YouTube makeup videos are as addictive as crack, and one of my favorite dealers is Laura Farrant, aka Lollipop26.  Laura is British, makeup obsessed, and cute-as-a-button!  I pinned her down for an interview via email (she’s currently living halfway across the world in Dubai).  Enjoy, and subscribe to her channel while you’re at it!

- How did you get the inspiration to start v-logging/blogging?
I have always read beauty blogs, devoured beauty books but it wasn’t until 2007, when I found a video about MAC Fluidline on YouTube that it really started to take hold. I watched thousands of videos, spent (alot) of money on products and explored the world of beauty passionately. Then one day, whilst bored at home – I was looking after my mum who had just had an operation – I made my first video. I didn’t really think anyone would see it but I started getting positive feedback straight away and that really was that.

- Did your YouTube videos inspire your blog, or vice versa?
My videos definitely inspired my blog. However, shoddy my videos may seem, it does take a lot of time to produce one. You have to get setup, do the video, edit out the inevitable mistakes and then post it up – that’s hours. A blog however can be updated in 10 minutes and I have always found the process of writing extremely therapeutic so about 9 months after my videos had been on YouTube, the blog was created.

- Who’s your personal beauty/style icon? (more…)

Recently, I’ve been spending endless time on YouTube, greedily gobbling up makeup videos by other beauty bloggers.  They’re incredibly addictive!  (Yes, that was me on YouTube this Saturday night at 1:30 am, thank you for asking!  I really embody the rock star lifestyle, don’t you think?) 

My two favorite video gals at the moment are All That Glitters 21 and Lollipop 26, both of whom are cute as a button, and know their stuff when it comes to easy, pretty makeup application.  (I should be wearing eyeshadow base?  News to me!  Your fair Jolie learns something new every day…)  Watching so many excellent tutorials has inspired me, and I’ve resolved to do more videos myself in the immediate future, particularly seeing as I am so behind on my product reviews and need to get the old self in gear on that front.  Of course, I’m a bit of a technology idiot, so I need to relearn how to use my webcam, but in the meantime…that’s what the Flip cam is for, no?

Below is a recent video from Lollipop26, an English blogger currently stationed in Dubai with only her makeup to keep her company! Check out the vid below to get a taste of her channel; I highly recommend subscribing!

All the makeup brushes flying fast and furious, meanwhile, led me to research the best brushes.  MAC seems to make the most popular ones, as all the cool kids won’t shut up about how amazing they are.  Looks like it’s time to begin amassing my own collection!  (I’ve used several of the MAC brushes over the years, and they are indeed amazing, but I currently only own the 129 blush brush.)  Click here for my recent AOL post on MAC brushes.