Beauty maven Chloe Morello is a legend in the industry.
The Australian makeup artist has been steadily blogging and vlogging since 2012.
She lives a seemingly charmed life filled with glamour, but she didn’t start off that way.
How did Morello become so famous, and what’s she doing with her newly acquired celeb status?
Let’s find out!
Here’s everything you don’t know about Chloe Morello.
She began her career in the makeup industry in 2009, doing makeup while working towards a college degree.
The fact that Morello didn’t finish her makeup course hasn’t hurt her career at all.
Bored and lonely, Morello started blogging and gained a modest following.
“That was in 2012, and my channel just grew and grew like crazy!”
Morello toldPopSugarabout her rise to fame.
Morello laughed off the incident with her trademark sense of humor.
Morello also believes in remaining true to yourself, no matter what.
“If you have confidence and believe in yourself then you really can take on the world.”
Filming a tutorial takes how long?!
Being a YouTube sensation is hard work.
“Then it takes another four hours to edit on my MacBook.
It’s a long and tedious process.
I absolutely hate editing!”
Being a YouTube celebrity is a full-time job, and one that keeps Morello on her feet!
The only way any cosmetics are applied to her face is if she is doing it herself.
“I always do it,” she said inan interview with Kate Waterhouse.
“I don’t like how [other] people do my makeup.
“I love creating Arabic makeup looks,” Morello toldBeauty Haven.
“The majority of criticism came from non-Muslim women,” she toldThe Sydney Morning Herald.
She gets sent a lot of beauty products in the mail, and sorts through them weekly.
“I have a whole room just for my makeup and filming space,” she toldMoustache Magazine.
Traveling with so much makeup naturally requires some clever maneuvering.
“I have to evenly distribute the beauty products around the suitcase so it doesn’t fall over!”
she toldBNKR.She does keep her purse a bit lighter, only opting for the essentials.
She hasgotten Botoxand talked about it on her YouTube channel.
Morello revealed in her blog that she had always been self-conscious about the thinness of her lips.
It definitely got me down more than you would think.”
“It’s important to upload regularly and invest in good equipment,” she toldBeauty Haven.
“It’s hard though.
I started out on a $99 camera and then worked my way up when I could afford it.
If you’re looking to make money as an influencer, stick to YouTube, especially at the beginning.
“YouTube videos pay at least four times more than an Instagram post,” she said.
