Transcript
[ANTON] Ghassan, tell me a little bit about your getting-ready routine. When you wake up in the morning how you feel?
[GHASSAN] Usually, when I wake up in the morning, I go to the bathroom, brush my teeth, wash my face. I don’t put any product or anything. But, of course, it would be good to have something to look less tired during the day. Because with myasthenia gravis, the muscles in the face will make you look more tired than usual than other people. But, of course, it would be good to have a product to make us look less tired.
[ANTON] Sometimes that fatigue it’s not just physical, like the way you feel. It could be the way you look as well.
[GHASSAN] Exactly.
[ANTON] I think with men when it comes to makeup, and when it comes to concealers and things like that, it’s very intimidating. It doesn’t seem like something that’s accessible. But the truth is it’s just part of a grooming routine. I personally have dark circles, being an olive-skinned person, so I’m always putting a little something on my eyes. But I think what’s important with men is that it’s as undetectable as possible. When you use something that’s really really sheer and that has like a buildable coverage, you can just use the tiniest amount, almost like it’s a skincare product, and just blend it until it’s gone basically.
[ANTON] I think that’s the biggest trick with men’s products. You don’t want to see it at all.
[ANTON] Here, so just take a little bit from there. Yeah. You could just take a little bit from…there you go. Yeah.
[ANTON] See, it’s like barely any product. I would start by pressing it in. You can go ahead and look in the mirror. I can hold this up for you. Yes. See, since you’re starting like more on your cheekbone, it’s good because then you have room to kind of move it around. You’re taking care of a little bit of that redness and any darkness you have, and then you can work it downwards. Then even go back up a little bit like closer to your lash line there. Yeah. That looks really good. You see, the more you work with it… it’s like you almost blend it till it’s gone, which is kind of the goal because you want it to be invisible basically.
[GHASSAN] Yeah. I like the blend. Like I said, it’s very natural, very subtle. It doesn’t show too much, but it makes you look more… less tired. [GHASSAN] What if I like tell you…what if men don’t feel comfortable putting makeup on? What would you suggest?
[ANTON] Honestly, a little moisturizer works really well, and eye cream. There is a lot of eye creams that just kind of brighten and are designed for under-eye darkness and things like that. They even out skin tone as well. Some days I just do that. There is a lot of alternatives to makeup that are going to make you look more bright-eyed and more even complected, and make you feel more awake.
