21 influencers showing the beauty of being biracial

Biracial beauties are SLAYING it all over YouTube — not just with their fun makeup tutorials, but also cool tips about styling curly hair and chats about their experiences being of mixed race. 

There is beauty in every background, so let's celebrate 21 influencers who show the beauty of being biracial.

Shay Mitchell

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Instagram/Shay Mitchell

Shay Mitchell may be best known for her role in the Pretty Little Liars series, but she's also a pretty avid Youtuber! She's Filipina, Irish, and Scottish and has been pretty open about loving her heritage

These days you can catch her living her best life on her Youtube channel. She posts pretty regularly about food, fashion, travel, and beauty on — and yes, every once in awhile you can catch some of her former PLL castmates making an appearance!

Maya Washington

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Instagram/Maya Washington

Maya Washington, better known as Shameless Maya, is African-American, Native American, and Filipino! Her Youtube channel focuses on her curly hair journey, tech stuff, and hilarious makeup transformation videos!

She's super open about different aspects of her culture, and even incorporates her family into her channel.

Raye Boyce

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Instagram/Raye Boyce

Raye Boyce, better known as Its My Raye Raye, was the first Black Youtuber to reach 1 million followers on her channel

She's collaborated with ColourPop and most recently created a collection with BH Cosmetics to deliver her first collection — which includes a palette ($16.87, BH Cosmetics) and brush set ($18, BH Cosmetics).

Samora Bernadine

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Instagram/Beautydoll Culey

Samora Bernadine, better known as Beautydoll Culey, is Portueguese and Grenadian! She's known for her lovely beauty tutorials — but also for sharing her experience as a biracial Afro-Latino who has experienced colorism and bullying.

Jewellianna Palencia

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Instagram/Jewellianna Palencia

Jewellianna Palencia is Black and Guatemalan — so a proud Afro-Latina! She makes natural hair tutorials for curly hair and also does fashion hauls for some of your favorite brands on her Youtube channel.

Jasmine Brown

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Instagram/Jasmine Brown

Jasmine Brown is a proud Afro-Latina and was born to a Black father and Mexican mom. She's known for her curly hair tutorials and product reviews.

Sonjdra Deluxe

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Instagram/Sonjdra Deluxe

Sonjdra Deluxe is Jamaican and white and has spoken candidly about her parents raising her to love and celebrate all kinds of cultures. 

Her Youtube channel is known for delivering gorgeous makeup tutorials and offering up helpful product reviews.

Joyjah

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Instagram/Joyjah

Joyjah identifies as Black and white although she says she gets mistaken for a Hispanic woman. She's known for her adventurous Youtube vlogs and hair tutorials. She's also popular for her ever-changing hairstyles on Instagram!

Andrea Brooks

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Instagram/Andrea Brooks

According to her Twitter, Andrea Brooks is Swedish, Ethiopian, and Puerto Rican. Her Youtube channel is known for fun beauty hack videos — especially for people with curly hair.

Samantha Maria

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Instagram/Sammi Maria

UK-based Youtuber Samantha Maria is white and Guyanese ("black and white" as she self-described).

Samantha does some beauty reviews but mostly does fashion hauls and personal vlogs on her Youtube channel.

Spankie Valentine

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Instagram/Spankie Valentine

Spankie Valentine isn't just a makeup guru — she's also a recording artist. She does elaborate makeup tutorials as well as comedy videos on her channel.

The Amateur Guru

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Instagram/TheAmateurGuru

Ashley, better known as the Amateur Guru, is the proud daughter of a Jamaican father and El Salvadoran mom. Her Youtube channel is a fun mix of personal vlogs and Get Ready With Me tutorials.

Nia the Light

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Instagram/Nia The Light

Zimbabwean and English beauty influencer Nia the Light is popular for her massive curly afro. She is a natural hair enthusiast who does hair tutorials on her channel

Nia also created the Instagram page Happy Fro Day, which celebrates women of color's natural hair in a variety of textures and lengths.

Janet Nimundele

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Instagram/Janet Nimundele

Janet Nimundele is African and Indian. Her Youtube channel focuses on her daily adventures, culture, and fashion.

Lisette

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Instagram/Lisette

Lisette is black and white and has been open about her growing to accept her mixed heritage on her Youtube channel. She also does makeup and curly hair tutorials!

Alexis Belon

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Alexis Belon

Alexis Belon vlogs about her experiences as a mixed woman who identifies as Black on her channel. When she's not talking about culture, she does lots of fashion and beauty videos.

Shizen Wong

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Instagram/Shizen Wong

Shizen Wong is Black, Surinamese, Dutch, Chinese, French, and Jewish — a lovely mix of so many different things! On her Youtube channel, she talks a lot about embracing her heritage, bullies, and her family.

Raven Elyse

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Instagram/Raven Elyse

Beauty Youtuber Raven Elyse identifies as Black and is also Native American, Irish, French, and Jamaican. She even shared her DNA test results and talked about her heritage with her followers.

Raven does hair and makeup tutorials but you can also find her doing adorable lookbooks with her daughter and personal vlogs.

Chandler Keyes

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Instagram/Chandler Keyes

Chandler Keyes shares a lot about her Filipino, Black, and white heritage on her Youtube channel. She also does hair tutorials and recipes.

Sonnis Love

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Instagram/Sonnis Love

Sonnis Love is Black, white, and Greek. On her Youtube channel, she shares hair tutorials and walks her followers through her gender transitioning process.