I am about to sound awful. I really like Caroline's advise / personality, but I actually find her skin looks bad and she looks old for her age. With the filler cheeks and stretched face, it looks like leather. And yes she needs a change of hair.Just had a peek at her Instagram and she had some work done, hasnāt she? There are no creams that lift your cheeks like that. I just wish they were honest about having work done, thereās nothing wrong with it and pretending itās the creams is just plain lying.
Iām also horrified at her hair: I get it, they gift you the salon visits, but please find somebody who can manage your hair, it looks so unhealthy! (PS pay for your bloody blow dries, you strong femal role model )
āA weak diluteā, copyright Sali Hughes, 2019.I've had Botox so no judgement. But why, when they do finally admit to it, do they have to say how small a quantity it is they've had?
I doubt youāre wet , she is aggressive and unkind yet she thinks itās part of her appeal for being no nonsense.I'm mid 50's now and pretty jowly so I'm considering a filler for them - that's why I remember the blog post. I don't follow her anymore as I find her much to aggressive and unkind (I'm a bit wet though!)
"I was just cautioning the thread potentially against calling her racist before she calls the Inghams' lawyers and we all go to jail " hahaha!!! I don't know about Inghams' lawyers? But totally get your cautioning. I haven't been able to watch her videos in full because it is too excruciating, but from what I've seen and what I've read other people write, her rudeness and ignorance about Asian beauty products/market can come across as uncomfortable. It's also been pointed out that it's because none of the K/J beauty brands have reached out and if she gets money she'll change her tone immediately because she really is just about $$$$$, these daysI wasn't accusing you of accusing her (if that makes sense!) I understood from your post that you were mentioning forums and other people accusing her. To be fair I haven't watched her videos or read her blog in ages because I won't give her the $$$, so if she's been intentionally rude towards K or J beauty brands/practices and is coming across as racist, I wouldn't know. I was just cautioning the thread potentially against calling her racist before she calls the Inghams' lawyers and we all go to jail (this is obviously a joke for anybody who doesn't follow the Inghams thread)
...oh, and don't forget, CH "invented double cleansing" (the term and method)Essentially using perhaps an emollient based cleanser firstly to remove dirt, makeup, grime of the day, followed by a second cleanser, maybe like with a cream cleanser for example, to actually clean the skin itself, help minimise pores, or acne issues etc. So one removes the dirt / make up / oil build up firstly, and the other step tackles caring for the skin itself. If that makes sense?? It's a good 2 step on cleansing.
No matter how many #ads CH does, she's unlikely to ever have Nigella money! Nigella always looks beautiful, filler or no filler. I saw her once or twice in London, never actually met her, but she always looked great.I've met Caroline a couple of times. Close up her skin looked good, but not remarkable. I think the jowliness makes her look older. A few years ago I met Nigella. She was in her mid 50s. I know she is rumoured to have had work done and at the time she was looking a bit "fillery" in the press. However, close up she looked stunning. She had very pale, lightly freckled skin with the faintest single line on her forehead and fantastic cheekbones. Her skin looked perfect.
Not exclusive to CH, but I hate it when they use filters and pretend they don't. Filters aren't a mystical feature only available to social media users once they reach a certain amount of followers - we all have them and we all know what the heck they look like. Pretending influencers don't use it is just another way in which they talk down to us, assume we're dumb and con us.I thought her skin was looking very luminous a few weeks back , I did wonder about a filter as she was glowing. I then saw her on SHās stories and she wasn't so luminous and glowing .
#absolutelydiduseafilter.
Absolutely spot on. Also her new habit of saying "we" when she means I is very irritating. I'm sure she's got some sort of assistant (probably her niece again, or that flipping attitudinal daughter), but she's trying to give the impression that CH enterprises is much bigger and more professional than it is.I discovered CH about 4 years ago and like previous posters I have found some of her earlier blogs very helpful to me. I have always had good skin but now spend a bit more time and money thinking about it. However she is now a total sell out. Also she constantly promises blogs on this, videos on that but they never materialise...
All of this ^.Absolutely spot on. Also her new habit of saying "we" when she means I is very irritating. I'm sure she's got some sort of assistant (probably her niece again, or that flipping attitudinal daughter), but she's trying to give the impression that CH enterprises is much bigger and more professional than it is.
And another thing, nobody has ever been more tired, more rushed off their feet, more "far too busy to post" than she...
No one works as hard as The Hirons, didnāt you know . Sitting on oneās arse and editing 4 videos doesnāt strike me as hard work . I know itās the blog and not her day job but itās not Astro physics . I have no clue about Jim, isnāt he a musician?Do influencers no longer remember what itās like to actually work?
Shooting 4 videos is now classed as āmop my browā level of tiredness.
She used to do āreal workā so itās a little upsetting to see her always market herself as this incredibly busy and tired superwoman, when people manage to hold down 8-10 hour a day jobs (when not multiple jobs!), go home, keep a house clean and look after families without PAs, cleaners, and other assorted assistants.
My understanding is that Mr Hirons doesnāt work, so him making a curry doesnāt strike me as this amazing feat worthy of praise - do correct me if Iām wrong and he does work...but itās still a curry, not a 10 course dinner
And yes Iām nitpicking, before anybody says so
From what I have seen in the past her Son and niece work for her so, as you say, sheās not juggling it all by herself .I assume all the tiredness stuff is because she does vlogs etc alongside the consulting etc? A tit tonne of research seems to have gone into the retinol series but she's not a one man band.
Jim is /was a musician ... in what way who knows but yeah now he's the homemaker (sorry I love using that vomitous American word).
Yes I agree completely. Ruth Crilly is terrible for this , telling everyone how stressed she always is because she takes so much on . I donāt know how sheād manage without the Nanny and the additional help Iām sure she must have . That Georgian pile doesnāt clean itself .I take issue with the ālook at how hard i workā stuff because itās another way to be dishonest. She obviously has a team so doesnāt do everything by herself, and if her husband is at home, she also doesnāt do the bulk of the housework (they are wealthy enough to have help around the house as well if they need it, Iām sure).
It makes her followers feel like underachievers because she presents this image of superbosslady, supermum etc. Itās another way to make followers feel inadequate and whether she does it on purpose or not, she needs to cut it out and be real. This isnāt a sin exclusive to her, most influencers do it but some are honest enough to remind people that they know how lucky they are to have this as a job.
I take special issue with all the influencers calling themselves feminists and consistently, absent-mindedly putting their followers (mostly women for the beauty gurus) down by lording over everybody how much they accomplish. Itās a pet peeve of mine.
Iām not even sure they realise 100% what they are doing but with great power comes great responsibility
Caroline is a great sales woman and could sell ice to Eskimos but do you think she has enough clout to sell her own skincare? , Iām not sure.I reckon CH will launch a range eventually and Ava will be the face of it - for the appropriate age group naturally.