James Charles Played With Puppies While Answering Your Sister Questions and You'll Be Sister Satisfied

    These canine sisters were TOO cute.

    by Christian Zamora, Ehis Osifo, brendendahle

    With the recent release of his new Morphe eyeshadow palette — the James Charles Eyeshadow Palette — we had beauty guru and YouTuber James Charles stop by BuzzFeed to play with some adorable puppies while answering YOUR fan questions...

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    ...And sisters, it was the CUTEST:

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    1. When and why did you start saying “Hi sisters”?

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    JC: “Hi sisters” started about two years ago now, I believe. Oh, it is two years now — oh my god, love my two-year sister-versary! It was actually Halloween and my friend’s father was helping me — 'cause I was a deer two years ago and I used to have this disgusting hair, like the grossest hair in the entire world. It was a man-bun... thank god that phase of my life is over — and I would always wear baseball hats because it was so ratty that I knew that it needed to be covered. I knew I couldn’t go out in public looking like that, absolutely not. So my friend’s dad helped me cut holes in a baseball hat so I could fit my deer antlers through it so I could be a deer and cover my hair at the same time. When he gave it to me, I was just like, “Thanks, sister Marco.” And for some reason, it just stuck and my best friend's group chat all started calling each other sister.

    When it came time to naming the fandom, I hated the word “fan” — disgusting. So I thought “the sisters” would be perfect since I already called all of my best friends “sister” that I should just make everybody my best friend and just welcome them to the family.

    2. What is one beauty product you cannot live without?

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    James Charles: I would probably have to say my brand new eyeshadow palette that I just released with Morphe, the James Charles Eyeshadow Palette. Literally formulated it so that there’s every single color in there to create any look, so it’s pretty much my go-to at this point.

    3. If you weren’t doing beauty, what type of career do you think you’d pursue?

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    JC: Beauty for me is a hobby, but what I’m really passionate about and good at is business. I love marketing, I love numbers, and I love strategizing and consulting with major brands, and so, I feel like I’d be running a major business in the beauty space. Makeup and also music is a huge side passion I’d like to take more seriously in the future.

    4. What inspired you to get into makeup? Who were some of your idols along the way?

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    JC: I literally fell into makeup by accident, about three years ago now. I was always just in love with art and I used to do girls’ hair from my school — just for funsies and as a little side-hustle while I was still in school every day — just 'cause I had really liked making people feel beautiful and the beauty-space in general. I would always watch YouTube tutorials on it.

    Some people who have inspired me have been NikkieTutorials and Jaclyn Hill, who are really great friends of mine now, which is so crazy that in the course of three years I went from being their No. 1 fan to working with them all the time and talking with them and just sharing our love for makeup together, which is just so cool.

    5. If you had to guess, how many brushes do you have in your makeup collection?

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    JC: I have a lot of brushes — I have three entire tubs. Probably 1,000? At this point, I don’t even know.

    6. What’s your favorite shade in your Morphe collab palette?

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    JC: My favorite shade in the entire palette probably has to be the bright red — which is called "You’re Kidding" — just because I’ve always wanted, a vibrant, true-red in my collection since I started doing makeup a few years ago, and I feel like red is very, very hard to formulate.

    All the names in the palette are things I either say on a very, very frequent basis or named after important people or places or things in my life. After formulating the red with the lab back and forth and back and forth — probably literally like six or seven times — when I finally swatched the final, I literally looked at everyone and was like “you’re kidding.”

    7. When did you know you wanted to create a makeup palette and how long did it take to actually get it started?

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    JC: Whenever I was traveling or doing photo shoots on set, I would always notice that I would have to bring so many different palettes and products and glitters and highlighters, and everything to create whatever look I was going for, especially if I didn’t know going into it. So I always knew if I wanted to create one product, it would be a palette that I could bring with me on set or just have in my makeup kit to be able to create any look. So literally one night, I sat in Photoshop and just played for hours and hours on end just arranging all the colors in different formats and I literally came up with the palette before I was even asked to do one. So, I was like putting it into the universe, you know, and when I got asked, I literally sent them the Photoshop file that night and was like, “We’re gonna make this,” and they were like, “OK, sounds good.”

    8. What has been your favorite part of your makeup journey so far?

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    JC: I guess the palette would be my favorite moment so far. It’s sold out twice now — worldwide — which is, literally, I cannot even believe it. I could literally just cry just thinking about it. Just to put it out into the world was already exciting enough, because I literally was like, giving birth in a weird way. Ew, that sounded so weird, but it’s true — it was my baby.

    9. You talk about makeup a lot on your channel, but what’s your skincare routine?

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    JC: My favorite skincare products are Tatcha — not sponsored, but would love that, please email me. I take off my makeup using makeup wipes every single night, but then I’m super, super careful to wash my face very, very well with a makeup-removing oil just to make sure that the products don’t get stuck there, especially when you’re caking on literally 800 pounds. And then once it's off, I just moisturize.

    10. If you could pick one eyeshadow color to wear for the rest of your life, what would it be?

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    JC: If I had to pick one color to wear for the rest of my life, I would probably say a gold color, as boring as that sounds. Just because as much as I love playing with color, I really like switching up my looks. A go-to gold would be perfect because I could just put it on the middle of the lid, the inner corner, and the brow bone for a really, really beautiful and natural look. Kinda like the one I’m wearing today, but maybe just a little bit more intense.

    11. If you could do anyone's makeup, dead or alive, whose would it be and why?

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    JC: I would probably have to say Demi [Lovato] just because she’s one of my biggest role models and literally one of the most talented musicians ever. Her makeup artist already does such a beautiful job — I love Jill [Powell] — but Demi definitely does rock natural makeup very, very often, so I definitely want to give her full-on “James Charles” colorful glam, just for fun. Like a little Instagram picture or YouTube video...

    12. What’s your advice to anyone who’s looking to become a beauty guru?

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    JC: I think my biggest piece of advice for anybody who wants to wants to join the YouTube space or be in the beauty community is find whatever talent or whatever makes you unique and really ride off of that. To make it, you have to work so incredibly hard and you really have to set yourself apart from everybody else who’s trying to do the same exact thing. I can definitely say that once I started focusing more towards entertainment-based content and really doing the crazy, creative looks that I love and am truly passionate about, is when people started to tune in. So, I would definitely say you have to be unique if you want to make it in this space.

    13. What’s one piece of advice you’d give to your younger self?

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    JC: I got into a lot of drama when I first started in beauty community because I wasn’t really growing that fast and was also bitter at some other people who were ahead of me at the time. I wish I could tell myself to focus on yourself and to stop worrying about what other people are saying about you, what they’re doing, what videos they’re doing. I wish I would have just focused on myself and minded my own business — I’m really great at that now, queen of staying out of drama — but back then, a little bit rough.

    Can't get enough of James Charles? Make sure to subscribe to his YouTube Channel and check out his Morphe eyeshadow pallet, the James Charles Eyeshadow Palette.

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