Michelle Phan
Michelle Phan | |
|---|---|
 Michelle Phan (Photo by Kastle Waserman) | |
| Born | April 11, 1987 |
| Occupation(s) | Youtube beauty instructor Lancôme Video Makeup Artist Founder of MyGlam Founder of Ever Eden |
| Years active | 2005–present |
| Website | http://www.michellephan.com/ |
Michelle Phan (born April 11, 1987) is a Vietnamese-American make-up instructor who posts make-up and beauty tutorials on YouTube, sometimes under the online alias ricebunny. Phan attended Ringling College of Art and Design and Massachusetts College of Art and Design then dropped out to be a failed guru who trusts in her ability to mask her atrocious make-up and grammar skills with glam, and sparkles and thinks her subscribers are a bunch of stupid teenagers who will always praise her like a make-up queen.
Early life
Phan was born in Boston, Massachusetts to Vietnamese parents. She has one brother named Steve Phan, a sister-in-law Promise Tamang Phan, who is also a make-up/hair instructor, and a half-sister called Christine Phan, who occasionally features in Promise's YouTube videos. Michelle lived in Massachusetts and California, before eventually settling in Tampa, Florida, where she attended high school. As a teenager, Phan originally intended to become a doctor at the request of her mother.[2] However, she later convinced her mother to allow her to major in illustration. She was inspired by her mom's career as a nail technician.[3] Formerly, she was a student and worked as a part-time waitress at a sushi restaurant.[4]
YouTube career
Phan first began posting tutorials on her Xanga under the username Ricebunny.[5][6] She later joined YouTube on July 18, 2006 and has created over 200 videos.[7][8] As of February 2012, she has garnered over half a billion views and over 2,000,000 subscribers, making her channel the most subscribed beauty channel on YouTube. She writes on Youtube:"Honest, elegant and artistic describes my videos best". Phan is known for her video style that incorporates her voice-over instruction with music and text subtitles. Her videos are created entirely using iMovie, on a MacBook Pro.[8][4] Popular beauty tutorials released on Phan's YouTube channel have included her "Romantic Valentine Look," "Brighter Larger Looking Eyes," "Makeup for Glasses," and "Mysterious Masquerade Look." Her most popular videos include the "Lady Gaga 'Poker Face' Tutorial" with over 30,000,000 video views on YouTube,[9] "Lady Gaga Bad Romance Look," with over 25,000,000 views, "Romantic Valentine Look," and "Seductive Vampire". In January, special effects were used in her new Lady Gaga "Bad Romance" video, the first for a makeup instructor.[10] The Buzzfeed profiled Phan on January 23, 2009[11] overnight, turning it into a viral video.[12]
[13][14] She appeared in the August 2009 issue of Seventeen magazine, the St. Petersburg Times on August 23, 2009,[11] the Sun Sentinel[15] on August 24, 2009, and on the popular blog BellaSugar on April 19, 2009. Phan was also featured in a Chilean newspaper for her Barbie video.[16] Recently, Phan was also published in May's issue of NYLON magazine.[17] She appeared in Forbes magazine as well.
Along with her Youtube career, Phan has also started the companies FAWN Inc. (For All Women Network), MyGlam, and Ipsy. She also has her own jewelry line, Ever Eden, through the company Glamhouse.
In 2010, Phan was hired by Lancôme. Since then, her videos have included Lancôme beauty products.[18][19]
References
- ^ "Michelle Phan Net Worth". Celebrity Net Worth. Retrieved September 9, 2012.
- ^ "Michelle Phan, a YouTube sensation for her makeup tutorials, has transformed her life". St. Petersburg Times. Tampabay.com. Retrieved 2010-01-25.
- ^ http://www.savvysugar.com/Who-Michelle-Phan-18263114
- ^ a b "From". Fox News Tampa Bay. 2010-07-23. Retrieved 2010-08-01. Cite error: The named reference "myfoxtampabay.com" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ ricebunny.xanga.com
- ^ http://www.tampabay.com/features/humaninterest/article1029747.ece
- ^ "MichellePhan's Channel". YouTube. 2006-07-18. Retrieved 2011-12-19.
- ^ a b Maria Ricapito (2010-05-28). "Viral Videos: Michelle Phan's Rise to YouTube Stardom". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 2010-05-28.
- ^ May 08, 2009 (2009-05-08). "Lady GaGa Poker Face Tutorial". YouTube. Retrieved 2010-01-25.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Tamar Anitai (2010-01-27). "Makeup Tutorial: Learn How To Get Lady Gaga's Scary 'Bad Romance' Eyes". MTV. Retrieved 2010-04-17.
- ^ a b Hayes, Stephanie (2009-08-23). "Michelle Phan, a YouTube sensation for her makeup tutorials, has transformed her life". St. Petersburg Times. Tampabay.com. Retrieved 2010-01-25.
- ^ Peggy Wang (2010-07-09). "How to Get Lady Gaga Googly Eyes [VIDEO]". Buzzfeed.com. Retrieved 2010-07-15.
- ^ "Những mảnh đất hái ra tiền trên Internet". TinNhanh.com (in Vietnamese). November 11, 2009. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "【ＹｏｕＴｕｂｅ】メイクで人気の米美女、セーラームーンコスプレ披露". Searchina (in Japanese). October 30, 2009. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Wanna be famous? Here's one way". Weblogs.sun-sentinel.com. 2009-08-24. Retrieved 2010-01-25.
- ^ "Revista Reportajes". Lun.com. 2009-10-11. Retrieved 2010-01-25.
- ^ "Niet compatibele browser". Facebook. Retrieved 2010-07-15.
- ^ "Want Lady Gaga's Eyes? YouTube Beauty Gurus Teach How To Do It Yourself". CNN. 2010-07-08. Retrieved 2010-07-18.
- ^ "Michelle Phan First-ever YouTuber to be Hired as Beauty Brand's Video Makeup Artist". The Independent (U.K.). 2010-02-12. Retrieved 2010-08-01.