Contour skills like whoa.
This is blind beauty YouTuber Yesterday's Wishes. Her brow game is on point.
Yesterday's Wishes is the username of vlogger Lucy Edwards. Based in Birmingham, she's 19 years old and describes herself as a "YouTuber, soon-to-be law student, and make-up artist".
"I only went blind about two years ago", Edwards tells BuzzFeed Life.
"When I was 11 I became partially sighted due to a rare disorder. It's in the female line of my genetics, but my mum and grandma don't have it. To cut a long story short, I've been going to the eye hospital since I was 11."
Edwards lost sight in her right eye when she was 11, then in her left eye when she was 17, "right in the middle of my A-levels, so I've had to retake the year. I wanted to stay positive, which is why I'm on YouTube, really."
Courtesy Lucy Edwards
Her sister, Alice, worked with her to create a make-up routine that didn't require a mirror.
The process wasn't straightforward, Edwards says. It took about a year for her to be comfortable doing her make-up by herself.
"At points I've been like, 'I don't want to do this any more,' because it's been so frustrating," she says. "Like when I've done my eyeliner, and Alice [above left, with Edwards] has said, 'It's heavier than you would have liked when you were sighted.' And I'm like, 'How do you know!'
"But I have to calm down, and trust people. That's a factor when you go blind – you have to put your trust in people a lot more with the way you look.
"I have my basic routine that I do now when I'm at college. If I feel like I'm having a more spotty day then I add concealer. If I want to contour I could do that. My sister has taught me to go over my contouring with a powder on the top. I've got steps in place that make sure that I've done it right. And I do go very slowly! Because I don't have a mirror!"
Courtesy Lucy Edwards
If you're wondering how she manages to keep her brows on point, here's the secret:
"I have my brows threaded every month, and also, because they're a little sparse on my right-hand side, I use an Urban Decay Brow Box.
"I tend to use shadows on my brows with a brush. With a pencil you can easily slip with it. And if you follow the line of your eyebrow with gentle brush movements, it makes you look more like there's hair there where it's sparse. Having bright red hair, I don't want my brows to look really dark brown! Then I have a clear brow gel to just set them in place."
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