The Tortured Makeup Department | Soft Romantic Looks Inspired by Taylor Swift’s New Album

[@aaronrdomanais]

you need to do every era! i feel like each album cycle has their own looks and aesthetics, from literal makeup looks from interviews, photoshoots, actual lyrics, or their MUA's work. i know it'll be a lot of work and research but the swifties will literally watch anything, i hope it will be good for your youtube channel

[@matildaonvideo]

Ooh I love this concept Aaron! I've never thought about going back and exploring her previous makeup eras on my channel because Taylor has been so busy putting out new work 😅👏 but I'll definitely have a think about this! Thank you for the suggestion x

[@amandaspeaks5076]

Love this idea!

[@Dragonflyathena]

Agreed. ❤

[@jessicasmith645]

omg I love this idea!!

[@FtBelle]

I’m not a Swiftie, but I always watch your videos to learn about new brands and products. You do such a great job of curating products.

[@matildaonvideo]

Thank you so much! I really appreciate you watching and taking the time to leave such kind words 🥰 x

[@jeannettefranco5487]

Same, not a Swiftie, but love everything you do!

[@matildaonvideo]

@@jeannettefranco5487 Thank you Jeannette 🥹❤ x

[@Claire-f]

Beautiful! This color story immediately brought to mind Lisa Eldridge velvet Decade patted on as a stain. Perfect for a tortured poet. Loved this lineup!

[@matildaonvideo]

Thank you Claire! Excellent suggestion, you definitely understand the assignment 😉🤎 x

[@לוטםפלד-כהן]

I'm honestly such a fan of yours. Your videos make me calmer, happier, and curious. Almost everything I bought as per your recommendation worked wonders for me (pretty much everything apart from the Merit bronzer balm). Your aesthetic is gorgeous and you're just basically doing a wonderful job.

[@matildaonvideo]

Oh my gosh, this comment is too much for me to handle! You've absolutely made my Monday (if not the entire week ahead too). Thank you so much for the kind words and encouragement 🥹❤️ It means more than I can say! x

[@cunninglilcutie]

I would LOVE to see the folklore vs evermore makeup aesthetics side by side, kinda like how you did the two aspects of ttpd in this video, especially since we’re transitioning into fall in the us right now that would be so fun!!!

[@criscarvalho4426]

This whole palette is just *chef kiss*, I swear the day Taylor decides to make her own makeup brand the beauty world will never be the same

[@matildaonvideo]

She holds so much power Cris, imagine the panic if she announced her own brand! 😂💄 I'm just hoping for an official Pat McGrath collab one day x

[@dokidash7052]

I kinda don't think so, she's only known for her red lips, eyeliner and that's it

[@katflannigan3958]

you will ALWAYS be my favorite makeup channel! your descriptions are equal parts poetic and helpful, and there’s nothing more comforting than sitting down to watch one of your videos. i’ve found many favorites from your channel, specifically merit beauty, and i hope you never stop doing what you do. happy tortured poets release! ❤

[@ufolandings]

Finally I can go into my "wilted rose" mood because I prefer to wear makeup that reflects my mood more than the weather. But I think this color palette will be fun to mimic with my current makeup collection (on a no-buy!). It's been a hot minute since I've watched your new videos but summer break allows me to binge all I've missed yippee!

[@cosmic_lotus_eater]

The whole colour mood is a Soft Summer's wet dream!!!

[@vadal4043]

Very clever theme, Matilda! Always love seeing your picks!!

[@matildaonvideo]

Thank you Vada! 🥰 x

[@conniethi]

So inspired by this esthetic! "Wilting roses" immediately brought to mind the color description "ashes of roses" from the book The Thornbirds. Love it!

[@matildaonvideo]

Thank you so much Connie! 🥰🥀 x

[@yssarmaine]

I love LE velvet cinnabar! Such a perfect browny muted red lipstick!

[@matildaonvideo]

Trust Lisa to come up with such a beautiful nuanced red! Glad you enjoy it too Areamin 😍💄 x

[@peachorchard9109]

I love the Chanel lipstick you swatched! Perfect for this album’s colour story 🤍🩶

[@matildaonvideo]

It's stunning Erika! Such a perfect fit 😍 x

[@cinnagirl_0714]

Idk about you guys but Dior lip oil in rosewood and the summer Fridays lip oil in rosewood nights are so tortured poets department coded

[@thelagrandeurmethod2686]

Was so looking forward to this video and it did not disappoint! Very tortured, very poetic! I had very similar makeup visions! Dusty rose, muted colors. Mauve, wilted flower like colors. Vintage berries or vampy reds blotted out to a nice berry faint stain on the lips. And of course the occasional splashes of white, grey, beige. A great video as always from a fellow tortured poet’s department member ✨🤍🫶🤍✨

[@matildaonvideo]

Ohh I can tell you've been spending a lot of time working at the Department since the album came out as well 😄👏 Perfect makeup descriptions! Thank you so much x

[@bowietran5857]

Woah, I can’t believe I’m seeing this right after picking up the chanel 04:00 lipstick today! It’s a beautiful shade along with Romand dark coconut :)

[@matildaonvideo]

Wow, perfect timing Bowie! Hope you enjoy it 😍💄 x

[@brionyc]

What a great, unique idea! Loved this (as I always do ❤) xxx

[@matildaonvideo]

Thank you so much Briony! 🥰 x

[@UnfinishedCadenza]

Matilda! Your darker lip choices are SPOT on with my aesthetic. I've had Rom&nd's Dark Coconut and Lisa's Velvet Cinnabar on my wishlist for ages. And now that Chanel lipstick is just CALLING my name too... ugh, the struggle! My favorite song off the album is I Look In People's Windows. The lyrics in that song are absolutely devastating to me. I would LOVE to see a Reputation-themed makeup video! Reputation is my favorite album and the style I went for during the Eras concert!

[@matildaonvideo]

So glad the dark shades were right up your street Freya! And great to see you giving the second half of the album some love, I'm enjoying I Look In People's Windows too 🤍 x

[@RebeccaJackson-u1e]

I love the way u have done this colour story, just gorgeous. Sunkissed cool is beautiful and also the Victoria Beckham stick blush is a stunning colour just Devine!!!! 😊 I love this collection of make up ❤

[@matildaonvideo]

Thank you so much Rebecca! So glad you enjoyed the colour theme 🥰 (I've noticed you catching up on some of my old videos too - apologies that I haven't had time to get back to those comments, but I really appreciate your support!) x

[@mistresslara]

Loved so many of these suggestions! That plummy Nars has immediately gone on my wish list. I followed your smokey over flushed eye colour idea and put Wisdom over Vision (both Trinny) and got a great hazy colour. I'd also put Ilia's MultiStick in my recommendations; At Last is a lovely dusty rose and A Fine Romance is more berry - one for each soft and edgy vibe categories ❤

[@allisonliben2086]

When you were talking about the blushes I was thinking of the line “and I’m just getting color back into my face” from So Long, London

[@prachiverma2605]

Matilda, I LOVED THIS EDIT 😍. Kindly do not hold back on the rep tv edit otherwise I'd be down bad crying at the gym and please do tell me about your favourite tracks mine are 'down bad' , 'fresh out the slammer' and 'I can do it with a broken heart'

[@sophiemazal]

loving all of these products! i was wondering of you could do taylor eras tour look that she wears on stage! the bold red lip, base that lasts for ages and gorgeous eyeliner that did not smudge off the whole show! i was also wondering if you could cover setting spray and setting powders for everyday and full glam, would love to know your insight! thanks again Matilda! all the best xx

[@matildaonvideo]

Thank you Sophie! Ooh I wish we had the full details for her Eras Tour look, it's stunning. I'm particularly obsessed with the pink sparkly eyeshadow! I think some Pat McGrath products were rumoured to be used but I haven't seen official confirmation or a product breakdown. My version of 'full glam' is still very minimal, but when I want my makeup to last longer, I love Charlotte Tilbury's Airbrush Flawless Setting Spray and BY TERRY's Hyaluronic Hydra-Powder. I used both recently when I went to a wedding, I've been meaning to recap that look in a video soon! 🤍 x

[@itssarahbeth]

Have wanted to try a merit single shadow and that shade social is gorgeous, also love your nails! 💅

[@matildaonvideo]

Thank you Sarah Beth! My nail polish shade is always listed in the description box if you're ever interested ☺️💅 x

[@SKast89]

This is pure art

[@matildaonvideo]

Wow, thank you! 😘🖼️ x

[@Kat-VT]

You’ve captured this era so well, Matilda 🥀 I think the new Augustinus Bader tinted balm in collaboration with Sofia Coppola in shade 3 would fit this colour palette too! Would totally love to see you do this type of video for TSwift’s other eras too 🥰

[@matildaonvideo]

Thank you Kat! I just saw those tinted balms in an email over the weekend, and shade 3 was the one that jumped out at me. Very tempting! 😍 x

[@SunshineCity317]

I love the Milk Enigma blush! I also recently picked up the Natasha Denona I Need a Nude palette and I’m in LOVE!! I pair it with Bobbi Brown crushed lip in Blue Raspberry or KVD in Queen of Poisons

[@matildaonvideo]

Glad you're enjoying that shade too Sarah! Ooh don't tempt me, I've had my eye on that palette for a while 😍 x

[@soranishioka6102]

Just wanted to say I love your videos so much! Your voice is so relaxing 💕 ✨

[@matildaonvideo]

Thank you Sora, so kind of you to say! That means so much 🥰 x

[@robynstype]

Hey! I would love an updated one-and-done shadows video. I’m a new mom looking for easy, time-saving makeup.

[@matildaonvideo]

Hi Robyn! Thank you, adding this topic to my filming list a little later in the year. And congratulations, hope your new chapter is going well! 🥰 x

[@floriebethbuncab5796]

I didn't have makeup visions while listening to the album, I was too busy crying😂 I did have vision of a lovely sundress unbuttoned while she's singing but daddy i love him😂

[@matildaonvideo]

The video has only been up for just over an hour but I'm ready to call it - this comment is the winner Floriebeth 😂😭 x

[@NazRiot-g8w]

Criminally underrated comment

[@kirstyhepworth7343]

Got to love a good eye shadow pallet

[@matildaonvideo]

Absolutely Kirsty 😄🎨 x

[@kirstyhepworth7343]

@@matildaonvideo 👍

[@michellehoggan90]

Loved this, so creative and fun. Thanks!

[@matildaonvideo]

Thank you Michelle! 🥰 x

[@Lowriaa]

Gosh, I’d love to find that Bakeup palette in NZ! You could say I’m Down Bad for it…But loved the whole aesthetic!

[@pattorelli3451]

Great clothes! Hope you are enjoying your vacation and happy anniversary 😊

[@matildaonvideo]

Hi Pat! Whoops, I think this comment might have been meant for someone else's video (sounds like it must be a lovely anniversary trip though, lucky things!) ☺️ x

[@teresaglina]

That trinny london shadow wow

[@matildaonvideo]

It's a beauty Teresa! So nice to see your name pop up here ☺️👋 x

[@tori.shalee]

I've had Down Bad, My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys, and Guilty As Sin? on repeat for weeks! Also love imgonnagetyouback and the Alchemy!

[@june7rose]

All I know is it's all perfect for a soft autumn.

[@matildaonvideo]

Yes! 👏🍂 Very interested to find out my season x

[@avalonzukowski7571]

I love this colour story.

[@matildaonvideo]

Thank you Avalon! 🥰🎨 x

[@vi8541]

I was instantly taken to Lisa Eldridge's Muse (the velvet, velveteen, gloss, pencil, and eyeshadow palette) and Velvet Sorcery.

[@Dragonflyathena]

This was lovely, so well done. ❤

[@matildaonvideo]

Thank you so much Jennie! 🥰 x

[@kristaw206]

TTPD has got me hooked on like a Victorian/yet also somehow 1920s aesthetic since Fortnight came out!

[@matildaonvideo]

Verrry Victorian vibe Krista! 😍🥀 x

[@conejitaaa]

Hey Matilda! Just wanted to way I've never truly felt comfortable in blush but i recently picked up the Armani Beauty luminous silk glow blush in the shade 50 Euphoric and OMG. It is absolutely beautiful 🥰

[@matildaonvideo]

Hi Willow! So happy to hear you've found your dream blush 🥰👏 (just saw someone applying the shade and it looks like it fits this soft romantic vibe perfectly!) x

[@bethrivka68]

Such a creative video. I loved it.

[@matildaonvideo]

Thank you so much Beth! 🥰 x

[@tonibaena7046]

I do love these colours! 👏👏😍😍

[@matildaonvideo]

Thank you Toni, great to hear! ❤️ x

[@sray1144]

What a creative video, refreshing and fun to watch! ❤

[@matildaonvideo]

Thank you! So glad you enjoyed it ☺️🤎 x

[@aiyame]

I'm so in love with this color story! 🥰 What's your favorite track (or top 3 if you can't choose just one) from the album?

[@matildaonvideo]

Thank you Ira! Oh gosh, it changes every day. Guilty as Sin? is definitely my number one, followed by Fortnight and Who's Afraid of Little Old Me? and Fresh Out The Slammer and imgonnagetyouback and The Black Dog and Tortured Poets... and all of the rest! 😂🤍 What about you? x

[@AnkV]

What do you think of Romand Fudge Blur tint in Musky or Radwood? I think dead autumnal leaves can also be very moody and fit TTPD mood

[@matildaonvideo]

Great call Anca! I swatched Musky in a Korean Beauty video last year and have had Radwood on my YesStyle wishlist too 😍 x

[@leecriselmaxinep.7110]

I would love to see a Nail Polish video dedicated to Taylor's eras (now TTPD just released)

[@matildaonvideo]

Ooh that could be fun! A TTPD inspired nail polish reel is coming to my Instagram soon though, stay tuned 💅 x

[@visabel92]

Girl did you went through my makeup bag? It has everything I love and have. 😍

[@matildaonvideo]

We're on the same wavelength Victoria! ☺️👏 x

[@carolina7306]

SO excited for this 😊

[@matildaonvideo]

That makes me SO happy Carolina! 🥰 x

[@sidneygeorge1899]

Loved this video Matilda!! Also loved the chatsandreacts shoutout. Bonnie and Emily always come through with each album release. 🫶🏻🤍

[@matildaonvideo]

Thank you Sidney! No new Taylor era is complete without Bonny and Emily, I get SO excited to watch everything they upload 😍👏 x

[@meenalaregina7770]

Hi! How are you? I did not listen to the album but I think the @lancome Idôle Tint in 02 is a great fit to the colour scheme. I ❤ it! I have medium skin and I colour wash on my eyelid to brighten the area with coolness without assaulting it with unapologetic lilac. I love it! Thd formula stays out, does not migrate into the crease and is romantic. I bought it on Friday… such a good buy!

[@matildaonvideo]

Hi Meena! I'm well thanks, how are you? Ooh what a great suggestion! I've had my eye on those tints since they launched, I love the look of the shade range. Still haven't found them in store to swatch though 👀 x

[@wendiglenn9178]

Please make a renewed one and done eye shadow video.

[@matildaonvideo]

Message received Wendi, thank you! Adding it to my filming list 😄👀 x

[@kristenparisi2578]

Buying everything in this video 🙏🏼

[@matildaonvideo]

So glad you loved this colour scheme Kristen! Thank you for watching 🥰 x

[@jennytam9704]

Love your videos! I know you've gotten into kbeauty so you could do a video inspired by kpop idols maybe? I don't wanna come off demanding but it totally fits with these videos you do since kpop is so conceptual! Yuqi of Gidle had a look she did recently with color that are completely up your alley! Plus she's the ambassador for a brand called Into You and I love their products so maybe you could also do a video on cbeauty? I've been watching you for a while so this is all just a suggestion but I love your videos!

[@matildaonvideo]

Thank you Jenny! I'll have to check out Yuqi's look, what should I search for in particular to find it? I have a couple of Korean stars on my list for future Celebrity Makeup Bag episodes so hopefully I can gather enough information on them in my research! ☺️👍 x

[@LilaKotaki]

Not a bit fan of Taylor’s new album (found the tracks a bit repetitive) but love the aesthetic and the colour mood is perfectly spot on! I would also include Bobbi Brown’s crushed lip colour in Blackberry (my personal fave), I think it would match the theme! ❤

[@matildaonvideo]

Great shade suggestion Lila, Blackberry is made to be part of this colour story! 👏 x

[@river8760]

Pretty! ❤

[@matildaonvideo]

Thank you! 😘 x

[@AfterFivepm]

Life is too short to pretend you don't like Taylor Swift or never secretly sang to You Belong With Me in the car 😛 Lol JK, but thanks Matilda! Love this.

[@matildaonvideo]

Haha I love that attitude Zira! That's the spirit 😂👏 So glad you enjoyed this, thank you x

[@0910ruffy]

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[@matildaonvideo]

Thank you for watching! ☺️ x

[@shannarafryer3111]

Hi I’m early !

[@matildaonvideo]

Thank you Shannara! 😘 x

[@FlowerPower-cf2fp]

Taupey

[@matildaonvideo]

Yes! Taupe feels perfect for this album's aesthetic 🤎 x

[@DrTaid]

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[@matildaonvideo]

Ah yes, I see you've used the stethoscope emoji here to symbolise the lyrics in You're Losing Me and So Long, London 👏 x

[@maryambatool-kf2iz]

Hey there! I am an old follower from another account and I saw you speak and fund for austrailian wildfire. But I did not see you talk about an active genocide that has been going on. You need to speak for Palestinians who have been massacred by IDF

[@Fouloulle]

A higher level of clickbait :)

[@matildaonvideo]

Not sure how this is clickbait? The topic of the video 'soft romantic looks inspired by Taylor Swift' is in the title 😄 Feeling inspired by her new album at the moment! x

[@Fouloulle]

@@matildaonvideo That's why it's click bait of a higher level! Make a random video, link in to the most searched thing in the Internet... Genius !

[@JLOrenstein]

I am NOT a SWIFTIE ewwww

[@matildaonvideo]

No need for 'ewww' - there's plenty of makeup inspiration here whether you're a listener or not! 😄💄 x

[@JustMe-px9qy]

This was just odd. I don’t understand your theme. Why is this tortured makeup?

[@matildaonvideo]

I explain everything in the video! This colour story is based on Taylor Swift's new album which is called The Tortured Poets Department. I drew inspiration from the vivid imagery in her lyrics and the aesthetic of the album 🤍 x

[@JustMe-px9qy]

@@matildaonvideo - I’m not familiar with Taylor’s music so I was totally lost. This video wasn’t my favorite format but for the most part…I really enjoy your work.

[@lynngouveia3508]

Omg , we’re now integrating her into random makeup products 😧😩🤔?!?!?! ENOUGH of Taylor Swift already and let’s give it a rest 🙄🤦‍♀️🤨!!!!

[@matildaonvideo]

Sad to hear you couldn't enjoy this one Lynn! I feel so inspired by Taylor's work and the vivid imagery and colour stories she creates through her songwriting, so it felt like a perfect combo to me ☺️💄 x

[@karenlarge9622]

Just tryed nudestix nude peach on your reccomendation and was not dissapiinted.❤ from England.

[@matildaonvideo]

Happy to hear that Karen, thank you! Perfect for spring in England. Enjoy! ☺️🍑 x

[@NancyDriscoll-m4s]

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