Living Art Doll: My Step-By-Step Makeup Routine | HOOKED ON THE LOOK
Toshi Salvino, a ‘living art doll’, is showing everyone how she creates the makeup look that has made her a household name in the visual art community. Toshi, whose makeup journey began with blue lipstick when she was nine years old, admits there is no “rhyme or reason” for the things she does. “I like to look as cartoonish as possible,” she said. “My look is very trippy with lots of colours, it’s chaotic in a fun way!” Toshi has filmed her incredible makeup transformation for Hooked on the Look, showing us how she achieves her big doll eyes and creates her beautiful, colourful masterpiece.
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00:00 Today, I'm going to show you how I go from this to this.
00:05 There's not really a rhyme or reason for a lot of the things I do.
00:08 It's just like, I feel like it and it looks how I want it to look.
00:12 I like to look as like cartoonish as possible.
00:15 Hi, my name is Toshi Salvino and I'm a living art doll.
00:20 And today I'll be showing you my makeup transformation.
00:24 So now I'm going in with my signature thing,
00:28 which is white foundation.
00:31 A lot of people see my look and they think, "Oh my God, that's so much makeup."
00:35 But actually I like to use really thin layers.
00:37 So it's actually quite comfortable and not heavy at all.
00:42 The most important part of the living doll look
00:46 would definitely be the big eyes with the white underneath
00:50 and two sets of eyelashes.
00:54 My makeup journey began when I was nine years old
00:59 and somehow I got sky blue lipstick
01:04 and I wanted to wear it to school.
01:07 My mom said no and I brought it to school anyway.
01:12 And it started from there.
01:13 I remember I had this like long chiffon skirt
01:21 that was like blue and pink and like layered
01:24 and it like blew in the wind really cool.
01:26 And that was like one of my first pieces that really like
01:29 spoke to me of like, "Wow, you can
01:33 totally become something otherworldly through clothing."
01:37 My look now has definitely evolved.
01:40 Right now I'm in a phase that I like to call psychedelic cute.
01:45 So very like trippy and lots of colors
01:48 and very like kind of chaotic and all over the place,
01:51 but like in a fun way.
01:52 Now that I have my base foundation on
01:55 and the cream colors kind of outlining
01:58 where I want my colors to be,
02:00 at this point I go in with translucent setting powder.
02:03 I take a puff and just pack it in.
02:08 And when it doesn't feel sticky anymore and you can rub it,
02:13 that's when you know you have enough.
02:15 So to do my eyes, I want them to be really big, right?
02:21 So I'm going to be creating like a fake eye.
02:23 So you see this line here underneath?
02:26 This is where I'm going to put white
02:28 to make it look like my eye is bigger.
02:31 But to balance that out,
02:32 we need to have like an equal amount of black on the top.
02:35 I feel like it's looking okay so far.
02:39 It still kind of feels like nothing,
02:41 but that's part of the process.
02:43 It doesn't look good until you're done.
02:45 I love to contour under my jaw as well.
03:00 Just makes my chin feel nice and tiny and cute.
03:04 I like to look as like cartoonish as possible,
03:06 meaning like I want my head to look really big
03:08 and my body small.
03:10 There's not really a rhyme or reason
03:12 for a lot of the things I do.
03:13 It's just like, I feel like it
03:15 and it looks how I want it to look.
03:17 And that's like the only reason for makeup anyway.
03:22 Do whatever you want.
03:24 If you feel good, then you're doing it right.
03:27 It can get confusing when you're only known
03:30 for like being like the makeup chick or whatever.
03:33 And then actually during COVID,
03:36 I was trying to focus on being a Twitch streamer
03:39 and I wanted to do makeup looks a lot
03:41 and do it online.
03:43 And I started having allergic reactions to makeup.
03:45 I think due to stress.
03:47 So I actually had to stop wearing makeup for like a year.
03:50 And that was like a whole process of like,
03:55 who am I without makeup?
03:57 And like, what does this mean?
03:58 I've actually been able to grow
04:00 by like exploring other avenues.
04:02 There's this quote, it might be from Tony Stark.
04:06 And it says, "If you're nothing without it,
04:09 then you shouldn't have it at all."
04:11 And I just thought that that was really impactful
04:14 and meaningful.
04:16 I have my base colors on.
04:17 I use matte colors for that.
04:18 Now I'm moving on to like shimmers and iridescence.
04:21 This is gonna help blend it out,
04:22 but also like play with the contour a little bit more
04:25 by adding things that like literally catch light.
04:28 For me, the hardest thing is lips
04:32 'cause it's hard to get them even.
04:35 And I always forget what shape I like to make them.
04:39 Oh my God, lipstick is hard to just look even.
04:41 Oh, gonna glue some stuff to my face now.
04:50 People who say it's too extreme, they're just scared.
04:53 I would recommend that they try it
04:55 'cause I don't think anything is too extreme.
04:58 Like if you feel weird,
05:00 there's other weird people out there.
05:02 There you go.
05:06 Just doing some minor adjustments
05:08 and then final step is setting spray.
05:11 I feel good.
05:14 I feel cute.
05:15 I feel like I have arrived.
05:17 I'm ready to take on my day.
05:20 And that is how I go from this to this.
05:24 So there you have it.
05:26 This is how I like to look like a living doll.
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