Video summary
In this humorous and candid video, the creator introduces her ex-husband and current best friend, Layton, to her audience for a unique makeup session. The two share a complex history that began dating in the mid-2010s before she transitioned, leading them to stop being romantic partners but remain incredibly close friends. Despite their long-standing bond and shared experiences, including photo shoots and touring together, the dynamic is filled with playful banter, inside jokes about their cats, and mutual teasing regarding their personalities and habits. Layton admits to feeling nervous about having makeup applied by someone he knows so well, joking that he might not enjoy the sensation, while the creator notes that she rarely does makeup for others, making this a special exception for their friendship.
The video captures the chaotic and funny process of applying makeup, which includes discussions about music tastes ranging from Fall Out Boy to Tierra Whack, as well as complaints about college experiences and current life struggles like a towed car. A significant portion of the interaction revolves around Layton's tendency to lean away from the camera or the creator while she works, which he attributes to discomfort with being close to people, especially now that he sees her as a woman. They also joke about his silver hair, their matching tattoos and bracelets, and his habit of checking his phone during movie nights, often causing them to miss crucial plot points. The conversation is lighthearted, touching on everything from favorite movies like *School of Rock* to the absurdity of living with four cats, including a story about one cat eating a two-foot ribbon.
As the makeup application progresses, the creator applies various products, including a Hailey Bieber blush and a lip plumper, while continuing to roast Layton's eye shape and his claim that he has no preference for lip styles. The session concludes with the reveal of a SpongeBob collaboration design on Layton's face, which he surprisingly enjoys despite the teasing. Throughout the video, the creator emphasizes that while they have moved past their romantic relationship, their friendship remains strong and supportive, highlighting how they navigate life as queer individuals who prioritize each other's well-being and creative projects over traditional social norms. The final moments show Layton keeping the makeup on for a future podcast episode, underscoring the trust and comfort they share despite the comedic friction of the day.
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Kombucha.
Colleague, ni hao ma?
>> [music]
>> They're plating. Finally happening. The
rollout. I do appreciate you all for
coming. Shishini. The focus is shifting.
Cuz the focus is on me, baby. Focus on
me. [ __ ] [ __ ] focus on me.
>> Ready? This is Wanda. Agatha.
>> Wong.
>> [music]
>> Sue Storm. Cynthia Erivo.
>> This is what happens when you let me
have a puff a poof a poof.
>> You met me at a very Chinese time in my
life as in everyday.
>> Why are you like so far away?
>> Where do you want me to be at?
>> I have to do your makeup, dude.
>> How's the side profile, y'all?
>> You're ugly.
>> Hi everyone. Welcome back to my page. My
favorite phrase, I've been going through
a lot. I actually have been. Update
video is live. I tried to jump.
>> [music]
>> Work here, though.
>> That's the gospel truth.
>> Y'all have never known about Leighton.
We used to date long millennial ago.
Then I transitioned and then we went
through a lot and now we don't date. But
this is my best friend. He is the reason
why so much is Actually, no. I'll let
you speak.
>> What do you want me to [music] say?
>> Recently 30 years old.
>> Hey 30.
>> 2,100.
>> Producer of the podcast, Steve or Two
podcast. He designed this jewelry pouch
for my collection. They're linked up
here. Today I'm going to do his makeup
because why not? And I have a bunch of
questions that I had you guys send me on
Instagram. I don't really do other
people's makeup so we're going to see
how it goes. Your eyes are so red.
>> No, they're not.
>> Look straight to the camera.
>> Yeah, right.
>> Hi.
>> I'm sure you are.
>> Hi.
Bet you are.
>> I'm nervous.
>> Why? About what? Well, your introduction
to the world? To the Freddy lore? New
new rollout?
>> Going to make some people feel a little
ugly.
>> Wow.
>> You're ugly.
>> I don't think I will enjoy the feeling
of having makeup on.
>> Oh, it's terrible.
>> You're just going right for it.
>> How did you meet and when [music] did we
meet?
>> January of 2024. You hit me up on
Instagram. Asked me to take some photos
of you.
>> Okay, hit me up sounds
>> It was just for photography. I get
commissions through [music] Instagram.
>> Ow.
>> I'm sorry.
>> [ __ ] That's all it was. I won't do
more. It's not worth it.
>> Okay, we have this palette today, Bella
Beauty Bar. That's not the uh conspiracy
palette.
>> Oh my god.
>> [laughter]
>> [ __ ] off.
>> What kind of look do you want me to do
on you?
>> Make me look like a peacock.
>> All right. As y'all know, we do eyes
first on this page.
>> Primer.
>> I hardly know her.
>> We did meet 2 years ago. It was for a
photo shoot for my sweaters. Long time
ago with Pawsitive
>> Pride. And then Freddy and I started
dating shortly after.
>> We're [snorts] going on now like more
time as friends than the time that we
spent in a relationship. We're close
friends. I love Freddy. Freddy's my best
friend.
>> Next question.
>> I'm going to use this palette for Dusty
for 15% off, but
>> He said peacock?
>> Peacock.
>> Wait, no, it's not the James Charles
>> No, don't even try it.
>> That's not the James Charles Morphe
palette.
>> James Charles has messaged both of us.
>> We hate him, by the way.
>> Oh, what's he going to do? Sue us?
>> Oh, I'm not worried about that.
>> Favorite musician.
>> Give us three.
>> Fall Out Boy, obviously. I've been a
Fall Out Boy fan over 20 years, which is
a weird [music] thing to say.
>> He has a tattoo on here, too. It says
crybaby.
>> I love Tierra Whack. I love Remi Wolf. I
love the band White Reaper. I don't love
their newest album. Shame on them.
Denzel Curry.
>> Wow, what's it feel like having a double
island? Compton, right?
>> [laughter]
>> Band N X G.
>> Freddy will never have more than, let's
say, 10 songs on rotation.
>> True.
>> The rotation changes and updates, and
songs get booted, and songs get added.
My eyeballs.
>> My eyeballs.
>> [laughter]
>> Oh, yeah, this is everyone.
This is the the Lumpy Space
Impersonator.
>> No, don't say that, cuz it's not that
good.
>> It's amazing. Everyone, comment below.
>> Wow, you were just doing me a great
favor by just leaning every which and
way besides the correct one.
>> what to do. You're not doing your job by
not telling me.
>> Oh, I'm not doing my job now.
>> Oh, you want to talk about
>> Let's also not annoy my neighbors.
>> Sorry.
>> Fun fact, the reason why I've been
Twitch streaming again is been holding
me locked up in the basement like the
gay capital of America.
>> I'm a uh
>> Bender.
>> Big ooh.
>> You have to lean a little forward for
me.
>> Okay.
>> Something I write. Usually makeup
artists were standing, but we're
choosing to sit today. [music]
>> Where do you want me to sit?
>> See how far I need to reach the canvas?
>> What do you want me to do? When you do
art, is your iPad this far away?
>> Oh, don't even dare. Don't you dare.
>> What's it like living around the four
cats when you were temporarily at mine?
>> Your cats are stupid and all loving way.
>> [music]
>> I do love your cats a lot. I have like a
special bond with all of them. I saved
Miso's life she from choking to death
once.
>> This [ __ ] found a PR ribbon and just
started eating it.
>> This girl literally ate like two foot of
ribbon
>> and I had to pull it out of her mouth
like a [ __ ] clown. Nimmy and I were
boys. I have a special relationship with
Nimmy. I love Sushi very much. Him and I
have a special bond too. Except for
whenever he was a dick to Bender.
>> [snorts]
>> Stop looking at the makeup.
>> I blink my balls.
>> I have done his makeup one time. I made
him look like he was crying and I did a
damn good job at it and that's the
latent form of humor is to cry while
talking about Olive Garden.
>> Unironically, I love Olive Garden. I
love saying them in an Italian.
>> We love the Jersey Shore.
>> Yeah, I got Freddy into the Jersey
Shore. That's been a
>> uh a a lifelong
>> blink blink
>> They're weasel fur.
>> Oh my god.
Jesus Christ. Blaming on me into bowel
tremors. [laughter]
>> Get over here. Get over here. Don't hate
me.
>> Weasel fur.
>> Eyes open or closed? We're lining his
waterline.
>> I'm dying.
>> Why are you leaning away from me?
>> Cuz it sucks.
>> No.
>> You will learn what I do every day.
>> I just
>> Every time you rush me when I'm doing my
makeup, this is what you're rushing now.
>> I want pasta.
>> The hell am I going to get?
>> A life.
>> Remember when you asked to stay over
last night?
>> Yeah.
>> Favorite movie?
>> I like a lot of movies. I absolutely
love School of Rock. That's probably my
favorite movie. I've said that since I
was a kid. I love Nacho Libre. Tenacious
D and the Pick of Destiny.
>> 13 Going on 30.
>> Do love 13 Going on 30.
>> And then you showed that one to me.
>> Favorite accomplishment in life?
>> Bender and Burns. My cats.
>> What thing have you done that you're
most proud of?
>> I did get to design for Fall Out Boy
last year. I got to design for the 20th
anniversary of Panic! at the Disco's
Fever You Can't Sweat Out. That album
really like was a huge part of my
childhood.
>> How are you doing?
>> How am I doing? Well, my car got towed
this week by my apartment complex,
[music] and I don't know if they're
going to reimburse me. I don't think
they will.
>> I'm good. My number one thing that I'm
working on right now is I want Bender to
have a little baby.
>> What was your favorite photo shoot you
did with me?
>> Brooklyn Bridge was cool.
>> We went to New York together.
>> That was really cool.
>> What did you study in college?
>> I went to a really shitty university
that I just don't want to name. They
didn't teach me [ __ ] Don't go to
schools in the Orlando area.
>> [laughter]
>> I didn't have a good time with college.
I was very depressed. I was under the
impression that I was going to get to
focus on graphic design. The entire
degree they made me just do motion
graphics and animation. Freddy would be
mad about this, and Freddy wouldn't
encourage this, but I skipped as many
days as I possibly could without getting
kicked out of school.
>> No, I'm proud of you for that.
>> I skipped school basically all
throughout college and high school. I
was already going to concerts, so I
decided to show up early, and I would
lie to the bands whenever they would
load in and say, "Hey, I'm a
professional photographer. Could I take
some photos you guys?"
>> I just want to clarify, since he's
putting words into my mouth. I would
never force someone to say, "You need to
go through high school and college." The
whole point of it is I believe you
should pursue higher education and
getting out there in the real world and
learning how a job works and getting
ahead or doing whatever you need to can
to get out of a household if you need to
just get out of it as a queer person, I
support.
>> leaning away.
>> I don't like being close to people.
>> I know you [music] don't, Layton. I've
known this kid for like 2 years
straight.
>> See, I never knew that was like a tism
thing. Should we give you claviculars,
[music] jawline?
>> Who?
>> Gen Z person who streams on Kick when
you should be streaming Freddy Chen on
Twitch.
>> Stop looking up. No, look.
>> See that? That's a contour. On tour, I'm
going on tour.
>> This is going to ruin the contour.
>> There you go. Where do you want to
travel next?
>> I was going to say Antarctica.
>> You were going to say space next or
something.
>> The moon.
>> I was going to say the dark side of the
moon specifically.
>> space.
>> You tell me you ain't trying to see the
dark side of the moon.
>> [ __ ] I'll show you the dark side of
the moon right now. Like
>> Stop it. Stop it. I will jump out of the
window.
>> [laughter]
>> Don't act like we
>> This is the thing with Layton. Since I
started transitioning, obviously, he
sees me as a woman. He is the most
prudish person I've ever met.
>> Most prude?
>> Most prude. [music]
>> You are literally
>> getting farther and farther away from
me.
>> Oh.
>> That's a cheek bone.
>> There weasel fur. Blink, blink.
>> What were your thoughts, and you can be
honest, on Freddy's silver hair?
>> I know negative thoughts about it.
>> You didn't mind it?
>> No. I had silver hair at one point in my
life.
>> We'll give you some Hailey Bieber blush.
>> Oh, really?
>> Yeah, that's her blush.
>> Leave him, Hailey.
>> [laughter]
>> Hailey, leave him.
>> sent this, by the way. I would never buy
it.
>> Hailey, we can be friends.
>> It's not clocking to you. He'd fall in
love with me.
>> Maybe.
>> [laughter]
>> Problem is you'd want me to stand on his
business. I don't want to.
>> Needs more blush. It's not a Freddy look
without more blush.
>> Did somebody say
pasta?
>> Literally no one said pasta, buddy.
What's your next [ __ ] question?
>> Me, what's your next [ __ ] question?
>> It's the most annoying thing I do.
>> That's going to be hard.
>> Um [laughter]
>> Oh. Oh, he thinks he's funny now.
>> No, I'm not even being funny. Being so
real. It's going to be difficult to
choose. Febby. We're not making that a
thing.
>> Febby loves to watch a TV show or a
movie with you and then get on her phone
and then you miss a really crucial thing
and then like
>> It's somehow always the moment I check
my phone.
>> It's cuz you're always on your phone.
>> It's easy to miss
>> always on your phone like
>> [laughter]
[snorts]
>> Well, like are you like
>> Shut up.
>> Excuse me. I don't do that motion.
>> Febby loves to miss out on stuff you're
watching and then you have to rewind and
watch it like three more times. I just
look like a face filter.
>> Oh my god. Why am I so good at makeup?
>> Yay me. Go me. Look good job me.
>> Anytime I ever have to have a serious
conversation with someone now, I'm going
to have to do it in makeup.
>> Febby loves to walk real slow when she's
on her phone as well.
>> I'm 5'4. This [ __ ] is like 6 6'5. So,
my bad.
>> 5'11.
>> [laughter]
>> Come here. [snorts] Febby put on a lot
of makeup, so
Febby. F E B B I E.
>> I'm surprised I was able to do your
makeup so fast. Usually this takes
longer, but when I'm friends with
someone for a long time or I just see a
face for a long time, I just start
staring at it and go
>> There's like a Twitter account that's
like this is what you would look like if
you're Asian and then in my head I just
do the this is what you would look like
with makeup on.
>> Does Laiden want a bold [music] lip or a
little gradient lip?
>> I have no preference.
>> Oh wait, I haven't even done your
lashes. Here we go, baby. Here we go.
Come here. Ow.
[ __ ] that hurt. Ow.
>> Febby just tried to [ __ ] blind me.
>> All right, come sit back down.
>> Thought I was eating my pasta.
>> No, we're finishing the video.
>> God damn it. I thought I was thought I
was eating pasta while I was getting my
makeup done.
>> You That's not possible. What makes you
think that's possible?
>> Anything's possible if you
>> Oh my god.
>> set your mind to it.
>> One thing we always say as girls what I
envy about boys is that they got long
lashes for no reason. You're not going
to do anything with these.
>> Weasel fur.
>> My eyeballs. Layton has incredible eyes.
It's so annoying. He has like the most
beautiful eye color and his eye shape
lets me do that inner corner so easily.
Like watch this.
>> See, here's the thing. This ain't fair.
>> This is why I've abstained from drag. I
really don't want to just do it to him.
>> Oh, you got to get spice tolerance.
Well, this is it's a pencil lip plumper.
>> Let's see how this makes you feel.
>> Remember that episode where LSP gets big
lips before she becomes
>> zombie. My gob.
>> Look at these luscious lips.
>> feel anything?
>> A little lately tingling.
>> I mean, Layton can handle. He has a lot
of tattoos. Oh yeah, we got matching
ones. Matching bracelets and tattoos. Do
you have anything exciting coming up for
this year?
>> Nope.
>> All right. Was it fun working with me?
>> Nope.
>> Yes. We have a jewelry company that
we're launching.
>> Oh
>> [laughter]
>> Moment of truth. Ready? 3 2 1
I didn't even get to do this on you.
This is the SpongeBob collab with Leeto.
What do you think?
>> I'm trying to think of like like a
reference here. Maybe I am the
reference.
>> But I'm I'm kind of lost.
>> Let me give him a good close up.
>> No.
>> Look at your jawline.
>> Ooh, chiseled.
>> Oh, he's loving it. He is loving it.
>> joking.
>> Welcome everyone to my best friend
Layton.
>> I also make art.
>> Oh yeah, everyone go follow him. He is
an incredible artist, literally one of
the most talented, brilliant graphic
designers I know. Do not book him too
much though because if he is working for
you all
>> companies
>> it means he's not working for me.
>> Yeah, brands hit me up.
>> have that happen unless I'm involved.
>> On the side.
>> Wait, do you like the makeup?
>> Oh, the makeup's great. Looking at
myself is uh I'm going to leave this on
until we record the next podcast and
then we'll
>> Stop it. You you just discussed it.
>> Thank you all for watching this video on
my channel and please remember
everything is less than three.
Woo.
>> Stop it.
>> What did you do?
>> I did