Makeup is not a mask that covers up your beauty; it's a weapon that helps you express who you are from the inside.

Makeup is no different than clothes and accessories - it's embellishments for your face. And it also gives you creative freedom. You get to have that moment in front the mirror every morning and give yourself self-love. You're making yourself up beautiful, which is essentially self-love.

Whatever happens, I'll just keep moving forward. Like an avalanche.

Success is like a lightning bolt. It'll strike you when you least expect it, and you just have to keep the momentum going. You have to strike when the iron is hot. So for me, I just kept striking and striking to polish out the sword that I was making.

I know I'm a storyteller at heart, and if there's a platform that needs stories, I'm going be there.

The beauty of the Internet is there's a niche market for everything, and if you can focus on it, you can build a sustainable and viable business of it.

Seven years ago, in my first semester at college, the professors handed out MacBook Pros. With mine, I filmed a seven-minute tutorial on 'natural makeup' - just me, my laptop, and a cup of coffee. When, a week later, it clocked 40,000 Web views, I knew people were connecting with it, so I kept going. That moment changed my life.

When you're eating a bowl of pho, you're eating everything you need.

I'm a total nerd, so I'm on my telescope, or I read a lot. I'm very inspired by ancient history.