We’ve all heard of YouTube.
YouTube is one media platform I didn’t have to explain to my mother.
Because she already knew of YouTube.
I’ve tried vlogging (video-blogging) before, after requests from friends that I should start because of my humor. I just was terrible at it. I have a weird, funky voice and I don’t have the normal look of a YouTuber, nor do I have a good video camera.
That was one thing I didn’t mind giving up, because I knew it wasn’t my calling.
But that doesn’t mean that I stopped WATCHING YouTubers.
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I encountered a YouTuber named Mavis Slade on Twitter. I remember someone (I don’t remember who) retweeting her on Twitter and I liked the tweet, so I checked out her page.
She had a link to a YouTube video she posted and I started watching it.
I instantly followed her on Twitter and she followed me back.
Her first video in her well known video series, called ‘Directioner Problems’, has over 225,000 views.
Now about a year later after I found her on Twitter, I’m honored to call her my friend.
She was kind enough to let me interview her via the web about her life and her YouTube career.
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1) Which type of videos do your subscribers like the most?
"I recently asked my subscribers what they liked the most and it was hair and makeup. Not gonna lie, I’m kinda shit at both of them but I fake it and I think that’s why people like them because we are kind of faking it together."
2) What got you into YouTube? Was it a certain channel?
"I always watched YouTube but it wasn’t really a channel. I was just like “I’m bored, I’m going to college, this could be fun.” It also really kept my parents and family in the know of what was happening with my life."
3) Do you ever read your comments? (I know some YouTubers don’t)
"Yes, every single one (even the nice spam) and reply to every comment. Comments good or bad are there to see what your audience wants. Plus I love talking to everyone on the comments section haha!"
4) How do you plan for your videos?
"I always have a notebook on me where I write ideas every time I have them but unless it’s a super important one, I just wing it. My letter to Zayn was written and edited like 5 times before I hit record. And all my Directioner Problems took some planning."
5) What are your favorite videos you’ve ever filmed?
"I loved filming my NYFW one and I love any that really let me be random. Also, the Directioner Problems ones were really fun because I knew I would be able to connect with more people because of them.
My favorite videos I film are usually the ones I know my friends (subscribers) will enjoy and feel like we are just hanging out."
6) My favorite thing about each video is your intro video. Literally my favorite, even though it’s 5 seconds (I timed it). Was there any planning with it or were you just like “I need an intro.”
"Hahahaha I love it too. I actually don’t talk to like half the people that are in it, so I should probably update it but the planning was like “Ok I want this certain sound clip and then I was like what are my top videos and then how can I splice them into 0.2 second clips.” I never felt the need to have an intro but I thought it was fun."
7) What’s it like going to YouTube headquarters?
"It’s super fun. There are so many like-minded people there as you and everyone who works there are genuinely so nice. I’ve met people who really want to see me succeed and it is so refreshing. Plus the cameras and lighting are sick and the wifi is super fast haha"
8) You were chosen to interview designers at NYFW at the YouTube Space. How did it feel to be chosen for that? (It’s one of my fave videos)
"Ahh I’m glad, I worked so hard on it. I applied to it just as a “maybe” and “that would be cool” kind of thing but I when I was chosen I was like “OMG this is a thing.” It was so tiring, I was still in school at the University of Pittsburgh and I had to go to a class at the YouTube Space before NYFW so the weekend before NYFW, I took a 8 hour bus ride for a 2 hour class, then back to school for 3 days and back to NYC for 2 days of filming. I was so tired and I was so out of place, I mean I was a girl who makes videos about her dumb life and One Direction with the Editor of Seventeen and other cool fashion industry people. It was kind of insane but I realized I loved the chaos. So now I am attending online courses on fashion!"
"Ahh I’m glad, I worked so hard on it. I applied to it just as a “maybe” and “that would be cool” kind of thing but I when I was chosen I was like “OMG this is a thing.” It was so tiring, I was still in school at the University of Pittsburgh and I had to go to a class at the YouTube Space before NYFW so the weekend before NYFW, I took a 8 hour bus ride for a 2 hour class, then back to school for 3 days and back to NYC for 2 days of filming. I was so tired and I was so out of place, I mean I was a girl who makes videos about her dumb life and One Direction with the Editor of Seventeen and other cool fashion industry people. It was kind of insane but I realized I loved the chaos. So now I am attending online courses on fashion!"
9) What advice can you give kids who want to be YouTubers but don’t know where to start?
"JUST DO IT (Nike please don’t sue haha) but seriously, grab your webcam, phone, camera and just film you being random. I have been at this for 4 years and I am still lost on what I want to film. Start with a tag video, they are so easy but it is a start. Its terrifying to put yourself out there but its so worth. I’ve met amazing people. And YouTube really brought me out of a dark place while I was at school. I found my happy place and myself on the Internet."
Okay beauty questions now:
10) What is your favorite makeup products at the moment?
10) What is your favorite makeup products at the moment?
"I just purchased the Anastasia Brow Wiz pencil and it is BOMB! Also I just bought the Two Faced Candlelight Glow Highlighter and it is every strober’s dream haha. Also Maybelline Miss Manga Rock ALWAYS!!!
(Side note from Megan: I use Miss Manga Rock every day. It’s my life line in a mascara.)
(Side note from Megan: I use Miss Manga Rock every day. It’s my life line in a mascara.)
11) What’s your favorite hair color you’ve ever had?
"I love my lilac hair, it was my first “crazy” hair color I went and its like my baby, I don’t know. I am thinking about teal next."
12) I know Lou Teasdale is one of your inspirations. Has she changed your beauty routine in anyway? (For me, it’s spider lashes all around, to be honest).
"Oh deffo!! Spider lashes are my life!!! She really showed me that me wanting unnatural hair was okay. I love when my hair is platinum.
Also I always see myself somehow wearing a Modern Lip, so easy and so fun. Not only has my beauty routine but outfits. Like I now live in platforms and trainers. I’m not afraid to rock some looks because of her."
Also I always see myself somehow wearing a Modern Lip, so easy and so fun. Not only has my beauty routine but outfits. Like I now live in platforms and trainers. I’m not afraid to rock some looks because of her."
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