I suspect it's spin. If you tell us everybody else is "treating themselves" (still bothering with makeup), it normalises it, doesn't it? Oh, I thought it was a bit tasteless to be buying things I don't need, but everybody else is, so it's ok.
Me neither. Even if she wasn't [alleged to be] such a bleep, I'd still think her whole ethos was tacky as duck.
Agreed.
both of these DE C Firma, the Biossance eye cream, Ordinary Squalene cleanser, plus a moisturiser Inkey List?
Yeah why even mention the friend (she mentioned the friend by name and by location too) and her being alone? No need to mention any of these things at all
Christ they're even fuglier than Sali's!
Or some sleight of hand where bars of soap and hand cream are being counted as general beauty sales.
I think it's spin. In her latest video she talks about skincare so we don't come out of this looking grey and indoorsy. I mean, that probably is everyone's greatest fear right now....
Good grief. That account ...
This ties in nicely with my short but sweet thread title suggestion.
This 100%. Creating a hype and a fear of missing out are classic marketing tricks to generate interest and new sales. I work from the point that everything influencers post on social media is somehow calculated towards more sales- they are not our friends or informed ‘experts’ providing kindly advice for charitable reasons. Also, such a simple trick, but mention Ugg slippers 2-3 times in close succession and lots of people are prob thinking, well yes, I want some for myself now, they seem like a sensible treat in lockdown! Advertising at its best, people!
This 100%. I can't speak for anyone else but I'm worried about future income and the absolute last thing I'm thinking of is "spendy treats" of any kind. It's kind of sad and paradoxical because her earlier, more honest incarnation would have pointed out that you can get perfectly decent skincare from high street pharmacies and don't have to spend a fortune. Her current influencer self is totally caught in a bind though, flailing around trying to think of ways to make people part with their money. Not this beef-face though ***reaches for Superdrug cleanser***
100%. Always always bear in mind that an influencer is out to influence ie get you to buy something they recommend. Nothing mentioned is by chance. No matter how casual and slipped in it may at first seem. That oh so casual approach is their USP. All very carefully calculated and discussed with the vendor.
There isn't an emoji capable of expressing my response to this.
I can occasionally work from home (manager perks) but am otherwise in the thick of it like your hubby. Wednesday was a working from home day and I was so excited to be in my pyjamas with no makeup, till I realised I had two zoom meetings. Fail!Completely agree with everyone who's saying that a 'spendy treat' is the last thing on their mind at the moment.
Both my husband and I are still working (me from home, he's a key worker so out in the thick of it unfortunately) so in one way we're probably a bit luckier than a lot of people in that our income hasn't been reduced, but we don't know what the future holds.
I don't want to get too into it, but basically his job will be safe. Mine is okay at the moment, but harder to know what will happen down the line.
Because we don't know what will happen in the future, we're being cautious with spending. Aside from the regular bills and (thankfully small) mortgage, our only other spend at the moment is the supermarket shop, but I'm not going to go spending stupid money on cosmetics etc, especially when with the exception of my husband, no one is going to see me.
I have a Zoom meeting twice a week though, so I do put make up on for that because I don't want to frighten the rest of my colleagues
