Hello everyone, welcome back. Thank you so much for joining me. So, today we are
doing one of my favorite things to do, and to watch as well. I personally, myself,
there may be other people take credit for this but I personally get
this idea from Smokey Glow. And today I'm gonna be reacting to your un, unpopular,
popular opinions. So I asked you over on Instagram, I said unpopular popular
opinions on makeup, beauty, YouTube, influencers, anything and everything. So I'm
looking at your responses today. Just before we get into that, if this is your
first time here, hi, my name is Robert. I'm a professional makeup artist here on
YouTube, and in the real world. And it's my goal to help you become a Pro
yourself, or just someone who's really good at makeup. So if that sounds like something you're
interested in, then do please consider subscribing. I might put a little bit
more highlighter on. No! I don't know why I was so intent on that no. So okay, let's
just get into it. Okay, so let's start with this one because I found this quite
interesting. "Don't sland... " slander or slander? Slander?
Is it still slander? "...on the MUA whose advice doesn't work for you."
There's a few different things to this, right. First of all, what do you consider
makeup artists? Because a lot of people have MUA. They could be 11 years old and be
like somethingMUA, because they do makeup on their
TikTok, or on their channel. But it doesn't mean they're professionally trained
makeup artists or a makeup artist with experience.
So, if somebody is, let's say for example, there's somebody, you know, at home.
They're not, they're not trained in makeup in any way, they've never done makeup
on another human being... my hands are too cold, my rings are sliding off. Let me
just take them all off. But they're calling themselves a makeup
artist, right. And their trick is something that just doesn't work, and you
follow it, and it doesn't work for you but you're like, oh yeah but you know
don't slander them because it doesn't work for you.
It quite literally doesn't work for everyone else.
So, there...
here's... that was a terrible example. But there's good information online, and then
there's terrible, attention-seeking, trying to go viral information online. So
it depends what you mean. However, if it's something like
one makeup artist tells you that the best way to apply foundation is with a
Beauty Blender, and the other one tells you the best way to apply it is with
brushes, and someone else tells you the best way to apply it is with fingers, then
that's a totally different thing. Because all of those things can potentially work
for you depending on texture of the foundation, and your skin, and what's
happening that day. So, that's where it's slightly different. But if somebody's
like, do your contour this way and then, you know, they're drawing all over their face,
and doing this to music, and they're just someone in their room who isn't a makeup
artist but have MUA in their name. You can be like, no, that doesn't work. Like I
do on my reaction videos. Because, I'm reacting to what they're saying, and
being like, no that quite literally doesn't work, you know. It, it depends on
who's calling themselves a makeup artist, if they are makeup artists, and what kind
of context they've put out their content in. Are they doing it to be
helpful? Are they doing it to try and go viral on TikTok? What's, what's the
deal there, you know. Sorry, I just wanted to elaborate on this a little bit more
and I'm using my MacBook's microphone so it's probably really bad quality.
And you can probably hear the washer in the background.
But I just want, I really focused on like creators who weren't makeup artists
just then but I do want to add in here that I, the, the person who commented
this was talking about, you know, professional makeup artists. I do just
want to elaborate a little bit more on makeup artists having their own
techniques that they've perfected over years, and years, and years.
So, definitely something that a makeup artist does on somebody else may not be
the best thing for you to do. It might not work on you because they've
perfected that technique or they've done something a little bit different or
they've, you know, found a way to do it for them. And I think as well, the thing
with makeup artists, especially people who've been doing it a long time,
it's like riding a bike. And I think when it comes to explaining your techniques
to people who maybe don't know, or aren't that great at makeup initially
it's kind of a little bit difficult to explain every single little thing you do.
Because it could be your hand movement, it could be your hand positioning, it
could be how long you take to do it, you know. It, there could be little things
that you forget to mention. It's like if you're a professional in something at,
you know, any, any career trying to explain or teach someone how to do that
profession when they start from scratch you, you'll be surprised how much you
know versus how much they don't. For example, if a decorator decided to teach
me how to, you know, paint a wall, there'll be tiny little things that you do that
you don't realize are things that you have to teach. You may think in your mind,
oh, it's kind of just common sense but actually it's, you know, it's, it's a
teachable moment. So, I think for a lot of, a lot of makeup artists
there's so many different things. But do bear in mind when you're listening to a
makeup artist's advice, they may be saying it as, you know, their facts and
their truth in what they do but it doesn't ring true for everyone, and it
isn't always gonna work for you. But because they have perfected it, and they
know what they're doing, and they may even forget to add, you know, oh but in
this situation, oh and also this, there's this option, you know? So again it's, it's
exploring your options and seeing what works for you. “Annoying as f*ck when huge
creators don't disclose affiliate links on IG stories, they know better.”
100% agree. Here's the deal right. We let people, as consumer's... as
consumers? As people who consume content, including myself, we let these people get
away with it. I try not, I try not to, I call people out
all the time. But here's the deal, in the UK,
it is illegal not to disclose anything. So when I see people in the UK,
especially if they have management, I know they have been told legally they
have to disclose an advert. So I trust a lot of them. However, in the States I do
believe the law has changed, the law has changed just recently. But
before people were putting like, partner, things like that. So what does that mean?
Are you an affiliate? Is this a paid advert? Is this what... it doesn't quite
make sense. Laws on advertising on social media are quite new, and they're coming
in slower and slower, and slower because it's a new concept. When we see an
advertisement on TV we know it's an advert because they're literally
advertising their product. Whereas online, I could hold up
this sponge and be like, oh my god I love this sponge, this does this, you can get it
below. I haven't said it's an advert, so is it? We don't know. Is that an advert?
Or do I just really like it. I, of course, will disclose adverts but as an example.
So, if you see 'partner' it is... you can't tell...
That's eyeshadow from earlier. You can't tell, you know, if it's an advert
or not. And some of these, some of these people I see the adverts, I see the
structure that they're doing. When you do an advert you get given a brief to hit
certain points but make it your own. And I see those certain points in some of
these non-disclosed adverts. So, 100% there with you. “I honestly don't trust
sponsored endorsements. I know everyone has to earn money but to me it's almost
like selling out.” Okay,
half offended, half understand, half disagree.
So, one and a half altogether. I, okay let's start with the first thing. You
don't trust them, I get that, I totally understand that. Because, like I said
previously, we've kind of been conditioned not to trust them because
who can we trust when they don't disclose adverts, right? Everyone does
have to earn money, correct. And again, AdSense is, is a good a good money maker.
Anyone who started, didn't start YouTube as their first ever
full-time job, right, and it wasn't the first job they get paid for. If you've
ever worked in retail or you've ever been freelance,
freelance makeup artists, freelance whatever, the money... you know what
living paycheck to paycheck is like, you understand that. And then when you go
into YouTube, that money, and I've said this before,
that money is more than enough to get by, with everything, you know. You don't, you
don't need to take advertising if you don't want to. However, I consider it a
huge compliment when a brand I really like or company I really like, or
something I use, whether it's makeup or whether it's something else, reaches
out to me and wants to work with me. I'm like, oh my god are you kidding? Of course,
of course I do, let's work together. Beauty Bay I've worked with, Cult Beauty
I've worked with before, Look Fantastic as well. Who else? Who else?
Fenty, Juvia's Place, Sigma, I've done work with all these brands that I really, really
love, and respect as well. When they reach out to you and ask if you want to work
with them, that's a really great feeling. So I
wouldn't call it selling out. It's, it's become part of the business, it's part of
the job, right? It's part of the industry now. And even if we didn't do adverts,
people would assume they were adverts anyway.
[Laughter] So I,
I get it, I totally get where you're coming from, and I wouldn't expect you to
change your mind. “Makeup is overpriced and luxury makeup is complete BS.” Yeah,
yeah. Yeah.
Luxury makeup is... makeup is overpriced, I do, I do, I do get that. I feel like if we
were looking at the price of makeup now back in, back... let's say even five, six
years ago, we would be like, oh my god what's happened? Like an eyeshadow
palette now for like £30 or $30, I feel like back in the day we'd be like
that's so unreasonable but now we're like, yeah
that's cool, you know. People... but, but the thing is makeup has become more
collectible, it's become more of a something. Do I think it's right?
Absolutely not. [Laughter]
But there's something about makeup, and there's something about beauty
where people have this fear of missing out, and we need to buy it. We need to buy
it. I get it all the time, I do it. I don't know what it is, it's, it's, it's
almost cult-like but not to that extreme, you know. When something comes out that's
like new we're like, oh my god it's amazing, it's amazing. It looks amazing. If
you're really into makeup, you know. And there is an emotional response to
makeup, and brands, and people. And I think we've created, and we've created this
whole kind of world now, in beauty, where it's confusing because we want
everything to be the way we want it to be but everything has to be different at
the same time. It's, it's a confusing world,
the beauty world. Brands are trying, and trying, and trying, and testing it, and
they keep getting away with it, so. And it's, it's funny as well because a lot of
palettes now come in like this card packaging. Card packaging like that back
in the day would have been more affordable and, you know, we wouldn't expect
like plastic packaging or something like that, something that was more of a
collector's piece. And yeah, luxury make... There's some luxury makeup I'm like yeah,
great. And there's some, where I'm like, no absolutely not. I think this is referring
to influencers, "They're all about
inclusivity and representation but use racial slurs behind the scenes." I don't, I
don't agree. But yes, I also agree. Here's why. I assume, personally, and this is going to
sound crazy but if I was to go to the most country part of the UK, the most...
what's it called? Most farmland, out of the way
country pub, for example.
If I was to walk into that area, this small town, would I feel comfortable
being me and looking like me? No, I wouldn't.
Disregarding the makeup. But, you know, I don't look like most English people
because I'm not like most English people.
And this is going to sound really, really terrible
but I assume everyone is racist and homophobic
until they prove otherwise. That, that sounds really terrible and I'm
laughing because when I say it out loud it sounds terrible but that's just what
I assume. I've known people and, you know, the same happened here with Brexit for
example, and during lockdown when the Black Lives
Matter movement. The people that you thought you knew, who maybe you
considered... Let's say on Facebook for example, you
know, your friends with... you accept your friends aunties friend requests.
But people you worked with, people you thought had the same mind frame as you,
seeing what they came out with on their posts during that time,
was a very... And I think it's the same for a lot of people I know, it's the same for
me and my friends. Was a huge eye-opener, a huge eye-opener
to, to see that these people were basically ignorant and f*cking racist.
That, that's what it was. I think we feel we know people.
And I think for, for some people if like racism or homophobia isn't a big deal
to you then maybe you wouldn't think about it but
it's always at the back of your mind, and sometimes at the forefront of your mind.
You go somewhere and you're like, do I feel comfortable here? And then you think
about these people that you've worked with in the past or, you know,
I want to say distant family members but you know like family who aren't your
immediate family are like, so all this time you've been this person
and I never knew, and now I don't want to or need to know you as a human being. I
personally like to believe that my followers, and I know that's not always
the case, align with my beliefs. That's what I hope.
That's... I said what I said. This is, this is one. "Please blend
foundation down your neck, don't just stop at the jawline."
I like to think when I'm matching someone to a foundation, unless their
neck is drastically darker than their face I would take it just under the
jawline because it should blend perfectly. However, if it is a different
shade then yes, take it downwards. But then
where, how are you matching that shade, you know? I think it's, I think it's
different for everyone. I personally, if I'm doing a client I will match their
foundation tone exactly, and that involves mixing other shades in
different places. For me, it's not just one flat color over the whole face, and
done. Yeah but people do it, and that's cool.
“Doing a good makeup base on very dry skin is so much harder than on oily skin.”
Yeah, you know what, I would have to agree with you there, in the case where I feel
like you can handle application on oilier skin. It's more of a touching up
and retouching that's more difficult. With drier skin you have more texture,
and it changes texture a little bit quicker. For example, like a foundation
might look, suddenly look dry five minutes later. So, I do agree with that as
well but I always do think it's about prepping the skin correctly in the first
place and, and then figuring out how you're going to do that rather than the
foundation you apply or makeup you apply, for example. "I know what works for
me and what suits me, so I don't follow trends like eyebrow shape." Yeah, I get
that. Trends in makeup are like trends in fashion, like you don't have to subscribe
to every single thing that comes out every single month. However, trend... it's
difficult with trends when it comes to beauty though because it's, it's what's
considered good at that time. Thick brows, thin brows, too much highlighter, not
enough. Snd, and that's when people decide like what's good and what isn't good. But
like you said, you know what works for you, you know exactly what you're doing,
keep at it. You don't have to do all the trends. Trends are like
a new season of fashion, it will come and go quicker than, you know, it stays. Okay,
let's end on this one because this is an interesting one. “YouTubers
don't actually like their jobs but they're so deep in they can't change it.”
Now, I don't see how a YouTuber can't like their job. Personally I'm in my own
home, working in my own time,
doing what I want and getting paid for it.
Talking about what I want to talk about. I get sent free products, I get to spend,
you know, make my own schedule. I sound like I'm selling like a pyramid scheme.
Met some incredible people, worked for some
amazing brands. I don't, I don't know why some, someone would hate it. I do see
what you mean by getting the 'too deep into it.' Say those like... I always think
YouTubers are like infamous, like you have to watch them to, you have to be a
fan of YouTube, right, to know who they are
until they go into some other space like on TV. Like, let's take NikkieTutorials
for example, right. She couldn't just go to a normal job after doing what, after
doing YouTube and what she does now. Well she could but I feel like it'll be very
like, people would recognize her all the time, and it'll be a little bit, it'll be a
little bit strange, right. So I, I do get that like too deep into it. Like what do
you do, what would you do next? What would you do? I can't, I, is there a YouTuber out
there who has said they hate their job? I'd be really interested to know.
And I can see there may be some parts of it you would hate, like
negative interaction with people, hate comments,
when you get into like drama, and things like that. And some YouTubers have people
show up at their house, and all that kind of stuff which I can absolutely
understand why you, why you would hate it. Yeah,
that's a strange one, that's a really strange one. Okay, well thank you so much
for joining me. Let me know your unpopular opinions below or your popular
opinions. Or just like, you know, just yeah. Thanks again. Give this video a thumbs up,
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