Classically Abby - February 20, 2020


DOING MY OPERA FRIEND'S BRIDAL MAKEUP! ｜｜ Classic orange makeup look


Episode Stats

Length

23 minutes

Words per Minute

175.86685

Word Count

4,061

Sentence Count

339

Misogynist Sentences

7

Hate Speech Sentences

1


Summary

Amanda Nelson is getting married this year and I am a bridesmaid! We chat about her vision for her wedding, how she met her fianc Justin, how they met and fell in love, and how they ended up together.


Transcript

00:00:00.000 Hello, beautiful ladies, and welcome to today's video where we're going to be doing my lovely friend Amanda Nelson's wedding makeup.
00:00:09.140 So, Amanda is getting married this year. It's very exciting, and I am a bridesmaid.
00:00:14.520 So, can you tell us a little bit about what your vision is for your wedding?
00:00:17.920 Oh, gosh.
00:00:19.120 I know, it's so hard to do it for yourself.
00:00:21.040 Oh, people ask me this all the time. What's the theme to your wedding? What are your colors?
00:00:25.380 And I'm like, I don't really have one.
00:00:27.980 Well, what color are the bridesmaids wearing?
00:00:31.100 So, if you've followed her on Instagram, you will notice that my favorite color is burnt orange and those rustic colors.
00:00:38.120 So, my bridesmaids are going to be wearing burnt orange.
00:00:41.560 Yes.
00:00:41.760 Smoker.
00:00:42.440 Yes.
00:00:43.380 And, so, from what we've talked about, we've done kind of some trial runs for her makeup.
00:00:49.060 We decided we're going to try and do an exaggerated kind of burnt orange smokey eye.
00:00:54.260 Yeah.
00:00:54.620 Yeah, but with a bridal touch, because there's going to be some very pretty shimmer.
00:01:00.220 Yes.
00:01:00.780 Super cool.
00:01:01.900 And we're just going to chat and do her makeup, and you guys can get to know Amanda a little bit.
00:01:07.280 So, let's hop in.
00:01:09.020 Let's get started.
00:01:09.720 So, we're going to start off by using the Boccia Porefecting White Charcoal Mattifying Treatment Primer.
00:01:15.760 Amanda likes a matte look, and I think that's a good call for your wedding day.
00:01:21.280 Trying to do something that's dewy for your wedding day can really, like, it just is risky,
00:01:26.260 because it can come off a lot easier, whereas a matte look can usually stay all day.
00:01:31.280 So, that's a lot safer.
00:01:33.120 So, and I really like this primer.
00:01:37.600 So, can you tell us a little bit about how you and Justin met?
00:01:42.340 Oh, gosh.
00:01:42.880 So, my fiancé's name is Justin, and we are both opera singers by trade and profession,
00:01:52.300 and so it's kind of a funny story, because we met doing a gig a couple years ago in Miami.
00:02:01.280 We both went into this contract with no intention of meeting anyone or to be dating.
00:02:11.360 We were just like, this is strictly professional, and to build up network and resume and experience
00:02:16.960 and take it seriously.
00:02:18.380 We were very close.
00:02:19.320 As friends, like, nothing, quote, unquote, really happened, and it really didn't kind of dawn on us
00:02:24.680 that kind of feelings were there, until we had that kind of epiphany that was like,
00:02:31.540 oh, my gosh, the show's almost over.
00:02:33.560 Like, reality's going to come back in, and we're going to have to separate.
00:02:38.560 Right, and you're not going to be able to see each other.
00:02:39.800 Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:02:41.240 Sorry, just really quickly going to hop in.
00:02:42.880 I'm using a color corrector under the eyes.
00:02:45.320 This is the Revlon Photo Ready Color Correcting Pen.
00:02:48.420 You keep telling us.
00:02:49.460 Um, so one of the funny things is, um, about how we met is the fact that we both were raised
00:03:02.420 in Tennessee.
00:03:04.100 Which is so crazy.
00:03:05.780 Like, how did you never run into each other?
00:03:07.760 I don't know.
00:03:08.380 There were plenty of times that we totally could have crossed each other's paths.
00:03:12.260 Mm-hmm.
00:03:12.560 Um, but instead, we never met, we never had any crossing friendship circles or anything
00:03:19.560 like that, but the most hilarious thing about it all is the fact that he knew who my dad
00:03:25.980 was.
00:03:27.720 They knew each other before we even met.
00:03:30.980 That's so funny.
00:03:32.340 How did they know each other?
00:03:33.800 Sorry, I'm acting like I've never heard this story before.
00:03:35.920 I haven't heard parts of it, so the parts of it that I'm, like, acting like I don't know,
00:03:39.240 it's because I don't know.
00:03:40.100 Okay.
00:03:40.460 My dad plays in, um, an orchestra and a community band and all that.
00:03:45.760 So, this one concert that they did, um, they brought in singers as soloists, and one of
00:03:52.520 those singers was my now fiancé.
00:03:55.800 Oh my god, that's amazing.
00:03:57.220 And I remember my dad, it was probably, let's see, we met like two years ago.
00:04:04.560 So prior to that, it was probably three years before that.
00:04:07.920 Mm-hmm.
00:04:08.320 Um, and I remember him telling me about this, and I was like, okay, cool, I don't care.
00:04:12.320 So, when my parents came down for the performance, um, and Justin joined us for dinner one day,
00:04:21.660 and like, I just saw this moment that he had with my dad, like...
00:04:26.320 What?
00:04:28.060 What?
00:04:28.620 What's happening?
00:04:29.160 And that's when I found out that he was actually from Tennessee, because prior to that, I actually
00:04:33.560 didn't know.
00:04:34.420 So funny.
00:04:35.560 It was so bizarre.
00:04:36.720 So, how did you end up in opera?
00:04:39.560 Because, you know, the two of us, we are opera singers, which is a unique vocation.
00:04:44.880 Most people don't do that, so...
00:04:46.400 It's always fun to hear people's stories of how they ended up there.
00:04:49.500 And mine is so random, because I feel like the majority of, um, classical musicians in
00:04:57.420 general, um, especially as instrumentalists, because I actually started out as a classical
00:05:01.980 violinist, um, at a very young age.
00:05:04.700 So, kind of the name of the game is, you, you get a very early start and exposure to
00:05:11.300 that, and, um, that was not the case for me when it came to singing, because, um, I was
00:05:20.520 really big with my violin stuff, like I said, and then, um, with sports, I was in so many
00:05:28.040 different sports.
00:05:28.900 Yeah.
00:05:29.240 And so, I remember growing up and wanting to take vocal lessons, and for whatever reason,
00:05:37.360 um, I just never did.
00:05:39.940 It wasn't even until I was actually in undergrad already, um, that, I, I don't know, it was
00:05:48.520 kind of random, like out of the blue, that I started thinking about, um, trying to take
00:05:53.800 vocal lessons, because I was like, well, I'm not really doing violin anymore.
00:05:57.440 Yeah.
00:05:57.680 And, uh, I'm not playing sports, I had injured my back, so, that was pretty much out of the
00:06:04.200 question for me.
00:06:04.760 Right, right.
00:06:05.700 And so, I happened to find a teacher, um, no connection to the school I was at or anything,
00:06:12.040 but, uh, went to, to have a lesson, and I really had zero idea what I was getting into.
00:06:20.460 Um, but I remember not being interested in anything classical at all.
00:06:27.200 Like, he asked me, you know, what was kind of my ambition, like, what kind of style did
00:06:32.980 I want to learn, and I was thinking more of, like, musical theater and jazz, and kind of
00:06:38.540 more of the, the music of the masses, right, per se.
00:06:42.560 Um, I don't even remember what I sang, but I remember that it was only, like, four bars,
00:06:49.060 it's like four measures of something.
00:06:52.300 Right.
00:06:52.620 And he stopped me, and he was like, I'm sorry, but you just have a very natural, classical
00:06:56.840 voice.
00:06:58.400 And it kind of threw me for a loop, so I wasn't expecting it.
00:07:00.620 Right, you're like, what?
00:07:01.680 Yeah, and, um, it was one of those things where it was, like, just out of my depth enough that
00:07:08.740 and my bullheadedness didn't take control and be like, well, I don't care.
00:07:14.200 I want to do what I want.
00:07:16.280 But it wasn't until I sang my first aria, and, um, the difference between an aria and
00:07:24.640 an art song is basically that an aria is a solo from an opera, whereas an art song is just
00:07:31.460 a piece by itself.
00:07:33.400 Mm-hmm.
00:07:33.580 Um, so, when I sang my first aria, which was O Mio Bavino Caro, it was just like, it
00:07:40.860 clicked.
00:07:41.280 Yep.
00:07:41.680 And then I became obsessed.
00:07:43.340 And all that happened within about three months.
00:07:46.500 And, um, I was about 21.
00:07:50.440 So funny.
00:07:51.400 So that's really old.
00:07:53.120 I'm getting, like, first exposed to this.
00:07:56.400 Um, but I, I just became determined.
00:07:58.700 Yeah.
00:07:59.380 I mean, I guess I started late.
00:08:02.140 A lot of people think that I would start young, depending on who you ask, but I started
00:08:04.980 at 16, um, and I had friends when I started college who had been singing since they were
00:08:10.240 eight.
00:08:10.920 So, I know.
00:08:12.800 But to be fair, um, one interesting thing about singing is that starting too young may
00:08:17.280 not always be the best thing.
00:08:18.700 Mm-hmm.
00:08:19.220 Because your voice isn't really mature yet, and so you're trying to teach an instrument
00:08:23.180 that's not what it's going to end up being.
00:08:25.120 Yep.
00:08:25.800 And that can be difficult.
00:08:26.620 And that can be really difficult to break those habits.
00:08:28.860 And damaging.
00:08:29.500 Yes, depending on how you're taught.
00:08:32.180 Mm-hmm.
00:08:32.620 So, sometimes it's better to start when you're older.
00:08:34.720 It really just depends on the person.
00:08:36.000 Yeah.
00:08:36.180 What is your favorite production that you've ever participated in?
00:08:40.920 Oh, man.
00:08:42.200 Probably the favorite, my favorite production that I've done was when we did Ditsigona Baron.
00:08:47.020 Mm.
00:08:47.400 Um, because it's a Strauss opera.
00:08:50.480 And I love Strauss.
00:08:51.260 Um, but there's a lot of gypsies in it, and so we had a lot of dancing.
00:08:57.860 Even though I was just in the chorus, um, my colleagues who were in the chorus with me
00:09:05.280 were very big about, um, characterization, even though we weren't in the quote-unquote spotlight.
00:09:14.160 Also, Drew.
00:09:15.000 Oh, my gosh.
00:09:16.120 That is so fun.
00:09:17.320 He's a, Drew is our friend from Manhattan School of Music, and he is a great guy.
00:09:20.840 It was always spontaneous and, um, in the moment, and I, I just love acting with him.
00:09:27.560 Mm-hmm.
00:09:27.940 You just recently did a concert with your fiancé.
00:09:30.840 Oh, yeah, we did.
00:09:31.760 So that was pretty cool.
00:09:32.800 That was really cool.
00:09:34.160 We, um...
00:09:35.360 Because I'm definitely never going to do that with my husband.
00:09:38.480 He's not a singer.
00:09:39.300 You can eat mine!
00:09:40.820 It was super fun.
00:09:42.440 I'm a very big, I'm like Abby, and I'm a big planner and organizer and do everything
00:09:47.860 in the perfect thing, so finding out, um, the right music, um, was super fun for me,
00:09:54.460 and my fiancé was just like...
00:09:56.020 Oh, my gosh.
00:09:57.260 Right, like what do I do?
00:09:58.260 No, this is just too much.
00:10:00.460 I'm a coloratura, so...
00:10:03.720 So coloratura is like a voice type that moves super easily and does a lot of florid movement,
00:10:09.880 like, can you give an example?
00:10:11.480 Oh, my gosh.
00:10:11.960 I mean...
00:10:12.720 Oh, yeah.
00:10:14.340 That kind of thing.
00:10:15.020 Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
00:10:19.360 oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
00:10:20.040 Right.
00:10:20.220 And we're in...
00:10:20.880 And high stuff.
00:10:21.780 Stress here.
00:10:22.280 Yeah.
00:10:27.260 what I am is much more about like elongated phrases. So what we haven't done
00:10:32.120 yet because I haven't done the rest of her foundation and concealer is the
00:10:35.940 under eye, her eyebrows, or her inner corner highlight. So right now we just
00:10:40.700 have the lid done and we're gonna finish up the eyes when we're done with the
00:10:45.320 rest of the face. You can get fallout when you're doing a heavy smoky eye like
00:10:48.920 this if you're using blacks or even dark browns and on your wedding day you
00:10:53.420 really don't want to be trying to like fix mistakes after the fact. You'd rather
00:10:57.560 not have any mistakes at all. So we wait and do her foundation afterwards so that
00:11:01.940 if there was any fallout, which I'm actually gonna go and grab a makeup wipe
00:11:05.420 and just clean up just in case. What was your favorite class at Manhattan School of
00:11:08.900 Music? Oh that's a tough one. Yeah it's hard right? I loved Bill but a lot of people had a
00:11:15.920 little bit of a hard time with that class. Oh really? Yeah. I thought he was a sweet guy. Oh and of
00:11:19.180 course I think we're gonna agree on this one actually. Glenn. Ah Glenn is amazing.
00:11:24.640 Speaking of which keep your head in that position. Okay. He made me fall in love
00:11:28.300 with diction. Yes so Glenn was our Italian diction teacher and he was so musical.
00:11:34.540 And passionate. Yes. And he just loved, he loved the music and so it made us love the
00:11:40.360 music. I actually went to one of his programs. Right. In the summer. Right, right, right.
00:11:45.040 In France. How was that? It was fun. It was really intimate because we stayed in like the
00:11:50.540 chateau in the south of France. That sounds amazing. That sounds amazing. We just did music
00:11:55.140 like all day and ate French food and we had a chef, a personal chef that came in and cooked for us.
00:12:03.120 Oh my god. For lunch and dinner every day. There was always a rosé and a white wine and a red wine.
00:12:11.040 I love that. Yeah it was phenomenal. We just performed little concerts and scenes and duets
00:12:18.420 and solos like all around the community and we traveled a lot and yeah I got
00:12:23.860 really close with Glenn. Yeah. During that time he's just such a kind and warm-hearted
00:12:29.460 like I don't think anybody could not like this man. I really liked the movement
00:12:36.000 classes. Oh that was fun. We had dance classes. We had to learn all the classical ballroom dance
00:12:43.680 styles of different ages from like the foxtrot to the waltz to the tango because especially
00:12:52.180 in choruses they use a lot of that in major productions and so it's always a plus to have knowledge
00:13:01.380 of that. For sure. To have just like a physical movement class where you're not sitting in a
00:13:05.080 practice room like what do I do? That's my memorized. Yeah exactly. Yeah it's kind of like when you're
00:13:10.980 in grade school all day and then you have that break for PE. Yes it's totally like that.
00:13:16.100 It's totally like that. But in a good way. So what is one of your dream roles?
00:13:24.560 Hmm. There's a difference between like dream role because I love the opera and dream role because
00:13:29.080 I love the role. So yeah yeah yeah. Dream role because I love the opera and I know that a lot
00:13:33.460 of opera singers are sick of this opera but whatever. Um it's magic flute. I love the music
00:13:39.440 of magic flute so much. I do too. I love it. And I am not and I'm probably gonna get a flock
00:13:45.280 for this but I'm not a Mozart person. You know there are certain composers that just don't speak
00:13:50.780 to certain people and I don't like I think that's fine. I mean I think that yeah I think that Mozart
00:13:55.260 is he's really hard to sing. He is hard to sing. So there's like some people that that are like
00:14:00.820 oh I can do it it's easy and I'm like what? Who are you? Who are you? And that's how they make
00:14:05.520 their their their money. I'm very picky with my rep. Um I I love either the stuff that I can't sing
00:14:15.840 because I'm not a lyric so like one of my favorites is like La Boheme. Oh yeah that's a dream role.
00:14:21.540 And I love Mimi and I am no Mimi. I'm not even a Museta. There is a production of Boheme that is
00:14:29.000 really really famous that they do at the Metropolitan Opera and it's uh Pride Zeffirelli.
00:14:33.140 I've seen it three times. Because it's amazing. It's the best. Yes and so they were talking about
00:14:39.060 like stopping it. Absolutely not. And I was like sir sir I need to speak to your manager. So I'm
00:14:45.220 actually learning parts of the role at least of Romeo and Juliet and I love the music for Romeo and
00:14:51.060 Juliet. I am not a fan of Je vous vive. I'm not either. I like the poison. Yes it is. It is. It's really
00:15:01.000 fantastic. That kind of stuff. One of my goals I would love to perform every role that has a mad scene.
00:15:06.780 So the first mad scene I ever did was Ophelia. Um and I'm not a huge fan of the opera. Um yeah
00:15:17.020 which is from Hamlet. Yeah which is yeah Hamlet. It's not performed very often because one Ophelia
00:15:23.180 is a very difficult role. Yeah not many people can do it. Yeah. So now what we're gonna do is I am
00:15:28.200 going to actually do cream products on her foundation then we'll powder her and then we'll do powder
00:15:33.940 products. Just to give her more longevity. Just in case that she gets sweaty or whatever it is
00:15:38.220 because it's a long day. You want to always make sure that you're giving somebody the best opportunity
00:15:42.880 and chance for it to last. All right so I'm really big about not talking with a brush of my mouth. Yeah
00:15:51.280 I was gonna say how do you feel about that? It's very swamped. Positive image and speaking you know words of
00:15:58.720 life about yourself because in today's society it's almost like looked down upon if you view
00:16:04.760 yourself through a positive light. And so um I just wanted to ask what if your favorite like part
00:16:15.960 about yourself? The way I look? Yeah your um physique. Hmm that's a good question. Maybe my eyes. I like the
00:16:25.060 shape of my eyes. Yeah and I like that I have an angular face. Yeah. Um which you and I were
00:16:33.120 constantly confused for each other at Manhattan School of Music and I think for that reason we
00:16:38.600 have pretty similar like angularity and we both had pixie cuts at the time. Yeah we had pixie cuts
00:16:44.340 we're similar height. Um we were both goofy and talked in weird voices. Oh my god a lot. Um and so a lot of
00:16:52.540 people thought that I was Abby and that Abby was me. What are you most excited about for the wedding?
00:16:59.600 I'm really curious to see how it all just comes together in general because my mom is helping me
00:17:06.080 a lot and we're both pretty artsy fartsy crafty interior designy um and always have been and um but
00:17:14.280 the difference is like she's very visual she like she has to like see it to be able to visualize it and
00:17:19.280 I can kind of put it together in my head. Right right right. Um and and be pretty certain that it's
00:17:24.140 gonna work. Um so I'm just I'm just really excited to see how it all comes together. I'm excited too
00:17:32.860 from everything you've told me and like how much thought you've put into everything I think it's
00:17:36.420 gonna be beautiful. Yeah. I'm really curious to see um Justin's reaction when he first sees me.
00:17:47.100 Oh that's gonna be fun. Um because we and we've talked about this a lot like do you think I'm gonna
00:17:53.220 cry? Um I and both of us are kind of like don't think he will cry. Like I don't think he didn't cry.
00:18:00.620 Yeah. No. I don't think he'll get emotional. Now me I'm gonna be an emotional snotty mess. Yeah I
00:18:07.060 cried a lot. Another thing that I'm pretty excited about is uh Justin wants us to sing
00:18:17.260 but not together. Mm because that would be too much like a performance. So he wants to sing a song
00:18:25.080 to me and wants me to sing a song to him. Oh that's gonna be so cute and like really emotional
00:18:32.140 I'm sure. I know it's a horrible idea. I know I was gonna say I would be like look and I was like
00:18:37.380 I'm not gonna be able to like phone it. Well it's funny because I didn't sing at my wedding because I
00:18:43.820 had a cold. That's right. Yes I was sick but I did do a um recital for my professional study
00:18:52.460 certificate and it was all about kind of like my journey as a woman. Yeah so I did like four
00:18:57.760 parts of my of my life and it was like my childhood and then like being a young woman and
00:19:03.840 and then um the last one was like being a bride and so I sang it like a few songs to Jacob there
00:19:10.560 and it was uh it was emotional and I had to like not compose or something. I had to like not let myself
00:19:17.780 but it was it was really fun and cool. I did my own makeup for my wedding and I had to like
00:19:22.900 run it five or six times. Oh my gosh. And now looking back at it I'm like oh I wish I'd used
00:19:27.400 different products or whatever. Yeah always woulda shoulda coulda. Yeah. Always. And I was still using
00:19:32.500 a foundation like I didn't really didn't really work for me but I used it anyway. Yeah. And now I'm
00:19:39.620 like no that was the wrong foundation. You have so many more that work for you. So what was the
00:19:44.660 favorite part about your wedding? Oh that was a good question. Um it all honestly we didn't have
00:19:53.500 any like disappointments or big problems so that was amazing. That's awesome. Yeah that was like
00:19:58.600 we were very very lucky. The band we had such a good band and our dancing was like
00:20:03.800 the best thing ever. Can you look up for me? And I am so happy that we we felt like
00:20:11.520 we could dance all night. Because we also banned we we were really picky and we banned anything that
00:20:19.060 was written after 1980. Like we were like don't don't do it. Just don't. This is like one of the avenues
00:20:24.440 in which I can't think about the music I like. And I had to think more of what is what are our guests
00:20:32.240 going to enjoy and feel comfortable. Here look at one of the ones for you. Um because I'm super picky
00:20:41.080 with music. I listen to a lot of different kinds of music but I'm I'm so particular. Are you guys
00:20:49.220 having a DJ or? Yeah. Um I would love to have a band but I I was in a lot of weddings this year.
00:20:58.700 Mm-hmm. We had a couple that had um a live band and they were they were great and they were great
00:21:04.620 in the seas but there was like another wedding that I went to that had um a live band and they
00:21:09.680 were a great band but the schedule was very unorganized. So so like there was no like an
00:21:16.240 announcing of when when toasts are happening. Right. Or when the cake was gonna it just kind of seemed
00:21:22.300 like kind of disarrayed. Plus um with our budget it's just it's so expensive. It is. It definitely
00:21:29.300 is. To have a live band. Um so we're gonna have you do your mascara and your lipstick. Sweet. And
00:21:36.560 then do you want to put on falsies? Yes. Okay let's do some falsies.
00:21:39.840 I love this lipstick. Abby showed it to me yesterday for the first time and I'm not a
00:21:47.700 lip person because one my upper lip is quite thin um and my lips just hate lip products. Yeah I mean
00:21:56.700 they like for anybody. I am actually not a huge proponent of a long wear lipstick for wedding
00:22:01.580 days because most long wear lipsticks aren't actually going to last that long. Yeah. And it's
00:22:06.720 easier to just reapply your lipstick and not worry about it. I don't see the big deal about like
00:22:15.720 why people put so much emphasis of how long this lipstick's gonna wear and right um because it's
00:22:23.000 like if it's just gonna like start looking bad anyway like what's the point? Yeah exactly. I totally
00:22:27.960 agree. And it's so easy to just be like boop boop boop. Yep. Like why is that so convenient? And it wears off more naturally too. Oh that's also super nice. Um and especially like with the more glossy ones
00:22:36.480 it's it's more nourishing and moisturizing for the skin. I always love the idea of like liquid lipsticks and stuff. Right. But when I was like
00:22:47.480 it feels terrible. This is the look. How do you feel? I feel like a bride. Thank you guys so much for watching today's video.
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