James Charles is an American Internet personality, makeup artist, beauty YouTuber, and model known for being CoverGirl’s first male ambassador and his eponymous YouTube channel.

Charles launched his YouTube channel focusing on makeup on December 1, 2015, and as of December 2018, it has over 12 million subscribers and 700 million views. His Instagram account has over 11.1 million followers as of December 8, 2018, and he has 2.34 million followers on Twitter. At the 8th Streamy Awards, Charles won the Best Channel Award in the Beauty category.

JAMES CHARLES EDUCATION

Charles graduated from Bethlehem Central High School in June 2017, with CoverGirl’s tagline, ‘Easy, Breezy, Beautiful’ decorated on his graduation cap.

JAMES CHARLES AGE

Charles was born as James Charles Dickinson on May 23, 1999, in Bethlehem, New York, United States. He turned 23 in 2023. he Celebrates his birthday on May 23 every year.

JAMES CHARLES PARENTS

Charles grew up in upstate New York with his mother Christie Dickinson, dad and little brother, Ian Jeffrey, in a small town called Bethlehem. His father supported her sexual orientation decision and turned their basement into a glamorous room for him to film his makeup tutorials.

JAMES CHARLES BROTHER

Ian Dickinson, popularly known as Ian Jeffrey, is Charles’s younger brother. He is an Internet personality with over 2 million followers on his Instagram account. Ian appeared in James’ video titled ‘LITTLE BROTHER DOES MY MAKEUP’ when he visited him in California.

JAMES CHARLES ENGAGED

Although James is open about his sexuality, as of 2018, he hasn’t found out his boyfriend’s names or if he’s hanging out on social media. However, in the past, Charles was rumored to be dating Aaron Fuller, another social media star in January 2017. The two first got in touch via a private message on Instagram. After that, they started texting each other before going out on a date. But sadly, their date quickly turned into a huge drama after Tana Mongeau; another social media star accused Aaron of using Charles for fame. So, Charles decided to get out of this.

JAMES CHARLES FACTS AND BODY MEASUREMENTS

Here are some interesting facts you don’t want to miss about James Charles.

Name and surname: James Charles Dickinson
Age / how old is James Charles?: 23 years old
Date of birth: May 23, 1999
Place of birth: Bethlehem, New York
Birthday: May 23rd
Nationality: American
Father’s name: To be updated
Mother’s name: Christie Dickinson
Brothers: A brother
Married: Not married
Height / How tall is James Charles?: 1.75 meters
Weight: 63 kg
Shoe size: 9
The shape of the body : 38-30-34
Hair Color : Dark Brown
Eye color : Dark brown

JAMES CHARLES NET WORTH

Charles has an estimated net worth of $ 12 million. As a talented makeup artist, he has done makeup on celebrities such as Kylie Jenner, Kim Kardashian and Iggy Azalea. He earns his makeup video tutorials on YouTube, brand sponsorships, merchandising, tours and advertising.

JAMES CHARLES GAY

Charles is openly gay. He first dated gay at the age of twelve, while he was in junior high. His parents are very supportive of his sexual orientation and interest in makeup.

ADVERTISEMENT BY JAMES CHARLES COVERGIRL

Charles became the first male ambassador for CoverGirl on October 11, 2016. He was 17 at the time and working with brand ambassador Katy Perry. He appeared in CoverGirl’s mascara ad named Lashy by BlastPro Mascara. In January 2017, Charles and actress and singer Zendaya participated in a CoverGirl Makeup Challenge.

JAMES CHARLES REAL NAME

His real name is James Charles Dickinson. His surname is Dickinson.

JAMES CHARLES HEIGHT

Charles stands at a height of 1.75 meters and weighs 63 kg.

JAMES CHARLES MERCH

Charles created his own clothing brand and called it Sisters. His merchandise includes sweatshirts, mirrors, dressing gowns, slippers and t-shirt. His merchandise is sold through his website.

PALETTE BY JAMES CHARLES MORPHE

Charles teamed up with Morphe in October 2019 and released the Morphe X James Charles eyeshadow palettes. It launched the following month in November and sold out in 10 minutes.

JAMES CHARLES COACHELLA

James Charles has attended almost every Coachella event since he became famous. He’s been in trend every time he’s attending Coachella because of his outfits. His outfits at Coachella are mostly almost naked as it is always hot and he tries to make them stylish. In 2019, he wore a yellow romper with a denim thong and a white strappy suit with a white thong.

JAMES CHARLES MET GALA

Charles was invited to the Met Gala as one of the most influential YouTubers along with Liza Koshy and Lilly Singh. He wore a sheer metallic top with high-waisted harem pants that accessorized him with a Wang logo belt. He was dressed by Alexander Wang, the American designer.

JAMES CHARLES CONTROVERSIES

As an influencer who has a large following, Charles has been embroiled in a number of controversies. Here are some that have made headlines

Ebola Joke

Having landed his CoverGirl contract in 2017, James was ready to travel to South Africa for an educational trip. He tweeted;

‘I can’t believe we’re going to Africa today and if we have Ebola.’ ‘James we’re fine, we could have done it at the chipotle last year’ … ‘

He later deleted the tweet after people accused him of being a racist. He apologized saying;

“I am extremely sorry for what I have said. There are no excuses. Nobody owes me, but I have learned a lot from experience. I hope that people who might admire me will be able to learn from my mistakes and not repeat them. ‘

CoverGirl released a statement saying; ‘James Charles’ tweet does not represent COVERGIRL’s point of view’, ‘We agree that his statements were inappropriate, but we appreciate that he has issued an apology.’

Calling Ariana Grande Rude

In March 2018, James uploaded a video to his YouTube channel where YouTubers Shane Dawson and Ryland Adams were putting on their makeup. A few minutes after the video began, Dawson asked Charles to name the rudest celebrity he has ever met and he tells him right away, Ariana Grande.

The reason he said this was because the singer didn’t follow him after one of his fans called him for following James despite the Ebola scandal. He was again impressed by the fans of Grande who told him that Ariana did the right thing.

Manipulating YouTuber Gage Gomez

Youtuber Gage posted a video on April 29, 2019, claiming that Charles manipulated him from January all the way to Coachella. He explained that Charles pressured him to go out too after telling him he was straight. He said;

‘James saw this as an opportunity to manipulate me as someone who may or may not have been trying to figure things out about their sexuality, after I told him I was straight multiple times,’

Charles later responded on Twitter saying that Gomez had never told him he was straight.

Met Gala 2019 dress

In 2019, Charles was accused of copying Zoe Kravitz’s Met Gala dress that he had previously criticized. It all started when he appeared in one of Tana Mongeau’s videos evaluating celebrities’ red carpet looks. The two roasted the dress Zoe Kravitz wore at the 2019 Vanity Fair Oscar Party. He wore a gold and black fishnet bra and black skirt which they rated zero out of ten. While attending the Met Gala in 2019, Charles wore a mesh top and black pants that were almost similar to what Zoe wore.

Instagram caption of the Met Gala 2019

He complained again about the caption he posted on his Instagram regarding his invitation to the Met Gala. He wrote

my first gala meeting, thank you very much @youtube for inviting me and @alexanderwangny for dressing me up! to be invited to an event as important as prom is a real honor and a step in the right direction for the representation of influencers in the media and I am so excited to be a catalyst. video coming tomorrow! ‘

Many people, including YouTuber influencers, criticized him for portraying influencers as an outcast group in which he represented them.

Tati Westbrook Drama

James got into a fight with Tati, a beauty blogger and YouTuber who was basically like her parents. She and her husband took him in when he moved to Los Angeles to further his career in beauty. Tati uploaded a video called BYE SISTER in which she called James for betraying their friendship and their business. After posting the video, James lost a million subscribers in less than 24 hours.

JAMES CHARLES TATI WESTBROOK

Tati Westbrook is an American beauty blogger, makeup artist and YouTuber. Tati was one of James Charles’ early mentors as she had mentioned from time to time in her videos of him. Together with her husband James Westbrook, she negotiated million dollar deals on Charles’s behalf.

Tati and James got into a fight in April 2019 when Coachella was happening when James promoted supplements for Sugar Bear Hair, which is a direct competitor of Tati’s Halo Beauty brand. Tati felt betrayed by him as she told her she couldn’t feel right promoting supplements to her young audience of hers, but she went ahead and advertised Sugar Bear Hair supplements.

James explained that he was helped by Sugar Bear Hair to get a VIP pass and was just returning the favour. He also claimed that he was not paid to promote the brand. After each of them posted video responses, Tati came to the conclusion that she will never talk about the matter publicly again and she will choose to resolve it privately.

In 2020, after the Coachella lineup was released, she tweeted; “THIS IS GOING TO BE THE BEST COACHELLA YET !!!! no kids or vitamins !!!!!!!! only good music, clothes, photos and memories allows GOOOO. ‘Although he never spoke about the drama again, his comment was clear that it was referring to his last experience after Coachella.

JAMES CHARLES YOUTUBE

Charles created his YouTube channel on December 1, 2015. He uploaded makeup tutorial videos and soon his channel blew up getting him the CoverGirl deal. People loved his talent

JAMES CHARLES SUB COUNT

After his drama with Tati Westbrook, James lost 1 million subscribers within 24 hours. After a week, his subscribers went from 16.6 million to 13.4 million, a drop of nearly 3 million. He later uploaded a video titled ‘tati’ in response to what Tati had accused him of. The video of him became one of the most disliked videos on YouTube as he received so much negativity. After a few weeks he has won back a million subscribers and as of February 2020, he has 16.7 million subscribers.

JAMES CHARLES SINGING

The Youtuber is not only talented in makeup, but also in singing. He has collaborated with other YouTubers such as Maren Moris to sing covers of some famous songs. He has uploaded videos such as Making a Song Using Only Makeup Products and Singing My Makeup Routine, where he shows off his singing talent throughout the video. In June 2019, James was invited to sing The National Anthem at the Ace Family Charity Event hosted by Austin Mcbroom and Catherine Paiz .

JAMES CHARLES HOME

James bought a $ 2.4 million home in Encino, California. The house which is 5,137 square feet includes 5 bedrooms, 6 bathrooms and a swimming pool. The interior of the house contains a 3 meter high ceiling, a large living room, a fireplace, a piano, a chef’s kitchen and designer equipment. He has posted a full tour of his house on his channel.

WHO IS JAMES CHARLES?

James Charles is an American Internet personality, makeup artist, beauty YouTuber, and model known for being CoverGirl’s first male ambassador and his eponymous YouTube channel.