My Morning Routine: English Vocabulary Lesson

Are you ready to speak real English that

real English speakers use in real life?

Well, good news. You're in the right

place. Today, I'm going to do something

that I never thought I would do.

[laughter]

You are going to get ready with me this

morning. And you are going to see how I

get myself ready, do my hair, do my

makeup. You will see my face with no

makeup. [laughter]

The raw morning Vanessa. And this is

going to help you immerse yourself in

English because we all get ready in the

morning and I want you to have the

vocabulary that you can use to talk

about your morning routine. If you're

new here, hi. I'm Vanessa from

speakenglishwithvanessa.com.

And for over the past 10 years, I have

been teaching real life English here on

my YouTube channel. And now there are

more than 7 million of you learning

English with me. I can't believe it.

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vocabulary that you're about to learn

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right, are you ready to get ready with

me? We're going to go over to my

bathroom sink, rewind a few hours to the

morning, and I'm going to get [sighs]

ready after waking up in the morning.

Let's go. Oh, hello and good morning.

[laughter]

I never thought I would be on the

internet like this. This is my hair that

I woke up with. This is my face. No

makeup. And I'm going to tell you about

what I do to get ready. We're going to

film this in the mirror. So, I hope that

it works. [laughter]

Hi. [gasps]

And I'm going to get started with um

putting in my contacts. So, I wear

glasses usually, but

lately I've been wearing contacts more,

and that's just how it goes. So, I have

this little contact case, and inside are

my contacts. Now, there's two different

types of contacts. There are

monthly contacts and daily contacts.

Going to rinse my hands. I wear monthly

contacts because I wear them pretty

frequently.

And uh Dan, my husband, wears daily

contacts because he only wears them once

a month maybe. [laughter]

They kind of irritate his eyes. So I

have the contact here on my finger and I

just

put it in my eye. Now when I first

started wearing contacts, I think I was

in 8th grade,

it was not as smooth as that. I remember

trying again and again and again to get

the contacts in my eye. And there's

something very weird about putting

something in your eye and not blinking.

Like your instant reaction, your

instinct is to to blink, but you have to

keep your eye open, put it in ah [sighs]

smooth. So sometimes some of the contact

solution drips down my face and I want

to just dry it off a little bit because

I'm going to put some makeup on. I don't

wear much makeup. I'm

not very makeup savvy, but we're going

to do it together anyway. And I hope

that you'll learn some important daily

life vocabulary. So, this is like my

little makeup bag. I have a couple

things in here that you're about to see.

The first thing that I do is this is I

don't know, a BB cream. It's just like a

very light concealer. And I only wear

that under my eyes. Um, partially

because I am perpetually tired and it's

also genetic to have darker skin or

thinner skin, we could say thinner skin

under here which makes it look darker.

So, I like to wear just a little bit of

this under my eyes. I don't I don't know

if it really makes an awful lot of a

difference, but I do it for me.

[laughter and gasps] Um, I know if you

are somebody who wears a little bit of

makeup, you probably have noticed on

days when you don't wear makeup, people

say, "Oh, you look so tired. Are you

okay?" And then you think, "Uh, it's

just my face." [laughter]

It's not because I'm actually more tired

than usual. You're just not covering up

your tired in the same way, which is how

I feel. So, I put this under my eyes,

kind of under on my nose a bit, and

on my eyelids. This is like a little

sponge. I like using it. I think it's

pretty common to use something like

this. And it just makes that thin

skin a little bit more

bright. Um, okay. Next thing is I have

[snorts] another sponge. And this is

like a little powder. It's supposed to

be like a a clear, how can I say it? A

clear powder. and it just makes it so

that the cream doesn't

wash off basically. Um, so it's white

and it's pure white, but it's not going

to look white. Um, if you have darker

skin, something like that probably will

not look as good and you might want a

tinted powder, but I think it's called

setting powder. [laughter]

Um,

because it sets the cream. And I put a

little bit here, too. Boop. Boop.

[snorts]

Nothing too much. Well, maybe you think

it's a lot, but I don't know. If you

ever watch makeup videos, people wear so

some people wear so much makeup.

I generally do not. And this takes just

a few minutes. Um, sometimes in daily

life, I might put a little bit of powder

on my cheeks, too. You can't see it, but

it just kind of blends a little bit. I

have no idea if it actually works, but

um you can't see it,

but especially if I'm filming a video, I

don't want certain part of my skin to be

like shiny and some to be not shiny.

Okay, so that's that. [snorts] The next

step is very fun. Do you know what this

is? It looks like a torture device. Uh

this is an eyelash curler. And this is

something I personally really enjoy.

Now, I don't know if this works.

[laughter] I don't know if this uh is

just in my head, but usually I try to

heat it up a little bit before I put it

on my eyelashes. And [clears throat] I

think it helps more than when I don't do

this. So, I just go like this [panting]

[laughter] and it kind of heats it up.

And then I put it on my eyelashes and it

curls them up a bit so that all of this

is just a ploy to look more awake than I

really am.

Um, I did do this when I was younger,

like in my early 20s,

and I was not tired, but nowadays

I am often tired. And just as you get

older, you know, you want to look more

awake.

Um, I think doing something with your

eyes can make a difference. So, you see

my eyelashes, I don't know if you can

tell, are slightly more curled up. Next

is one of the final steps. This is a

very long process, as you can tell.

[laughter] I'm being sarcastic. Uh, next

I'm going to put some mascara on. This

is like extremely cheap mascara. I don't

know. I've tried other kinds that are

fancier and for some reason this is what

I always go back to. Um maybe it's

because I'm not picky.

So this is called the wand, the mascara

wand. And inside there is mascara. And

I'm going to just go like this. And I

blink blink blink blink. And I find when

I do that, it kind of more evenly goes

on my eyelashes

instead of being clumpy. That's not what

you want. And because I already curled

my eyelashes a bit, [sighs]

it goes on very smoothly.

All right, this died. Boop boop boop

boop.

Very simple.

I have gotten this in my eye a few times

and that is no fun.

A couple days ago, [sighs]

my 2-year-old daughter

was in the other room. I was in the

kitchen and I thought, "Oh, she's just

petting the cat or reading a book." And

I came in the room. Do you know what I

saw? She had this all over her face.

[laughter]

So, I put a baby lock on the drawer

where I keep my makeup bag. Okay. So, on

a on a normal day, that's all I would

do. But sometimes when I'm filming a

video like today, [laughter] I will put

a little bit of eyeliner on. This is

like a liquid eyeliner. No idea if it's

the best or great or whatever, but it

works for me. And I'll put that like

this.

a very thin line. Basically, the point

is that it's almost imperceptible.

Imperceptible. Imperceivable.

You basically can't tell that it's

there. And it looks somewhat natural.

That's the goal.

Okay.

just a bit. And the final step, well,

the final step for my face. When I'm

recording a video, I often will wear

some type of lipstick,

but in normal daily life, I do not wear

lipstick. But today, I'm filming a

video, so I'll put this lipstick on.

It's just like a tinted

tinted crayon type thing.

And most importantly, sometimes I go

like this

[clears throat] to make sure it doesn't

get on my teeth because I have recorded

videos, maybe you have seen this,

recorded lessons where there's some

lipstick on my teeth. [sighs and gasps]

Sometimes I have to re-record the video

and sometimes I just leave it because

that's the way it is. Okay, so my face

is ready. Occasionally, I want to show

you. Occasionally, I will, especially in

the summer, put like sunscreen on my

face before I put makeup on, and that's

just to protect my face throughout the

day. Um, I also have this deodorant that

I wear on my armpits, and I already put

that on.

And now it's time for my hair. Now, I

have my hair right now, you can see, in

two braids. [snorts] Um, these are

called French braids. I don't know if

they're actually French. Um, but these

are French braids. I wear this all the

time. [laughter]

This is the second day. So, I had these

in my hair yesterday and they were less

scraggly. This is called maybe scraggly.

All these little these are called

flyaways. Little hairs are coming out.

It's not the most clean look. Usually in

my daily life, I don't really care. But

when I record a video, this is the

perfect way to do my hair, I think. Very

easy. So, I take these out. These are

called hair ties. Some people call these

hair elastics.

I use gigantic ones. My hair is very

thick. And these are one solid circle,

so they don't have a seam which can

break. It's just one piece. And watch

this. I just take the braids out

and within minutes, maybe within

moments,

uh, my hair is finished. So, this will

leave my hair wavy. My hair is not

naturally curly. It's not naturally

stick straight. That's what we say if

your hair is very straight. My hair is

naturally wavy, but when I put it in

braids like this, it brings out

the waves in my hair. Um, and it's the

way I enjoy wearing my hair. So, I will

use my comb. I do not usually use a

brush. This is a brush. Usually, I don't

use a brush. I just use this comb. Do

you want to know something about this

comb? I got this comb from a dollar

store in South Korea

13 years ago and I still use it.

[sighs and gasps]

So when people say you need to buy some

fancy comb for your hair, maybe if you

want your hair to look better than this

you should, but this is what I use. Um,

usually when I take my hair out of the

braids, I might leave it like this or I

might gently do a little bit of combing

to make it

a little more smooth possibly. Um, so

I'll do that a little bit here

underneath as well. And usually I toss

my head upside down like this. Shake it

out a little bit. And voila, I am ready

to record a video. Oh, wait. One more

thing. [laughter]

[sighs] Uh, I'm going to put in my

earrings. I wear earrings every day. I

don't know why. It just feels like I'm

doing something special. Even if I just

wear my normal shirts, normal pants,

nothing fancy, at least I have earrings.

[laughter]

Um, so I'm going to put in my earrings.

I have two earring holes, but I never

used the second one. It might even be

closed at this point. I don't know. Um,

I got that when I was a lot younger.

[laughter]

Um, but these are dangly earrings and I

some I I usually wear dangly earrings. I

have a couple stud earrings. That means

they're just right here on your ear.

Maybe it's a little stone or something

right here. But usually I have dangly

earrings because I like it. [laughter]

And that's about it. After this, I will

go make some tea, eat some breakfast, or

make a lesson for you. And I in my daily

life, I would wear a shirt like this,

just normal, not very exciting shirt.

Uh, this is a cozy shirt that I like to

wear in the winter. But if I'm recording

a lesson for you, I would probably

change my shirt and wear something a

little more professional. And that's

what I'm going to do. I'm going to

change my shirt and I'll meet you back

in the studio room for our final part of

today's lesson. Well, thank you for

getting ready with me this morning. Now

you see how this magic happens.

[laughter] It's not very magical. It's

just something that a lot of people do

every single day in the morning. We all

get ready to some extent. Now, if I were

to show you my husband Dan's morning

routine, it would be [sighs] walk into

the bathroom, look in the mirror, go

like this with his hair, and then walk

out. I always laugh because it's so

simple and so stereotypical, right?

[laughter and gasps] But I want to know

for you. Let me know in the comments,

what's something that you do to get

ready in the morning? And don't forget

to download today's free PDF worksheet

that includes the bonus audio version of

today's lesson. You can download that

audio and listen to it wherever you are,

maybe while you're getting ready in the

morning. So, just click the link in the

description, enter your name and email

address, and voila, just like that, the

PDF worksheet will land in your email

inbox. This is my gift to you. Well,

thank you so much for learning English

with me and I'll see you again next

Friday for a new lesson here on my

YouTube channel. Bye. But wait, do you

want more? I recommend watching this

video next where you will go into my

bedroom and see how I make the bed and

change the sheets. This is another thing

that everyone does around the world as

long as you sleep in a bed. And I want

you to have the vocabulary you need to

talk about this daily life task. I'll

see you there.