SnoozieQ

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Her story about the Allies of Skin cream which she then conceded is ridiculously expensive annoyed me so much. She posted a long apology for how expensive it is, saying she can’t find it in stock anywhere but when she does she’ll post a link. WTF? It’s in stock on the Allies of Skin website with 25% off - what she means is that it’s not in stock anywhere that she has an affiliate link for, so she can’t make any money out of it. 🙄
 
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PineappleQueen19

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I remember someone in the publishing industry getting into a spat with Lily a few years ago about her free sofa and how influencers manipulate their audience & the nature of their ‘work’ to justify the grift.

the last few posts made me remember it all because the person (Claire Maxwell) articulated the issue well - there was a blog post wrote a blog post I enjoyed revisiting: https://ithinkijustbloggedmyself.wordpress.com/2019/02/12/the-murky-world-of-online-influence/
 

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LA2019

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Haha Rich challenging stereotype, hun because you are bringing in easy money. If you are earning 30k per year I doubt he will be happy cooking, bathing and fishing. Plus he genuinely love to spend time with Grey
Exactly. He can only stay home with Grey because she is in a rare (and privileged) position where she earns more than he does. Ultimately, because of the Gender Pay Gap and the astronomical cost of childcare, a lot of women end up having to stall or end their careers to stay home with children because, ultimately, their partners earn more so it makes financial sense to do it that way.

She's also in a very privileged position where having a child hasn't impacted their lifestyle. Most families, especially when paying nursery fees, have to amend their spending habits but not Lily.

So no Lily. Rich isn't a trial blazer in this regard. He isn't special for 'challenging stereotypes'.

The thing that makes me mad is that she thinks that her job/career/lifestyle is the result of her 'working hard' and making the 'right' choices. She's the kind of person that thinks if you don't have the things she takes for granted (six figure salary, house in London, freedom to spend money on whatever you want when you want) it's because you haven't worked hard enough or made the right choices. When actually it all boils down to privilege and opportunity.
 
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Violetroselily

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Just sent her a reply suggesting she rewatches last year's video where she shows how to make a balloon arch, rather than begging for a free one
 
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dee_mc

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Eataly Kings Cross Garnham
Cobalt Moon Garnham
Greige Artichoke Garnham
Anthracite HelloFresh Garnham
The possibilities are endless!
 
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under the ivy

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I admit she does make me feel like I’ve gone wrong in my life - 28, single, living back at home after a relationship break down. But then I remember you don’t have to follow what Lily thinks is a normative and fulfilling and albeit middle-class life trajectory.
 
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OrangeDuvet

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Rudy and Gray sporting that 1st century AD Bethlehem look
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Lily's fashion advice for when you want to look like a pharmacist in your free time
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roarke

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Lily had a child with a stupid name and blamed HIM for pissing all over the bed over and over because she didn’t put a changing Mat down. She silently seethed behind the scenes because Anna lost her baby weight and then some. Her loft conversion is an absolute shit tip with no vaguely matching attributes and she’s going to definitely put it on the market this time next month. Blamed Rich for giving her covid so no one could come over and help with the kids but looks like she still had the builders over. A Beige tree was erected and that’s the only erection that house will see until they move / schedule another baby.
Did I miss anything?
 
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OrangeDuvet

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The way she managed to spill that diffuser liquid even while using a funnel 👏 that was so unsatisfying to watch, and she tried so hard to be cool, minimalistic and ~editorial~ with black and white ... Yet another botched #ad by our favourite marketing genius.
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They sent you a 14 because that's your size babe
 
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Aardvark

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A really great way to avoid dust is not to do your loft conversion 2 years after doing up the rest of your house because you’ve realised that the moment you stop constantly redecorating it will be obvious quite how little you’ve got going on in your life

Or plastic sheets, whatever works
 
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Aardvark

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It is unjustifiable in this day and age to say that you don’t have captions and there’s there’s so many stories you can’t subtitle them. Get an app that auto captions for you. Post an hour later and use that time to subtitle your content. Pay someone to do it. Don’t be inaccessible just because you can’t be bothered
 
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Eileen_2019

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I hate when she talks about "my days with Grey and Rich's days with Grey' as if they are a divorced couple who have joined custody.
 
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