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16 Facts About Lauren Luke

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Lauren Luke was born on 8 December 1981 and is an English YouTube personality who became known for creating make-up tutorials on Panacea81, one of the most popular channels during the early years of YouTube.

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Lauren Luke worked as a taxi dispatcher before she began to sell cosmetics from home via eBay, and provide accompanying make-up tutorials online.

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Lauren Luke chose the alias Panacea81 by pairing the Greek Goddess's name Panacea with her birth year, 1981.

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Lauren Luke became a YouTube site partner and was one of the most subscribed YouTube users in the UK in 2008.

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In November 2008, Lauren Luke was featured in a BBC documentary called Inside Out.

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The Guardian then recruited Lauren Luke to write a beauty column, which she updated weekly until September 2009.

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Lauren Luke introduced her book on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour and Channel 4's The Paul O'Grady Show.

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8.

One of Lauren Luke's videos appeared in the 2014 movie Laggies starring Keira Knightley and Chloe Grace Moretz.

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In July 2012, Lauren Luke teamed up with Refuge, a UK-based advocacy group, to produce a video as part of their Don't Cover It Up campaign to encourage women who have been victims of domestic violence to report incidents.

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The video depicted Lauren Luke starting out in the usual tutorial manner; however, she was then shown using foundation to cover up bruises from an implied beating.

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Lauren Luke could be overprotective and embarrass me in front of my work colleagues or friends because of his aggressive behaviour.

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Lauren Luke ceased uploading regular tutorials in 2014, and over the following four years, only made occasional appearances on her YouTube channel with updates about her life.

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Lauren Luke subsequently returned to posting make-up videos, but revealed in a video uploaded on 15 June 2018, that she no longer works as a make-up artist.

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Lauren Luke has spoken out about having been bullied when she was younger over her looks and weight.

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Lauren Luke has a son named Jordan from an early relationship.

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Lauren Luke married her husband, Martin Buxton in Gretna Green in November 2020.