Hey guys, welcome
back to my channel.
And if you knew
my name is Alayna!
In today's video.
I'm kind of nervous
about and kind of excited
because this is going
to be my casting call video for
James Charles competition show,
which I am so excited for
so we are going to be creating
this look right here
that you see so
if you're new to my channel,
my name is Alayna.
I am 23 years old
and I was born and raised
in Sweet Home, Alabama.
So I first Did getting
into makeup definitely
at a younger age,
I grew up living
with my great grandmother
and she definitely loved makeup.
She had her own signature.
Look what she used
to wear all the time.
She used to always Rock
a red lip and a Rosy Cheeks.
So I would definitely say
around Middle School is
where I found
my own signature makeup,
which was a winged liner.
You would always catch
me rocking a winged
liner Middle School was
when I really got into YouTube.
Watching tutorials.
I would literally
sit down in my room
and I would just practice over
and over again trying
to learn about products.
I didn't start
my YouTube channel
until I got into college
but I just enjoyed
watching the tutorial
so I never really thought
about making one of my own
but the older I got I realized
how much more passionate
I was about it and
how I really wanted to step up
and have a voice
of my own and talk
about the products and stuff
that I love and one night
need my boyfriend
and my best Friend,
we literally was sitting there
and we were like what
can my name be on YouTube
because then a lot
of people didn't go
by their regular names A lot
of people had a screen name.
So we literally came up
with Lipsticklayna just
because my family calls me Layna
and I love lip product lipstick
anything that has to do
with a lip product.
I am obsessed with so
it just kind of fit.
It kind of just went with who
I was bought some lights
and stuff off Amazon
and I use my boyfriend camera.
And literally I sat down
and filled my first video
which probably took forever
but it happened it was done
and still to this day.
I have that video
on my phone just
because I wanted
on there to show me
how far I've come
and how important
in this journey was for me
when I sat down
and film that first video.
Okay so fast forward
a little bit about my journey.
I did continue to do YouTube
after I made my first video
and upload it up
until my great-grandmother
came back down with cancer.
She was diagnosed first
with breast cancer
and it dude return.
So then for me I had
to make a decision
to kind of put YouTube
on the back burner.
I know it was the best decision
for me at the time just
because of all the things
I was going through.
So after I did take that break,
I did end up losing
my great grandma to cancer
and it was a very
hard loss for me.
She was like my number one fan.
She wouldn't Early watch
all of my videos over
and over again even
in those last month's
that she was still here.
She would still be on her phone
and literally watch
my videos and be like,
um, excuse me.
What are you going
to make another video?
And I would just look at her
and be like listen ma'am.
We are focused on you right now.
We're not focused on that.
I eventually told myself
that I needed to get back
on YouTube so that kind
of fast forwards me
until now I restarted.
Get back my YouTube
at the beginning of this year
on January the first explaining
where I had been this whole time
and every since then I literally
have been making videos.
So what I feel
like I bring to the table is
that I am dedicated.
I'm real I'm Raw
and I bring that professional
field to my job.
I take this very seriously,
and I absolutely
love what I do.
It definitely makes
me so happy to be able
to see my comments to read.
The things from my audience
and what they love to see
and how they enjoy my opinion
that definitely makes
me so happy inside
and it makes me keep
going and doing
what I love it will definitely
be an experience for growth
or meeting new people
and just learning about myself
in a new environment.
Oh girl highlight is
on fleek, baby girl.
Okay.
So this is the finished
makeup look which I
am obsessed with I love
how everything came out.
So I Would literally love
to have the opportunity to be
on James Charles show
to actually push myself
to the Limit and show
what I have to bring
to the table.
So make sure you give
this video a huge thumbs
up as well as comment
below letting James Charles know
that you want to see
me in the show.
It will literally
mean the world to me.
Absolutely.
Love you guys so so much
and I cannot wait to see
you in my next video.
Bye.
