A YouTuber claimed to her own audience that she “beat” her toddler as punishment for ruining two of her eye shadow palettes.
“My 2-year-old just got her ass beat,” says a visibly upset Michelle Grace. The clip has since been deleted from Grace’s YouTube channel, but screen-recordings of the now-viral vlog ring with the cries of her daughter in the background.
“No matter how many times I tell her not to mess with my makeup, she never f – – king listens,” sounds off the micro-influencer, 23, who describes herself as a “witch, Capricorn, mama, content creator” in her Twitter bio.
The beauty community, plus concerned parents online, are outraged over the video, and calling for Child Protective Services to be alerted. One Twitter user summed up the backlash, writing, “Wow, imagine valuing your makeup more than your child.”
In addition to crystals, tarot cards and horoscopes, Grace seems to be interested in makeup, and collecting the latest in eye shadow ranges from her favorite social media stars like James Charles, Jeffree Star and Shane Dawson, whose palettes cost upwards of $50.
“When you work your butt off for something, and you save up to buy something, it’s literally like a child. You treat it like a child,” says Grace, in an effort to explain why her real-life child deserved a spanking.
The brunette goes on: “My ‘Conspiracy’ palette? My James Charles palette? They’re all like my children. I protect them with my life.”
The woman’s child had apparently sprayed Windex on a highly-coveted James Charles x Morphe palette, which costs $39, in the past, and more recently “she had the [Jeffree Star] ‘Alien’ palette, a paintbrush, and was smearing ranch on every single one of the shades, and on the mirror.”
The pissed-off mom pouts on screen for about 10 minutes over her child’s mischievous behavior and not being able to afford more of the much-hyped makeup.
Grace shows the ruined “Alien” palette, which will be discontinued soon, according to Star, and bemoans, “it smells disgusting.”
She adds, “I guess that’s what I get for eating ranch on my bed, but I was literally just eating chicken nuggets.”