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Tyra Banks Gives Smizing Tips at Beautycon Festival LA

Tyra Banks Gives Smizing Tips at Beautycon Festival LA

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YH sits down with the one and only Tyra Banks at Beautycon Festival LA to get some beauty tips and hacks from the supermodel herself! In addition to revealing how she manages to balance all the cool endeavors she has going on, she tells us her favorite beauty product, shares her blending method, and gives us some tips on how to perfect her signature "smize"!

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Young Hollywood

Can you teach me how to smize or like give me some smizing tips?

Tyra Banks

So, look into the camera. That needs to be someone that you either are in love with or you hate. Which is your choice.

Young Hollywood

Why don't we go with hate? Yeah, I like that. Okay.

Tyra Banks

Somebody that you hate and you're pissed off. Relax your lips though. cuz you have Novacaine lips, but you are staring them down. There you go. Squint even more. Sell that magazine cover. You got it. Oh, and you tilted too.

Young Hollywood

Hey guys, I'm Molly Argu for Young Hollywood and today we are at BeautyCon. So stick around because you're not going to want to miss who we sit down and talk with. Hey everyone, Molly Argu here for Young Hollywood at BeautyCon with the Tyra Banks. Hi! Thank you so much for being here.

Tyra Banks

Thank you for having me.

Young Hollywood

So, I'm wondering, how are you a girl boss, a mom, and a beauty queen icon like all mixed in one? How do you manage all of that?

Tyra Banks

You have to just juggle and like wherever you are in that moment, focus 100% there. I'm not practicing what I'm preaching though because I'll be holding my son and doing a meeting or like, you know, answering emails. So it's definitely challenging but we can do it all. We can have it all.

Young Hollywood

And you have tons of experience with beauty, whether it's in front of the camera or day-to-day life. What is your like number one Tyra beauty product that you always have with you no matter the occasion?

Tyra Banks

I love my Sculpt and the stick and my Light and the stick because you can contour in like two minutes or less. Like I don't have naturally sculpted cheekbones and this just like takes me there. Really fast.

Young Hollywood

How do you blend them? Do you blend them with a finger or like with a brush?

Tyra Banks

So I have four fast fearless fingers when it comes to blending um for a five minute Ty Over, but for the two minute Ty Over, you take your middle finger and you dab dab dab dab dab and then for the highlighter you take that ring finger and you dab dab dab dab dab. Oh, that's a Ty Over, man. Oh, look at that! And if you have that on your finger while you're blending, then you're even more smized. Then it's like beyond blendable. When it's like this, on the ring.

Young Hollywood

What about some beauty trends or beauty hacks that you're like loving right now?

Tyra Banks

I really love the spoons. I mean, you know, it's something that has been going on for a long time. Makeup artists have been doing it but the great thing now with social media is that these tricks and these hacks and these tips are now spread so wide. So if you have trouble getting that line straight you can use a spoon. We also have a product called Oops Liner where on one side it's an eyeliner like a a a pen eyeliner and the other side is an eraser. So you can sharpen your wing tips and clean up your mishaps and your mess ups, your mistakes, all the M's.

Young Hollywood

Sounds like so much fun to play around with all of the different makeups.

Tyra Banks

So, yeah with Tyra Beauty it's all about having fun so we're like fun fast fearless. You can do your face, you know, fast. You're gonna have a lot of fun because we have songs and all kind of crazy stuff like dab and dab and dab and dab and dab and dab and dab and dab. We have all this stuff to like make it fun and exciting.

Young Hollywood

And my last question for you is can you teach me how to smize or like give me some smizing tips?

Tyra Banks

So, look into the camera. That needs to be someone that you either are in love with or you hate. Which is your choice.

Young Hollywood

Why don't we go with hate? Yeah, I like that. Okay.

Tyra Banks

Somebody that you hate and you're pissed off. Relax your lips though. cuz you have Novacaine lips, but you are staring them down. There you go. Squint even more. Sell that magazine cover. You got it. Oh, and you tilted too.

Young Hollywood

Thank you so much.

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  • Tyra Banks

    The supermodel and entrepreneur being interviewed

  • Molly Argu

    The Young Hollywood interviewer

FAQ

What is Tyra Banks' favorite beauty product?+
Tyra Banks loves her Sculpt and the stick and Light and the stick from her beauty line, as they allow her to contour quickly.
How does Tyra Banks blend her contour products?+
For a quick 'Ty Over,' Tyra uses her middle finger to dab her contour and her ring finger to dab her highlighter.
What is Tyra Banks' advice for balancing work and motherhood?+
Tyra advises focusing 100% on whatever you are doing in that moment, though she admits it can be challenging to practice what she preaches.
What is the 'smize' technique according to Tyra Banks?+
To smize, look into the camera as if you're staring down someone you love or hate, relax your lips, and squint your eyes even more.
What beauty hack does Tyra Banks recommend for eyeliner?+
Tyra recommends using a spoon to help create a straight eyeliner line, and also mentions her 'Oops Liner' product with an eraser for mishaps.

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