00:00Are you James from CoverGirl?
00:01Girl, have you seen this pop and highlighter?
00:04That is me.
00:07What is your favorite beauty trend of 2016?
00:10Oh my gosh, definitely highlighting.
00:11The goal is literally to be blinding people left and right, girl.
00:15What was it like getting the call from CoverGirl?
00:17Getting that call was like, like my mind was blown, to say the least.
00:22Can you tell us the story behind your self-lit yearbook photo?
00:25Oh yeah, it's literally the most iconic picture to ever hit the internet.
00:30Makeup lighting is like vital to have all the colors and everything show in their correct manner.
00:34So I emailed them and I was like, oh my god, like I don't mean to be annoying,
00:37but like could we redo this and could I bring my light with me?
00:39And they actually said yes.
00:40How could I be so silly?
00:42How does makeup empower you?
00:44Honestly, makeup doesn't empower me.
00:46I wear makeup as like a creative outlet to create and inspire.
00:48So while I do feel like beautiful and stunning and powerful in makeup,
00:51I also feel the same way without full face on.
00:54I love that.
00:55Cool.
00:56What apps could you not live without?
00:58Um, well obviously like social media.
01:01Right.
01:01My followers already know like everything about me from like what I ate for breakfast
01:04to what I'm doing right now, what makeup look I'm doing,
01:06or like stupid boy drama at school.
01:08So probably instant Twitter, my tooth that I could not live without.
01:10Instant Twitter, I like it.
01:11What's your favorite song seeing the car?
01:13Oh my gosh, literally there are so many good songs right now.
01:16I would say my favorite song is probably Side to Side by Ariana at the moment.
01:19Okay.
01:20Can you sing a little?
01:21Yeah.
01:28I love that song right now.
01:29I was not expecting that to do it at all.
01:32You have amazing brows.
01:34What's your number one tip for good brows?
01:36I always start by drawing a line like to underline the brow and then I draw the tail
01:40out to make it nice and sharp and on fleek.
01:42Amazing.
01:43When you do a look on your YouTube channel, do you then wear it out or do you take it
01:47down?
01:47No.
01:48You will never catch me outside of my house unless it's a special occasion wearing makeup.
01:52How do you handle the haters and trolls?
01:54For like every hate comment there's always like 50 million positive ones.
01:57But we all have a right to our opinions.
01:58If you don't like me, that's okay.
02:00Like I don't care.
02:00The ones I don't like are the ones who are like, oh like he seems like shady or he's like
02:04a mean person.
02:04That's what I don't like because I'm not.
02:06I'm a good person, I promise.
02:07Happy example.
02:09As someone who has freckles, I love that you incorporate freckles into your look.
02:13What is it about freckles that you love?
02:15I feel like it just adds a lot of like youth and like cuteness I guess to like really like
02:19natural everyday looks.
02:20If you have freckles, definitely embrace them because they are beautiful.
02:23That's good advice.
02:24Okay, I have another question.
02:26Yes, girl.
02:26So you're 17 in the spotlight.
02:28Yes.
02:28What's your secret to feeling confident when you're having an off day?
02:31Sometimes we all have those days, let's be real.
02:33So in that type of situation I just say like, you know what, we're all human.
02:36Let's just move on and get over it and then tomorrow's a new day.
02:40Tomorrow's a new day.
02:41Awesome.
02:41This has been James Charles.
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