices. I'd love to see more videos on the concept either further explaining it or reiterating the basics explained here.

[@kackie]

Absolutely!!

[@PamelaH_HappyVibes]

I’m adding this video to my favorites! You are so awesome at explaining these things. I wish I could just see it like you do! Thank you! By the way, if you did a eyeshadow collab with any brand, it would sell out in seconds! I love Bella Beaute Bar and Sydney Grace formula. lol

[@kackie]

🥹🥹🥹❤️❤️❤️

[@missmayflower]

I had Snow White colouring when I was young, so I’ve been really adrift trying to do makeup with my now white hair.

[@ashleyheggi]

Fantastic 👏🏼 you have taught me SO MUCH about color theory, low/high contrast, makeup art math, and many other things and I can wholeheartedly say that it has taken my enjoyment of makeup to the next level (and I already loved it!) and given me so much more confidence in applying makeup to MY face. You're the bestest, keep it coming! ❤🙏🏼

[@melissahainz8851]

I love this! One of the most interesting tutorials I've seen in awhile! And so applicable as a higher contrast (dark hair, pale face, pink undertones) that is aging into lower contrast (grey-white hair, still pale and pinkish). Colors look different on me now

[@monica.banatean]

Yes yes yes to the bedroom eyes palette!!! I don't care if the brand you collaborate with doesn't ship to the EU, I WILL FIND A WAY TO GET MY HANDS ON IT 😎

[@Titeabi]

IT FINALLY MAKES SENSE!! I am a very typical French girl and I am so damn high contrast 😂 pale with very dark brown hair, no wonder why the red lip is the thing that works best on me! Funny enough, I always felt the need to add nude or pink with my a dark brown eye look and I could never explain why - but how you approach it makes total sense now as to why I was doing it! And finally - the hair story is so real - back when I dried my hair super blond I had to change my wardrobe colours, and the red or pink lip looked completely different, I had to use different shades. Thank you for sharing your knowledge ❤

[@elizabethlo9626]

I’ve been binging your videos and aside from the beauty content, which is phenomenal, you’re an extremely great communicator. I feel like you’re made for public speaking. This video is brilliant and so helpful. Does contrast also encompass the prominence of your features? For example, I’m Asian and have a flatter face (small eyes, non-prominent nose bridge, etc) so I assume I’m low contrast? The smallest amount of makeup looks so glam on me

[@gigracer]

I went from blonde to deep purple. I suddenly looked like an egg, because I’m a low contrast girlie. As soon as my hair was dyed for the first time I went and got my eyebrows and lashes tinted darker to give me back some definition. Now I just fill in my brows with a mid-dark brown pencil and it looks good. It was very interesting to see how much my makeup changed to bring contrast back into my face.

[@kackie]

Yes!!! So I was blonde for...ever. And I dyed my hair pink briefly, and was shocked that I needed to wear LOWER contrast makeup because I had actually brought my hair closer to my skin tone. It's wild when you start to see it that way!

[@alieninthewindow5566]

Ive got natural black hair and very pale skin & green eyes, i do goth makeup everyday for like 30 plus years.....and i dyed my hair lighter mahogany red and enjoyed the pink lipsticks but i just felt odd like its not me, something was off... i missed wearing red lipstick and all my usual makeup,i used when i had black hair looked different. So im happy i went back to my jet black hair as i look like myself. And im definitely high contrast, compared to when i wore red mahogany hair it kind of made my makeup muted, nude and it didnt suit me. New subscriber ❤

[@mandyhackman9740]

Oooo I need the 2.0 of this! I’m low contrast with intense cheekbones and stuff, so I go glam really quick, but sometimes I need to be onstage but look “chill” or “nice” and I can’t figure out how to be visible with stage light but also look- uh, friendly 😝.

[@Trenchant468]

Sheesh, you know your stuff. I’m a senior who rarely bothered or learned much about make-up. I’m def. low contrast and look awful in photos if I have no make-up, but never want to look glam. I think I need help.

[@hazelito3931]

This was sooooo helpful to me and clearly demonstrated why high contrast is such a struggle for me, especially as I get older. Now I understand why just the barest lipstick looks like a nice pink or red on my low contrast face, while strong colors strongly applied make me look like a clown! Thank you so much!!

[@lovetolove011]

Thank you for the video Kackie, I’m still having a hard time understanding what to do? But I can try to explain what I’ve learned. So basically if you are high contrast, dark hair and light skin you can get away with more intense colors, if you are low contrast light skin and light hair you can’t as easily get away with bolder colors?

[@ip9137]

I always had hard time with red liquid lipstick. It always gave me clown makeup face. The best way to wear a red lip for me is always wearing it like lip stain from bullet lipstick dabbed a little bit. It somehow looks glamorous and effortless at the same time.

[@doeeyes2]

See im the opposite. If i do that it just looks like a drank some red gatorade as a kid (and not in a good way). I look much better with a very defined red lip, kinda like Taylor Swift i guess.

[@Ida-Adriana]

Maybe you have double lip line?!

[@ip9137]

@@doeeyes2 Yes makes total sense 😍. It can be so beautiful on some people.

[@mediocrebankai]

This is why the popular nude lip lip colors always made me look dead even though I was very fair! I have black hair, eyebrows, and eyes I always found that a shade like rum raisin from revlon (a reddish plum brown) dabbed on my lips always made my face look right but its not a traditional nude color. It took me forever to figure it out too 😂

[@ParticularlyChar]

I know you said you prefer low contrast on you but I still remember how amazing you made Liza look on your (Lisa Eldridge liquid lurex). I think I’m just a sucker for a dramatic eye. Over commenting out of excitement.

[@LGCblessed]

OMG you're fantastic! I've been watching (a lot) of beauty content here on KZbin for years now and I love that I recently came across your channel and I can't stop watching your videos and having all those "light bulb" moments lol I'm 58 years old and I love how unique your content is and how enthusiastic you come across teaching these precious fundamentals that nobody else does (at least I've never seen it) so just wanna say I appreciate you a lot! Watching this particular video reminded me a stupid makeup class I took over 3 decades ago and I was selected from the classroom to be on the makeup artist chair for him to apply makeup on my face and two other girls. So, once he was finished someone from the audience asked why does she look so different before and after and the other two don't? I thought to myself that's because I don't have facial features that stand out like blue eyes or whatever but now I know why thanks you to! I have dark brown hair and almost black hair and pale skin and not highly pigmented lips soooooo now I know 😄

[@valariebrown3768]

Goodness. Went from a medium ash brown to a medium red brown, and suddenly EVERYTHING changed. My skin looked like the right color, my eyes were GREEN, not hazel, and all my makeup was WRONG. So were my clothes. I loved being a red head. I felt gorgeous. Now I am gray and everything changed again. Not bad, just learning new colors to use as I age, more neutral, desaturated, but still rich, and I treat myself to more expensive brands.

[@KChrisWatching]

I enjoyed that demonstration. I have similar products and look forward to darkening my hair to make the look work better. I went on the L’Oreal website and you can try on a look for hair color. The results surprised me-normally thought a cool color looked better on me until I tried a golden brown. Will do low lights and stay closer to my low contrast self-no red lip for me!

[@HollyG6]

This is brilliant and important make-up and color science

[@RavenMeer]

So after 60 odd years on the planet I now think I understand when the in store demo women get all panicey when I ask for a make over and they back away with fear in their eyes and say Your skin is so perfect you dont need anything ... and I knew that was code for "I dont think I can do something you will be happy with" I think it's that I have a very low contrast face. Thank you. that gives me somewhere to start from now.

[@gemrad87]

Yes, yes, yes, yes, YES!!! For me, personally, any & every lip color looks more flattering on me when I add a hint of Revlon’s Just Bitten Kissable Balm Stain in Sweetheart to the inside of my lips, and a touch on the center of my bottom lip. It’s the perfect contrast, for me. 👌🏼 The balancing act!

[@aristac9257]

I know i am low contrast and i know colors that are a bad idea for me (because i don’t get how to build). I just keep it simple but it would be fun to really “get” it.

[@jacqsbackyard1562]

That 'brown' lip turning red was CRAZY! Such a great video. ❤

[@pheart2381]

When I started going grey my eyebrows faded and I almost disappeared. Then I started dyeing my eyebrows and wearing a slightly richer tone of lipstick and suddenly I was back. Still a cool tone lipstick but a deeper shade of rose.

[@yensid4294]

It's so cool to hear another artist/painter using art terminolgy like edges, contrast, etc & demonstrating saturation & contrast in such a visual comparative way.

[@angiesanchez238]

I am low contrast. I have gray hair, light-medium complexion with neutral undertones and I have lots of freckles (💖) all over my face. I had natural curly hair which I loved but I no longer have. I am a cancer survivor. I was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Onstage 4. I had total hair loss and now is growing back. However, is growing back completely different. It is growing back straight, fine, thin and I have no idea what to do with it. I was just able to do a ponytail less than half an inch with bobbi pins on both sides. 🤷🏻‍♀️ Oh, my eyebrow hairs have not grown back. They are very thin with no tails!!!😮 I can't concentrate on the negatives, I am too blessed to be upset! 🤗 I want to thank you for your channel. You always make your videos interesting and informative. I appreciate it. See you in your next video!🤗🙌🏽💖🙏🏽🐶💯✌🏽

[@kackie]

Thank you so much for being here! I'm so glad you are a survivor!! 🥹🥹

[@angiesanchez238]

@@kackie No, thank you! I enjoy your channel very much. You always make me smile. I love that you are like me, you think outside of the box which is why you get my attention. Keep being you Kackie! You are making a difference in our lives and for that, I thank you Sweetie. 🤗

[@calathea81]

This is probably the best makeup video I’ve ever seen, or at least really high up there. I absolutely suck at analyzing my own complexion but you provided so many tools to play with to help me figure out how to adapt things to myself.

[@tropicalladyj8033]

Really informative! Thanks for sharing!🦋 I really have to be careful with color. I’m very fair complected and most browns and reds pull instant traffic cone on me😂 I even use a blue pigment mix in from L.A. Girl with my foundation to keep it from going orange. Contrast, undertone and temperature are so important to create the right look for your skin tone. Excellent info! Thank you!