Who is Gabriel Zamora?
Gabriel Zamora is an American beauty vlogger who is active on YouTube, Instagram and other social platforms. He has three siblings and was born on 10th March 1993 in Los Angeles, California. He got famous for posting makeup-related videos on YouTube. Later in his career, he took part in some influencers' controversies.
Early life of Gabriel Zamora
Gabriel's parents came from Mexico and decided to move to the US to raise their children. Although Gabriel was born in Los Angeles, his family moved to Houston when he was a child. He finished high school there and applied to San Jacinto College right after. He graduated from college with a bachelor's degree in marketing with an associate arts degree in business and management. After school, he quickly found a job in marketing but got bored easily. Gabriel also worked as a sales assistant in some fashion stores, such as Forever21.
YouTube career of Gabriel Zamora
Growing up, Gabriel was interested in beauty and enjoyed watching YouTube makeup-related videos. His favourite accounts belonged to Dulce Candy and Patrick Staaar. He decided to follow in their footsteps and created his YouTube channel in 2014. He started slowly by posting a makeup tutorial on the natural makeup look for men. After that, he filmed a video on how to do a natural eyebrow look, and those were the only videos with his real hair. In his third video, Gabriel put on a blue wig which stayed with him his whole career. Nowadays, his audience can't imagine Gabriel without his signature blue hair.
Gabriel moved back to Los Angeles, where he pursued a career in the makeup industry. He worked in some makeup stores and as a freelance makeup artist while focusing on his YouTube content. He had loved makeup as a teenager when he learned how to make his eyes look bigger. After that, he learned many other interesting qualities of makeup, and he loves to share them with his YouTube audience. He mainly films makeup tutorials, makeup reviews and hauls. When big bushy eyebrows became trending, he learned everything he needed to get them and showed his fans as well.
Controversies around Gabriel Zamora
Since the beginning of his YouTube career, Gabriel has loved to share his opinions with the world, even though they might be unpopular. His loud personality made him some powerful friends in the beauty community, such as Jeffree Star, Nikita Dragun and Manny MUA. But it went wrong in 2018 when Jeffree Star appeared in a Shane Dawson documentary and referred to Gabriel, Manny, Nikita and Laura Lee as ex-friends. They decided to take a picture together, which Gabriel posted with the caption, "Bi*ch is bitter because without him we're doing better". Jeffree's fans took it personally and dogged out some questionable tweets from Gabriel's and others' past, which led to a lot of apology videos.
This wasn't the only controversy that Gabriel got into. He took part in the very public argument between James Charles and Tati Westbrook. Gabriel decided to add fuel to the fire by making a video called Makeup and Opinions, where he publicly took James' side. He called Tati fraudulent and insisted that James did nothing wrong. This video was taken badly by Gabriel's fans because it felt like he appeared in a drama which wasn't about him at all. A lot of people unsubscribed after this, leaving him with just a fraction of his previous fanbase.
Gabriel's collaborations
Gabriel's name got more popular throughout the years, and he caught the eye of many beauty brands. At the beginning of his career, Lili Ghalichi encouraged him to pursue a career on YouTube and named him the social media coordinator of Lili's Lashes. Since a lot of makeup brands gained customers by naming male influencers as their ambassadors, Michelle Phan had the same idea. She hired Gabriel as a stylist in her Ipsy brand. When MAC Cosmetics decided to collaborate with 10 different influencers, Gabriel was the only male participant.
Interesting facts about Gabriel Zamora
- As of 2022, he is 29 years old.
- His zodiac sign is Pisces.
- His height is 5'6'' or 167 cm.
- His weight is 62 kilograms or 136 lbs.
- He is known for wearing a blue wig in all his videos.
- He is a friend of Nikita Dragun and Patrick Staaar.
- He took part in many public controversies, such as the Tati Westbrook vs James Charles controversy.
- He was hired as a stylist for Ipsy by Michelle Phan.
