Mihlali Ndamase

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“I have always been passionate about make-up from a young age, so I’ve been watching American beauty bloggers, such as Nicole Guerriero since the age of 15. I always wanted to branch into that space as well, even though it wasn’t a big thing in South Africa and I wasn’t sure about how to go about it, and also I was discouraged along the way because people were not sure about what I wanted to do. I got the courage to go ahead with it on Instagram, where people asked me how I did my make-up. That’s how the YouTube channel started.”

“I know I am not where I want to be but I acknowledge that I have done well so far. There are a lot of things I want to achieve as well. To me, success means being content with yourself and being happy with who you are, which will reflect with everything else you do.”

“The most important thing is to be yourself because people fall in love with you before the content you produce, as there is a high chance of someone else doing what you want to do already. People must buy into your authenticity and that’s what will keep them coming back. You also have to be consistent, determined and be yourself.”

“Shaming women who are in the limelight for their dating choices has increased. Men don’t get the same smoke. When relationships don’t work out it’s okay for men to move on, without being shamed.”

“The timing to post each other was not right. He posted and I reposted his story. People will always have their opinions, it doesn’t affect me.”

“People will always have something to say and that is fine, I am very strong and I normally never pay attention to social media noise. However, I cried for the first time recently, I was overwhelmed.”