Gamer Superstar - Chapter 172

Chapter 172: 172 – Make-up and mechanics
When I participated in the TV show as Jack, I was made up by the make-up team, but since my character was of little importance and the make-up artists thought I was already pretty enough, the make-up they put on my face was just what was necessary to make my skin stand out well against the studio lighting and not look weird when the camera was recording me.

But when I thought about the Kpop idols of my former world, both male and female, who wore a lot of makeup and managed to go from a 7 out of 10 face to a 9 out of 10 face or even a 10 out of 10 face, I wondered if it wasn’t possible to wear makeup to look prettier and get another charisma point.

[Charisma (CHA): 17 (16 + 1)]

I currently had 16 charisma points that really belonged to me, plus one point for my perfectly cut hair. If I added another point for my well-made makeup, I would have 18 points… which was already a level of beauty and appearance far above normal.

I was so in control of my appearance, with a score so close to 20 points, that I was sure it would only help my career more and more.

It’s not that “being pretty” is a bad thing; on the contrary, the prettier a person was, the more pleasant he or she was to look at, and the easier it was to like such a person compared to an ugly person.

But unfortunately, even if I wanted to test this, I couldn’t test it now because I didn’t even know the names of makeup products, let alone how to apply them to my face to make me look good.

But I knew that if I had enough practice, I could use it to improve my appearance.

Even if Lv10 makeup wasn’t good enough, what if this skill reached Lv20? What about Lv 30? Imagine this skill at Lv 40? What nuances would I know, how well would I know makeup to be able to enhance someone’s appearance with this skill?

So I started to think about it as something really useful to learn and decided to talk to Liv about it.

Arriving at her bedroom door, which was only slightly closed, I knocked with my knuckles.

Knock knock

“Hey Liv.” I said.

“Noah?! Come in.” She replied from inside the room.

Slowly opening the door, I looked around the room and noticed her sitting at her dressing table applying makeup to her face, the perfect moment!

“I think I’ve arrived at the perfect moment hehe.” I laughed as I walked over and sat down on her bed, making her stop what she was doing and look at me in confusion.

“Perfect time for what? I’m just doing my makeup…” She asked.

So I explained my thoughts on makeup and how much good it could do for my career, making her surprised at my idea and excited to be able to help me.

“Sure, if you want I can teach you and explain everything I know!” She replied happily.

With how much I’d helped her with the violin and all the other things around the house, this was one of the few times I’d needed her help, and seeing her feel so useful brought a smile to my face.

Throughout her make-up process, she began to explain to me the basics of everything she was doing, the name of each product, the brand, what the product was used for, how she used the product in the best way, how she used two different products to combine the two and give a satisfactory result.

At first I felt that even though she was explaining her knowledge of makeup to me, she was still looking at me from time to time to see if I was really paying attention and interested.

But when she saw that I was really interested in her explanations, even actively asking questions, Liv began to loosen up more and started firing information at me, explaining everything she could, to the point that I was starting to have trouble remembering everything she said.

[+1 INT]

Luckily, I got a point in INT! Not only did this help my brain better understand the things she didn’t explain perfectly, speeding up my deduction process for some things, but it also improved my memory a bit.

Of course, since I had 15 INT points and got 16 INT points, the improvement wasn’t that great, only an improvement of just over 6%, but that’s better than nothing, right?!

After 40 minutes of Liv’s explanation, I finally got the message I wanted.

[Makeup Mastery Lv 1

Effect: Develops an improved understanding of makeup techniques, increasing your confidence and skill by 1%. This includes advanced skills in application techniques, color theory, and facial contouring. In addition, improve retention of makeup theory and practical application during routines by 1%. Gain a tangible advantage by mastering the fundamentals of agile and expressive makeup application].

After receiving the new skill, I received the experience of someone who already knew about makeup and practiced it for a month, which may seem like a lot, but knowing that children had this level of skill, I didn’t get carried away and continued to learn from Liv, now asking deeper questions because of the knowledge I received from the skill.

Of course, it’s not as if receiving the skill was useless, I had just gone from someone who had no idea what products were called to someone who knew the names and basic applications, but nothing very technical.

Unfortunately, Liv finished her makeup before my skill level had increased again, and by the time we arrived, we couldn’t continue my education.

But I realized that she loved talking to me about makeup.

Since there were three men in our house and my mother wasn’t that into makeup, Liv didn’t have anyone to talk to about something she loved so much besides her friends.

But now that I had shown interest in her hobby, I realized how happy she was, and I felt a little bad that I had never shown interest in her hobbies before, because she had always shown interest in my things and supported me.

As I picked up the equipment and put it in the trunk of my car, I shook my head a little ironically.

Buying a sports car as my first car was very nice, but not at all practical, as the trunk was very small, fitting only a guitar and a few smaller bags, and since the car only had two seats, there wasn’t even a back seat for me to put more stuff in.

Luckily I didn’t have much to take to the concert and everything I needed fit in the car.

Of course, Ethan wanted to go with me in my car, and considering that my car only had two seats, he was even more excited to sit in the front seat because in my dad’s car, the front seat was always for someone other than him.

So Liv rode with my parents in his car and Ethan rode with me in mine, enjoying the ride.

He had been on a few car rides with me before, but the car ride wasn’t as exciting as the bike ride.

Even though the car’s original engine had 270 horsepower, which was a lot more than my dad’s car, the adrenaline rush wasn’t even close compared to the bike.

That’s why I had plans to buy some parts to modify the car and increase the horsepower.

What would be the point of having a sports car that looked aggressively sporty but couldn’t go as fast and give you the thrill that a sports car should?

My goal wasn’t that high at first, I might even try to get this car over a thousand horsepower, but I wanted to increase it slowly because I knew that the more horsepower the car had, the more expensive the parts would be to make it more powerful.

So I took this car as my personal project, where I would slowly customize it and gradually make it more beautiful and more powerful, enjoying every stage of the car.

I could even record about this process of changing the car, which would attract more of a male audience to me, something I needed, and since my female audience was already very loyal, I could make the video in a way that they would understand and be interested in, with a more visual and beautiful editing to keep the girls as well.

It would even be interesting to get more girls interested in cars, because in this world the car culture was much weaker than in my previous world.

And as long as I didn’t record myself doing anything illegal, like betting on illegal races or doing wrong things while recording, it wouldn’t affect my public image either, and I could even get some sponsors to give me some parts to improve the car for free hehe.

It was a win-win situation that I would just enjoy the benefits of.

And when I felt how well this low, sporty car glided around the track, I knew that turning this machine into a monster would be a lot of fun!

After some time on the road, we finally arrived at the barbecue spot.

Because I was driving faster with Ethan, we arrived a few minutes before my parents, but I quickly spotted Selena’s white Tesla and parked next to her, letting her know I had arrived so she could meet me in the parking lot.

Even though I wasn’t going to perform now, I invited her to join us to enjoy the pre-performance event.