Hello, everybody.
Welcome back to my channel.
Where skincare is all about progression over perfection,
because perfection doesn't exist. Although you can kind
of fake it with like, Facetune and Photoshop and all that kind of stuff.
And that's what we're talking about today in today's
kind of weird episode of Instagram versus Reality.
When I started this series, I wanted to do it
because I want to kind of show the disingenuous kind
of like skincare product results, and how people fake cosmetic
results and all that kind of stuff, and enhance and
trick us into believing the fake results are real.
But I do feel it kind of stems beyond that.
And my end goal is always just to kind
of show the audience, us as, you know, average consumers what is
possible and what goes on when it comes to
retouching within the media as well.
So today I kind of want to take a
look at more, I guess, some pop culture stories.
I'm not really into celebrity culture, so
I'm going to struggle with this one.
But some stories and how using Photoshop has sprouted
these kind of wild kind of articles, viral articles,
and how easy it is to convince us as
an audience that something is actually real when it's
not, even some of the craziest stories.
So, let's get into it.
I literally never want to talk about this
on my channel, but let's talk about that
Chris Rock Will Smith Oscars slap.
And it was a slap.
It was like a slap.
It opens up so many discussions
in some cases, and rightfully so.
But we're not going to touch on that.
We're just going to talk on this viral article.
And I'm talking about it now because there was
just too much going on at the time.
It was all you could ever see on the Internet.
And now the hype has kind of died down,
I want to kind of like take a look at some of
the claims that were made regarding this been a publicity stunt.
So let's look at the pictures here.
We have two conspiracy theories about this.
One, Chris Rock was actually wearing a patch
on his face to cushion the smack.
So basically stop the smack from actually hurting.
Meaning it was a publicity stunt.
Conspiracy theory number two, that is kind of conjoined with one
but separate in some cases, is that Will Smith
had a fake hand to smack Chris Rock with.
So it didn't hurt him because
this was a publicity stunt.
Strange, you may think, because it is
a strange, it's a strange thing.
But according to several viral articles and originally
the viral tweet, which I think has since been deleted, this is all true.
And there's evidence, there's high quality pictures
from the night of the incident.
So let's take a look.
Here we can see what appears to be some kind
of skin colored padding on Chris Rock's face.
Almost looks like one of those chicken fillets, you know?
We call them chicken fillets in the UK, they're kind of like padding for bras.
We see a clear outline as to where the supposed
patch is and even some slight discoloration on a bit
of the patch just above the eye, which kind of
makes it look a little bit more real and like
it's made out of some kind of material rather than skin.
So let's take a look at Will Smith's fake hands.
Well, there is no evidence other than
this picture of his oddly stiff hand.
Just kind of like this, isn't it.
So let's take a look at the
evidence and pretty much debunk this immediately.
Not the idea that it was staged, I
truly don't care either way, but the fact
that a pad and fake hands were used.
So the fake hand, let's get it out of the way.
That's just a bitch slap hand.
In fact, less than a second later, you can see
his fingers are spread out in a completely different position.
So he just kind of went like this... you know, solid smack.
So no, you can see in the video his hand moves, it's not a fake hand.
And people were saying this because it's
just such an oddly stiff hand.
Now, as for the face patch, the issue is when
somebody does an internet hoax like this, is that there
is also 4K pictures and video of the actual event.
So it's easy to immediately compare this Photoshopped
picture to what happened in real life.
We won't be watching it because I don't,
I don't want to see it again.
We'll just look at the screenshot.
Just before the smack shows a very different
looking face to the Photoshopped patch.
And yes, it is Photoshopped.
As you can see, there is nothing.
So what the editor of the viral patch
picture has done, I'm guessing the person who
originally tweeted this has done, is taken advantage
of Chris Rock's natural lines in his face.
So his laughter lines here. I can't...
Here. And then the kind of crease in his eye, and then also the
natural highlight where the light is naturally falling.
And honestly, it looks so easily and quickly done.
There's a tool in Photoshop called the Burn tool.
It kind of adds a lot of
contrast to wherever you're dragging this tool.
Usually you use a Burn tool for, to
darken and a Dodge to lighten.
So the Burn tool, it looks like they really
simply just drew the shape of a patch,
taking advantage of his natural creases.
Used that highlight above his eye,
they kept it there to kind of make it look
like a little bit more real, but they've also done
what looks like a little bit of airbrushing to make
it look a lot less like skin texture and more
like a flat kind of plasticy silicone material.
Super easy to do, very, very easy to go viral too.
The next one...
I always feel bad because I feel like I'm
attacking them half the time, but I cannot do
one of these videos without Kardashian Jenner situation popping
up whilst I'm writing these videos.
And the latest one is everyone accusing Kim
Kardashian of photoshopping her boyfriend Pete Davidson's jawline.
What would you do if your partner
edited your faces in your pictures?
You'd be really upset, wouldn't you?
That they posted a version of you that
they think is visually more attractive.
Well, Kim Kardashian has been accused of
doing this to her boyfriend, Pete Davidson,
as I mentioned. On her Instagram, she posted
this really cute picture of them together.
As a photography graduate, I actually really, really
appreciate the composition of this shot.
There's something about it that's a little
bit like early, like Mario Testino.
It's kind of like a bit
like more rugged David LaChapelle
There's something to it that I really appreciate about this shot.
I don't know what it is, anyway. It's cute.
It's a lovely picture.
However, the Instagram profile Problematic
Fame posted this on their stories and
it's a side by side profile of
the supposed photoshopped versus reality Pete.
And honestly, I don't think it's a great side by side.
I think when you compare, do a before and after
or comparison pictures, you have to do the same face.
Do you know what I mean? Like the same action.
For example, when I take pictures, if you look at my jawline...
Like that. If I'm talking and I'm back like this, it's very different.
Or if I'm talking to the side, it's like this, do you know what I mean?
Or, if... like this is how I naturally am.
But if I was taking a picture, I do more like this I and
make sure my jawline kind of like leveled up, you see?
So doing like a before and after, when someone
is talking versus staying still or actually moving their
whole face forward to kiss and like, you know, tightening all
this bit isn't a very fair comparison.
He actually looks like he's laughing and projecting loudly.
So your face is going to look different.
So, I did my own research.
I basically Googled Pete Davison's jaw line.
And here's the thing.
Of course, we know the Kardashians edit their posts.
They're infamous for it.
But I feel like this is hard to tell, though.
I feel like this is a little bit difficult
because Pete Davison has a very strong jawline.
From the front, you can see he has very strong cheek, jawbones?
What are these bits called? Side bits?
Very strong jawline.
However, he does have this little
bit of like double chin. It's not even fat.
It's just that little bit, well, mine is.
But his is just that little bit of skin that a
lot of people have attaching their chin to their neck, you know?
But on this picture that Kim Kardashian
posted, it doesn't quite look the same.
It does look like it's being pushed up a little bit.
However, because of his face and how he's
stretching his face forward towards Kim, it could
have just really stretched all that bit out.
But here's what's difficult, is usually within pictures
that I think have been Facetuned or Photoshopped.
What you do is you look for kind of broken pixels or curved pixels around the
area that you think has been edited.
So that's what, you know, all the little dots, some
will suddenly be like curving in or they'd
be longer or the color would be different.
You see a lot of red, green, blue, like
little pixels around those areas, and even blurs.
However, Kim's new aesthetic is kind of grainy.
She does this thing where she adds a lot of noise
it's called to the picture.
It's almost like this early 90s
kind of disposable camera aesthetic.
And what this does is it almost adds pixels back into the picture, so.
So that does several things.
First of all, you can completely smooth out your skin
texture. And adding that grain, that film grain filter
it's sometimes called in editing Apps or noise
on Photoshop back into the picture, adds texture
back into your skin so it looks like
you have real texture but perfect skin.
What this also does is adds texture
and kind of like fake pixels back into
those areas where you'd usually look for little
clues that the picture has been retouched.
So it's hard, it's hard.
I mean, I don't think anything crazy has been done here, to be honest.
If she's done anything on Pete,
it's just a little lift.
And then even the notes, it doesn't look like...
he's got a little dip like I do.
I get filler in here. So he's got like a tiny dip.
But even from this kind of angle, you can
still see it a little bit, and kind of candid
pictures taken by the paparazzi and stuff kind of
show the same kind of dip at this angle.
So I don't know, I feel like we're just so
used to being, by default, because it's Kim Kardashian,
I would say that this picture has been Photoshopped. But
I would err' on the side that this has been Photoshopped
a little bit as far as Pete Davison is concerned.
But it's also hard to tell.
I also wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't.
I don't know.
It's so hard to tell in this case.
But also, who cares?
Sticking with Kim K, did Kim K
Photoshop out her belly button in a
recent Instagram stories for her brand Skims?
As I mentioned, so many people immediately presume
that any picture with Kim Kardashian in has
been Photoshopped, and rightfully so, they usually are.
So, yes, in an Instagram advert
because she posted it, it's her brand.
It is an advert.
She has financial interest.
For Skims she appears to have no belly
button at all, according to followers.
And honestly, whilst I think she's altered her
body shape just a little bit, you can
see that slight blurring around the waistline.
I don't think she has
Photoshopped out her belly button.
I think if you just use common sense, she's stretching.
She's got her skims pulled up really high.
It's just covering her belly button.
In fact, if you look carefully, you can just
see the little dark circle where her belly button
would be in that waistline of her Skims.
I think it's annoying that maybe she's touching up
her body here and there in an advert that
claims what she's selling reshapes your body.
What's more annoying, really, to me, is
her response. In an Instagram Stories post
She said, "Bellybutton insecurities?
Well, why don't you head over to SKIMS.COM to
conceal that saggy belly button of yours with a
great pair of high waisted underwear like I did?
You're welcome."
What this is telling me is she's like,
look, I'm in great shape, that my belly
button doesn't sag down, for some reason.
But, you know, if you're fat, you're probably fat, and
that's why you're confused about my belly button.
That kind of like... it's very childish.
So then why does she need Skims?
Skims is shapewear.
It's a brand that kind of, is supposed to kind of curve you out.
This has come from a founder of a brand
who bases their whole ethos on being body positive.
Yet she's using the term saggy belly as an insult.
Insinuating that they should buy her products to
change the way they look for the better.
From the way she posts about her
body, she doesn't need her own products.
If she's, of course, not retouching them like she says.
What she's banking on is
curvier people hoping that their body will look
like hers if they wear Skims.
Sticking with the Kardashian Jenners. Kendall Jenner has
been kind of like all in the news.
No, like gossip columns. I don't know what they call it anymore.
About her new look.
And in fact, for a promo for the
new Disney+ Kardashian series, her fans are
saying that she looked quite different.
And in her Instagram stories and Instagram
posts, she looks very different as well.
Long story short, she's clearly had some work done.
Doesn't look like anything permanent.
It's a little bit of filler.
I get filler in my chin,
it looks like she's had done. It does look like she may
have had that fox kind of like eye lift as well.
Maybe a bit of cheek filler here and there.
Her face does look very, very different.
I don't care. I get filler.
I get filler in my nose.
I get filler in my cheek.
To me, she's not advertising anything cosmetic
yet here, and saying that her face
looks different because of a cosmetic product.
So it doesn't really bother me.
Do I think that celebrities have to say when
they've had work done, if they are advertising cosmetics
that changed the way you look? Then yes, absolutely.
If not, then no, I don't think so.
It's not a surprise to me that one of the Kardashian
Jenner people have had some filler here and there.
These pictures in particular are very interesting to me.
These kind of look like they've done on
Apps like Snow or Soda, where you can
physically change the appearance of your face.
The point on your chin, how big or small
your eyes are. You can see in this picture, for example,
her skin texture on her face, it's completely different to the
texture on her body, making me think that she's used an
app like Face App for example. And all it's done is
done her face and she's forgotten to Photoshop the rest of
her body as far as skin texture goes.
But yes, not surprising for me. She's had a bit of work done.
I think she looks good.
However, if she starts selling cosmetics, I'll be a bit
like, you need to be honest about your filler
if you're going to sell cosmetics that claim to
make changes. Not just makeup but cosmetics that claim to
make changes to the state of your face.
Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this
little bite size Instagram versus Reality.
Let me know if you want to see more of these in the future.
You can watch the whole Instagram versus Reality
series here, and some general light entertainment here
and I'll see you over there.