Why do people hate michelle phan

And there are different mediums I can work with, whether it's video or even beauty products. Phan: Back in the early two-thousands, there were a bunch of sites that would host blogs — Blogger, Angelfire — and there was this one called Xanga that I felt really comfortable using. I was doing gifs. I was making gifs before they became a thing because I love visual movement. I was on MySpace too, and I was going through my comments.

People were fighting about my Top 8. Then somebody had posted a YouTube video link. This was maybe , before Google had purchased YouTube, and [digital] video was really hard to stream, but I was shocked that you could press play and the video would just… play. I knew that with beauty, a video tells a better story than just pictures and words. I think when you see the makeup, the transformation, and you see it come to life, it feels more tangible. And you learn better. I made my first video in and I posted it on my YouTube page, just for fun.

And when I came back the next day I had like 20, or 30, views, which was a lot. I would say that was the most engaged content I ever had.

Allure: What kinds of skills did you have to develop for YouTube? Phan: I watched a lot of commercials back in the day. I was trying to learn how you tell an engaging story in 15 to 30 seconds? Commercial producers probably spend millions of dollars storyboarding everything out.

Every single second counts. I was also inspired by Bob Ross. I think he was so good at making something that people tend to think of as hard, like painting, he made it so easy. Anyone can paint. And there was something also very therapeutic and ASMR-y about his content.

I'm not a professional makeup artist. They would spend thousands of dollars on the content and it would get just, like, views, and they just didn't understand why people weren't watching. They searched "Lancome makeup tutorial" [on YouTube] and thought their [tutorial] would come up.

They were flabbergasted. I met with a team and signed a contract to do a monthly video for them. That was interesting. They see me as a best friend or someone they really trust. It's a completely different relationship. I just made really good content. And if the content is good and engaging, then I fulfilled my duties. Allure: When did it feel like it was time to move on from that? Phan: When I hit a million subscribers. This was after two years of really going hard at YouTube.

I dropped out of college 'cause the economy crashed. I decided I was just gonna try to make money on YouTube and pay off my debts.

I was living in Florida at the time and I felt like this big fish in a small pond. I wanted to go to the ocean. So I went to L. I wanted to do a subscription beauty business , but I started on YouTube. I didn't have hedge fund people or a VC. Nobody cared. It was just an idea in my head. Now I needed to build out the business model and find someone to help me run it.

I had to plan for the future. Allure: It almost sounds like you invented beauty blogging and then went on to invent the beauty subscription box? Phan: Well, Birchbox existed before Ipsy , but I didn't even know about it. My idea for Ipsy was inspired by shopping in Asia. In , I was in Thailand, and I saw people were interested in buying expensive skin-care samples.

In the U. It was fascinating. And I thought, one day I'll do a business where people could buy samples, maybe in a mystery box, or you pay a subscription and it's a surprise. Corresponding author: Tony Tran; e-mail: tony.

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Sign In Forgot password? Don't have an account? International Communication Association members Sign in via society site. I would understand if she had one soft spot that made her feel offended by somethings they said but it kept going on. She isnt a highschooler but she acts like one meaning that if she had a possy, she will take down one person with millions of people.

I only watched her as a kid, a kid with only the intent to watch fun make up videos and I cared less about the comments, in fact I dont recall reading them at all. Twitter was not an existance and facebook was new to me.

I looked her up one day on google and when I wrote Michelle phan the options were the following. My role model is a fake. I can't wait for they day when everyone will soon get tired of all her two-faced conceited BS lies. Then who will she run to, when she gets back into a corner? I used to be a fan but after I realized how ugly her inner beauty was made me unsubscribe her quick, especially how she has her zombie-brainless fanbase to attack people who express thier opinion.. Not everyone is going to like the same shit she does, and if she is going to cry and shit bricks then maybe she should have thought twice before being a so-called make up artist.

I dont watch MP but from what I see right now, I probably shouldn't xD I kind of agree with the second last paragraph but I just dont like bubzbeauty anymore used to be subscribed for 2 years because I feel like shes becoming more self centered but idk I feel really torn because on one hand I used to love lovee lovee her but on the other hand I dont..

I undertsand it is because of the pregnancy but before she was a bit less whiney but still whiney. Idc about your boobs either ugh. I guess.. I like tim not bubz. I'd like to point out that Bubz doesn't do much about how her supporters act towards her non-supporters either. Yes, Michelle is just as bad. But Lindy is not the sweet down-to-earth angel you seem to adamantly believe she is. The last time I rambled about Michelle Phan I got a half and half view on it; About 2 of you agreed with me; 2 called me jealous and thought I was just angry at her popularity.

If MP wants to delete comments, why not these sorts of comments? I certainly wouldn't want a divide if I was a big guru or something of the sort. It has begun to really irritate me that MP does nothing about how her supporters act towards her un-supporters - I've been at the end of brutality of her supporters many a time calling me a jealous, ugly little girl with no life and that I wasn't loved by anyone - and no I am not exaggerating.