When it comes to slaying the makeup game, Patrick Starr wins: He's built a YouTube empire with more than 2,000,000 subscribers and has reached social-media stardom with more than 3 million Instagram fans. Why? Because this beauty boy brings it with his beauty skills. Just take a look, and you'll see why it's hard not to fawn over his flawless styles.
Want a lesson in doing your makeup like Patrick Starr? I've got you covered with his step-by-step routine below.
1. Spray that face. Apply Dior's Diorskin Airflash Spray Foundation all over your face. Use a fluffy foundation brush to blend it on your face and down your neck.
Diorskin Airflash Spray Foundation, £33
2. Time to slay your brows. Use Benefit's Precisely, My Brow Pencil to fill in your brows and create the shape or arch you'd like.
Benefit Precisely, My Brow Pencil, £20
3. Add concealer. Squeeze a pump of Tarte's Maracuja Creaseless Concealer in a shade that's two to three complexions lighter than your skin tone onto a flat foundation brush. Apply the concealer underneath your eyes, on your T-zone area, below your chin, and on the sides of your mouth.
Tarte Maracuja Creaseless Concealer, £21
4. Blend and blend some more. Use a makeup sponge of your choice to blend and buff out your concealer.
5. Add loose setting powder. Use a makeup sponge to pat on Dermablend's Loose Setting Powder underneath your eyes, on your T-zone area, and below your chin.
Dermablend Loose Setting Powder, £18
6. Add more loose setting powder to set everything. Use a powder poof to apply a generous amount of Coty AirSpun Loose Face Powder all over your face to set your foundation and concealer.
Coty Airspun Loose Face Powder, £14.99
7. Apply eyeshadow. Use a small fluffy brush to blend a Make Up For Ever shadow in a soft orange shade into the crease of your eye and right below your brow bone. Then, use a super-tiny eyeshadow brush to add a Make Up For Ever shadow in a deep burgundy shade to the outermost corner of your crease. Finish by applying a gold shade from the Anastasia Beverly Hills Master Palette By Mario to the inner crease of your eyelid.
Make Up For Ever Eyeshadow, £14
8. Add eyeliner to your top lash line. Use Clinique's Custom Liner to line your top lash line.
Clinique Eyeliner, £16
9. Apply powder foundation. For a high-coverage application, use the bottom part of your fluffy foundation brush to break up MAC's Mineralize Skinfinish Powder into tiny pieces. Apply it all over your face.
MAC Mineralize Skinfinish Powder, £24.50
10. Bronze it up. Use a medium-size fluffy brush to apply MAC's Mineralize Skinfinish Bronzer to your cheeks.
MAC Mineralize Skinfinish Bronzer, £23
11. Apply blush. Use a medium-size fluffy brush to sweep MAC's Mariah Carey Sweet Sweet Fantasy Blush onto the apples of your cheeks.
MAC Mariah Carey Sweet Sweet Fantasy Blush, £19
12. Glow-up time. Use a small fluffy brush to apply Stila's Heaven's Hue Highlighter onto the high points of your cheeks and your forehead.
Stila Heaven's Hue Highlighter, £28
13. Add eyeshadow to your bottom lash line. Use a small, flat eyeshadow brush to apply Make Up For Ever shadow in the same deep burgundy shade you used on your lid to smoke out your bottom lash line.
Make Up For Ever Eyeshadow, £14
14. Curl those lashes, and swipe on mascara. Use Shu Uemura's Eyelash Curler to curl your lashes. Then swipe on a bit of MAC's Extended Play Gigablack Lash Mascara to your upper lashes.
Shu Uemura Eyelash Curler, £20
MAC Extended Play Gigablack Lash Mascara, £15.50
15. Apply lashes and more mascara. Use Duo Lash Adhesive paired with Nubounsom lashes of your choice. Use tweezers to pop a set onto your top lashes, and add MAC's Extended Play Gigablack Lash Mascara to your lower lashes.
Duo Lash Adhesive, £4.99
NUBOUNSOM Fase Lashes, £29.95
MAC Extended Play Gigablack Lash Mascara, £15.50
16. Line your lips, and apply liquid lipstick. Use Rimmel London's Lip Liner in Cafe Au Lait Zenzero 045 to line your lips. For extra drama, line your lips slightly above your natural lip line. Fill in your pout with Anastasia Beverly Hills's Liquid Lipstick in Ashton.
Rimmel Lip Liner in Cafe Au Lait, £2.99
Anastasia Beverly Hills's Liquid Lipstick in Ashton, £20
17. Hairspray your face for long-lasting makeup. To set your makeup, use Bumble and Bumble hairspray for great staying power.
Bumble and Bumble Does It All Light Hold Hairspray, £23
18. Tie on your turban. Tie your turban and change into your cute AF #OOTD.
Voilà! You're ready to slay the day Patrick Starr-style.
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Maya Allen is the former Digital Beauty Editor at MarieClaire.com where she covered makeup, skincare, haircare, wellness, you name it! She has a 15-step skincare routine, owns over 200 red lipsticks, and enjoys testing the latest and greatest in beauty. On most weekends, you can find her at her happy place, which is her makeup vanity. There, she’s usually blasting her speakers while singing along to lyrics at the top of her lungs, and making sure her highlighter is on point. Before joining MarieClaire.com, she held positions at Byrdie.com and Cosmopolitan.com.
