When I smell pho, I just automatically think of my mom. All these nostalgic feelings and memories come rushing through my head. Michelle Phan Read Quote
Eight years ago, if I wanted to do a YouTube video, I broke out my camera and filmed everything myself and learned how to edit and kind of become a one-woman studio. But we’re living in an era now, thanks to ICON, where any creator who is online, they can create in their own space. Michelle Phan Read Quote
When Google reached out to me in 2011, they wanted me to build out their female lifestyle vertical. When they were starting with that initiative, they were giving each production house a million dollars to produce content. Michelle Phan Read Quote
I’m homemade. I upload my videos in my living room; I edit everything, and I upload on my laptop. And my viewers love that about me, and they get inspired and do it themselves. Michelle Phan Read Quote
That’s the beauty about beauty; it’s not like a tattoo. You can just wash it right off, and your skin is your canvas, so you can do something new the next day. Michelle Phan Read Quote
Western beauty is considered the dominant beauty in the world. Tall, blond, blue eyes. I always felt a little self-conscious because I wanted to be more Caucasian. I tried to get bigger eyes… I would dress preppy. Michelle Phan Read Quote
It’s a deeper connection when you meet someone online and talk to them every day. Michelle Phan Read Quote
When I first started, there really was no beauty guru community. I didn’t have the right production resources. I had to learn how to edit. I didn’t even have beauty products. I had to go out and buy them myself because beauty brands didn’t even know what a beauty guru was. Michelle Phan Read Quote
