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I’ve been coming across these interesting videos on the net of makeup application tutorials. I am not in the target audience for these (being a guy who does not wear makeup), but their quality and pacing help to make the subject matter fascinating. Basically, a cute girl demonstrates how the use of a wide variety of makeup and tools can have a stunning effect.

Turns out this girl has posted a great series of similar tutorials on YouTube. So what’s the story? It turns out that Michelle Phan (aka RiceBunny) is a Florida art student that uses her own face as another medium on which to apply her talents. Visit her Xanga site and you will see that she has garnered such a reputation that many makeup manufacturers now supply her with free product, hoping it’ll be used in one of her videos.

Michelle is not the only one doing these types of videos, but she is certainly one of the most popular. Another good one I’ve found in that category concerns a skin care method. It’s refreshing to see the contributions to YouTube are turning from weak attempts at entertainment to helpful lessons of education.