As of right now, my channel will now only feature 3 gurus total. Chriselle for fashion, Krista for hair and of course, myself for beauty. I want to expand my channel from not just beauty, but to fashion and hair. I dabble in hair and fashion, but it's not fair for me to give you advice on something I'm not too acquainted with. Rather, I prefer to bring on 2 other beautiful experts in their field to provide high quality tutorials at your disposal. fyi, I'm still editing these tutorials, so you will still have the "Michelle Phan Flavor" :)

As much as I LOVE creating beauty tutorials, I tend to stretch myself thin when I start to create other tutorials like hair and fashion. I'd rather focus on what I do best, and let Chriselle and Krista bring on their best. I believe in quality, not quantity.

Chriselle is a professional celebrity stylist who has also modeled. I wanted to bring fashion videos to the next level, and I know Chriselle can execute that. Her knowledge exceeds her youthful age. She knows all about dressing a girl to fit her particular body type to even taking a cheap looking sweater and turning it into a Chanel looking piece. She is the true fashion guru because she knows her high end designers, down to the unknown underground designers. Not many youtube gurus can compare to Chriselle's knowledge in fashion because she started off in the real industry at a young age, not online. 

I haven't done a hair tutorial since 2009! I realized, I need a real hair guru for my audience to learn from...this is where Krista comes into place.

Krista is a professional hair stylist. She owns her own salon in Santa Monica (and she's very young). The reason why I chose her to be part of my expansion is because not only is she well educated in her field, but she does lots of charitable works. She volunteers her time for cancer patients who lost their hair during chemo by giving them back their beautiful lush hair with the help of hair extensions. She is not only beautiful on the outside, but her heart outshines her looks. I fell in love with her salon the moment I stepped foot in it. Krista's knowledge in hair is perfect for my audience because she knows all about protecting the hair, treating it, simple prom updos to even elaborate hair styles (that she breaks down so easily).  I am so honored to have her on my channel too.

I can understand that people have mix feelings due to changes, but please trust my instinct, taste and decisions. I have been planning this expansion out for quite a while (it was not an overnight thing trust me). You can't possibly expect me to continue filming with my laptop camera in my bedroom! I have to improve, it's the way of life and it's part of growing. Yes, the "old Michelle" was simple and basic, but if you watch my newer videos, the core is still there. I still keep the same format, it's just embellished more. Yes I'm not the old Michelle, but I have not changed. I just evolved. A butterfly may be beautiful but it's still the same old caterpillar. Ask yourself, 2 years ago, were you any different than you were now?

I also want to clear up any rumors about me "getting lazy". Expanding my channel is actually more work for me because I have to go out and film these new tutorials (finding the right schedule to film with 2 other people can be difficult), edit them and add my voiceovers. It's not like Krista and Chriselle and handing to me a finished video (I wish because that would be less work for me!). I have to take all the footage home and edit these babies myself. However, even with more videos now, I'm still putting out a regular amount of my own tutorials, look at my January videos for proof! I was away in China for 2 weeks and I was still able to push out 3 makeup videos for the month of January! 

Thank you so much for taking the time to read this. I hope this clears up any confusion and I wanted to say thank you again for your immense support, love and of course, your inspiration. It fuels all of us. We are all in this together!

Together we can...

xoxo MP