A CATFISH has left people stunned after showcasing her incredible makeover, with the after “screaming British make-up”.
Cariad is no stranger to making jaws drop with her transformations, and regularly shares videos on her social media pages.
But after being inundated with requests from followers, Cariad returned to TikTok to share her “catfish 101” video – an in-depth tutorial about how she achieves the different looks.
She began with instant tan on her neck and chest, as she said “instant tan makes your make-up look better”.
Cariad then went in with some contouring on her nose – an optional step but one she said is good to “add some colour” to the visage.
She also used the cream bronzer to line underneath her eyebrow, before using a concealer to spot conceal any problem areas.
For her eyes, Cariad used the P Louise chocolate palette, which gives a full coverage effect due to having both creams and powders in it.
“If you love a brown smoky eye, this will be your staple,” she noted.
With a big fluffy eyeshadow brush, she took the light brown warm shade and ran it all over the areas she’d already put the cream bronzer.
She then used a smaller fluffy brush and went in with the darker brown shade – dragging it down the side of her nose and using it to “carve out” the cut crease on her eyes.
Cariad continued her “foolproof” make-up routine by setting her eyelid with a bit of powder.
With any excess left on the brush, she then blended out the eyeshadow “really softly”.
[bc_video account_id=”5067014667001″ application_id=”” aspect_ratio=”16:9″ autoplay=”” caption=”I’m a proud catfish and love the Noughties look – trolls say I’m ‘giving chav’ when my make up is all on but I love it” embed=”in-page” experience_id=”” height=”100%” language_detection=”” max_height=”360px” max_width=”640px” min_width=”0px” mute=”” padding_top=”56%” picture_in_picture=”” player_id=”default” playlist_id=”” playsinline=”” sizing=”responsive” video_id=”6365578718112″ video_ids=”” width=”640px”]Next up, she took a small detailing brush and used some dark brown eyeshadow in the areas she would be putting her winged eyeliner – as the trick helps to “disguise” where the false lashes attach.
The next step was Cariad taking an eyeliner pencil, to do a tight line and water line, and winging it out a little bit, before adding mascara and false lashes.
Once she was done with the eyes, Cariad moved onto the base.
To prep the skin, she used a rich moisturiser before she started “under painting” with a bronzing cream duo.
Explaining why she uses such a lot of bronzer on her forehead, Cariad explained: “I hate the size of my forehead and contouring it makes it seem a lot smaller, in my mind.”
She urged people to “go heavy handed” when underpainting, as everything else that’s put on top ends up “sheering it out”.
Next, Cariad applied her foundation, as she said that in order to get the perfect full coverage finish, you need to use brushes to apply rather than a beauty blender.
Once the foundation was on, she went in with cream bronzer and blush over the areas she’d already applied it.
She also used a lighter concealer rather than a highlighter in the areas she wanted to be lighter, such as under her eyes and her cheekbones.
With an angle fluffy brush, Cariad blended all the concealer out to ensure it looked “seamless”.
[quote credit=”TikTok commenter”]I swear UK make-up might just be the best out there[/quote]She then set her forehead and under eyes with some powder, before going in with more cream bronzer and blusher, and then more powder blusher and bronzer on the top.
Setting spray was next, which “melted” everything together, before Cariad began setting the rest of her face.
She started by doing under her eyes – one at a time – before going “around” her face, in all the areas she’d used the concealer.
More blush followed, before Cariad’s “favourite” step – using Mac’s Gold Deposit to inject some “life” back into the look.
She used an eyeliner to put some “freckles” on her face, to give the illusion that the make-up hadn’t been “cemented” on, and did her lips, which completed the transformation.
People quickly took to the comments section to weigh in on Cariad’s makeover, with one writing: “This screams UK make-up!”
“Are you British by chance?” another asked.
“No thank you, I live in America,” a third remarked.
“This is soo UK!” someone else said.
“I miss 2016 make-up that was the best era, this gives that vibe to me,” another wrote.
“The word BRITISH!” someone else said.
“Only in UK,” another commented.
“So simple but so effective, I swear UK make-up might just be the best out there!” someone else insisted.