@Shanus wrote:
@amyb wrote:
Agreed. I do like Angie's videos, but I watched the recent brush one and it really, imo, was "too much ado about brushes." I still have brushes I've had from years ago, still going strong, a mix from Laura Geller, Bare Minerals and Mally sets from the past. I have basically all the sizes and shapes Angie has in her set.
Seems, lately, everything has just gotten a bit "over the top" "specialized" "hyped" and expensive.
Much as I enjoy many "influencers", I know it's their job and they need to monetize things, get paid for sponsering products & eventually sell their own, and that's the business model. All that said....lately....it's getting tedious that everywhere I look online SOMEone is trying to sell me SOMEthing. That's when I step away...take a breather...go outside, read a book, look at nature, take a walk, go cook something...anything to get a away from everyone "chatting me up" to sell me something. I can get wrapped up in it for a while, but then, enough.
I know...a bit of a rant there....but I agree, just a lot of hype to justify the $125.00 price tag, imo. Not that they don't look nice, but too much. And...all the very specific instruction on just how each tip and angle work....I've put my makeup on my whole life just fine with a few brushes, and some are very interchangeable. Just sayin'.
@amyb That's why they're called "influencers". They're paid to influence you to purchase a product they're given by a company, hawk their own products, etc.
I stopped watching one my favorites, Ms. Gold Girl (Marnie). She designed a bag in collaboration with a company and she discusses it or wears it or it's on the floor next to her makeup chair or when she models clothing sponsored by WM or Nordstrom or Amazon in many videos...after awhile it does get annoying. Many influencers are involved in these "collabs" now to advertise for companies or stores.
I know. It's just new ways to sell things is all. Used to be we were only exposed to being sold when we "went" shopping...different world now...it's everywhere, 24/7. And...of course we all can get sucked in because in between the selling it starts off entertaining, and heck...we're sitting there with iPad in hand, surfing away...all good to a point. Then, at least for me...I wake up and say...Enough of this *&^% time, to step away from the screen....😵💫
On a similar note...I can't help but laugh at Jill B. from Q, who, when she first left Q, (and had a non-compete agreement with them), I recall her looking into the camera of FB and sayiing "oh nooooo, no, I won't be selling anything to you, ever!!" (she might have had her fill for a while, and plus that non-compete thing)...of course now she has her JustJillshop, and everytime she's "connecting with friends"...she's selling. Looks like she kind of patterned her online shop like her friend Carolyn Pollack's page...looks like a similar platform.
I'm not even saying it's all bad, just overkill lately from EVERYone and their sister/brother is a wanna be "influencer"...and in JB's case was funny to me, because she was so adamant about "never selling you anything!!"
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