If you know your beauty, you know beauty influencerChristen Dominique.

Pretty impressive for a 32-year-old who used to work in medical billing.

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Christen Dominique posing in front of roses

But it wasn’t actually her idea to start a YouTube channel it was her friend’s idea.

And as soon as she uploaded her first video, she was hooked.

“I worked in a cubicle,” she toldRefinery 29of her foray into vlogging.

Christen Dominique wearing hoops

Dominique taught herself during her teen years.

The budding beauty influencer then went on to become “the locker-room makeup artist” at her school.

It’s that very same passion that’s been to the key to her success today.