I'm having fun. I'm being myself. I'm doing what I love. That's all that matters.
James Charles
I always take photos from my left side because my jaw line is stronger.
Makeup is an art form for me. It's a form of expression, and it's such a cool way to get my creative juices flowing.
I think it's so important to love who you are and be comfortable in your own skin.
Breaking gender norms just comes instantly as soon as a boy is comfortable and confident enough to put on makeup.
YouTube videos and practice have taught me all I know.
Men in makeup is becoming more widely accepted. But it's going to take so much more open-mindedness to have it be a common thing.
I definitely do not think of makeup as, like, a validation type thing. For me, it's a creative outlet and an art form. It's not like, 'Oh my God, I need to feel pretty.' It's like, 'This is so cool. I just created art on my face.
Mascara can definitely be one of the hardest parts of the beauty routine. Nothing is worse than when you are applying your mascara, and you've worked an hour on the most flawless blended eye shadow, and with one slip of the finger, your mascara is all over your face.
If you're ringing my doorbell eight times every three minutes and hiding behind my garbage cans, I will call the police. That is literally harassment.
I've always been a very artsy person, and I always preach self-confidence and knowing your worth.
I always wear colored prescription contacts for my looks.
I'm self-taught, and fake eyelashes definitely took the longest to master. I glued my eyes shut at least 15 times.
I don't care if someone makes fun of me, but if someone calls me a mean person or something, I reply. If you don't like me in makeup, that's OK. But I would like people to like me as a person.
I'm very thankful for the platform I've been given, and I realize that I'm a role model for many people. I want to use my platform to spread positivity.
Makeup is kind of becoming a more genderless concept, which is so cool and something that I'm all for.
Faux-freckles are definitely a James Charles touch to any makeup look. I love adding them and have seen so many other people start trying them as well! They're so cute!
I've always wanted to create athleisure; it's my thing.
Beauty is for everyone, and I think that CoverGirl, being such a timeless and iconic brand, recognizing that is so important. It truly shows that we are becoming a more accepting industry.
I hope to inspire others to be confident in their own skin and to love themselves with makeup or without.
I always like to pop on a Lilly Lash in the style Miami.
I want to keep doing looks and tutorials, and I'd love to eventually start my own makeup line.
My passion is creating and marketing. That's what I'm really, really good at, and that's what I find the most stimulating for my brain to work on, so that's what I really, really want to do as opposed to product creation.
When I started wearing makeup, my parents..... were like, 'You're absolutely not wearing it out of the house.' At first, I thought they were not happy with me wearing it, but later on, I realized it was out of fear of me getting bullied and ridiculed in school.
I love to do glam. But I also love a lot of creative, outside-of-the-box stuff.
I started my account to post pictures of client makeup I did to get more gals during prom season. I never in a million years would've expected to be where I am today, or even working with CoverGirl.
I'm still confident as a boy, and I will always be a boy.
You can do anything you want because, at the end of the day, it washes right off. It's just make-up, after all.
I've been singing, literally, since I was born.
I'm very bad at talking to boys. I'm not that great at it.
My followers are some of the most loyal people out there. They know everything about me and my life. They know all my drama with guys that I have crushes on, all that stupid stuff that doesn't really matter. But all that stuff allows me to build a close relationship with them.
I can be confident with bare skin and with a full face.
I've always been an Internet kid.
My brows have definitely underwent quite the transformation since I started doing makeup. They used to be disgusting, and now they're a lot better, and I'm happy with them.
As much as I love make-up and the creativity behind this, the Internet can be a horrible place, and sometimes, with so much negativity and hate, it's hard.
The first product I ever used was my mom's foundation. When I was younger, I had pimples, so I just slapped it on and hoped it would fix the situation. It never did, because it was about 18 shades too light for me.
Men in makeup, obviously, is a very new concept. It has not been widely accepted in the past.
My photos would not be as high quality without my dad. He's a contractor, and together we converted an area in our basement into a makeup studio with a desk, a mirror lined with dimmable lights, and storage areas.
I would love to do a video with Harry Styles and sit with him and talk about, like, his music and One Direction and everything he has going on and all his amazing songs that have been coming out.
I was very immature - who isn't at age 12? Let's be real. Once I kind of figured myself out and grew as a person, I now have a ton of different friends and learned who I was.
I would love to have a boyfriend one day.
I love doing supercrazy, avant-garde but still stunning looks.
I get a lot of fans who deal with poor mental health. But that's the good thing about the Internet - that there are so many kids who can confide together and help each other out.
My parents started questioning me about whether or not I was transgender - whether or not I was trying to be a woman. It was a big argument.
I get really negative comments all the time, but the comments that really bother me are the ones that question my character.
I definitely do prefer more of masculine streetwear type of clothing, but I see a lot of young girls rocking the same type of stuff that I do.
There's been thousands of very, very funny and also very, very nasty tweets about me.
I try new techniques and styles almost every day, so I'm always challenging myself.
Sometimes the only thing that keeps me going is knowing I can help inspire young kids to be themselves, that they're waiting for me to put out awesome content for them.
When I started doing makeup, I had no intention of doing drag.
