It’s the week before fall break, and you know what that means: mid-term season. It’s around this time that I find myself thinking, “Does this professor think I’m only taking one class?” Usually a solid round of procrastination follows this spiel. My modus operandi of late has been YouTube. While it is admittedly a mecca hilarious Internet memes, there is a wealth of beauty and fashion advice. While some gurus have more questionable taste than others, listed below are three ladies that will charm.
JLovesMac1 – If you ever need a pick me up watch Jarmaine’s videos. Not only is she super informative in regards to make-up and fashion, she is downright ridiculous. Her silly, peppy, over the top personality make her videos particularly fun to watch. She does a wide variety of videos ranging from product reviews, tutorials, clothing hauls and look-books. Her product reviews are particularly informative because she gives it to you straight. Even if a company sent her a product for free, she is not afraid to say if it’s bad and, if it is, how so. Her haul videos are also enjoyable because she provides viewers with fashion advice in regards to why she chose specific items. She also tells hilarious anecdotes about where she got the clothing from, which makes her videos that much more entertaining.
What is great about Jarmaine is that in addition to fashion and beauty oriented videos; she produces content about her personal experiences and what she learned from them. While many gurus choose to hide their personal lives for understandable reasons, I am glad to see how inviting and welcoming she is.
http://www.youtube.com/user/JLovesMac1#p/u/4/FWRLVQRxGZw
Shirley B. Eniang- 21- year old English beauty Shirley B. Eniang is one of the most charming beauty and fashion gurus on this list. She consistently delivers both in the fashion and beauty departments. In regards to fashion, she creates look books modeling recently purchased items and how you can fashion them into different outfits, alternating a few key pieces. Such fashion savvy is truly appreciated as a college student with a limited wardrobe and budget. Additionally, Shirley creates make-up tutorials in which she either invents her own look or reproduces a celebrity’s look. One of my personal favorites is her rendition of Rihanna’s look in her What’s My Name Music video. Not only does she do tutorials, she does beauty reviews for make-up, hair and skin— something that I find highly useful because it keeps me from buying every product under the sun in order to test it. Lastly, her genuine positive personality shines through in her videos; she is always upbeat and sweet, which makes her endearing and rather enjoyable to watch. It is no wonder that she was named Mod Cloth’s Blogger of the Moment this past summer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxSRLg4oW7k
Let’sMakeItUp1- Unlike the other beauty bloggers on this list, Kaley does not focus on make-up or clothing but rather hair. Her archives are basically an encyclopedia of every celebrity hairstyle ever. This sounds slightly hyperbolic, but it’s not— trust me. What makes Kaley an amazing guru is that she takes these seemingly over complicated celebrity hairstyles and simplifies them with her well-detailed step by step tutorials. Not only does she do tutorials on celebrity hair styles, she also invents her own hairstyles adapted for a range of situations—from the average (first day of school) to the more extravagant (prom.) While she excels at all hairstyles her strengths lie in up-do styles as well as braids.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRHbyM21BIw