Personally I think we should see the item being given for free as one transaction and then the brand paying to guarantee coverage on the influencers channels as another, separate transaction. So me, a free bag should be disclosed as such even in non paid posts.
I thought they were all discussing whether a product should be labelled as "Gifted" or a "PR Product" "Press Sample" or "PR Experience" etc though. They gave some convoluted explanation that gifted meant something your nan bought you for Christmas and not a brand you have no personal connection with sending you the most recent make up release.
Also if something was gifted to her mum (they are from Latvia, and they are kind of celebrities there, or it seems to be) and she uses it, does she need to say “ad-gifted”? Really just wondering here, lol 
Babes, your blog is still crap but here we are
bleeping dire isn’t it. A twelve year old would do a better list
I agree, I think also needs mentioning that lets be honest, the experience that any influencer has with a company “gifting” them a holiday or a kitchen or whatever else is very different from general public using the same company. They are being handled by the PR team who want a positive response and ultimately want that person to tell people how great they are. They will be treated like royalty, additional extras, the PR team might send a bottle of champagne to the room or pay for dinner at expensive restaurant which, to the person getting that treatment makes the company seem like a fantastic brand and they will of course tell their viewers how wonderful they are and it’s such get value etc etc but that is not the experience everyone else we get so I think it needs to be clear when it’s a freebie. I remember a while back Lily was going to that soho farmhouse quite a bit and then suddenly she had to start disclosing that is was a freebie and made me see it differently, I think also she got a coat last year from and other stories and was talking about how great it was and although it was pricey it was worth it and then see it was bloody gifted!! Which I get is the job etc etc but before guidelines came in people wouldn’t of realised she got that for free... of course it’s get a value when you spent £0 of your own money on it!
I remember about this one, she was churning out organizational contents (which she is terrible with) when Anna is releasing her book- sounds very childish and dickish to me. Almost the girl in movie that will made out with her bff’s crush in front of her bff on purpose..
This is brilliant! Couldn’t have said it better myself.
She’s a published writer, isn’t she?... But doesn’t know the difference between there/their/they’re?Madness. I’m a primary teacher and my school chose not to keep me on when they found out I was pregnant, my leave just ended and schools aren’t recruiting. My fiancé said “why not just become one of those girls on Instagram you look at? They get loads of free stuff for doing buggar all”. Coming from someone who doesn’t use social media says it all really
they don’t realise how privileged they are, so out of touch.what’s the point of recently buying plastic just to replace them with glass, when there’s nothing wrong with them? More plastic waste in the bin for the sake of the aesthetic“Their glass with bamboo lids.”
Brilliant!I agree. And it’s totally the case. You can’t tell me if you get a free bag/holiday/kitchen floor that you would accept and then say it’s tit? It’s totally an advert, brands started giving away free stuff to get around the rules and then the rules changed to make them disclosable and influencers kicked off.., wonder why!
It is usually people who can’t cook thinking that they need all instagramable kitchen and stuff. Her food sometimes looks like dog food
This came up on my feed -https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/white-antiracist-allyship-book-clubs/2020/06/11/9edcc766-abf5-11ea-94d2-d7bc43b26bf9_story.html
I was just saying exactly this to my husband this morning, our discussion went on lots of tangents one being the mayor of Middlesbrough getting into bother about talking about the lack of white privilege where there’s poverty and I went on to talk about how much I hate my instagram feed at the minute, I keep my Facebook for real life and my instagram aspirational whether it be style travel etc etc but over this BLM period my feed is just bloody irritating as it highlights how many middle class white women I follow and they’re quotes and recommendations for books on Racism yes I would do well to educate myself and I am hence the family discussions, but as someone who was dragged up by a teenage single parent on one of the roughest council estates in Liverpool and haven’t particularly made a great success of my life, I don’t quite feel the need to spend £100 on books
