The YouTube star and brand founder has a reputation for not playing well with other beauty influencers — unless you’re in his immediate friendship circle (which seems to have a revolving door). Over the weekend, Star called out up-and-coming beauty influencer Thomas Halbert for recreating his look in a tutorial. And how better to thank the sources of his inspiration that with a series of makeup videos inspired by the biggest artists and personalities on YouTube? So he decided to follow one of Jeffree’s makeup videos every brush stroke of the way. “I think it would be really cute of a series to do where I try to follow along, literally try to use some of the same products that they used, see how it works on my skin. I think it would be fun and super cool.” Star blended eyeshadow into his crease off-camera and then switched a scene to him putting the finishing touches on his eye look. ‘Twas cute — but beginners need a tad more handholding, which is what Halbert pointed out. “My name gets views, @Forbes acknowledged that. Even though your intro was gross and rude, good video and great concept kid.” To Jeffree Star’s credit — his name does secure the views. Halbert’s video has over 800,000 views, making it his most watched video of all time. “Hahaha let them pay their rent, I ain’t mad! We all gotta eat…” Star replied. “Again, I’m sorry you took offense to my recent video. I was hurt back then too. Then when your past came up I was even more disappointed. I saw change in your Tarte review.” Jeffree Star “liked” this tweet on Twitter, but unfortunately went on to like other tweets bashing Thomas Halbert. Issa cold war out in these beauty streets. Jeffree Star refuses to acknowledge that the people who distanced themselves from him during that time are not “traitors.” They were standing up for what is right — they aren’t obligated to support racist or racially insensitive behavior. It seems now that Jeffree Star has spoken often about wanting to do better, Halbert made the friendly video to try giving him a chance. It’s a shame Jeffree Star couldn’t even let him.
