Natacha Oceane

[emm]

Not sure if this has already been said on this thread, but does anyone know what Natacha’s new project is that she’s working on?

something that has (seem ot be) based in Dubai which, in my mind, as a place built bascially on slave labour and the opression of women's rights is not a good place to work tbh

 

[hippos.are.evil]

As much as we could judge based on her videos, she is a very nice, real, genuine, pleasant person. She was one of my favorite yt-ers. However, the person we believe she is would not just disappear into thin air without saying a word to her subscribers and followers. She even called her viewers her family ... So, to be honest, if she is just simply too busy or got fed up with the influencer life and decided to call it quits without letting people know, she's not the person we thought she was. Still, I hope nothing bad happened to her .

Just my opinion, but I've always felt this wall between Natacha and her viewers.. She joined youtube somewhat late, after the platform was seen as more of a potential career more so than anything else (hobby, creative outlet, etc). I've always felt her videos and instagram posts are extremely well-planned, controlled and edited, to the point that they seem less down to Earth and genuine, if that makes sense. It seems to be that she's been extremely careful not to share too much of herself and her private life since day 1. All of this is fine, but on the other hand she's simultaneously tried to foster a very close relationship with her viewers (like calling them her family), which is obiously great for business. We also shouldn't forget that she initally became popular from doing 10k kcal challenges... which is not a great origin story (and she still hasn't deleted them..).

But I still hope she's doing okay! And kudos to her for prioritising her mental health! But honestly, I think she views youtube mostly as a pay check , and now that she has so many other options she might tap out. She's obviously doing great economically speaking.

 

[danish101]

Wasn't the 50k thing basically an ad for some shoes? Not sure if I'm remembering it wrong but I remember she did it wearing shoes ahe had barely worn before

Yes, Lululemon. It was placed towards the end of the video I think. I felt a bit tricked personally, I much prefer creators that make it obvious it's a sponsored video, by saying it at the beginning and having an "ad break" within the video itself, instead of trying to make it look seamless.

 

[Millennial Pink]

All fitness influencers seem to end up at this point where they've exhausted all possible content. They all seem to just do reaction content after that. There's only so many different ways you can talk about CICO and progressive overload.

 

[georgie_v]

They're back in the UK now, probably just spending the winter in warmer climates (which I'd totally do if I had the money).
I noticed that she's not doing lash extensions anymore, but just mascara? It suits her so much better, I found her extensions to be way too dominating in her face.

 

[Rosie34567-2]

I'm new to this thread, but I have been watching her on and off for a while.

I don't see the point to many of her challenge videos, such as "switching to an ultra processed diet for a week" or "running for 24 hours." Obviously processed foods will negatively impact her...we don't need her to demonstrate that lol. And also videos like the 24 hour running one are just needlessly harmful...like...why did she do that to herself? Just to get a ton of views? It's not really useful information.

Also, this is more of a petty complaint, but her facial expressions and mannerisms are so odd and annoying, in my opinion. Especially when she's working out, she'll do like one sit-up and make such an over-the-top face and/or sound that I can't help but roll my eyes.

 

[Millennial Pink]

Doing some flat hunting atm and pretty sure this is exactly her and Mario's place

Guess we know how much rent they pay (I remember a previous video of hers where she was being VERY coy and refusing to say)

That's just... insane money.

 

[macrofriendly]

I don't see the point to many of her challenge videos, such as "switching to an ultra processed diet for a week" or "running for 24 hours." Obviously processed foods will negatively impact her...we don't need her to demonstrate that lol. And also videos like the 24 hour running one are just needlessly harmful...like...why did she do that to herself? Just to get a ton of views? It's not really useful information.

Answered that one yourself

 

[jackhole99]

Not sure if links work here but I'll post and try!

Instagram

instagram.com

if that doesn’t work if you aren’t logged in -

just type in instagram.com/power

I feel like all of this has come off as incredibly disingenuous on her part. They have a post up which says 2,000,000 + calories burnt across the app. I don’t know if anyone else has followed her for as long - but she has previously talked about not using workouts to burn as many calories as possible and focusing on building strength and lean body mass as Natacha always focused on long term results…

Aside from that, it’s an interesting choice to use Indian actresses/celebrities for the app. She seems clued into how big the un-captured market share of people that would follow these women would be. However, as someone as said prior it’s pretty strange considering they aren’t trained PTs to my knowledge. Very business savvy - not very “aligned” with what seemed to be her business values.

I wish her the best but it’s starting to more and more seem like all of her loyal followers got played as she segregates herself from her influencer persona. To an extent, this reminds me of Grace Beverley - where she used her status as an influencer and selling guides (not the same quality) to produce success that she then used as an angle into starting other businesses. I guess the difference is Grace has realised she can’t distance herself from her influencer persona but Natacha is and depending on the success of the app she could make it work.

 

[Westeryonder21]

Yeah no matter how much money they have surely they could find a cheaper one by at least 3000 that's still nice and save an extra 3000 towards a house...they appear to be savvy with money so it always confuses me.

Unless there are THAT rich that is a "cheap" place.

 

[shadowcat5]

Does anyone think Natasha swapped her eating disorder to obsess over health and fitness. All thee crazy challenges she does etc don’t scream willpower they feel incredibly extreme and not particularly safe either

I have been thinking this. I have watched her for years. It could be projection on my behalf as I had anorexia and then I transferred that into going hardcore at the gym. It took be about 2 years before I realised that I hadn’t done much in the way of recovery. I was just punishing myself and controlling things in a different way. I can’t comment cause I don’t know her but I see that sometimes. The challenges feel very controlled and restrictive

 

[Rosie34567-2]

Answered that one yourself

Touché

But yeah, I find the clickbaity titles/content to be so counterproductive to the "health" theme, and can be harmful in some cases. She might be buff and athletic, but she's not really spreading a "good" message with her vids per se.

 

[emm]

I did some digging and the company that they went to dubai to work on launched a couple of weeks ago. Shes not linked to them on Instagram but you can find it on companies house.

So could just be she has been crazy busy setting that up?

but 2.5 months... not even a post just saying I am busy?

 

[emm]

Hello long time lurker but just wanted to say - if you go to the Power profile on Instagram you can see that on the post from 4 days ago - it’s clearly filmed in Natacha’s home. Also - on that profile it seems like she’s the one replying to the comments - the writing style, diction, emojis, everything screams Natacha. I could be wrong - but I doubt it. In short, don’t think she’s taken a proper break from social media in the sense of not going on at all. IMO, she’s not gone off social media because of a personal issue - I think she just wants to focus on this now and cba with her own following. I do hope I am wrong but I doubt it.

I thought the same, which makes me angry tbh. She has made a brand through youtube and then just abandoned her followers, I think this is really disrespectful.

 

[emm]

Does anyone think Natasha swapped her eating disorder to obsess over health and fitness. All thee crazy challenges she does etc don’t scream willpower they feel incredibly extreme and not particularly safe either

A lot of people with eating disorders or mental health issues do this, just a transfer of one kind of addiction to another

 

[danish101]

I don't like how she did no training for it though. It's not a good example to set that she's constantly pushing herself insanely hard on huge impressive sounding things that she hasn't trained for at all.

Feels like a massive flex on her part basically. And I get that these videos can be fun but because of her previously health and science-focused videos, it could easily feel like doing what she does is totally ok for anyone a little bit fitter than average to try. It's not that she says it, it's that the context of her channel and her videos implies it, and the warnings aren't "loud" enough (she should plaster warnings all over these videos).

I truly, truly miss the videos from before all the "influencer getting rich" shenanigans.
At some point she started saying "love you" at the end of her videos, which didn't feel like she was comfortable with, I personally found it cringey, then she stopped, then she started doing it again, and it just feels so...influencer-like. And from then on, her videos haven't felt all that genuine. Some of the science ones I still find interesting, sometimes I skip them cause they're repetitive, but as for the rest

 

[RobinsNest]

..... It was all a scam to promote her fat loss guide

 

[Lloret]

Lately I find myself skipping through her vlogs. I like more Mario in the videos than her.
Also there is one thing I find quite annoying, and it's her voice. What happened to her voice?? I compared her talking 4 years ago and now and wow.. what a difference. Now she has a very high irritating tone. Anyone else hears the voice difference??

 

[PreciousVenus]

Normally I hate when online personalities include their partners in their stuff, but I LOVE Mario and don't mind at all that he now seems to be in every video.

 

[anom1289]

She hasn’t got those huge fake lashes on anymore which I think makes a noticeable difference. Looking at her most recent pics her face is looking a bit slimmer though, particularly in the lower half.

Yeah you’re right the lashes make a huge difference! I absolutely hate those huge false eye lashes and think everyone looks better without them, I don’t get why people love them!