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"It was the singe heard 'round the world. When 13-year-old Tori Locklear lived one of our worst hair nightmares and burned a lock of hers off in an [amateur beauty tutorial,](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdVuSvZOqXM) it garnered 12 million views in just five days (it now has almost 32 million). The video even caught the attention of Ellen DeGeneres, who invited Locklear on her show to discuss the tragic accident, which Locklear blamed on a short fuse.\\n\\n\\n\\n                   \\n\\nIn the months that followed, we all paid a little more attention to the amount of time we left our hair wrapped around a wand (5 to 8 seconds max, most hairstylists say). And we took to YouTube to learn other lessons, like [washing your hair in space,](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOIj7AgonHM) [transforming yourself into any celebrity with makeup,](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q947zTaFn7c&amp;amp;list=TL2jz2ALAOQiJGL55PwSXEjgtGilWFtSxl) turning a YouTube channel into a [major cosmetics line](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gB5-wp_cm_8&amp;amp;feature=c4-overview-vl&amp;amp;list=PLDm3KH9jNzQkohTexYfoXlrliCbldfb2t) (we're looking at you, Michelle Phan), and touching the world with a [message about beauty and hope](http://www.youtube.com/user/taliajoy18) that even a life-threatening illness couldn't stifle. If there was a year for YouTube beauty, this was it.\\n\\n\\n\\n*What were your biggest beauty moments of 2013?*\\n\\n\\n\\nRELATED LINKS:\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n  \u2022 [Best Beauty Moments of the Year](http://www.allure.com/beauty-trends/2013/best-beauty-moments-of-the-year-2013\\\\#slide=1)\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n  \u2022 [Talia Joy, YouTube Star and Beauty Inspiration, Has Died](http://www.allure.com/beauty-trends/blogs/daily-beauty-reporter/2013/07/talia-joy-youtube-star-has-died.html)\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n  \u2022 [Acne Vlogger is My Hero](http://www.allure.com/beauty-trends/blogs/daily-beauty-reporter/2011/12/acne-vlogger-is-my-new-hero.html)"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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