Recently, Vicki was over teaching me how to do a killer smokey eye (and winged eyeliner which requires mucho practice), and I asked her for some of her best makeup clean-up tips that I could share with our community members.

I’ve learned a lot along the way and I supplement what I learn with some Goss makeup videos. I’ve taken a few makeup lessons with Vicki Millar, a professional makeup artist, to help me learn how to do my makeup properly for camera work. If you’re a friend of mine, you’ll know that I’m a pretty casual girl and hardly wear makeup otherwise. Well, as time went on and I started doing more videos-alongside us getting an HD video camera-makeup quickly became a necessity! HD picks up every single flaw, so there’s some prep work required before you go on camera. I thought that there was no way I’d be able to pull that all off. While she was doing it, I was just fascinated by all the products and tools she was using. I had my makeup done for my wedding and the artist did a KILLER job. I mean, I wore mascara, eyeliner, eyeshadow every now and then, and lipstick for special occasions.

And funny enough, before I got into to doing videos, I really didn’t have much interest in heavy makeup. Makeup looks pretty but leaves a pretty sizable mess behind.

Diy mac brush cleaner