Long time lurker..and had a bad day, so I apoligize in advance! I am just sick and tired of them all lying all the time...
They ( people like Anna and Lily) are part of the lucky people who are not ( do not seem to be ) affected financially by the pandemics and can afford to not work..After working for 10 years in corporate London, in very toxic, stressful, overworked, underpaid roles I am fortunate and grateful that I dont have to work as much as I used to and believe me I never take it for granted; but guess what? I am transparent about it with my closest friends...Some days, it is boring and depressing to not be doing much and staying isolated but some days I just chill home on my own.
I find it rude to say the least that they pretend to be BUSY and overwhelmed when clearly thats not the case. Why cant they just say, Hi guys I havent got much work to do these days and just taking it one day at the time ? or whatever reason behind this non-sense? Just a bit of transparency to not alienate the people...
The house renovation could have been great content but for some reason she seems to be "hiding" the house. No need to hide most people do know influencers make good money to buy big houses that ordinary people would never be in a position to purchase. I am annoyed that they pretend to be like us...
The clothes she keeps on buying? well they are expensive but VERY expensive. When she says dupe; I am slightly offended even if I could afford some of these but I choose NOT to spend that much on clothes - each to his own-
When she used to shop from Whistles, her style was great and the clothes were relatable ( still expensive, but Whistles is affordable during the sales)
I understand that influencers do not wish to share the bad bits or the private bits of their lives but talking about expensive clothes in such circustamces is bad taste and rude. On the top of it, when watching her videos I do not learn anything at all. Coming from a very modest and complicated background I did learn a lot from youtube ie cooking, self awareness, organization, budgeting.. I am just no longer learning anything from her and despite having had my fair share of life experiences at this stage I still wish I could learn a thing or two when I watch a youtube video...
Sorry it was long