Those are all important things to note, and as a public figure, Star should be prepared to accept and address that criticism. But there’s something else going on in his review, which is that he seems to use it as a platform to take shots at former friend Nikkie Tutorials. “Another thing that was a little controversial the last two days is that beauty YouTuber NikkieTutorials deleted her entire Shape Tape review! And I was like, whoah, what is going on? After digging in, I found out that she deleted the video because people were really going in in the comments […] But I think that it IS important that, when you have a huge platform like Nikkie with over 8 million subscribers, […] you do have a choice to really talk about something and bring it full forward.” Star continued: “Yes, girl, [Tarte] may have had your shade, but half your audience? Didn’t have their shade. So me? I know I don’t have as many subscribers as her, but I would like to be one of the people to go on record and start the conversation, which the conversation’s already started, the whole internet is uproared, angry, and upset. And I just think that people with a bigger audience should speak up about it.” Star continued to go in on Nikkie. “My problem with that is that, you’ve been on YouTube eight years. You know you have a voice, girl. You live your life online, you saw the shade range, you didn’t really acknowledge it. So here I am, I would LOVE to acknowledge it, and start the motherfucking conversation.” This itself is also a problem, because it’s shifting the focus of the video from the massive issue of racism in the beauty industry BACK to Jeffree’s fight with Nikkie. If Star wants to use his sizable public platform to talk about a issues of discrimination, perhaps he shouldn’t use it as an opportunity to dunk on his former friend. It lessens the impact of the important statement Star seems to be trying to make. He continued to say “Just because it’s coming from me, people want to make it a thing. Bitch, I am using my platform to talk about a very important subject. I went full on and I discussed it […] I do want to go on record and say that I have no beef, drama, or ill-will towards Nikkie. I have not even seen her since last April. No, we are not friends. No, we have not spoken. But there is no drama, hate, nothing. I don’t care. I was talking about she handled the situation.” But who knows? Because it’s NOT just about makeup. And it’s about time big beauty brands realize that.
title: “Jeffree Star Drags Nikkietutorials Over Her Shape Tape Review” ShowToc: true date: “2024-09-17” author: “Cary Varin”
Those are all important things to note, and as a public figure, Star should be prepared to accept and address that criticism. But there’s something else going on in his review, which is that he seems to use it as a platform to take shots at former friend Nikkie Tutorials. “Another thing that was a little controversial the last two days is that beauty YouTuber NikkieTutorials deleted her entire Shape Tape review! And I was like, whoah, what is going on? After digging in, I found out that she deleted the video because people were really going in in the comments […] But I think that it IS important that, when you have a huge platform like Nikkie with over 8 million subscribers, […] you do have a choice to really talk about something and bring it full forward.” Star continued: “Yes, girl, [Tarte] may have had your shade, but half your audience? Didn’t have their shade. So me? I know I don’t have as many subscribers as her, but I would like to be one of the people to go on record and start the conversation, which the conversation’s already started, the whole internet is uproared, angry, and upset. And I just think that people with a bigger audience should speak up about it.” Star continued to go in on Nikkie. “My problem with that is that, you’ve been on YouTube eight years. You know you have a voice, girl. You live your life online, you saw the shade range, you didn’t really acknowledge it. So here I am, I would LOVE to acknowledge it, and start the motherfucking conversation.” This itself is also a problem, because it’s shifting the focus of the video from the massive issue of racism in the beauty industry BACK to Jeffree’s fight with Nikkie. If Star wants to use his sizable public platform to talk about a issues of discrimination, perhaps he shouldn’t use it as an opportunity to dunk on his former friend. It lessens the impact of the important statement Star seems to be trying to make. He continued to say “Just because it’s coming from me, people want to make it a thing. Bitch, I am using my platform to talk about a very important subject. I went full on and I discussed it […] I do want to go on record and say that I have no beef, drama, or ill-will towards Nikkie. I have not even seen her since last April. No, we are not friends. No, we have not spoken. But there is no drama, hate, nothing. I don’t care. I was talking about she handled the situation.” But who knows? Because it’s NOT just about makeup. And it’s about time big beauty brands realize that.
