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like, these kids —who have terminal cancer, that are trying to fight it— have such happy demeanors. They live such happy lives and it's so amazing. Makes you feel like, 'Dude, your problems are not the only problems in the world... It puts things in perspective and that's why I wanted to go and meet these kids and see how happy and amazing they are. I absolutely loved it and hope to work with them more. That's what I want to do this year, I want to work with St. Jude more. I want to work with LGBT Center in L.A. more. I just feel like true happiness comes from helping others and that's really what I want to focus on more, for myself, as Manny. Are you working on anything else? Right now, my focus is working on Lunar Beauty and growing my brand. Now, I want to have a fully realized line. I want to expand it, come out with more shades. I'm actually going to BeautyFest Asia next week in Indonesia, which is really, really exciting. I've never been there before, so that's really, really fun. Just focusing on bettering myself as a person rather than social media. That's great, but it's also my job. I want to make me happy as Manny as well. So, that's what I'm working on, myself [laughs]. What do you do in your free time? My favorite thing to do is going to the movies. I love playing with my dog, Zaya. I hangout with my friends a ton, like game nights, that's always my favorite thing to do as a pastime. I like to hangout with my family a lot. I'm really close with them. I joined a volleyball league last year; that was really, really fun. I played volleyball all through high school. I want to join another league now. I like to go to the gym, it helps me center myself a bit more, work out aggression. What is a normal day like? Depends on the day. The days that I'm filming, I'll wake up, I'll be on social, check Twitter, everything, check all my emails, make sure things for the brand are secure for the day. Then, I will go to the gym. Take pre-workout, so I have energy to film. Come home, film, send it off to my editor, 'cause I have an editor now. Thank God! And that takes up the whole day. Do you still do people's makeup? I don't take clients on. If there was a big opportunity, if Lady Gaga asked me to do her makeup, I'd be like, 'Yes! Absolutely!' I would love to do that. I also do it for collabs on my channel, like I had Shay Mitchell on my channel, just different people that have loved glamming. I'll glam on my channel as a collaboration between YouTubers. Is there anyone who started following you or subscribing to your channel that you're like 'Oh my God! I can't believe they're aware of my work now.' Not following, but I remember, oh my gosh, it was crazy. I'd just done something at the Universal lot. I was driving home and I was at a stoplight and I was talking to a friend of mine, Snapchatting them, and I looked to my left because someone was trying to get my attention from a car. I'm like, 'What?' I roll down my window and it's fucking Miley Cyrus. She's like, 'I see you making your video.' She knew who I was. We had a really tiny exchange. I was freaking out. This is two weeks before [this past] Valentine's Day. On Valentine's Day, I get a package in the mail and it's a bouquet of weed. It's literally a bouquet and it's weed. I was like, 'What the fuck?' And it was from Miley. She was like, 'Hopefully this helps you, if you're alone on Valentine's Day, this will make you feel better.' I was like, 'Well, I am, so that's fucking fantastic.' So basically, Miley Cyrus sent me a bud bouquet.