Alright, you can stop DM\u2019ing us because the Samantha Ravndahl episode is finally here! \u201cMeet the beauty blogger who\u2019s made a career out of brutal honesty,\u201d said Vanity Fair, in an article profiling the 26-year-old professional makeup artist last year. Samantha began creating content in 2013 with just 2,000 followers, which grew into 10,000 fans in one month\u2014 and ballooned into an audience of one million in just one year. One Lil\u2019 Kim lawsuit behind her, and the super influencer has earned 2.2M Instagram followers tune in to the Vancouverite\u2019s feed for her boundary-pushing beauty lewks that have been known to skew into special FX.
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But it\u2019s Samantha\u2019s badass, no-holding-back attitude that keep them coming back. Case in point: in December, she released a \u201cNo More PR\u201d video announcing that she would no longer be accepting thousands of dollars worth of publicity products from brands anymore \u2014 a waste-reductive move that drew headlines in WWD Magazine. We asked Samantha about why she made that decision (who doesn\u2019t like freebies?!), and how her tutorials and her relationships with brands has changed since then.
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Six years in, Samantha\u2014 and her content\u2014 are continually evolving. \xa0We get the scoop on her decision to stop retouching face and body \u201cblemishes\u201d on any of her photos moving forward. She also spills the tea on the products she\u2019s truly passionate about (top shelf elite edition!), answers burning listener questions, and tells us about the career goal Future Samantha currently has on the dream board\u2026
*Disclaimer: Unless otherwise stated, all products reviewed are gratis media samples submitted for editorial consideration.*
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