The ‘most Googled thing’ about Ellen Malone proves sad truth about the beauty industry [Video]

When you Google makeup artist and internet personality Jeffree Star, the first related search after his eponymous makeup brand is his net worth.

But when you Google makeup artist and internet personality Ellen Malone, the first related search is her age.

It’s just one subtle sign of the sexism that still runs rampant in the beauty industry, and Malone has had a front-row seat since starting as a pro makeup artist 20 years ago.

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“I went in expecting to be paid equally, to be treated equally, to have my hard work recognised,” she tells 9honey.

“You would think in a female dominated industry, that sexism wouldn’t be bad – but it is.”

People would constantly assume her male colleagues were in charge and she saw men …