Microscope Beauty Videos Are the New Creepy-Cool YouTube Trend You Can't Look Away From
The world of YouTube is a beautiful place. One minute you can be watching a cat singing the National Anthem and the next you can learn how to do the perfect cat eye ten different ways. If beauty is your beat, this latest YouTube trend might have you enticed (or grossed out!) for hours.
Allow me to introduce you to micro makeup, the YouTube video trend where vloggers use a microscope to apply or remove makeup, look at their scalps, beauty tools, and more.
Vlogger Tina Yong kicked off this trend with her video “Peel Off Blackhead Mask Under A Microscope.” Her breakout hit was “How My Makeup Looks Under a Microscope,” which has now surpassed over six million views. Since then, hundreds of videos with “under a microscope” in the title have been uploaded, racking up over 75 million views, according to YouTube.
So, if you've ever wondered what your pores really look like under all that highlighter or if your beauty products are as clean as they should be, guess no more. Micro makeup is here to take us on a deep dive adventure of our face beats. Watch a few of the best videos below. You'll never look at yourself the same way again.
The Makeup versus No Makeup Challenge
The OG Micro Makeup Vlogger Tina Yong's most popular video. You can watch her microscope series using the hashtag #TINASCOPE.
Here's the nitty gritty of the interworkings of your favorite peel-off mask. It's both disgusting and satisfying. By the end of the video, you'll know just how hard those masks work.
If you really want to know if you're cleaning your brushes correctly, invest in a microscope. This beauty blogger explores the actual make up of makeup. Eyeshadow palettes look beautiful under the microscope.
How does the bootleg Kylie Jenner lip kit stand up to the real thing? Watch as this vlogger takes a closer look at fake makeup and the products they seek to replicate.
This might be the grossest of them all. One vlogger explores her pores, acne and all, under the microscope. If you get nauseous easily, this video is not for you.
You can really put anything under a microscope, so why not try your nails? If you were grossed out by the video above, let the glitter of these nail designs put you at ease.
Chloe Hall Chloe Hall is an editor, producer, and Instagrammer who covers beauty, fashion, culture and Rihanna at ELLE.com.
