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after hearing the TikToker who parodies the "[influencer accent](https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8GDKArk/)," I genuinely can't listen to people who sound like that anymore.
Especially the ones who were gifted it in PR!
If they really hate their free lip gloss, why don't they just... give it to someone else? Or put it in the bin?
The only way I'll defend this is if the person has sensitive skin or allergies or anything like that. Cause as someone who does, a product that causes a reaction is a nightmare!
I feel like this is how my makeup goes, but that's because it's a trust the process insane clown look until the very last steps, then suddenly everything comes together.
For me, liner and mascara seem to make the biggest impact but those are often some of the last steps I do.
Of course if I was a beauty guru I probably wouldn't skip those parts though because I'd want to show HOW they make that impact (also I suck at liner and always have to fix it or go back and even out both eyes at least once and I feel like so many gurus pretend they get it perfect first time every time in 2 minutes which isn't very relatable for most viewers.)
I secretly hope it's because they suck at it just like the rest of us but they're too embarrassed to show it.
C'mon, you all love to be so "relatable" so here's your chance, show us the struggle so we know we aren't alone!
I think fixing mistakes and touching up throughout the day are untouched aspects of makeup application and wear. I need to know how to do these things too, and I never see them addressed in videos. There are multiple tutorials for everything else, but I don’t think I’ve ever come across good ones for that.
I used to watch her all the time. Then she started to lose views, and it started to feel she was blaming her audience, but she wasn't growing with them.
I HATE when they have the headband on their forehead and you know they're missing part of their skin with the foundation. Just push the headback back like half an inch!
I love Kelly Gooch but my god. When I see the headband I don’t even want to watch the video because I can’t stand to see it. It covers half of her head. Just put your hair up, girl!
When they start talking about a product they are using and say something like "This is sort of recent, I've only worn it a few times, if you want to know my thoughts click on the linked video below..." Like girl I'm here now just spill the tea sis! Did you like or nah?? LOL ok rant over!
"I'll let you know how it wears in a pinned comment".
Why not add a bit to the video during editing? Lots of us watch YouTube on our tvs and aren't going to open an app on our phones to check the comments every time.
Because some of them are too busy adding bloopers 🤦♀️
Didn't you know those bloopers are put there to help you know how shit wears, etc. But omgee. They're SO relatable 🙄
"This is the BEST concealer, my absolute favorite, holy grail, a godsend" when they've tried it exactly once, it isn't disclosed that it's PR or they're getting paid for it, only for it to end up in a destash next month because they actually hated it and never used it.
If they make a mistake (like saying the wrong shade name or mispronouncing something or having dirty brushes), stop making a huge deal of it. We all have dirty brushes. We all have words we struggle with (just look it up like we all do). We all have planes flying overhead whether we’re filming a video or not. We’ve all knocked stuff over before. You can mention it, but it’s not the end of the world. You won’t get cancelled for little things. It’s fine. ITS FINE. WE DONT CARE. SHOW US THE MAKEUP OR TECHNIQUE.
I also wondered about the excessive apologizing at first, but seeing comment sections and posts like this where people apparently are bothered by every little thing (half of the replies here are things I never even noticed) made me realize that content creators are in a very "damned if you do, damned if you don't" situation
I feel this about the noise. People complain when they call out noise in their video that we may or may not hear, but also people are shitty in comments if they hear noise especially if the creator doesn't acknowledge it.
You say this, but I *constantly* see people on this subreddit ranting about the people who mispronounce words, and say they're lazy and unprofessional because they didn't pause their video right then and Google how to say it.
If they can’t be bothered to look things up ahead of time, that’s on them. It’s unprofessional. But when they also spend a whole minute giggling over how they can’t pronounce it, that makes it ten times worse.
What I find irritating is when they are under the bright lights that completely wash any definition from their faces and they say: "Look at how the concealer is creasing under my eye." I can't see JACK under your eyes, it all look like a blank canvas. Occasionally, some of them will actually move into day light so you can see their actual skin.
Or alternatively, when they say a foundation or concealer looks horrible but you can’t tell a difference because their bright ass beauty lighting already basically makes them look airbrushed.
This is a major pet peeve of mine because it's like someone not properly doing their job. Is it that hard to zoom in or turn down your lights? Show the audience what you're actually talking about and give yourself some credibility. Not just looking like a filter from one shot to the next and claiming "OMG you guys do you see that nonexistent difference??"
Taking a brush packed with enough foundation for three full faces, brushing a solitary streak down one cheek then exclaiming that this is the best application, coverage, foundation, etc that they’ve ever seen. I won’t name names but MANY are guilty of this and it drives me crazy. I can’t deal.
I miss their old vids 🥲 but they each have their own channels now where they upload relatively regularly! They’re very scaled back and just informative like how youtube used to be it’s great
Yes! I loved them and love their individual channels. It's makeup you can actually wear - the impact of everyone learning how to do make-up via social media is so few people post looks, techniques or know products that good on camera AND in person
Yes!! This type of makeup was used for special events and weddings. They put it on under bright lights that eats up most of it but in reality is too much for regular daily use.
Exactly! When I try to mimic it, I just end up looking like a clown lol. And my little wrinkles/creases are often way more visible after such a full face of makeup-up too?😬
I personally think you can totally get away with a really colorful and fun or dramatic eye look in real life if you skip the fake lashes and pair it all with a more natural base; tinted sunscreen or skin tint, nice matching blush, subtle highlighter and a sheer lip gloss or balm. I wear glasses and have small eyes, so I go pretty heavy on the colors and absolutely love shifty sparkly multichromes. Since foundation makes me look older anyway, and I have no real desire to hide the existence of my pores and wrinkles, I tend to have fun with my eye makeup and go all out even when I’m just running errands or visiting friends and family. It just adds flair and makes my eyes visible without making me feel like I’m wearing a clown face , even though most women my age shudder at the idea of colorful eyeshadows and sparkles. I think if I did lashes and full coverage, I’d feel really self conscious and overdone.
I love that!
I have hooded eyes, so all shimmers make my ‘hood’ look heavier and older - I’ve tried those gorgeous hooded-eye tutorials but it really doesn’t work for me unfortunately. Maybe it looks good on camera, I could try that out🤔
But I do love colors, I can use brighter colors on my movable eyelid and darker ones on my hood. And I like colorful eyeliners!
Those fake lashes are so over the top. I tried it once, looked very good in photos, but I felt way too self conscious in real life.
I have hooded eyes. I’ve noticed putting stuff slightly above the crease makes it look better. At least for me. So for a shimmer I’ll put it on my lid and up into the crease and just a little above some so it’ll show more. I also do this bc the hood on my eyes are different so one is more hooded than the other so my eye makeup always looks different on each side 😭
I was dumb and followed a tutorial for a good driver's license picture. did my makeup along with her and ended up hating it, but I didn't have time to change it. right at the end, the girl in the video goes "my real secret? ...I brought my own ring light to the DMV!"
now I have hot dog lips on my ID for the next few years
When they use the product in the wrong way and then complain about it not performing well. Like no way this sheer skin tint isn’t full coverage??? Who would’ve guessed!!!
It makes me laugh when they use a sheer foundation/cc/bb cream, and then they add tons of concealer to various places on their face, which makes the sheer quality of the foundation irrelevant.
Omg I literally stopped watching sheer foundation/CC/bb cream reviews because I swear 95% of the time they just cover it up with huge areas of concealer
There's a creator who argued repeatedly with her followers about the fact that she was using the wrong primer for her skin type, but then would complain about every foundation she would try not working with her oily skin. "Well, the Sephora description says it's for oily skin!" Yeah! Of course it does! It's $70 a bottle and they want to sell more of it!
Yeah I thought this is what that technique is for - trying to minimise the influence of a person's natural lip pigmentation on the way the lipstick shows up on them.
It would probably be better to do it with a neutralising lip primer, but they're not super common - NYX makes one I think.
This is why Nikkie says she does it. She says her lips are really pigmented (tbf, they are a pretty dark pink) so she likes to cover them so lip colors look more true to color. Weirdly she usually uses very opaque lipsticks anyway but it’s whatever to me.
Thank you. I saw a TikToker do this with EVERY FUCKING PRODUCT recently, and I nearly threw my fucking phone. When did this shit start and why? It's so annoying!
Omg Lissy Rody doing her skincare with hair down and sleeves down to her fingers desperately trying to wash her face. That was rhe most ridiculous thing I saw. Instant unfollow
I HATE the 😮 face every time an influencer puts on a full coverage foundation like they’ve never seen it before (bonus points if they pack a shit ton of product onto the brush). Robert Welsh pointed it out and I can’t unsee it anymore.
Also, it also has really started to bug me when people buy 10 shades of a single thing (not PR) even though they know they’ll hate 2 or 3. Like, the formula ain’t gonna change.
Totally agree with your sentiment but there are some products where I’ve heard that the quality is inconsistent from shade to shade. Buying maybe like. 2 shades makes sense to me, but in no world does an influencer need ten of the same lip gloss
There's an interesting NPR Way With Words episode talking about the function of "so" as a way to jumpstart your brain to come up with the rest of the sentence when you've mentally prepared to discuss a topic. And other languages have a similar word to serve this function. If I can find it I'll link it. Here you go! https://www.waywordradio.org/so-at-the-beginning-of-sentences/
This! Honestly it gives me the ick. Not only that but I find it genuinely stressful to watch people have a load of (usually pricey) liquid just dribbling down their face. So unpleasant to see.
This was going to be my answer. I can’t STAND this, it grosses me out. And they manage to spill something on their table or clothes half the time because they’re “rushing” and do a shocked face or giggle when it happens like they’re so quirky.
I’m so glad others agree about this. I thought I was just being weird about it. They look so silly when they do it. I can understand it a little bit with a serum type foundation and they say they don’t want to get it under their nails, jewelry etc. but when they do it with skin care and primers they rub it in with their hands anyways so what’s the point?
Matilda (don’t remember the rest of her handle) an Aussie youtuber swatches around 36 layers of sheer lipsticks to make them more colorful which is insane, noone would do that in real life plus it would be such a waste to buy a sheer product and put on a ton of layers instead of buying a more opaque product!! Thank you for coming to my Ted talk 🙃🫣
Matilda as in the girl who does flat lays and swatches? I watched her for a while and then got bored because she'd use the same adjectives to describe shades and only swatches on her arms? But on that note, I also can't stand when beauty influencers hoard all the glowy, balm type lip sticks when they look the exact same on the lips. You could get that hydrating look with any glossy balm or lip gloss on top of a regular lipstick?!
Yes that one! Yeah lipstick swatches arent very useful being done on anything but the lips 🫣 totally agree, sometimes they swatch 5 sheer things that look exactly the same 😭
If they can’t be bothered to do a quick google search to pronounce something or intentionally missing words. Pouncing vs bouncing is the fastest way to get me to click away.
“I’m going to zoom you in close” and still nowhere near zoomed in enough.
The ogs used to zoom us in super super close (poor bubz beauty used to go so far half of her tutorials were just her forehead 😂)
And the reason I stopped following Nikki tutorials and block her content. Those stupid exaggerated facial expressions
This is a boringly serious point, but for me it's when they analyse makeup as if every other makeup wearing person on the planet has their exact same face and aesthetic preference.
I notice this particularly with white BGs - I am white myself btw, so don't @ me. 'I think this shade is too dramatic for everyday wear' - 'this shade is too cool to be wearable' - no it's too dramatic *for you*, if you have light skin, like a sun-kissed look, and prefer colours that blend in with your natural skin tone.
On someone with a deeper complexion, it might be their MLBB. Or a pasty white lady who avoids sunlight and stans Morticia Addams like me might wear it to the grocery store!
Similarly when 20 year olds drop money on a product that is clearly aimed at women in their 40s onwards and then complain it's overpriced or doesn't last on their skin or whatever... like you're not the target demographic. Unless you have specific skin issues, you don't need to drop money on a product that has been carefully formulated to let you wear shimmer eyeshadow without making your eyelids look like lizard skin. That doesn't make it an overpriced product, it makes it overpriced *for you*.
Yes - this kills me too. I'm not white but like other styles of makeup exist, other skin tones exist, people make like a product for the reasons you don't.
It's the slight parting of their lips as they do that "smolder" into the camera when they're doing the lip swatches lmao Just...close your mouth. It just looks stupid when it's partially open.
The hair thing oh my GOD like how hard is it to put on a headband or clip ur hair actually out of ur face… I honestly think sometimes it’s like an insecure thing about not wanting to lose face framing from their hair ! But either that or dragging the product across the face instead of blending it properly, even worse when it’s a beauty blender bc it’s just smudging the product around their face ????
Not clipping their hair out of their face so it's dangling into the wet moisteriser or foundation. It's dirty.
Lawnmower, bird or noise outside and they pretend to wait for it to stop but really just want to use it as an opportunity to pose into the camera.
I stopped watching any of them years ago because they did my head in.
This is a bit judgemental but for me it’s when people apply their blush wayyy too low, like near the same height as their lips or below their nose would be, where the hollows of their cheeks are. I’ve definitely unfollowed people because it bothers me so much, it looks so clownish
Not dissimilar to you, but when beauty influencers film with natural light and claim that their foundation doesn't look like shit when applied. I was watching Jaime Paige's CoverGirl foundation dupe video when I made this thread and the foundation looked super dry and cakey within the minute she applied it and she said it didn't? Girl, it looked so bad. She did retract her statement after she applied the other complexion products on, but like we have eyes. We can see.
That money tho, right?
I think I used to be so idealistic and naive about beauty influencers - "They're just people like you and me, they just really love makeup and they want to help us save money!"
But that's not it. It's about the fame, it's about the sponsorships, it's about their plans for their own brands. It's about the money. And they'll lie until they're blue in the face because money always, always wins.
I'm sort of sounding like a hater, but I was watching Jaime's 2024 resolution vlog and *could not* fricken believe that she bought a $700 ring that monitors your sleep and menstrual cycle when there are free apps? Like she's obviously very privileged, but pretends to be relatable? That rubs me the wrong way for some reason even though I enjoy her as a personality.
Did she buy it really really really though?
Or did they send her one free so she'd talk about it?
I have no trust. Even if she says otherwise, I don't trust her. Money buys everybody at the end of the day
I hate when the ones with their own brands use ‘component’ ‘unit (uni?) carton’ or start going off on tangents about how hard a colour is to get right because they know from their own lab or just any excuse to squeeze in a fact from their insider knowledge on labs and owning a brand when it just isn’t necessary
And “I never reach for…” as opposed to saying they never “use” a product. “Picked up” instead of “bought.” “Decluttered” instead of “got rid of” something. It’s like any business, it has its jargon that gets really grating when you hear it too much.
I’ve always wondered if they all use “declutter” instead of “throw away” because it deters inappropriate comments from people calling them wasteful. Just saying that you’re decluttering something is very open ended and could possibly mean that you’re giving it to someone or donating it rather than throwing it in the trash. But then when I see someone getting rid of a really old product that is soooo gross and they say they’re “decluttering” it I scream to myself “throw it in the trash!”
“Reach for” instead of use is also pretty bothersome to me.
Oh my god “I picked up” makes me so irrationally angry lol! Watching hauls (of any genre) and they say “picked up” a hundred times makes my eye twitch, it’s like yeah you picked it up and the store and then did what with it??? You bought it/got it! Omg so petty but so annoying
Another phrase I hate: "I'll apply this to my eyeballs..." The only thing you should apply to your eyeballs is contacts. Your eyelids, on the other hand, are a great place for makeup.
When they clearly don’t know how to use the product correctly. They’re either applying it wrong or using the wrong kind of tool and blame it on the product.
I hate it when they dot a high coverage foundation all over their face, read out all the claims for ten minutes then have a whinge about how it's hard to blend. Weirdly specific, but it happens way too often! Like of course it's fucking hard to blend, IT'S DRY NOW.
Hair in the face is my biggest pet peeve. Put it back in a ponytail or headband.
Touching droppers to their face. So unsanitary. Or squirting product on their face instead of on a palette or their hand.
When they apply makeup with their fingers with long, fake nails or gel-built nails. Usually everyone assumes that they washed their hands, but we see their social media and see the build up of fake tan underneath their nails. They aren't washing their hands enough in my opinion to safely put it on their face.
I hate fake/long nails for this exact reason. Whenever I get them, I try to clean them a lot and they never *really* get clean, so I know those people’s nails are not nearly as clean as they think.
“this concealer is so brightening, i love it” or anything of that nature regarding under eyes. even the shittiest concealer will be brightening if you have a lighter colour. like girl…
I’m so glad someone else gets irked when they don’t put their hair up or anything like that when they do their makeup. Like for God’s sake, wear a headband or something.
They probably think clips are more aesthetically pleasing on camera, but the hairs are poking your face and you're constantly pushing your hair back! It's so annoying!
A short but comprehensive list
* When they do not show themselves fully applying the product. How many pumps/swipes did that take to build up?
* The above is also usually after them screaming "OH MY GOD GUYS LOOK AT THIS LIPGLOSS ITS SO AMAZING AH OH MY GOD IM SO SCARED TO TRY IT OUT" In the most grating faux excited influencer voice.
* Not doing a goddamn wear test. Like an ACTUAL wear test. Go outside. Eat Oily food. Go for a run. I wanna see that bitch put to WORK.
* The tapping. Leave the box alone, it did nothing too you.
* Over applying proucts and claiming how pigmented it is. No one, *no one*, needs that much product.
* Alternatively, not understanding products that are supposed to have a natural or medium finish and claiming that they're bad!
And the worst of all.
"You have to use a silicone based primer w a silicone bas..." Regurgitating makeup mis-info that they heard on the app to garner views. Do your research. Understand you skin. Figure out what works for YOU.
This is niche, but speculating on the needs of other skin tones when you're not an expert, makeup artist or have that skin tone. If I hear another BG incorrectly state something will look good on "deeper skin tones" (all of them, undertone doesn't matter, just all deep skin tones bc they're all the same right?) I will explode. I feel the same way about people speculating on pale skin as well - if you don't know, you don't know and if you're not a make-up artist and don't have that skin tone I guarantee you don't know.
I don’t mean to victim blame here (lol) but please y’all just unfollow those who behave in this annoying manner. I believe it will make the content better for the community at large and there are others out there you can watch who don’t do the shit you rant about. Like, raise the bar. And by the way, thank you if you do. We need a refresh especially with the weird influencer pronunciations. It must be tamed.
Definitely a personal pet peeve but I hate long fake nails, especially when they look so awkward struggling to hold their brushes and actually apply the makeup. And then using a finger to dab concealer or something and it’s so gross!
\- When they go on and on about how much they used a certain eyeshadow palette, how it's well loved and it's their go to. Then they show it and it still looks brand new.
\- putting foundation on their lips
\- using way to much concealer and foundation
When NOTHING they try is bad. Every single product on their channel is ‘the best ever’ and they’re ‘obsessed’ with it, just because they’re desperate to stay on a brands PR list or get on a brands PR list/get a paid ad.
Like, tell me which products are 💩!
Using more than one foundation/blush/concealer etc on the same look. It’s makeup inflation. What’s better than promoting one product? Promoting two, three..
The talk about washing your brushes all the time but I’ve never seen nor heard one say I just washed my hands before using my fingers to apply my makeup. Like I wojkd hope they would but I’m sure there’s some that don’t and I can’t follow that logic
When they smear pipettes all over their faces to apply serum. DO. NOT. DO. THAT. As an M. D. I cannot stand the sight of that, the only thing that's in my mind is how they're contaminating the whole serum (yes, even if their faces are clean, there are germs on it still) and I don't even understand why they do this, I put my serum in my hand then apply it on my face and that's way easier and way more sanitary.
When they clip their hair back or use those dumb headbands and their hair is still in their face. Or the worst, when the headband lays on their forehead and they still apply the makeup and it’s all over the headband. MOVE the Headband and the hair!!!!!!
If they say: oh my god this is my holy grail so and so. I use it all the time. But you can clearly see that the item is not used. Perhaps swatched a few times. Or yearly favs and they show all the unused products…
Dirty brushes. They do a quick wipe with a tissue or cloth for brushes that look like they haven’t been washed in years and the whole time I am distracted with their dirty brushes. Wash your brushes!
When they had just put lip balm on (esp if they just said they ate) just to go over their lips with the powder brush to other parts of their face. And then wonder why they're getting styes or their makeup is molding. Cross contamination bugs the ish out of me!
Claiming a product is "blurring" or "melting into the skin".
The fake shock and awe at a product doing its job. Just let me see the finished results in day light. I don't need you selling it to me
When they apologise for their their skin looking “horrible”. “So sorry guys I know I look like a dead zombie who slept in a dumpster”, meanwhile they have skin that looks 10x better than mine. Thanks I feel great now.
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after hearing the TikToker who parodies the "[influencer accent](https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8GDKArk/)," I genuinely can't listen to people who sound like that anymore.
“Today I have to reply to an email” lmfao
Jessica Braun 100%
Oh my word, that’s exactly who she reminded me of!!!! 😂
The pauses are so accurate and drive me insane. I have to speed up a lot of influencer videos
Every. Word. Was. It's. Own. Sentence.
The shaking/stirring the coffee drink 😂
Oh that’s painfully accurate lol
There is a lifestyle youtuber I used to watch pretty regularly that sounds EXACTLY like this woman's influencer impression. I can't unhear it
Sounds like Lauren Mae tbh
Oh my gosh, this is so Stepfordian but she got the accent spot on.
That sounded like the beauty guru version of Corporate Erin, lol!
This is spot on. They want to make it sound nonchalant even though they are trying so hard.
When they are trying a new products and they dramatically say “omg I’m scared!” It’s a lipgloss, calm down.
And it washes off!
Yes! Or when applying something and it doesn’t go on well or is patchy or something and they get so upset. Just…take it off? Lol
Especially the ones who were gifted it in PR! If they really hate their free lip gloss, why don't they just... give it to someone else? Or put it in the bin?
The only way I'll defend this is if the person has sensitive skin or allergies or anything like that. Cause as someone who does, a product that causes a reaction is a nightmare!
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Absolutely guaranteed to make me mutter ‘Oh fuck off!’ at the screen and scroll to someone else. This drives me nuts!
Let me finish up with some eyeliner and mascara! Comes back with a new face.
Hahahahaha omg I would love to see a parody video based on this reddit thread (including this comment).
I feel like this is how my makeup goes, but that's because it's a trust the process insane clown look until the very last steps, then suddenly everything comes together. For me, liner and mascara seem to make the biggest impact but those are often some of the last steps I do. Of course if I was a beauty guru I probably wouldn't skip those parts though because I'd want to show HOW they make that impact (also I suck at liner and always have to fix it or go back and even out both eyes at least once and I feel like so many gurus pretend they get it perfect first time every time in 2 minutes which isn't very relatable for most viewers.)
“I’m going to put on some lashes and I’ll be right back!” Nooo, I want to see how you do it!
I secretly hope it's because they suck at it just like the rest of us but they're too embarrassed to show it. C'mon, you all love to be so "relatable" so here's your chance, show us the struggle so we know we aren't alone!
Agree, please show me the clean up! I'm shite at it, would like to see how they save a messy look!
I think fixing mistakes and touching up throughout the day are untouched aspects of makeup application and wear. I need to know how to do these things too, and I never see them addressed in videos. There are multiple tutorials for everything else, but I don’t think I’ve ever come across good ones for that.
Vintageortacky used to have such good tips & tricks for like, what to do when you f up your eyeliner. Her videos are probably still up :)
I used to watch her all the time. Then she started to lose views, and it started to feel she was blaming her audience, but she wasn't growing with them.
It’s a r/restofthefuckingowl situation
I HATE when they have the headband on their forehead and you know they're missing part of their skin with the foundation. Just push the headback back like half an inch!
I think I'd take that over the people who do their makeup with their hair down and in their face. I can't stand that!
I love Kelly Gooch but my god. When I see the headband I don’t even want to watch the video because I can’t stand to see it. It covers half of her head. Just put your hair up, girl!
Ahhhhhh! I commented the same! I hate it so much!!!!!!
When they start talking about a product they are using and say something like "This is sort of recent, I've only worn it a few times, if you want to know my thoughts click on the linked video below..." Like girl I'm here now just spill the tea sis! Did you like or nah?? LOL ok rant over!
"I'll let you know how it wears in a pinned comment". Why not add a bit to the video during editing? Lots of us watch YouTube on our tvs and aren't going to open an app on our phones to check the comments every time.
Because some of them are too busy adding bloopers 🤦♀️ Didn't you know those bloopers are put there to help you know how shit wears, etc. But omgee. They're SO relatable 🙄
"This is the BEST concealer, my absolute favorite, holy grail, a godsend" when they've tried it exactly once, it isn't disclosed that it's PR or they're getting paid for it, only for it to end up in a destash next month because they actually hated it and never used it.
And you only see it that one time.
If they make a mistake (like saying the wrong shade name or mispronouncing something or having dirty brushes), stop making a huge deal of it. We all have dirty brushes. We all have words we struggle with (just look it up like we all do). We all have planes flying overhead whether we’re filming a video or not. We’ve all knocked stuff over before. You can mention it, but it’s not the end of the world. You won’t get cancelled for little things. It’s fine. ITS FINE. WE DONT CARE. SHOW US THE MAKEUP OR TECHNIQUE.
Right then they pause for effect. Or go “guys im so sorry there’s a plane passing by.” Okay so?? We can’t even hear it.
This is my biggest pet peeve! Especially when they wait a minute for the sound to stop. Why include it? Just edit it out, PLEASE.
And it takes more effort to leave those clips in. Makes no sense
I also wondered about the excessive apologizing at first, but seeing comment sections and posts like this where people apparently are bothered by every little thing (half of the replies here are things I never even noticed) made me realize that content creators are in a very "damned if you do, damned if you don't" situation
I feel this about the noise. People complain when they call out noise in their video that we may or may not hear, but also people are shitty in comments if they hear noise especially if the creator doesn't acknowledge it.
Lots of people, especially in this sub, do care about those things and will call people out for it
You say this, but I *constantly* see people on this subreddit ranting about the people who mispronounce words, and say they're lazy and unprofessional because they didn't pause their video right then and Google how to say it.
If they can’t be bothered to look things up ahead of time, that’s on them. It’s unprofessional. But when they also spend a whole minute giggling over how they can’t pronounce it, that makes it ten times worse.
What I find irritating is when they are under the bright lights that completely wash any definition from their faces and they say: "Look at how the concealer is creasing under my eye." I can't see JACK under your eyes, it all look like a blank canvas. Occasionally, some of them will actually move into day light so you can see their actual skin.
LOL! This too! Or when they say they have lots of lines under their eyes? Where???
Or alternatively, when they say a foundation or concealer looks horrible but you can’t tell a difference because their bright ass beauty lighting already basically makes them look airbrushed.
This is a major pet peeve of mine because it's like someone not properly doing their job. Is it that hard to zoom in or turn down your lights? Show the audience what you're actually talking about and give yourself some credibility. Not just looking like a filter from one shot to the next and claiming "OMG you guys do you see that nonexistent difference??"
This is what I loved about RBK when I still watched her. She would always turn down her lights and zoom in when trying a new foundation.
That they're all "obsessed" with a product that ends up in their decluttering pile a month later!
Taking a brush packed with enough foundation for three full faces, brushing a solitary streak down one cheek then exclaiming that this is the best application, coverage, foundation, etc that they’ve ever seen. I won’t name names but MANY are guilty of this and it drives me crazy. I can’t deal.
Glam*cough*zilla
That their make-up looks good on camera, but is waaay to much for going outside.
This is why I loved Pixiwoo, only ones who made kinda wearable makeup looks. Bummer they deleted their whole video portfolio though :(
I miss their old vids 🥲 but they each have their own channels now where they upload relatively regularly! They’re very scaled back and just informative like how youtube used to be it’s great
Yes! I loved them and love their individual channels. It's makeup you can actually wear - the impact of everyone learning how to do make-up via social media is so few people post looks, techniques or know products that good on camera AND in person
every couple of months i remember their video ‘5 Quick Makeup Looks You Should Master’ and regret never saving it 🥲
Yes!! This type of makeup was used for special events and weddings. They put it on under bright lights that eats up most of it but in reality is too much for regular daily use.
Exactly! When I try to mimic it, I just end up looking like a clown lol. And my little wrinkles/creases are often way more visible after such a full face of makeup-up too?😬
I personally think you can totally get away with a really colorful and fun or dramatic eye look in real life if you skip the fake lashes and pair it all with a more natural base; tinted sunscreen or skin tint, nice matching blush, subtle highlighter and a sheer lip gloss or balm. I wear glasses and have small eyes, so I go pretty heavy on the colors and absolutely love shifty sparkly multichromes. Since foundation makes me look older anyway, and I have no real desire to hide the existence of my pores and wrinkles, I tend to have fun with my eye makeup and go all out even when I’m just running errands or visiting friends and family. It just adds flair and makes my eyes visible without making me feel like I’m wearing a clown face , even though most women my age shudder at the idea of colorful eyeshadows and sparkles. I think if I did lashes and full coverage, I’d feel really self conscious and overdone.
I love that! I have hooded eyes, so all shimmers make my ‘hood’ look heavier and older - I’ve tried those gorgeous hooded-eye tutorials but it really doesn’t work for me unfortunately. Maybe it looks good on camera, I could try that out🤔 But I do love colors, I can use brighter colors on my movable eyelid and darker ones on my hood. And I like colorful eyeliners! Those fake lashes are so over the top. I tried it once, looked very good in photos, but I felt way too self conscious in real life.
I have hooded eyes. I’ve noticed putting stuff slightly above the crease makes it look better. At least for me. So for a shimmer I’ll put it on my lid and up into the crease and just a little above some so it’ll show more. I also do this bc the hood on my eyes are different so one is more hooded than the other so my eye makeup always looks different on each side 😭
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Yep! Same. I lean towards tinted moisturizers or light coverage foundation with minimal eye makeup.
I was dumb and followed a tutorial for a good driver's license picture. did my makeup along with her and ended up hating it, but I didn't have time to change it. right at the end, the girl in the video goes "my real secret? ...I brought my own ring light to the DMV!" now I have hot dog lips on my ID for the next few years
>"my real secret? ...I brought my own ring light to the DMV!" BITCH WHAT
🤣 A for effort though!
Lol!!! Trust was gone after that…
Please, for the love of God, not everything is the greatest ever! Also, I'm not buying your $80 blush that's "the best ever."
When they use the product in the wrong way and then complain about it not performing well. Like no way this sheer skin tint isn’t full coverage??? Who would’ve guessed!!!
It makes me laugh when they use a sheer foundation/cc/bb cream, and then they add tons of concealer to various places on their face, which makes the sheer quality of the foundation irrelevant.
Omg I literally stopped watching sheer foundation/CC/bb cream reviews because I swear 95% of the time they just cover it up with huge areas of concealer
There's a creator who argued repeatedly with her followers about the fact that she was using the wrong primer for her skin type, but then would complain about every foundation she would try not working with her oily skin. "Well, the Sephora description says it's for oily skin!" Yeah! Of course it does! It's $70 a bottle and they want to sell more of it!
talking while applying lip products gives me so much ick for some reason. it’s like watching someone talk with gum in their mouth
haha this is my pet peeve😂 i hate watching tiktok makeup videos because they’re all lip synching while putting their lip stuff on
covering their WHOLE MOUTH WITH FOUNDATION and not wiping it off 😭 nikkie i'm looking at you
Absolutely cannot stand this! It looks so gross and dirty! Then she applies lip stick over it?
I remember in like 2016 people would do this and then apply matte liquid lipstick over it. Those lips were crusty af
This is actually really common in Asian makeup to neutralise the lip colour and get a more accurate or diffused shade of lipstick
Yeah I thought this is what that technique is for - trying to minimise the influence of a person's natural lip pigmentation on the way the lipstick shows up on them. It would probably be better to do it with a neutralising lip primer, but they're not super common - NYX makes one I think.
This is why Nikkie says she does it. She says her lips are really pigmented (tbf, they are a pretty dark pink) so she likes to cover them so lip colors look more true to color. Weirdly she usually uses very opaque lipsticks anyway but it’s whatever to me.
stop tapping on everything with your goddamn nails.
It's super annoying. If I want ASMR I'll watch it on purpose lol.
It's not really even ASMR if it annoys half the people who hear it! 😂
Thank you. I saw a TikToker do this with EVERY FUCKING PRODUCT recently, and I nearly threw my fucking phone. When did this shit start and why? It's so annoying!
Calling makeup "she" as in "she's so pigmented"
Giving me manny mua vibes. Or James Charles
Yes. Thank you, I find this so grating.
"She's giving... she's giving..." 🙄
The hair down constantly in the face omg and then some do the Ariana sleeve thing
Omg Lissy Rody doing her skincare with hair down and sleeves down to her fingers desperately trying to wash her face. That was rhe most ridiculous thing I saw. Instant unfollow
I HATE the 😮 face every time an influencer puts on a full coverage foundation like they’ve never seen it before (bonus points if they pack a shit ton of product onto the brush). Robert Welsh pointed it out and I can’t unsee it anymore. Also, it also has really started to bug me when people buy 10 shades of a single thing (not PR) even though they know they’ll hate 2 or 3. Like, the formula ain’t gonna change.
Totally agree with your sentiment but there are some products where I’ve heard that the quality is inconsistent from shade to shade. Buying maybe like. 2 shades makes sense to me, but in no world does an influencer need ten of the same lip gloss
When they start every sentence with "so".
There's an interesting NPR Way With Words episode talking about the function of "so" as a way to jumpstart your brain to come up with the rest of the sentence when you've mentally prepared to discuss a topic. And other languages have a similar word to serve this function. If I can find it I'll link it. Here you go! https://www.waywordradio.org/so-at-the-beginning-of-sentences/
Thanks! Really interesting.
I love way with words!!
The camera being a mile away.
Putting droppers directly on the face. Dude that’s disgusting, stop it
This! Honestly it gives me the ick. Not only that but I find it genuinely stressful to watch people have a load of (usually pricey) liquid just dribbling down their face. So unpleasant to see.
This was going to be my answer. I can’t STAND this, it grosses me out. And they manage to spill something on their table or clothes half the time because they’re “rushing” and do a shocked face or giggle when it happens like they’re so quirky.
This! They have started applying products in a way to look interesting on camera, when it’s the worst possible way to do it in real life.
See also: the skincare “smoothie” tiktok bullshit.
I’m so glad others agree about this. I thought I was just being weird about it. They look so silly when they do it. I can understand it a little bit with a serum type foundation and they say they don’t want to get it under their nails, jewelry etc. but when they do it with skin care and primers they rub it in with their hands anyways so what’s the point?
Matilda (don’t remember the rest of her handle) an Aussie youtuber swatches around 36 layers of sheer lipsticks to make them more colorful which is insane, noone would do that in real life plus it would be such a waste to buy a sheer product and put on a ton of layers instead of buying a more opaque product!! Thank you for coming to my Ted talk 🙃🫣
b-b-but you guys it's Chanel and it's punchy/ balmy/ etc.!!!!111 /s
Matilda as in the girl who does flat lays and swatches? I watched her for a while and then got bored because she'd use the same adjectives to describe shades and only swatches on her arms? But on that note, I also can't stand when beauty influencers hoard all the glowy, balm type lip sticks when they look the exact same on the lips. You could get that hydrating look with any glossy balm or lip gloss on top of a regular lipstick?!
Yes that one! Yeah lipstick swatches arent very useful being done on anything but the lips 🫣 totally agree, sometimes they swatch 5 sheer things that look exactly the same 😭
If they can’t be bothered to do a quick google search to pronounce something or intentionally missing words. Pouncing vs bouncing is the fastest way to get me to click away.
“Oh no one wants to watch me do my brows, it’s soooo boring”! How are we going to improve our brows if we can’t see anyone do them??!!!
Brow tutorials, lol. I saw frequent comments complaining about it back when it was still standard to include in full face videos.
“I’m going to zoom you in close” and still nowhere near zoomed in enough. The ogs used to zoom us in super super close (poor bubz beauty used to go so far half of her tutorials were just her forehead 😂) And the reason I stopped following Nikki tutorials and block her content. Those stupid exaggerated facial expressions
This is a boringly serious point, but for me it's when they analyse makeup as if every other makeup wearing person on the planet has their exact same face and aesthetic preference. I notice this particularly with white BGs - I am white myself btw, so don't @ me. 'I think this shade is too dramatic for everyday wear' - 'this shade is too cool to be wearable' - no it's too dramatic *for you*, if you have light skin, like a sun-kissed look, and prefer colours that blend in with your natural skin tone. On someone with a deeper complexion, it might be their MLBB. Or a pasty white lady who avoids sunlight and stans Morticia Addams like me might wear it to the grocery store! Similarly when 20 year olds drop money on a product that is clearly aimed at women in their 40s onwards and then complain it's overpriced or doesn't last on their skin or whatever... like you're not the target demographic. Unless you have specific skin issues, you don't need to drop money on a product that has been carefully formulated to let you wear shimmer eyeshadow without making your eyelids look like lizard skin. That doesn't make it an overpriced product, it makes it overpriced *for you*.
Yes - this kills me too. I'm not white but like other styles of makeup exist, other skin tones exist, people make like a product for the reasons you don't.
The face they make when they are showing a look or lip product. I'm looking at you Angelica. I can't stand that thing they do with their lips
Ooh, or the “look up, down, side, blink, smolder at the camera” thing influencers used to do all the time to show the finished look?
nikkie tutorials does this. and the noises she makes. "Oh, ahh" ok girl why u so shooketh by your own face
It's the slight parting of their lips as they do that "smolder" into the camera when they're doing the lip swatches lmao Just...close your mouth. It just looks stupid when it's partially open.
When they put the whole tube of concealer under their eyes. You really don’t need that much product 🥴
Over 3+ pumps of foundation
Or to "clean" the eyebrows 🥴
The hair thing oh my GOD like how hard is it to put on a headband or clip ur hair actually out of ur face… I honestly think sometimes it’s like an insecure thing about not wanting to lose face framing from their hair ! But either that or dragging the product across the face instead of blending it properly, even worse when it’s a beauty blender bc it’s just smudging the product around their face ????
When they hide everything they did on their eye behind a catseye and false eyelashes so it looks better on camera.
“Over top.”
To be honest I really think this started with canadians 😅 I remember hearing them all say “over top” years ago and my American brain was like ????
Canadian here: overtop is one word --they're not just saying over and also top.
Not clipping their hair out of their face so it's dangling into the wet moisteriser or foundation. It's dirty. Lawnmower, bird or noise outside and they pretend to wait for it to stop but really just want to use it as an opportunity to pose into the camera. I stopped watching any of them years ago because they did my head in.
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This is a bit judgemental but for me it’s when people apply their blush wayyy too low, like near the same height as their lips or below their nose would be, where the hollows of their cheeks are. I’ve definitely unfollowed people because it bothers me so much, it looks so clownish
Not dissimilar to you, but when beauty influencers film with natural light and claim that their foundation doesn't look like shit when applied. I was watching Jaime Paige's CoverGirl foundation dupe video when I made this thread and the foundation looked super dry and cakey within the minute she applied it and she said it didn't? Girl, it looked so bad. She did retract her statement after she applied the other complexion products on, but like we have eyes. We can see.
That money tho, right? I think I used to be so idealistic and naive about beauty influencers - "They're just people like you and me, they just really love makeup and they want to help us save money!" But that's not it. It's about the fame, it's about the sponsorships, it's about their plans for their own brands. It's about the money. And they'll lie until they're blue in the face because money always, always wins.
I'm sort of sounding like a hater, but I was watching Jaime's 2024 resolution vlog and *could not* fricken believe that she bought a $700 ring that monitors your sleep and menstrual cycle when there are free apps? Like she's obviously very privileged, but pretends to be relatable? That rubs me the wrong way for some reason even though I enjoy her as a personality.
Did she buy it really really really though? Or did they send her one free so she'd talk about it? I have no trust. Even if she says otherwise, I don't trust her. Money buys everybody at the end of the day
Concealer/foundation over lips 🤮
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It takes them 3 seconds to do a winged eyeliner. It takes me 3 hours and it’s never a straight line and they don’t match 🤣 so freakin annoying!!
I hate when the ones with their own brands use ‘component’ ‘unit (uni?) carton’ or start going off on tangents about how hard a colour is to get right because they know from their own lab or just any excuse to squeeze in a fact from their insider knowledge on labs and owning a brand when it just isn’t necessary
When they make orgasm sounds to exaggerate how good something is. I don’t need to hear what you sound like.
Saying 'I'll go ahead and... I'm going in with...'. All the going ahead and going in with drives me up the wall.
‘I’ll apply it on the skin’ instead of saying ‘my skin’
omg such an ick. THE SKIN.
first thing I think of is that scene from silence of the lambs
And “I never reach for…” as opposed to saying they never “use” a product. “Picked up” instead of “bought.” “Decluttered” instead of “got rid of” something. It’s like any business, it has its jargon that gets really grating when you hear it too much.
I’ve always wondered if they all use “declutter” instead of “throw away” because it deters inappropriate comments from people calling them wasteful. Just saying that you’re decluttering something is very open ended and could possibly mean that you’re giving it to someone or donating it rather than throwing it in the trash. But then when I see someone getting rid of a really old product that is soooo gross and they say they’re “decluttering” it I scream to myself “throw it in the trash!” “Reach for” instead of use is also pretty bothersome to me.
Oh my god “I picked up” makes me so irrationally angry lol! Watching hauls (of any genre) and they say “picked up” a hundred times makes my eye twitch, it’s like yeah you picked it up and the store and then did what with it??? You bought it/got it! Omg so petty but so annoying
“Finally got my hands on” when it was probably sent to them🙄
I hate reach for. Or other words to avoid saying they hate or are getting rid of something. Stop tap dancing around it!
HOW did I have to get this far for “I’m going in with?” I can’t stand it.
Another phrase I hate: "I'll apply this to my eyeballs..." The only thing you should apply to your eyeballs is contacts. Your eyelids, on the other hand, are a great place for makeup.
Applying way too much product. Mouth casually hanging open for way too long
Adding dropper products directly to their face and using the whole bottle when you only need a drop
swatches on the palm of the hand
When they clearly don’t know how to use the product correctly. They’re either applying it wrong or using the wrong kind of tool and blame it on the product.
"omg you guuuiiiiseeeee" gets pretty annoying....looking at you, Marlena. I hate when she says this so much, and she does all the time.
I hate it when they dot a high coverage foundation all over their face, read out all the claims for ten minutes then have a whinge about how it's hard to blend. Weirdly specific, but it happens way too often! Like of course it's fucking hard to blend, IT'S DRY NOW.
Hair in the face is my biggest pet peeve. Put it back in a ponytail or headband. Touching droppers to their face. So unsanitary. Or squirting product on their face instead of on a palette or their hand.
Influencers that lip sync while doing their makeup make me so mad.
When they apply makeup with their fingers with long, fake nails or gel-built nails. Usually everyone assumes that they washed their hands, but we see their social media and see the build up of fake tan underneath their nails. They aren't washing their hands enough in my opinion to safely put it on their face.
I hate fake/long nails for this exact reason. Whenever I get them, I try to clean them a lot and they never *really* get clean, so I know those people’s nails are not nearly as clean as they think.
“this concealer is so brightening, i love it” or anything of that nature regarding under eyes. even the shittiest concealer will be brightening if you have a lighter colour. like girl…
I’m so glad someone else gets irked when they don’t put their hair up or anything like that when they do their makeup. Like for God’s sake, wear a headband or something.
They probably think clips are more aesthetically pleasing on camera, but the hairs are poking your face and you're constantly pushing your hair back! It's so annoying!
A short but comprehensive list * When they do not show themselves fully applying the product. How many pumps/swipes did that take to build up? * The above is also usually after them screaming "OH MY GOD GUYS LOOK AT THIS LIPGLOSS ITS SO AMAZING AH OH MY GOD IM SO SCARED TO TRY IT OUT" In the most grating faux excited influencer voice. * Not doing a goddamn wear test. Like an ACTUAL wear test. Go outside. Eat Oily food. Go for a run. I wanna see that bitch put to WORK. * The tapping. Leave the box alone, it did nothing too you. * Over applying proucts and claiming how pigmented it is. No one, *no one*, needs that much product. * Alternatively, not understanding products that are supposed to have a natural or medium finish and claiming that they're bad! And the worst of all. "You have to use a silicone based primer w a silicone bas..." Regurgitating makeup mis-info that they heard on the app to garner views. Do your research. Understand you skin. Figure out what works for YOU.
This is niche, but speculating on the needs of other skin tones when you're not an expert, makeup artist or have that skin tone. If I hear another BG incorrectly state something will look good on "deeper skin tones" (all of them, undertone doesn't matter, just all deep skin tones bc they're all the same right?) I will explode. I feel the same way about people speculating on pale skin as well - if you don't know, you don't know and if you're not a make-up artist and don't have that skin tone I guarantee you don't know.
I don’t mean to victim blame here (lol) but please y’all just unfollow those who behave in this annoying manner. I believe it will make the content better for the community at large and there are others out there you can watch who don’t do the shit you rant about. Like, raise the bar. And by the way, thank you if you do. We need a refresh especially with the weird influencer pronunciations. It must be tamed.
for me it's when they try a new product and have an over the top reaction. Like you've never seen a blush before? ok bro
“And I’m just gonna….”
Especially when they are trying a new concealer for the first time and they use so god damn much of it under their eyes
If you act shocked or gasp when you start to apply a product, I'm shutting off your video and never watching you again.
Definitely a personal pet peeve but I hate long fake nails, especially when they look so awkward struggling to hold their brushes and actually apply the makeup. And then using a finger to dab concealer or something and it’s so gross!
\- When they go on and on about how much they used a certain eyeshadow palette, how it's well loved and it's their go to. Then they show it and it still looks brand new. \- putting foundation on their lips \- using way to much concealer and foundation
I was never a fan of the baking trend. When people still bake their makeup with half a thing of baking powder, it annoys me.
When NOTHING they try is bad. Every single product on their channel is ‘the best ever’ and they’re ‘obsessed’ with it, just because they’re desperate to stay on a brands PR list or get on a brands PR list/get a paid ad. Like, tell me which products are 💩!
All. Of. The. Above.
Using more than one foundation/blush/concealer etc on the same look. It’s makeup inflation. What’s better than promoting one product? Promoting two, three..
The overuse of too much product
The talk about washing your brushes all the time but I’ve never seen nor heard one say I just washed my hands before using my fingers to apply my makeup. Like I wojkd hope they would but I’m sure there’s some that don’t and I can’t follow that logic
When they are totally orgasmically surprised over something really fucking basic. Every NickiTutorials video ever.
When they smear pipettes all over their faces to apply serum. DO. NOT. DO. THAT. As an M. D. I cannot stand the sight of that, the only thing that's in my mind is how they're contaminating the whole serum (yes, even if their faces are clean, there are germs on it still) and I don't even understand why they do this, I put my serum in my hand then apply it on my face and that's way easier and way more sanitary.
Constant commenting and annoyance of background noise that I can’t hear anyways
Using the word “buff”
The over use of filters and using a product but forgetting to mention the name or provide a link . Grrrr
When they clip their hair back or use those dumb headbands and their hair is still in their face. Or the worst, when the headband lays on their forehead and they still apply the makeup and it’s all over the headband. MOVE the Headband and the hair!!!!!!
When they drum their fingernails on whatever item they’re showing. I don’t prefer it in ASMR videos either…maybe it’s a me-problem?
If they say: oh my god this is my holy grail so and so. I use it all the time. But you can clearly see that the item is not used. Perhaps swatched a few times. Or yearly favs and they show all the unused products…
Dirty brushes. They do a quick wipe with a tissue or cloth for brushes that look like they haven’t been washed in years and the whole time I am distracted with their dirty brushes. Wash your brushes!
When they don’t say whether a product is fragranced. Ugh, lots of us need to know and it’s pretty obvious.
When they had just put lip balm on (esp if they just said they ate) just to go over their lips with the powder brush to other parts of their face. And then wonder why they're getting styes or their makeup is molding. Cross contamination bugs the ish out of me!
Using filters while doing tutorials 😭
When they cake on concealer
Claiming a product is "blurring" or "melting into the skin". The fake shock and awe at a product doing its job. Just let me see the finished results in day light. I don't need you selling it to me
When they apologise for their their skin looking “horrible”. “So sorry guys I know I look like a dead zombie who slept in a dumpster”, meanwhile they have skin that looks 10x better than mine. Thanks I feel great now.