Since YouTube launched in 2005, it's transformed into a haven for makeup gurus and novices alike. Over the last few years, makeup vloggers have upped their game with challenges. Here's every YouTube makeup challenge worth watching (and every one you should definitely skip).
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00:00Since YouTube launched in 2005, it's transformed into a haven for makeup gurus and novices
00:06alike.
00:07Over the last few years, makeup vloggers have upped their game with challenges.
00:12Here are some of the YouTube makeup challenges worth watching, and the ones you should definitely
00:17skip.
00:18The No Brushes Makeup Challenge
00:19The No Brushes Makeup Challenge dates back to at least the beginning of 2014, when beauty
00:23and style vlogger Teni Panossian posted her everyday look using only her hands.
00:29It's another one of those challenges that's been incredibly popular with YouTubers, with
00:33some of the best versions coming from Jackie Aina and Tati Westbrook.
00:38Limited or missing supplies is a thing everyone has experienced at least once or twice, so
00:42watching how pros handle the challenge is a great way to hone skills.
00:47The highlight of the No Brushes Makeup Challenge comes down to the eyebrows.
00:50Aina decided to use her nails as an eyebrow brush.
00:54Those nails, however, came straight out of a package.
00:57I'm gonna take my nail, because it is mine.
01:00It's in my possession.
01:01It's just not attached to my finger.
01:04This is stupid!"
01:07The 100 Layers Challenge was actually inspired by a weird nail art trend dubbed Bubble Nails
01:13that hit Instagram hard in 2015.
01:15The original idea was to layer acrylic in a way that rounds out the nails.
01:20Where it went completely off the rails was when Simply Nailogical posted the first Polish
01:25Mountain video in mid-2016, which consisted of painting on 100 layers of nail polish.
01:32YouTubers rolled with it, for better or worse, and the challenge evolved into 100 layers
01:37of basically everything.
01:39Watching Jenna Marbles coat her skin with 100 layers of self-tanner alongside the 100
01:44layers of foundation she put on her face and the 100 layers of false eyelashes she glued
01:49to her lids was mostly just scary, and the thought of trying to wash all that off?
01:55Two of the earliest videos to feature the one-product-only challenge came from Swedish
02:00makeup artist Linda Holberg and tattoo artist and cosmetics entrepreneur Kat Von D.
02:05The challenge is simple enough, create an entire look using only one product.
02:10Holberg, who pulled a random black gel pencil from a container of five, attempted to do
02:15something that could be everyday wearable.
02:18Von D, meanwhile, went the high-drama route and chose her brand's Studded Kiss lipstick
02:24in a deep maroon shade beforehand.
02:26One of the best things about the one-product-only challenge is that you don't have to be a YouTube
02:31beauty vlogger with a thousand makeup palettes at your disposal to do it.
02:36The average viewer can create their own look with a single item, and it can be whatever
02:40they happen to have in their makeup drawer at the time.
02:44You can probably connect the odd tiny hands phenomenon to the early 2010s and Kristen
02:49Wig's portrayal of Dooneese on Saturday Night Live.
02:53Since then, YouTubers have been creating tiny hands videos, so it was really only a
02:58matter of time before beauty vloggers took the challenge a step further.
03:02At the beginning of 2017, Alex Weiss posted a video, Drunk Tiny Hands Makeup Tutorial.
03:08Since then, tiny hands makeup videos have managed to crop up in YouTube feeds periodically.
03:13Early in 2019, Manny Gutierrez posted his own version of the challenge to his channel,
03:18which, as of July 2019, has been viewed nearly 500,000 times.
03:23While it's good for a few laughs, the challenge certainly isn't worth much more in terms of
03:27longevity or watchability.
03:30In 2016, YouTuber Maria created the Full Face Using Only Highlighters video, which took
03:36the highlight trend to a whole other level.
03:40Highlighter was used for everything, foundation, contour, shadow, lips, all of it.
03:45While Maria was the first to do the challenge, plenty of other YouTubers jumped on the bandwagon,
03:50including massive stars like Jeffree Star and Nikkie from NikkieTutorials.
03:54The hilarious Jenna Marbles also followed with her own variation, using highlighters,
03:59as in highlighter markers?
04:01This is the look I'm going for.
04:06The Full Face Using Only challenges have been around on YouTube for a few years.
04:11Videos like Jeffree Star's Full Face Using Only Liquid Lipsticks or Natalie's Outlet's
04:16Full Face Using Only Food began popping up in 2016.
04:20Some are certainly better than others, but some have left us wondering if beauty bloggers
04:26have just completely run out of ideas.
04:29Take the Full Face Using Only Art Supplies from Originator Tiffany Ma, for example.
04:34It involves putting only things purchased from local arts and crafts stores on your
04:38face.
04:39In Ma's case, she got her supplies from Michaels and put together an entire look by blending
04:44different colors of face paint, sidewalk chalk, glitter, and Crayola poster markers.
04:49The finished product looks just as bad as you'd imagine, but it has the added bonus
04:54of being completely terrible for your skin.