Safiya Nygaard

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Safiya Nygaard
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Nygaard in 2018
Personal information
Born (1992-07-16) July 16, 1992 (age 32)
Santa Clara, California, U.S.
Education Whitney M. Young Magnet High School
Stanford University
Occupation YouTuber
Spouse
Tyler Lee Williams
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(m. 2019)​
YouTube information
Channels
Years active2014–present
Genres
  • Beauty
  • science
  • fashion
  • travel
Subscribers
  • 10 million (Safiya Nygaard)
  • 588 thousand (Safiya & Tyler)
  • 1 million (Safiya Shorts)
Total views
  • 2 billion (Safiya Nygaard)
  • 41 million (Safiya & Tyler)
  • 499 million (Safiya Shorts)
Associated acts Simply Nailogical
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Last updated: November 2024

Safiya Nygaard (born July 16, 1992) [1] [2] is an American YouTuber. She gained prominence through her work with BuzzFeed, creating the series LadyLike. She is now known for her solo YouTube channel, containing content such as her Bad Makeup Science series.

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Early life

Nygaard was born in Santa Clara, California to Danish father Niels Nygaard, who is a university math professor, and Indian mother Mumtaz. [3] She has a younger brother named Adil Nygaard. She was raised in Chicago, where she attended Whitney M. Young Magnet High School until 2010. Upon graduating from high school, she entered Stanford University, [3] where she completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in Drama and English.

Career

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Nygaard in 2010

Nygaard was hired by BuzzFeed in April 2015 and worked as a video producer for BuzzFeed's show Ladylike. She left BuzzFeed in January 2017. [4] Nygaard explained her reasoning for leaving the company in her popular 2017 video titled "Why I Left BuzzFeed", [5] which as of April 2017 had over 14.9 million views. [6]

Nygaard is known for her YouTube series "Bad Beauty Science" in which she has mixed together all of her liquid lipsticks, foundations, eye shadows and highlighters to create "Franken" products. [7] [8] Nygaard is often credited with starting a YouTube trend of mixing large quantities of a single type of beauty product together. [9] She has also made several fashion related videos including wearing strange or novelty clothing items such as clear pants, [10] 9-foot long jeans, [11] and thigh-high Ugg boots. [12] She has also created videos exploring historical fashion, including one produced in collaboration with Colonial Williamsburg. [13]

In October 2019, Nygaard released a lipstick collection in collaboration with ColourPop. [14] In 2022, Nygaard signed with the management company Night. [15] According to Cosmetify, she was the highest-earning beauty influencer in 2022. [16] Nygaard collaborated with Cristine Rotenberg's nail polish brand, Holo Taco, to release a limited edition collection of nail polish. [17] [18]

Personal life

Nygaard is married to YouTube collaborator Tyler Williams. Several YouTubers, including Jenna Mourey (Jenna Marbles) and Cristine Rotenberg (Simply Nailogical), attended Nygaard and Williams' 2019 wedding. [19]

In 2015, Nygaard and Williams acquired a cat named Crusty. He ended up becoming a prominent part of Safiya's channel. Crusty died in late 2021 due to old age. Nygaard uploaded a YouTube video as a tribute to Crusty on April 2, 2022. [20] They adopted another stray kitten, whom they named Cosmo, a few months later. [21]

In 2021, Nygaard and Williams sold their house in Studio City, Los Angeles, which they originally purchased in 2019. It was bought by actress Uzo Aduba for $3.1 million, turning a $200k profit in under two years of ownership. [22] Nygaard and Williams temporarily moved to Philadelphia from Los Angeles in early 2021 before permanently relocating to Raleigh, North Carolina that February. [23] [24]

Filmography

Television

TitleYearRoleNotesRef.
Escape the Night 2018The Investigative ReporterMain role [25]

Awards and nominations

AwardYearCategoryResultRef.
Streamy Awards 2018 BeautyNominated [26]
Creator of the YearNominated
2019 Nominated [27]

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