Friday, November 19, 2010

Michelle Phan: taking over the world with one lipstick at a time.

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Michelle Phan - Honest, Elegant and Artistic.

This is how Michelle Phan describes her videos. However these three words also describe this Vietnamese beauty who started to teach herself how to paint at the age of 12. Exchanging her paintbrushes for her make-up brushes, she went from being a girl who wanted to help women look the most beautiful to gracing the covers of several magazines and becoming a spokesperson for Lancome.

Her initial plan of taking up dermatology, a request of her mother, was pushed aside by her determination to major in illustration. Michelle inspires women to not only be beautiful but also follow their dreams. On her ‘about me’ section in her YouTube channel, she describes her dreams: