Hobart teenagers line up from 4am to see YouTube makeup artist Michael Finch

Hundreds of perfectly preened Tassie teenagers braved the cold pre-dawn hours to catch a glimpse of their favourite YouTube makeup sensation. Find out his top tip for Hobart.

YouTube makeup guru Michael Finch with (L-R) Kat Brock, 16, Ebony Piuselli, 15, and Lucy Marley, 15. Picture: MATT THOMPSON

MAKEUP hysteria has hit central Hobart with the Myer forecourt transformed into a sea of screaming young fans desperate to catch a glimpse of YouTube celebrity Michael Finch.

Perfectly preened teenagers lined up outside Myer’s Liverpool St entrance in the cold pre-dawn hours to see the YouTube sensation.

By the time the makeup artist made his appearance, about 11am, there was about 300 screaming fans filming Finch with their smartphones.

“We’ve been waiting here since 4am,” said Lucy Marley, 15, from Hobart.

YouTube makeup guru Michael Finch caused a frenzy outside Myer in Hobart this morning. Picture: MATT THOMPSON

Teenagers lined Hobart’s streets from 4am to see YouTube makeup guru Michael Finch. Picture: MATT THOMPSON

Lucy and her friends, 16-year-old Ebony Piuselli and 16-year-old Kat Brock, had huddled in faux fur coats until taking to the stage for a photo with Finch.

“I was shaking and I teared up for the photo,” Lucy said.

Kat said she had learned a lot of makeup tips from Finch.

YouTube makeup guru Michael Finch with a fan outside Myer in Hobart this morning. Picture: MATT THOMPSON

YouTube makeup guru, Michael Finch caused a frenzy outside Myer, Hobart this morning. Picture: MATT THOMPSON

“The most important one was how to do my eyebrows,” she said.

The 22-year-old Australian makeup artist has hundreds of thousands of followers of his makeup tutorials on his YouTube channel “makeupbymichaelfinch”.

Finch said he was thrilled so many had turned out for the Hobart leg of his Australian tour.

“It’s insane,” he said.

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“I used to line up for people like Kim Kardashian and now people are lining up for me.”

When asked for the top makeup tip he could impart on Hobart, Finch said: “always bake your concealer”.

YouTube makeup guru Michael Finch with fans outside Myer in Hobart this morning. Picture: MATT THOMPSON

The process does not involve literal baking, but involves makeup setting powder for a “flawless finish”.

Hobart was the last stop on his nationwide tour to promote his Benefit Cosmetics brow style. Organisers said it had been his biggest turn out yet.

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