Woman Tries Viral Makeup Tip—Doesn’t Go to Plan

TikTok is full of beauty tips and tricks—meaning whether your want to perfect a high ponytail or are still looking for the perfect method for a sharp winged liner, you’ll likely be able to find multiple videos to learn from.

One tip that seems to be making the rounds at the moment claims to troubleshoot the reason why many feel their makeup looks bad—the reason? You are likely not using enough product.

Los Angeles-based livestream host Tiana Renee has now put this theory to the test, sharing the result to her TikTok account, and told Newsweek how she felt about it. Spoiler alert: the final result wasn’t quite what she was expecting.

While the look wasn’t what she had envisioned, Renee told Newsweek that she did pick up some new skills while testing the makeup hack. She said: “Since that video, I did change my routine. I switched out some new products like my concealer and bronzer and use better brushes.

“I also learned to tap my makeup in and not swipe it in helped so much and apply a little more,” Renee added.

In the video, which has achieved over 1.6 million views and 83,000 likes since being shared on March 22, the 24-year-old said: “I saw this TikTok that said, ‘if you think your makeup looks bad, you probably just aren’t using enough.’

“Every time I do my makeup, I’m just like, ‘it doesn’t look like all the other girlies.’ Today I’m just gonna put on more makeup than I usually put on.”

Back to Base-ics

Starting with her base, Renee implemented a step she normally skips altogether, and said: “Whenever I use primer, it makes my makeup look really patchy so I’ve just been using face oil.”

Renee, who usually favors a lighter base, added that “I’ve been switching recently between using foundation and then just using this [ELF’s Halo Glow—a liquid complexion booster] with concealer. Today, I’m gonna try using all three.”

Her use of concealer was of the bigger changes Renee made to her routine, usually applying a small amount as “I thought that’s what you were supposed to do, but these girls are, like, painting it on, so let’s do that and see if it works.

“I have really bad under-eye bags, so it might just be a ‘me’ problem,” Renee added.

After applying the product and beginning to blend, Renee was unsure of how it would turn out, asking the viewers: “Is it supposed to be doing this? This looks crazy.”

Going in with a beauty blender to smooth out any streaks, Renee said, “This is what it looks like,” adding that, despite her use of extra product, “I still have eye bags.”

Renee felt her makeup “literally looks the same” after adding bronzer and blush using her fingers to blend the products, which seemed to disappear into the skin. She then used a neutral warm eye shadow and mascara, hoping that the next step would make a bigger difference.

Determined to make her makeup look better, Renee was hoping powder would provide the answer to her problems, as she said, “maybe the powder will change it.”

She decided to use an “excessive amount,” adding that “I do feel like I don’t use enough powder, ’cause I don’t really know how to use it.”

After applying the translucent product with a puff underneath her eyes, forehead and jaw with a technique most makeup artists would call questionable, Renee finished by adding lipliner, a pop of highlight to the bridge of her nose, and setting spray.

Even though she had increased the amount of product she used by a considerable amount, Renee said, “Kind of feel like it looks the same as how I normally do it,” asking viewers of the video: “If the girlies have any tips for how to make my makeup look better, please let me know.”