Hi sisters!
James Charles here and welcome back to my youtube channel.
Oh my God, it feels literally so good to be sitting here and filming in front of this camera right now
I know you guys have obviously been seeing videos from me all the time...
But, they were actually all pre-filmed because I've been travelling
and just working on a lot of super awesome and secret things the past few days
which has been so so sooo exciting!
You guys are literally not ready for the things that are about to come with the sisterhood
but, regardless, um, in case you cannot hear, I am very sister sick right now!
I just travelled to a Vegas and Salt Lake City this past weekend
With my good friend Lipstick Nick for her makeup tour, but I got very, very sick
which is so inconvenient and so rude and so homophobic
but I've been downing Mucinex nonstop and also been blowing my nose every fifteen seconds.
Thank you, Kleenex. #NotSponsored
But hopefully, those will be gone soon and if you already hated my voice
get ready for this video because this is about to be intense.
Since I've literally have not had makeup on in over a week now
knowing that blowing my nose would take off my nose contour of in about *snap*  3 seconds flat.
I really wanna sit down today and play with a little bit of make-up.
I have a really pretty look in mind inspired by
M-M-M-M-Mitchell, I saw this on his Instagram page
and I was like wow, I need this on my face right now
so were just gonna chill, I want to do a little bit of a Sister Q&A
as well because I haven't done one in a while and
for videos that im doing these more colorful, creative looks
doing a juicy Q&A during them is literally the only way that
I can guarantee it will get still get views and you guys will still watch
so love being a marketing queen, let's jump into the video.
(intro music)
Alright guys, jumping right in this question is actually a really good one to start off with
and I really didn't think about it here, this one is from sister O'Drawn and he said
"If you couldn't be convicted of any one type of crime, what criminal charge would you want to be immune to?"
That is such a good question.
If I could be immune to any criminal conviction. Robbery, oh my God.
100%, hello? Rob the US National Bank right now, take all the money and run.
And nobody ever knows, are you kidding?
I'd finally be able to buy my sister house without having to worry about three lines of credit.
Hundred percent!
That's actually such a crazy cool question that I've never even thought about.
I want you guys to all answer that in the comments down below too-
Actually maybe not, that could get bad. Real fast.
Never mind, don't do that
*laughs*
I think I have a gray hair.
You're kidding, what is this?
*gasp* I do!
This is a joke. I have a gray hair at age 18!
Oh my god, wait. Kelly, give me a zoom-in.
THAT'S A GRAY HAIR!!
I QUIT. Oh my God, I am scared.
You guys, what the heck?
That just ruined my day.
And my life, probably.
Oh my God!
Sister Nique asked, "What's one thing wrong you did in your makeup routine before
you were a professional makeup artist that you would say to your younger self
right now when you have all this knowledge?"
OH my God, hundred percent would be
stop using so much powder while baking your face.
Clearly, you guys know Flashback Mary happened for a reason,
and it's because I used to use literally so much baking powder, it's absolutely insane.
Like, I used to pack it on
with a powder puff, not even a beauty blender and it looked so bad
not only did I look very very textured
... but it also created one my biggest scandals of all time
which, thank God, I was able to turn into a meme
and make it productive for me but
oh my God, it was really really embarrassing in the moment.
I feel like a lot people who watch beauty gurus
for makeup education
including myself, this is literally how I
learned how to do makeup in the first place
tend to follow exactly what a lot of us do
and implement those steps into like their every makeup routines
literally, once again, that's how I learned to do makeup in the first place.
Obviously, you should support and watch whoever you want
and whoever you find entertaining, DUH
but when it actually comes to listening to the tips and advice
and implementing different products and techniques
into your routine, I would say that it's really really important to find a guru
or one or two who have very very similar features
and skin types to you, because people like Patrick Starr, for example,
who use a million pounds of pressed powder
may sit there and say
yes, bake your face, bake your face, bAKE YOUR FACE
but for those people who have really really dry skin
if you do that you will look like the Sahara-freaking-desert
and on the flip side, there are a lot of gurus out there such as
like Carli Bybel or Jaclyn Hill, who have
more normal to dry skin, and they don't really set their face much at all
except for underneath their eyes, and for people who have oily skin
if you did that your face would be melting off  in about 30 seconds flat
after walking outside without having pressed powder on
so, it's really a matter of finding different people that you not only like and find entertaining to watch
but also able to give you accurate techniques that are going to work for you
I would definitely say for me I wish took my skin type in consideration more when learning how to kinda set my face in place
we would have avoided flashback Mary but HEY at least we got a really iconic meme out of it. *Giggles*
Mariah asks, "How did you grow so fast in the beauty industry, what's your secrets/methods you use to get noticed/stay noticed?"
This is actually a really great question I get asked all the time.
I kinda briefly touched on this in a few different videos but you guys know I love giving business advice
and that's like my favourite thing in the entire world
So I thought I would answer this one today.
I think the reason I did grow so fast in the beauty industry is because the looks I started off doing
- and I don't wanna talk about me being creative because I literally feel like I talk about that in every video at this point-
I think that originality is really what grew me to begin with, it's what kept me relevant up until this day.
I am definitely someone who can take pride in the fact that I DO create alot of really really  original
concepts for my channel
That have inspired a lot by other people and a lot by other creators as well. And I just worked really hard to come up with new concepts all the time.
I feel like the makeup industry kinda hit a wall in this sense that we literally all seen everything done like a million times
So like, every single eyeshadow palette that comes out I feel like is looking exactly the same. Like every single week there's a new challenge coming out
That feels like one of the other challenges that we have all seen
I feel like what really set me apart from a lot of different influencers that I was doing something different and that's always the advice
that I give to upcoming artists and people who wanna build a social media page is that you have to do something different
and you have to do something that sets yourself apart everybody else with a little bit of glam and a little bit of Facetune who's doing the same exact thing
because as blunt as it sounds, nobody is ever gonna make it with some brown smokey-eyes and some nude lips.
Like it sounds harsh to say that but at the end of the day, there's a million other people doing it. So the only people who really succeeding and who are gaining quickly
are the ones who are really setting themselves apart and establishing themselves as both: entertainer and an artist
If that makes sense.
I also feel like, too if you go into the industry trying to grow and trying to gain followers and that's your reasoning behind doing that makeup in the first place
you're never gonna make it because it's gonna be really really obvious and apparent to the people that are gonna be following you.
Whereas if you go into it really focusing on your art and like I said putting out new, original content that nobody's seen before
the followers gonna come no matter what. Because it's gonna be so interesting that they're gonna want keep watching
So
I feel like you really have to go into it with the different minds of that everybody else and kinda think like, "What can I bring to this Industry that doesn't already exist here?"
And it's gonna be those people who really think outside of the box and think strategically that are gonna make it to the top
Asher asked "Where have you always wanted to go but never been able to?"
Uhh, that's actually a really good question
There's actually a lot of places that I really reaLLY REALLY wanna travel to, uhm
South Africa was actually my number one place that I really wanted to go to and that trip is now checked off the bucket list which was literally AMAZING
and also not so amazing at the same time, you guys all know why
Uhm, Australia is somewhere that I also am SOOOo excited to go to
OH MY GOD
LITERALLY one week from today I will be in Australia on tour and I never been more excited for anything in my entire life, I am SO pumped
I've heard that it is such a beautiful place. Australian boys are all so beautiful so I am just very very excited and if you are sister down-under and you wanna come see ME
don't forget to check out jamescharlesaustralia.com for all your tour information and tickets
I think the sister's VIP packages that have already completely sold out for both shows, which is just SO lit. So thank you guys for this support but there's still VIPs and general admission tickets
available. *Police siren* The siren is being so RUDE. I am just trying to promote my tour.
As I was saying before I was RUDLY INTERRUPTED
Yes, Australia is definitely on my bucket list that will be checked off very very soon, so I am so excited for thAT
I wanna go to Italy, for sure I wanna go to Paris, I wanna go to the UK, I wanna go to New Zealand, I wanna go to South America, I really wanna go to Peru
I wanna go to Canada, never been to Canada before even though it's literally right up there. Hey my Canadian Sisters up north
I'd really love to go to Japan eventually, that sounds SO much fun, hello??? I just wanna travel and just see all my sisters all around the world
Sister Priscilla asked, "Who is the kindest celebrity you've ever met?"
Wow, can't wait to answer this one because I know it WON'T get me into a scandal.
But, I'd probably actually have to say Kim Kardashian.
Hands down, she has been absolutely incredible every single time that I've met her.
She definitely is a little bit of a controversial public figure
but she doesn't let that get to her and she's just really really funny.
She's unapologetically herself and she's a really really smart businesswoman.
And she's just really really nice, all on top of that. And has always been nothing but absolutely amazing.
And I really want to work with her someday. So I definitely love Sister Kim.
Hands down, easy answer for that one.
Alright guys, I'm currently baking in the oven.
I'm going to go ahead and do my brows off camera.
Sorry, I literally can not talk while doing them.
I need to focus (whoop) so hardcore to make sure that my brows end up being sisters
And not, like, distant cousins twice removed because it happens.
Let's be real, so I'll be right back in a few seconds to start off the eyes
SO starting off my eyes today, like I said
I'm doing a look inspired by M-M-M-Mitchell. One of my all-time favorite artists.
And he is a UK artist.
And UK artists use a lot of very different techniques than us American and US artists.
And their eyeshadow always looks way bomber than ours
So I definitely want to try a lot of the different techniques today.
So, I'm gonna start off with the P. Louise Eyeshadow Base
This is a, kinda similar texture as like the Mac Pro Longwear Concealer.
And I'm just going to pat this on using a flat concealer brush.
And then for my eyeshadow today I'm going to be using the P. Louise Eyeshadow Palette
Apparently instead of really blending this in you're supposed to kind of tap it into place
And what really is scaring and worrying me about this is that none of the UK artists ever set their base.
They go right in with the shadows right on top.
And kind of blend it even though it's still wet. So, I want to try to do that today.
I'm not sure how it's going to turn out, but clearly they're doing something right.
There's something in the water over there that's always making their shadow look bomb, so you know what? We're going to take risks.
So, unless I threw my brush on the ground like I just did.
I'm going to grab my Morphe M511 brush. I love this brush.
It is a really really big fluffy brush.
And dip into the shade P. Louise right here in the palette.
And I'm going to use this yellow shade as a transition shade
In the outer portion of the crease.
This eyeshadow look is going to be pretty complicated, so I don't really want to explain what I'm doing.
So I'm going to go back to answering your guys' questions during this process.
And Sister Bobby asked, "Have you ever unfollowed one of your fan accounts and why?"
And the answer to that is actually yes.
I have one very specific incident in mind
and this was a very very hard choice for me to make
but I did have an obvious reason for doing so
and that reason being that this person was being very very mean to a lot of other fan accounts.
And we actually had an incident in the sisterhood a few days ago regarding a very similar thing actually
But, after all of the crap that I have been hit with from BS of stay on twitter and people just hating
me for no reason and just being nasty, the absolute last thing that I would want
you sisters to be is mean to anybody.
Even if someone is being the absolute worst person in the world, they're being rude to you,
they're being mean, they're being mean to somebody else
Please, I ask you guys, don't address it.
Don't say anything. Just be the bigger person and either be nice about it or just don't say anything at all.
If anything, you guys definitely know I'm a firm believer in allowing things to grow and change from their mistakes.
and although the love from you guys is always really intense and amazing,
the hate from the haters is also very very intense. And you guys know that
for sure, so if a haters coming in to our sisterhood already having a bad feeling about us
and feeling that we may be really really dramatic or really really scandalous
or all have bad, like kind of mindsets or all think the same way
prove them wrong let's just all be so amazing and so nice to one another, that all the haters that come in
are like, "Oh, oops," these people are actually really really dope
and James is awesome and all his fans are really really awesome as well so
like I was saying, I have unfollowed a fan account before
I'm not happy about it
it pained me a lot to do so, but at the end of the day
this person was being very very nasty to a lot of my other fans who I also love and care deeply about
and that is never okay so...
*Clap*
Be nice, share the love no matter what,
even if someone is not sharing the love back because,
I guarantee it will come back around to both you in the positive light
and them in the negative light.
*Clap*
Karma's a bitch.
Sister Zoey asked, "If you could bring one thing from your house in
New York and bring it to your apartment in LA
What would it be and why?"
Literally the answer to this is so easy, my dog, Benny.
Oh my God. I miss him so much.
It is literally insane. And for some reason too
I feel like there has been a very very strange influx of
dogs in my apartment building recently.
Its really just making me so sad
and miss him so much
and you guys know I've been trying to buy a house really badly
and its not exactly working out
but the first thing that I do
when i get a house, before I even buy furniture
is literally getting a dog.
I cannot wait to adopt one. Oh my God.
I am so beyond excited, I need a dog right now, in my life!
I really wanna get like a husky, pitbull mix
LIKE
That just sounds the best
In the entire world. It's been on my agenda. Trust me.
Sister Santa asked, if you had to launch your own makeup line what would be the first product
That you would  come out with?
Oh that is literally so easy
Definitely 100% an eyeshadow palette
You guys know eyeshadow is by far my favourite part of my makeup routine
It's where I really feel like I can be super super creative  and always switch things up and always push the boundaries.
I just live for a good colourful moment, and I definitely have a few really really really bomb ideas for palettes
That have never really been done before either, so you guys will have to stay tuned and see what happens.
I'm gonna take this metallic blue shade from the 35B.
You guys know this is my all-time favourite palette from Morphe with all the rainbow shades.
Use code 'James' for 10% off this palette and all other amazing Morphe goodies.
And I'm gonna try and pack this on the lid. *sprits sprits* maybe
And this might give us a similar look. I'm scared
