On screen you might know her as The Witcher's badass Princess Ciri rocking the best icy blonde plait since Selling Sunset's Christine Quinn and an extremely attractive, if slightly scary, guardian in the form of Henry Cavill's Geralt. But, off screen, British actor and rising star, Freya Allan, is the closest thing to a beauty Youtuber you'll find this side of Cintra.
Not that she'd want you to know that. Catching up on-set for the latest episode of ELLE UK's 5 In 5 series, Allan masterfully took us through her everyday make-up tutorial but, crucially, minus the stereotypical Youtuber cringe. 'My friends will laugh at me so much if I sound like a Youtuber,' the 20-year-old admitted.
She needn't have been worried. Dressed in a black Christopher Kane dress complete with actual computer panel, graffiti'd stomping boots that almost double her height and hair ('I just did myself',' she says of her look), Allan is part high fashion grunge, part relatable practicality and part screen starlet. Most definitely not cringe.
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Crumbling Charlotte Tilbury eyeshadow palette aside, the Gunpowder Milkshake actor is also a fountain of pro make-up tips. 'I like to apply the eyeshadow more on the outer part of the eye and kind of upwards so it's like a cat eye and brings the eyes out and up.'
Like everyone, she's had a little help along the way. 'My best friend was incredible at make-up at one stage so she taught me how to blend and make it look not like one chunk of colour.' Plus, Youtube inevitably had a small part to play as well. 'I watched some Youtube tutorials when I was younger in regards to how to make eyeshadow look blended.'
One make-up product you'll never see Allan with? Blusher. 'I don't really like blush because... my face can very easily end up looking like a doll so I like to avoid that. Instead of blush I use a liquid bronzer. I put it on my cheeks and look like a clown for a second. I put it on my cheeks because I'm a weirdo who likes bronzer instead of blusher - I'm using bronzer not technically how it should be used.'
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'I only use one colour from this really... it's a sort of grey colour and it's crumbling away because I dropped it yesterday!'
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'I actually used this on season 2 of 'The Witcher'. I didn't have any make-up in season 1 because it was a very bare look but for season 2 I got to wear some mascara.'
'If you decide to wear lip gloss over the top, if you put your lip liner in the middle of your lip as well it makes it stick better - I've been told!'
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'It makes your lips feel really good and smooth and I feel like when you have a bit of shine on your lips it just brings them out a bit more, makes them look fuller.'
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'I don't like blush because my face can very easily end up looking like a doll, so I avoid that and instead of blush I use a liquid bronzer.'
Watch Freya Allan's full 5 In 5 in the video at the top of this article and check out The Witcher season two on Netflix now.
George Driver was the former Senior Beauty Editor - Digital at ELLE UK.
