February 2012
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A critical review of Michelle's latest short film
Rouge In Love by ricebunbun
Given the beautiful, dreamy colouring of the shots, the amazing scenery/location which Paris provides, the nice music, the good looking guy and outfits {even if her heels are always ‘too much’ and if you did take a stroll all over town with those on, you’d most likely sprain your ankle}, this short movie could have been enjoyable. Since I’m...
June 2011
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Michelle Phan and Animal Testing
This article is not designed as an argument for or against animal testing. Instead, it is an article exploring Michelle’s claims that the companies she works/worked for do not test on animals.
Michelle Phan has been claiming for a long time now that the company she works for, Lancome, does not test on animals.
The important thing is how Michelle has worded this. She says, “They do...
Q&As with MishBunny →
For those of you who missed Michelle’s brief appearance on Guru Gossip
April 2011
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The Need To Squeeze: Really people? (A Phan rant) →
jonappy:
I was going on Michell Phail, a tumblr dedicated to showing the faults in Michelle Phan. I read Michelle Phail because I enjoy Michelle’s videos but there is these little things that irk me. I don’t necessarily care about her, but as a makeup artist myself I wanted to see what so many people…
March 2011
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Prophanities
A slew of submissions worthy of their own page. Feel free to submit yours today!
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The Cult of Michelle Phan →
Michelle Phan. For those who don’t know, she is the former Ringling art student who gained worldwide notoriety for her YouTube channelwhere she would create makeup tutorials that are a huge a hit, particularly with the teens. Many of the videos have well over one million views.
This led to a position with Lancome, the makeup and skin care company.
She is also a superstar on the social networks...
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More insanity from Michelle's "Phans". →
It’s not a surprise to anyone at this point that a majority of Michelle’s fan base is made up of absolute assholes. They certainly reflect the personality of their guru. Michelle recently made an announcement of a fake Facebook page and asked her fans to flag it only because people were saying rude things about her on it. 1. It’s the internet, Michelle. Get used to it. No one did...
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Rockstar Look for Guys
Michelle disabled the ratings and comments section of her latest video, but not before someone managed to take a few screenshots of the overwhelmingly negative feedback.
Click through for the bigger version:
What are your thoughts about this video?
February 2011
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Truth About iQQU? →
Note: I am not here to ruin anybody’s reputation. This is merely an updated review about a product I have reviewed in the past, and everything is based on my experience. I have friends and family who wants to buy these products so I felt that I needed to go back again and re-review them. Please read everything first before you leave any negative comment. Thank you! On my Skin Care...
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iQQUGate Part 2
The previous tumblr article proved that Michelle was lying about the iQQU skin care products being US FDA approved. Michelle is now backpedaling and claiming she sold iQQU to an unnamed person. When questioned by people on when she sold iQQU, she side-stepped the answer.
It is a surprising turn of events that is too convenient to be a considered a coincidence.
Here are her latest claims about...
January 2011
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Michelle Phan, IQQU & the FDA: Are the products...
My investigation into Michelle Phan’s claim that her IQQU skin products are FDA safe came about when an unregistered member of Guru Gossip came to the site complaining about not getting her products and not getting any response from Michelle or IQQU representatives.
I won’t get into the LLC expiration or the lack of a business license in this article but suffice to say there is proof...
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“You know, I personally do not have a problem with Michelle Phan. I’m not...”
– ckarma
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A Love/Hate Relationship
Michelle has expressed her feelings about “haters” on more than one occasion.
As some others have seen and experienced, the way she deals with haters (as well as fans who disagree or leave constructive criticism) is quite the opposite of what she preaches above:
(ironic, much?)
These are responses to the above comment:
So what are Michelle’s feelings...
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Is Michelle a Forum Troll?
If you remember the post about “kimsoshy,” there was speculation as to whether the poster was really Michelle Phan.
There are several indicators pointing to whether an anon is Michelle or not. If you examine her writing, you’ll notice that her syntax, grammar, tone, and word use are somewhat unique, thus making it quite easy to tell:
her use of the phrase “just...
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Twitter Fiasco Update
Michelle’s Apology – Genuine or Not?
This is an update about the twitter incident that happened a while ago. Responding to the backlash from her fans, Michelle posted an apology note on her Facebook fanpage:
Kudos to Michelle for putting effort into writing an apology. However, as with other issues with Michelle, we’ve noticed a few inconsistencies in her apology note.
1) Trying to...
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“That’s like saying you’re a hardcore Italian chef, and then...”
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Michelle’s Claims as a Girl Gamer
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“If she didn’t call herself an artist, nobody would judge her painting. If...”
– Stop It!
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...Artwork Part 2 continued...
Whoa there, Michelle’s really trying to prove a point with this artist thing!
Something she just posted:
The same girl’s comment on this new update:
We’re guessing she’s posting these new updates to bump down the forest landscape post into obscurity, eventually deleting it when no one notices.
Seriously. Stop trying so hard, and while you’re at...
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...Artwork Part 2 continued
This update from Michelle was posted a few minutes after the previous tumblr entry was made, possibly due to the feedback that some fans left on that landscape post after the discovery of the photograph:
These comments were posted around the same time frame right before her latest update went up. Notice the comments about “references.”
Covering your tracks, girl? Tsk, tsk.
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Michelle's Artwork Part 2
It seems obvious that Michelle reads this blog or the guru gossip forum. We get the impression that she quietly responds to the many observations “haters” make despite saying that she never pays attention to them.
Our last entry was about the work of art Michelle did a while ago. A thread was started recently about Michelle’s artwork as well, prompting people to question her...
December 2010
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Michelle's Skin Care Regimen
Here’s a post from “moofy”, who gives her two cents on Michelle’s skin care regimen and IQQU claims. Please do your research carefully before purchasing any products that affect your skin.
I’m a little late on this, but I felt compelled to throw a monkey wrench into Michelle’s claims once again because it’s such BS.
First of all…the Baby...
What's your opinion on people such as Michelle... →
Discussion on reddit about celebrity girl gamers
Make-up Guru Michelle Phan Surpasses 1 Million... →
Following her newfound no.1 status, Phan’s taken the opportunity to work in a philanthropic message in her latest video, wherein she discusses her Vietnamese origins, the values her mother instilled in her as a child, and her current efforts to help end malaria
November 2010
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Evidence in plain sight. Because I call bullshit. →
Another blog that highlights some of Michelle’s fails, with a bit of humor thrown in the mix.
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efagz: Michelle Phan →
Michelle Phan is the “famous” YouTube guru known for fake-toned voiceovers and staring at her reflection the whole time. She is also a Lancome representative and does a few meet and greets at various Sephora locations. She claims to be a “hard-c0r3 gam3r grrl”, professional makeup artist and dermatologist, despite having no accreditation and only an Illustration degree.
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Michelle Phan's Religion Debate on Facebook →
I’m not offended by the Christian sentiments in Michelle Phan’s caption. The real problem with the statement is that it’s nonsensical.
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Michelle's Twitter Fiasco
Michelle Phan has many merits to her name. She is a spokesperson for Lancome, #1 makeup guru on Youtube with the most subscribers, as well as recently hitting the 1 million subscriber mark. She gained popularity through her blog and make-up tutorials, and also uses many social networks to connect with her fans - namely facebook, youtube, twitter, and blogTV. Though used mainly for entertainment...
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Do you know Michelle Phan? →
A few years ago I used to read Michelle’s blog on xanga. She was a cute girl so I followed her like a loyal fan. She was this sweet, pretty girl who seemed like she really wanted to help people. In short, she was someone to look up to in my teenage years….
October 2010
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Michelle Phan Wins the Internet →
soompi discussion about Michelle’s gaming channel and this post - http://www.lipsticksandlightsabers.com/2010/10/gtfo-i-will-cut-you.html
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Farewell Reality: Lancome and Michelle Phan →
angeliseraphim:
I like her less and less ever since she became part of Lancome. K, I know she’s not the most amazing make up artist in the world, and she’s not the most creative one either. Because if she is, she would be a professional make up artist making big bucks doing make up on famous people and not…
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Michelleism of the day
Phil Chao: “*username* asks would you pretty please do a romantic Victorian tutorial?”
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Makeupalley's IQQU Sunscreen Fiasco
This discussion about Michelle’s skin care line occurred on makeupalley late last year. The story of the ordeal is copy/pasted from here. Please click on the thread links to read the replies that were sent to a customer from Craig Chau and Michelle Phan, as well as what users had to say about it.
The full story so far on Michelle Phan’s iQQU Skincare line and lawsuit (Sunscreen,...
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Michelle's Claims as a Girl Gamer
Anyone who’s followed Michelle for a long time is aware of her endless self-promotion as a girl gamer. This post isn’t meant to be a pretentious way of telling people what qualifies them as a girl gamer, or even a gamer for that matter. Our problem is her arrogance of taking her love of video games to another level by making claims that, as evidence shows, are hard to believe.
At first,...
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Michelleism of the day
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September 2010
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Michelleism of the day
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Dear Michelle (A letter from an Ex-Phan)
I used to really be a huge fan of yours. I admired you, I was inspired by you and you gave me hope that as a female gamer, I could also be feminine. So I followed you on twitter and saw your general tweets about buying clothes or about what Mr. Bun Bun was doing and did not think much of it, no one tweets much that’s really groundbreaking. Then, you began tweeting frantically about Mr. Bun...
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Michelleism of the day
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Michelle's Creations
Michelle has a knack for wearing some of the most seemingly out-of-place clothes, from lattice shirts to chained clothing. Most of her fans believe this is because of her “innovation” and “creativity.” Of course, Michelle doesn’t want to let them down — she wants them to recognize her so-called “artistic abilities”.
She claims that she made some of her...
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Michelle's Professionalism
I will let the screenshots speak for themselves. Click “Read More” for the rest of the article.
^ It should be to each his own.
This piece of information appeared on several news sources, including the Tampa Bay newspaper. Who is she trying to fool? Tampa Bay Technical High School doesn’t have a dermatology program.
I know what some of you might...
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The next Kevyn Aucoin?
So says Marie Claire magazine…
In Marie Claire’s October 2010 issue, there is an article declaring Michelle Phan to be the next Kevyn Aucoin. This statement has irritated many, including professional make-up artists from the industry. If you’re not familiar with Kevyn Aucoin and his work, here is his wiki page. He is a legend in the make-up and photography...
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Michelle Phan's "Scary" Night
Michelle posted this story about a late-night encounter with 2 men.
If this truly happened, then Michelle fans and ex-fans alike can agree that it is an incredibly scary and traumatic experience for just about anyone. Contrary to some of her more passionate and overzealous fans, we are not a heartless bunch! We are merely ex-phans who are honest and happen to see flaws in a lot of her stories....
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Did Michelle grow up as poor as she claimed?
Before anyone criticises me for dwelling into Michelle’s personal life, please read this. (Credits to Jeanie on gurugossip)
Now, onto the actual debate: Did Michelle really grow up as poor as she claimed?
The link below provides a mini bio of her past.
http://www.tampabay.com/features/humaninterest/article1029747.ece
Quotes from the article, key notes are bolded:
“Memory. • It’s...
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Advertisement Drama
Recently there have been strange advertisements of youtube channels on fellow youtubers’ videos. They show up before a video and if clicked, it will automatically send you to that youtuber’s main page. An example of this is Michelle Phan’s introduction video ad in one of MissChievous’s contest videos.
Many of MissChievous’s fans commented asking why Michelle’s ads are popping...
