Nikkie de Jager-Drossaers, aka NikkieTutorials, is a transgender Dutch make-up artist, model, and beauty YouTuber. Born in Wageningen, Netherlands, De Jager began uploading makeup video tutorials to YouTube at 14 being inspired by Lauren Conrad’s makeup on the MTV show The Hills. Twi years later De Jager enrolled in makeup coursework at B Academy in Amsterdam before signing on to the Colourfool Agency in 2011 to begin working as a professional makeup artist.

De Jager kept uploading videos while continuing her work, becoming the head makeup artist for the RTL 5 show I Can Make You a Supermodel with Paul Fisher in 2013. After a year, she began freelancing in 2014.

De Jager has collaborated with beauty brands on and outside of her YouTube channel, including OFRA Cosmetics and Maybelline. With OFRA Cosmetics, she launched a line of cosmetics that included liquid lipsticks and a highlighter palette. In 2017,  De Jager began to be recognized, with Forbes magazine naming her one of the top ten beauty influencers that year. Additionally, De Jager won Beauty Web Star and YouTube Guru awards at the Teen Choice Awards and Shorty Awards respectively.

One of her biggest successes was serving as Global Beauty Adviser for Marc Jacobs Beauty in 2019. That next year, she would be announced as a goodwill ambassador at the United Nations.

Currently De Jager has over 14 million subscribers on YouTube and 19 million followers on Instagram.