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How TikTok Killed the Beauty YouTuber

Who and what influences people to buy the makeup they buy? It used to be followers, fancy videos or a collaboration with a mega beauty brand. No more.
YouTube said it has paid out more than $30 billion to creators in the past three years from ads, merchandising and other service features.
YouTube beauty vloggers aren't driving trends – or sales – like they used to. (Shutterstock)

While working on an article about a makeup brand’s rise and fall last month, I realised the company’s failures were a symptom of something larger: a change in who wields influence in beauty and where people go to be influenced.

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