Being a New Asian Beauty Guru

At times I feel that being a "Beauty Guru" is a lot to live by. I mean being a "Guru" of anything is like saying you really know your stuff well. But then again, everyday you see regular people on Youtube call themselves Beauty Gurus and you think to yourself like well " Hey I can do the same."

I sort of fall along the lines of somewhere between a good makeup artist and someone who just knows how to do their own makeup really well. I guess my makeup videos are the kind of videos you see Charisma Star doing, or Ana Victorino. My videos are edited, filmed precisely, and usually gives a little background to what the video will be about.

People often call me an inspiration, but I like to think of myself as just someone who is offering advice on what really works for me. I guess what I'm trying to say is that being a Beauty Guru for most people doesn't mean that they are better than you, they are just regular people too.

I once read somewhere that Jenna Marble's boyfriend mentioned that this line of work can be very lonely at times. I certainly agree 100%. I say this because you spent countless of hours filming and editing, and then you spend countless of hours promoting and writing blogs hoping that someone and somewhere out there is going to find you and watch your channel. You spend so much time on Youtube trying to grow your audience, your channel, that it becomes a lonely job at times. I don't know if this sounds sad, or pathetic to most people. I have been a blogger for 3 weeks and have written GOD knows how many articles trying to promote myself, and I'm not sure that anyone is really reading all of the time, or I'm just wasting time.

I think that being at the bottom of youtube and being at the top of youtube probably almost feel the same. I know some of you might think how is this possible, well because as much as you are connecting or not connecting with your audience, you are still alone in your home most of the time filming and talking to people that are really not there. And when you ask most youtubers if they have a social life outside of the internet, and about 65% of them will tell you they really don't.

My final advice coming from a new Youtuber is that no matter what you do for your channel, make sure it is not messing up your personal lives. If you have to go out and enjoy a nice walk on the beach or have dinner with your friends, don't refuse to do it because you have to make a video. Yes making videos is important, but more importantly you need to realize the difference between internet life and real life.

Here's one of my recent videos , if you have have found me, then let me know in the comments below, and maybe I'll keep writing blogs :)

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My Facebook Page

Hello Kitty Naked 3 Makeup Look

Hi All, I'm so thankful to finally get my hands on the Naked 3 and do this fun holiday look that reminds me of a hello kitty. This palette is absolutely amazing, by far the best Naked 3 Palette I have gotten my hands on :) I am so very happy to be able to film with this product. Check it out you guys, I am a new Asian Beauty Guru to the Youtube community and need all the support I can get :)

Hi I am a New Asian Beauty Guru on Youtube

So ever since I started to "do" Youtube, I have became addicted to providing quality and entertaining videos to my subscribers. Along the way I met some really cool friends and people who are really excited about seeing my next video.

So who am I? Well I go by the name "Wendiness", and this is a childhood nickname that sort of stuck with me throughout my whole life, and now it has it's rightful place on Youtube as well. I started Youtubing on September 2013, and posted mainly videos for Asian people who have monolids. I , myself is a monolid, so I thought other people who are monolids will be able to related to me the most somehow.

I guess I always had a passion for filming, and that passion transformed into making makeup videos on Youtube in a sort of precise edited version. Not your usual versions of makeup videos of course. My videos always had a story, a theme, a scenario, I guess I like to make videos come alive, it's like writing a book. I feel that if people are captivated by the story, then they are captivated by me and then further subscribe to my channel.

I would say my style of videos are short, concise and to the point. I think most people click on a video and probably just want to see the main highlights of that video, and usually the main highlights should be at the beginning of the clip.

A lot of things matter, the lighting, the backdrop, the filming distance, all of this play a major role on how the final products end up looking. For me, I usually film a total time of 10 minutes, and from there on, I have to cut out a lot of parts to narrow it down to under 3 minutes.

Be Very honest with you, most people will not just subscribe to you if you have a nice video, personality, how you act without edited footage really makes a big difference. It took me nearly 3 months to go from 0 subscribers to 70 subscribers. For most youtubers, this is not a bad start, but if you want to be the best in your field, you have to go over and beyond and make really fun and interesting videos :).

Also you have to be versatile with the kind of beauty related things that you can do. Yes we know you can do makeup, but can you also do DIYs, or maybe nails? The more beauty related things you can offer, the better off you are on being successful. A lot of people just upload a video, but very few actually MAKE the video.

If you get lazy at editing, and you get lazy at producing, or filming, it shows on camera. Everything you have on you, your hair, your earrings, your necklace all say something about what you are trying to let the reader know about you. After all, in film you only get a small window to perform, and the rest is all focused on the look you are trying to achieve.

In everything that you do, you have to remember to be the best in your field, to make something out of nothing, and to come from the bottom up. If you are passionate about something, you need to do research, you need to look into what works for other people, and how you can go over and beyond that to make it your own and do it better than them. This is the only way you can be successful :)