Jackie Aina

Jackie Aina is an American beauty YouTuber born born on August 4, 1987. She is an advocate for more inclusion in the cosmetic industry for African-Americans. After college she joined the United States Army Reserve and while stationed in Hawaii discovered she was good at makeup and got a job at Mac Cosmetics. She started her YouTube channel on March 12, 2006 and has amassed a following of 3 million subscribers with over 250 million video views. She is partnered with several makeup companies like Too Faced, Sigma Beauty, e.l.f. Cosmetics, Artist Couture, and Sephora. She also has a large following on social media with 1.2 million followers on Instagram, 432k followers on Twitter, and 120k followers on Facebook. In 2018 she won the NAACP Image Award for YouTuber of the Year.