JAMES CHARLES

Classic glam is beautiful and will never go out of style, but I like to try to push the envelope and create something new and inspiring.

I'm self-taught, and fake eyelashes definitely took the longest to master. I glued my eyes shut at least 15 times.

The first product I ever used was my mom's foundation. When I was younger, I had pimples, so I just slapped it on and hoped it would fix the situation. It never did, because it was about 18 shades too light for me.

I used to do hair styling before I even thought about joining the makeup world!

Men in makeup, obviously, is a very new concept. It has not been widely accepted in the past.

As much as I love make-up and the creativity behind this, the Internet can be a horrible place, and sometimes, with so much negativity and hate, it's hard.

Mascara can definitely be one of the hardest parts of the beauty routine. Nothing is worse than when you are applying your mascara, and you've worked an hour on the most flawless blended eye shadow, and with one slip of the finger, your mascara is all over your face.

I would love to do a video with Harry Styles and sit with him and talk about, like, his music and One Direction and everything he has going on and all his amazing songs that have been coming out.

I think it's so important to love who you are and be comfortable in your own skin.

I definitely do not think of makeup as, like, a validation type thing. For me, it's a creative outlet and an art form. It's not like, 'Oh my God, I need to feel pretty.' It's like, 'This is so cool. I just created art on my face.

I hope to inspire others to be confident in their own skin and to love themselves with makeup or without.

I try new techniques and styles almost every day, so I'm always challenging myself.

I've always been a very artsy person, and I always preach self-confidence and knowing your worth.

You can do anything you want because, at the end of the day, it washes right off. It's just make-up, after all.

Sometimes the only thing that keeps me going is knowing I can help inspire young kids to be themselves, that they're waiting for me to put out awesome content for them.

My brows have definitely underwent quite the transformation since I started doing makeup. They used to be disgusting, and now they're a lot better, and I'm happy with them.

I started my account to post pictures of client makeup I did to get more gals during prom season. I never in a million years would've expected to be where I am today, or even working with CoverGirl.

I always take photos from my left side because my jaw line is stronger.

My parents started questioning me about whether or not I was transgender - whether or not I was trying to be a woman. It was a big argument.

My style, I'd definitely describe as athleisure with a twist of gay, which I really, really live for.

Beauty is for everyone, and I think that CoverGirl, being such a timeless and iconic brand, recognizing that is so important. It truly shows that we are becoming a more accepting industry.

My passion is creating and marketing. That's what I'm really, really good at, and that's what I find the most stimulating for my brain to work on, so that's what I really, really want to do as opposed to product creation.

Faux-freckles are definitely a James Charles touch to any makeup look. I love adding them and have seen so many other people start trying them as well! They're so cute!

I always wear colored prescription contacts for my looks.

Makeup is kind of becoming a more genderless concept, which is so cool and something that I'm all for.