In case you missed it, here's my first 'beauty trends' video! ua-cam.com/video/6bwnYL28Mjk/v-deo.html Let me know in the comments, what are some beauty trends YOU want to see disappear?
Hi Kait! Luv ya to pieces by the way! Just wanted to say that I wear half lashes and they are soooo natural looking....they're BK Beauty designed by Risa.....and they really look so natural.....I would never wear a full band lash.....
@@AP12360 Yea they do look ridiculous! But the natural half lashes from Kiss or Ardell just go on the outer part of your lashline and they look really natural, I have them.
Hit the nail right on the button. One trend that I would love to see die....and before anyone says it's not a beauty trend. Um, yes, because women think it looks good. Leggings. Stop wearing leggings as pants.
I had a nose job in 2007, and my surgeon wanted my immediate family to show up the day before so he could look at their noses to get a better idea. He wanted me to still resemble my family. I loved that he did that because it showed he was looking for the most natural results. My nose did change me, but in a way that was very natural and still looked like my siblings. I was bullied for my nose, so I was worried that my bullies would notice that I had a nose job. To address this, my surgeon suggested a huge hair color change to distract people from my nose. That was the best idea ever because people really couldn’t pinpoint what was different. I told them it must be my hair. His idea really worked, and I’m forever grateful for him. Unfortunately, he passed away from COVID. I was devastated. He was one of the best cosmetic surgeons, always aiming for natural results. He took my concerns about my bullies to heart and looked for ways to help distract them from my nose. I thought that was amazing.
I’m so sorry for your loss, he sounds like an amazing surgeon. We need more people like him who want to keep people’s unique features and beauty while still helping them to feel more comfortable in their skin. I’m so glad you’re happy with your surgery!
Always pay attention to celebrities that utilize this same distraction - be it hair color or a dramatic departure from their usual styles. They, too, are distracting the eye from a recent cosmetic procedure.
Always pay attention to celebrities that utilize this same distraction - be it hair color or a dramatic departure from their usual styles. They, too, are distracting the eye from a recent cosmetic procedure. Edited to add this was in reply to @Lalamaziiing, but this is the second time it has attached to another's comment. Sorry!
yessss the plastic surgeon who taught me when i was still a med student also told me this! she usually wanted the parents / siblings to come or at least do a video call so she could get a sense of what they look like and make the surgery works
I would agree, but it's become IMPOSSIBLE to fill your Instagram with "just" anything. There's always suggested reels and ads. I dumped Insta in April as a challenge and it was great. But I'm starting to slip again because I go to see one or two accounts, and next thing you know . . .
My petty one is "edgy" or deliberately provocative names. I'm so tired of companies using ~sex~ in shade names and product names. It's not clever any more. It hasn't been for a lot of years and it just gives me the same vibes of those "wine o'clock" and "wine mom" humour.
@@tammyeaton4791😂this! I despise the overly s**ual names on these products. I think those are even worse then the lame dad joke type of product naming.....
Another beauty trend I'm sick of is celebrity beauty brand. Kylie Jenner or Hailey Bieber aren't going to convince me to use their products just because their famous.
I'm off Instagram for many reasons, but the feeling of total disconnect with the trends and the obsession with flawlessness is one of them. I've always struggled with body dysmorphia and I can't take it anymore. Nobody looks like a real person anymore.
It's so much more of that to look at faster than ever before. I remember when it was just magazines.( Back in my day lol) And the editing is faker than ever.its really morphed into something dystopian in comparison to the rate you could consume and how much. So I can't imagine scrolling through all of that and getting used to the outrageously fake faces and Bodies on instagram in a certain state of mind. It seems like a bad thing , no matter what your state of mind.
I have no social media except For UA-cam and it feels amazing. I’m learning about these trends from this channel and I’m so glad this is my only exposure!
You hit it just right!!! Everyone looks the same with their big teeth, eyelashes, eyebrows and lets not forget LIPS ... Lip fillers make everyone look the same. No one has anything unique about them anymore.
The lip filler for sure and veneers make everyone look the same. That’s why I love Georgia May Jagger, the space between her teeth is what makes her extra gorgeous! I miss the days of individuality ❤
OMG HOW I HATE ARTIFICIAL SWATCHES!! Especially from the luxury brands. They have all the capital to afford real swatches yet they don’t. I’ve returned so many products over the years that look nothing like their artificial swatches
Most of us outside of the US can't return opened products so companies kind of benefit from making it harder for us to find the right shade. Might end up buying one product multiple times because of that.
I've literally seen higher end brands use the exact same photo as drugstore brand on the arm swatch photo... like literally everything the whole entire photo was just stolen or something, idk? I'd expect that off some offbrand from China like Aliexpress or Ebay or something, but not from well known brands sold in physical stores in USA.
The other thing that bothers me about "pH adjusting" products is that there isn't that big of a range of pH in human skin! Nor should there be! If your skin is healthy the pH is going to be ~5. So it really can never look different for your "unique pH" because your pH isn't unique.
I like those products because the shade of pink really suits me and they are pretty much stains. So my cheeks and lips are tinted even when the paint is worn off
The concept of a "plastic surgery trend" is very dystopian. Plastic surgery is a genuine medical practice and I'm not pretending it isn't, but making different plastic surgeries "trendy" is the end stage of unrealistic beauty standards. Especially with permanent procedures, as you mentioned, once that trend is over, the people who got the surgery WILL regret it. It is just another unending cycle that only exists to make us hate ourselves and our bodies.
I ended up having to lose all my natural teeth due to serious health problems. After a decade of slowly losing one after another and being in constant pain, things got worse. I broke three off at the gums in one weekend. Found a specialist dental team who removed what was left of my natural teeth. Through a two year process, we used implants inserted into my jawbone to replace them all. We used pictures of me as a child, then an adult and had long discussions about the final products. I have my little front space and a natural shape and color. And I can EAT WITHOUT PAIN! 🦷
I dream of this day if it wver comes for me.I lost all mine also but the oral surgeon left a root system intact and i set up a terrible infection.That in combination with the dentures not fitting have caused irreparable damage.I am now in the midst of a full blown eating disorder that goes hand in hand and life is difficult.
I've had a lot of work up front and am going for the big job soon. I've always made it clear that my little teeth don't start looking like gum pellets. The only thing that I couldn't keep was my tooth gap as it was too expensive. I've always opted for veneers and crowns in my natural colour.
@@tonyabell1132 I'm so sorry you're going through this! I had a gastric sleeve surgery, and what most people don't know is that a side effect of that kind of surgery is a deterioration of your teeth. I can't totally relate, but I do feel for you. Also, the dentist is so expensive! (At least in NY, our employer does not offer dental insurance)
I thought things got out of hand when everyone with long black hair parted in the middle was Kim Kardashian. I looked to see their name, and it WASN'T HER. Eeeek
If buccal fat removal had been a trend when I was in my 20s, I probably would have seriously considered it. But now that I'm in my 40s, I'm so so glad that I didn't do something like that! My rounder, fuller cheeks keep me way more youthful looking now. That's a trend that I think some people will really regret later on.
I was 18 in 2016 when I first heard about it, I wanted to look like an Instagram baddie so I just contoured my face to hell instead. I put it in the back of my mind because I couldn’t afford it but I still had it in mind I would eventually get it when I could afford it. I was tired of looking so round and baby faced and I wanted to look like bella hadid. Now, at 26, I don’t need it!! I’m glad I didn’t mess with my cheeks or jawline because my cheekbones and jaw are more defined than they were 8 years ago. Now I tell my younger friends and coworkers to wait a few years, they usually don’t regret it.
Yes! That is a terrible procedure..especially for long term damage. Your cheek fat is what will keep you looking youthful and less wrinkles over time. People that have had it at a young age, now look hollowed out and older than their age.
The beauty trend I want to die is warm-toned makeup as the default! I’m very fair and cool toned (blue-based) and I can’t do bronzer or any warmth at all. Pretty much all bronzers and brown eyeshadows that are called cool toned or neutral are straight up orange on me. Down with the fake cool tones and the horrible shade descriptions!
@@shoullin1761 yeah, that one’s straight up orange on me. There’s not really such a thing as a cool-toned bronzer since the purpose is to warm up the skin tone
Yes, this!! I'm a fair cool with dark brown hair and eyes because of this. I feel that I look terrible in brown eyeshadow and definitely look horrible with bronzer. My go-to eyeshadow colors are cool tone pinks, purples, and mauves. I use a cool green or teal when I want something crazy because blue is normally to bold on my skin, and gray looks as awful as brown. Which is so weird because I can wear blue, gray, and brown clothes and look fine, but they can't be in my makeup pallet
As a fellow fair, cool-toned person, there is only one bronzer that works for me! If you like cream bronzers, I would recommend it, it is the phytosurgence cream bronzer in the shade "rosy daybreak."
personally I love them, everything she mentioned she hates about them is exactly why I love them haha, then again there are also very natural looking eyelashes if that's what someone's into but I love the dramatic long lashes that draw attention to them, it's why I wear them haha :')
The trend of young women getting filler, botox, and other tweakments, if you will, scare me tbh. The fact that filler doesn't really fully go away and it just migrates freaks me out. I do not know if having filler in you body over time can cause any serious health issues but I do feel like it's cause for concern when women are being told that their body metabolizes the filler after some months. I'm not saying that all filler or botox usage is awful but when young women are being encouraged to use it for cosmetic purposes it just doesnt seem like a great idea imo.
I have gorgeous 17 year old students that have been getting lip fillers 😢 I’m not against cosmetic procedures but feeling so bad about yourself that you feel the need to have an invasive procedure that young is depressing
UGH Thank you!! I was waiting to hear this one! I find myself constantly looking at people with overdrawn lips and I'm like, do they not realize we can SEE the real lip?! The jig is up! It looks like a child putting on lipstick! I remember a LONG time ago when makeup artists taught the "overdrawn" trick to make your lips look fuller by drawing ON the lip line rather than within the lip line and it does make a difference but this is so over the top it's laughable.
I was a teenager in the 70s. In spite of the fact that people always think of disco, the more common fashion was the natural look. For us, false lashes was an old lady thing, and I’ve never liked it. People can do what they want, but it still just looks ridiculous
Exactly! I’m a bit younger but I remember making fun of them when we used them for stage makeup. I have a friend who turns 50 this year & is obsessed with her caterpillar lashes! She’s just been promoted up to the senior executive job she has spent 10 years preparing for, and it’s very hard to take her seriously as a businesswoman with those lashes! She gets extensions done (if it costs money, it must be attractive right?) but they always look like when the glue is about to give up… it’s gotta be unsettling when she’s counseling a manager on corrective action or negotiating with the wholesale suppliers lol…
I always want to say, “oh! Are you going to the prom?” That’s the only acceptable reason to wear false eyelashes. I was only born in the 70’s, but I have always loved that natural girl 70’s look like Mindy on Mork and Mindy. I even made it all the way through the 80’s and 90’s without falling prey to the overly fake looks. I loved the grunge era for that reason also. Way more natural and laidback, with a dash of punk thrown in.
@@standdownrobots_ihaveoldgloryI have a friend about 52 or 53, THICK THICK eyebrows, I am talking HUGE BLACK MARKER ACROSS the face, THICK THICK BLACK LINER VERY MESSY BELOW AND ABOVE THE EYES. HUGE LASHES (ALL OH HOODED EYES) and JUST GOT A BOOB JOB AT HER AGE AND WEARS CROP TOPS AND EXPOSES HER BOOBS NOW WITH LEGGINGS. It is not cute!
I don’t like when people try to judge people for what they wear if you don’t like wearing false lashes fine but don’t put the pin that on everybody who does that’s what being an individual old is nowhere strip lashes, but I don’t like individual lashes lashes because they’re too tedious to put on
Yessss!!! I HATE lash extensions, and I’m in S. FL so people here exaggerate everything… they walk around looking like they have an eye infection because of the extensions… it’s horrible
As a judgemental gen x, I was pretty annoyed to see this suggestion on my page….another young person encouraging kdash beauty. I finally clicked to watch……..Was I wrong. Not only was I pleasantly surprised but also very impressed. Intelligent and well spoken. Informative and encourages natural beauty. Finally, a group of women not drinking the kool-aid. I will share this my daughter…. I hope women like you and your followers take over the influencer world.
Apropos of nothing, I love your kitchen. It’s timeless, warm and inviting, the perfect antidote to the ubiquitous gray and white hospital waiting room aesthetic trend that died nearly a decade ago but yet people still think is “trendy”.
Kait, doubt you’ll see this but I think your lips perfectly fit your face. The practice I’d like to see go away is the over emphasis of small “defects “ with a person’s skin or eyebrows or lip lines. As you mentioned, why are we striving for perfection as defined by some influencer? I have an autoimmune disease that has caused significant changes to my face and body. When I see someone fussing over a large pore or a tiny wrinkle it really turns me off.
Thank you so much! I actually had a similar conversation with a friend recently, it’s hard to obsess over every physical flaw when the majority of my time and energy has to go towards managing my chronic illness symptoms. I don’t have time to worry about my appearance.
Same!! I have an aggressive form of Crohn’s Disease and several complications from the condition. I take care of myself and enjoy some fashion/beauty trends and advice here and there but have bigger, more important issues. My health and my kids. Having a serious illness which is chronic will really make a person re-evaluate their priorities and their expectations.
OMG. I’m so with you on teeth. I feel like when teeth all look the same, it doesn’t look natural. Even ppl I’ve known with braces (who had pretty straight teeth to begin with) all mouths start looking the same. I feel like natural teeth give you character and make you unique. And lashes? I thought a coworker had caterpillars on their eyes. Like you said, if these make you feel beautiful, you do you. But I will stick with my natural teeth and lashes. Thanks Kait ❤️
I wore some form of braces for 5 years due to overbite and tooth crowding. By the time I got to high school it was practically fashionable to have braces. More kids than not had braces.
Dental issues are so underrated, most people have no idea what it’s like to be in pain and have to loose teeth because they are infected. I honestly hope that dental hygiene and care gets promoted more. Nobody should have to suffer from poor dental health.
The thing a lot of people don't realize about veneers is that they don't last forever! You get roughly ten years out of them before they need replacing, and you literally can't NOT replace them. So when you get veneers you are literally signing up to spend that same money over and over again every ten years or so until you die or get dentures. Hard pass for me. I also can't wait for excess filler, Botox, and airbrushing to die. I'm so over everyone looking like an over-inflated plastic doll. Like I'm not thrilled about getting wrinkles, but the sad fact is I'm getting old! Wrinkles come with the territory. And as far as airbrushing goes, there are some actors and actresses who have so much done to their faces in post that you literally can't even see their expressions anymore! Or they can't even make expressions anymore because half their face is full of silicone and the other half is literally paralyzed. But this stuff is at all levels, too, not just Hollywood. I wish more people could see the beauty in their own little physical idiosyncrasies.
As someone with naturally gaunt/sunken bone structure, I just can’t cope with the buccal fat removal. I have been self conscious about looking, for lack of a better word, ‘dead’ or like a Tim Burton drawing for years and only recently accepted it. 💀 🤣
Having naturally hollow cheekbones looks great! It's when people who don't have the bone structure to support sunken cheek bones get buccal fat removal. it looks odd because they have a face type that doesn't naturally get sunken cheek bones.
Thank you for talking about the impact on BDD (body dysmorphic disorder) the filter and modification "trends" have. It's not new, obviously, photo manipulation has been around since photography started BUT it's gotten so distorted and ubiquitous that people don't even realize how toxic it is. We shouldn't all have the same face shape, body shape, features, etc. And constantly using surgery to "correct" things that aren't flaws but have been turned into flaws because it makes people buy things is just bad for everyone. I worry a lot about younger women (I'm 45) because I know how that stuff has impacted me and all the work I've had to do in therapy to get to a place where I can accept and even celebrate the unique things about how I look. Things that, if I went by all of these trends, are hideous flaws I should be ashamed of (diastema, round face, aging etc). But they're just part of being a human being.
it is insane now just over saturated it is , models are all filtered even with all of the real life procedures is it is faker than it has ever been. I pity anyone with body issues spending time looking at this stuff
This was great - just hit subscribe! As a brown-skinned woman, I especially HATE those fake swatches! I find it SO BIZARRE that companies think we will find those useful! This was fun to watch - thank you!
I’ve never been so happy to hear a UA-camr agree to what I think about harmful beauty trends that need to go away. Please do a makeup tutorial on that look!! 🤩
thank you so much for touching on body dysmorphia. i’ve been living with this for so many years and social media isn’t helping. i try to stay off most of social media and actually deleted my tiktok. ps… you look amazing rocking cool tones and silver jewelry.
The thing about lash extensions is that even when they look natural-ish with makeup, they look WILD with a bare face. And then you're locked into wearing makeup every day, or you look Izma from Emeror's New Groove
You are spot on! I was backpacking through Thailand last year and I took a early boat back to the main land. You should have seen all the girls with crazy black lash extensions with their pale face getting even more pale because of sea sickness and with their filler puffy lips. 👄 I swear I am a girls girl but it was sooo hard to look away since it looked so unnatural and out of place. 😅
Yes to all... except for skin tints, I agree that there are too many and we don't need more, but I have to admit that I love Danessa Myricks and Fenty's. For me the most concearning trends are the surgical ones, like veneers and buccal fat removal. I loved that you pointed out that there are cases that make sense / are well done, but it horrifies me that everyone is looking the same and there is no way back (veneers you can do them again, sure, but it's so expensive and teeth are hugely important to our overall health, messing with it freaks me out). I'm from Brazil, so our trends aren't always in tune, but I just came back from a trip to LA and was shocked with how many lash extensions / fake eyelashes I was seeing at places like Disneyland. I personally don't like it, but at least it isn't a forever kind of thing.
Goodness, I agree with the fake lashes!! I teach seniors and so many of them wear the false lashes! The wear ones that are too long, some are so bushy, they look like those bushy spiders! AND, they are bad for your lashes!!! Of course, I tell them all of this!! You forgot to mention the 3 - 4" pointy nails!! LOL I am so surprised that they have not been banned in schools - they can be used as a weapon! LOL BTW, I LOVE your videos :)!!
I agree with you about most of the trends with the exception of skin tints. Trust me, as you get older, medium to full coverage foundation that use to be your go-to favourite will no longer be your friend. No matter what "new" foundations they release, most if not all will accentuate your lines, crinkles and wrinkles (*if you don't have any procedures, done which is another loaded issue for me*). It no longer looks the same no matter what you do or what formulations you try. Trust me, I've done the research with my hard earned beauty budget and am thankful I am friends with younger women who want what no longer works for me. As you said, it's all subjective and personal to each one of us. Tbh, I don't use foundation anymore, but I do use a tinted moisturiser from November to April and a light bronze self tanner May to October.
@sweetpeachbellini8245 I totally relate to this comment! Can you recommend a skin tint product? Foundation is just not the same and brining more attention to fine lines. I am about to be 39.
Agree across the board. To companies making the ph-adjusting stuff: THESE WERE NIFTY WHEN WE WERE TWELVE. PLEASE JUST STOP. I have a number of beautiful lady pals who started down the path of fillers years ago. They remain beautiful, but now they all kind of look the same. I miss their unique faces and lip shapes. You look gorgeous today!
I am 💯 on board with you on all of these! The older i get, the more I appreciate the natural and "real" in all things. No value judgments on those who use filter, get botox, veneers, etc., but it's so detrimental for our psyche (collective and individual), not to mention the financial burden of these things becoming an expectation for basic grooming and personal maintenance.
It hurts my head to look at people with these filters and non textured faces. I feel like a lot of artists like texture and naturalness. My dad even filed down his dentures to make them less uniform. He was an artist...idk. I think beauty is so subjective and people get in some kind of fugue state with too much social media and start thinking all the same things are beautiful. It's....well, not healthy.
Aw, it's so nice to hear someone celebrate diastema's! (the front tooth gap, it's a little muscle that separates the teeth). I have one and so does my daughter. I've never wanted to change it even though growing up some people were unkind. And when I saw it on my kiddo I was able to see how cute it was, too.
I love this video! The second you said the trend that needs to die is people that wear very big false lashes that subtract from your actual eye shape and beauty, I screamed at the TV and said THANK YOU!!! I'm so glad someone finally said some thing about that and I'm not the only one who feels this way. I immediately subscribed after this video 😌💗
It’s very refreshing to listen to your ideas and thoughts. You get to the point and even if I don’t agree with your take on something , I don’t mind your delivery as I think it’s thoughtful and interesting .💕
Thank you for this. Conformity is a problem in the fashion and beauty industries, but I think it goes beyond that too. I appreciate your addressing the tip of the iceberg.
I agree with you in all!!. The huge eyelashes are a no for me, they make you look like doll and not in a cute way 😅 Omg veneers and some of them are super big and sooo white. And I used to hate my chubby face, but now I like it because it make me look younger which I appreciate 😌
I clicked on this video as the title piqued my interest - and boy did you deliver! What a refreshing attitude to the beauty industry, I can't thank you enough. I would like to add a comment about a movement that is gaining traction here in the UK about ageing. It's called Ageism is Never in Style, and is promoting the theory that ageing is a privilege. Many people do not get the opportunity to get old, and ageing, with all the bodily changes it brings should be celebrated. Anyway, enough on that for now, I'm off to subscribe and watch more of your content!
Cannot agree more about the buccal fat removal!!! as a 44-year-old who is now losing volume in her face-- I am so so so so glad I never did that procedure!!! Same with pH adjusting products! I spent so much for that Youthforia blush just for it to sit on my counter 😂😂 I thought it would give me my very own "custom" color but nope! Right on the mark with all these❤❤❤
I just came across your chanel, and your videos are so refreshing! Lash extensions completely ruined my lashes- it took a while for them to recover. Never again! I am very happy with just my mascara everyday.
I think we need to get rid of "tarantula" eyes, faces of the dead (no colour, shading, or blush, with nude lips), overblown lip injections, dayglow teeth and tooth gaps (shudder!), caterpillar brows (let's try for something close to plausible). And while I'm on the soapbox, i am thoroughly sick of influencers stressing "must have" products, especially if there's a different new dozen indispensible products every week. We want recommendations to help us choose the best products for us to save money! Stepping off my soapbox, to go and wash my face, and indulge in pampering skincare. Thanks for the video, and an opportunity to share my list of things that need to go.
I’m really glad you said veneers because besides a lot of people don’t consider the financial setbacks and health risks of getting them for cosmetic purposes. A lot of people also get the wrong procedure done and end up with a full set of crowns, which is even worse. These people getting crowns are most likely gonna have to get a dentures or implants at 40 and multiple root canals since all of the enamel gets shaved down to tiny little pegs. I had to get a crown when I was a child to preserve a baby tooth until the adult one grew in and it was terrible! Getting it done was painful and it later had to get removed since my adult molar started to grow in which caused more unbearable pain and discomfort. Great video as always!
Loved this!! You are for sure my fave UA-camr! I relate so much to you as I have ulcerative colitis and struggle with body and skin issues due to that. But life is short, need to enjoy the beauty around you!
Honestly, I really love your style of filming! Having a brown calm lookin kitchen in the background makes your video feel so homey and relaxing. And your style of conveying your thoughts or personal opinions feel so thoughtful and not even slightly offensive. And I really love love LOVE your sleek and clean professional look! Ten out of ten, 5 stars 🤗⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
I am so glad I have stumbled upon your channel! You are brutally honest and that's so refreshing! I instantly knew I have to follow you and subscribe to your channel!
I agree with all of these except the skin tints, give me aaaall the skin tints please!! The thing that I am the most sick of isn't really a trend probably, but it's just that every brand feels like they need a full range of every single product, makeup and skincare. I wish there were more niche brands that specialised in specific things. Like brow products or lipstick or something. When every single brand HAS to have every single product, obviously not all of their products will be amazing, so it's just such a waste.
Excellent post … 100% agree from a 58 year old from England , who is saddens by the younger naturally beautiful generation who are so paranoid about anyone seeing their real beautiful faces … blimey what will they be like when they get to my age (still young btw and embracing it all,!!) glad I found you..
God I hate the big false lashes. They're everywhere in LA and they're usually lash extensions, not strip lashes, and god is it distracting. They just overtake the face, close off the eye area, and make the face so unbalanced. I call them caterpillar lashes. I haven't gone through this whole video but I'm also just over these... bloated, overfilled faces. Again, everywhere in LA, but overfilled lips, huge cheeks, and the whole face just ends up looking so wide, bloated, puffy, and sickly. :\
I see so many young women in retail with these caterpillar lashes, giant nails, etc. and I wonder how they can afford all this on what Target or Grocery Outlet pays them. Do they live with their parents or what? (And with the fancy fake nails, I would hate to be handling money all day and have something in the way of washing my hands thoroughly.)
@@splendidcolorsits not hard to live your everyday life with false nails you just get used to it.i do my own nails once a month so i don’t have to pay $100+.
I’ve always been really self-conscious about my smile and I couldn’t really articulate why…. I went to an ortho and had a consult and come to find out, I had a deformation in my lower jaw. So I’m actually doing Invisalign now to shift and reshape my lower jaw and it has really improved my smile… I still have my teeth, they’re not perfect… they’re chipped and not super white, but because my jaw is getting closer to in place, my smile looks more … grown up, I guess?? Just saying, if you’re not happy with your smile, it may not be your teeth themselves. Consult an orthodontist and you may be surprised! :) :)
giving smoothing filters the jabjabjab and people’s elbow had me laughing 😂 instant follow for the critical eye on the beauty industry and your sense of humor! appreciate this perspective in the beauty industry so much!!
This is some spot-on commentary! I pretty much agreed with all your takes here haha. Glad I’m not alone re: not being a fan of fake lashes, everyone having the same veneers, buccal fat removal, lip plumpers etc. A few thoughts: -Fake lashes when overdone can really weigh down the eyelids and make people look tired. -If I ever were to consider veneers in the future (like if my teeth got damaged or really worn down over the decades), I would genuinely want them to model them after my original teeth, not the standard Hollywood smile. I notice the generic style veneers tend to be really big/long and uniform in length. Personally I like that my canine teeth are a bit longer than the others and would want to retain that feature! -Regarding buccal fat removal, I remember when I was younger I didn’t really love that I had a full, almost chubby looking face. I wanted a sculpted look. But as I get older, I find my baseline full face has kept me looking younger than some of my more sculpted peers. I suppose we all got our day in the sun at different times. I would never consider buccal fat removal. -Lip plumpers: exactly what you said. They’re so irritating and drying! My lips just look worse later. No thanks. I’ll add one more: -Bronzing drops: I don’t really get it. My skin is the color it is and I’m not trying to fight it. I just think it can look kind of muddy or unnatural to bronze all over the face rather than in targeted areas with a typical bronzer. Self tan in general just seems like a hassle where you’re always trying to manage matching your face and body and then it looks at odds when you wash off your makeup. Love these videos 💜 you really hit it home with the key point that we don’t all need to look the same! Love to see everyone looking like their best self, not an approximation of someone else.
The only filters I like are the ones that make you look like a cartoon or like a drawing. Cuz I’m a total nerd and it’s fun thinking of myself in terms of my favourite media styles.
There is a middle age popular lifestyle/makeup high end lady vlogger who tries new high end makeup, but you can never tell if it is good or not, because her skin is flawless, so it does not make any difference what she wears. But not long ago, she went to Italy and she was filming in the streets, and she showed her real face. Her skin is not bad at all, but what a difference with the at home filming! I don't want to see perfect people. I want to be able to see how good a foundation is on an ordinary person, so that I can decide if it is going to enhance my skin or not. Two ladies I follow are Hot and Flashy, and Geek out of the Water, they do close-ups in natural daylight and indoors, you can see their 'imperfections'.
Those two ladies are amazing. Hot and Flashy is my hero. I love how she wears these amazing intricate colourful eye looks and does not let her age dictate what looks she does.
🤩 YES YES YES!!! 👏🏼 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 EVERYTHING on this video is SPOT ON! I couldn't agree more - thank you so much for putting this good content out there!!!! 🥰 SO over all of these!!!! Lip plumper is the WORST!!
First I want to say that not only did I watch this but I had my teenagers watch it (including my son, not just my daughters). We then had a long conversation about it. Social media does affect all ages. As a maturing woman it’s hard enough to go through the changes without seeing “perfection” thrown in my face all the time, even when I logically know these people have had things done to their face or are using filters etc. I don’t even have a problem with people using filler or getting plastic surgery, yet at times it can be difficult to separate that from my own self esteem. I actually did get rid of social media for 2 years because it was having a negative effect on me and it was the best thing I could have done at the time. It proved to me that in fact social media was adding negativity to my life. Now I have Instagram and TikTok, but I have very strategically cultivated it to creators like yourself that are real and genuine. I don’t use TikTok for beauty at all and I use instagram for more makeup news and only creators that I know and trust. I bypass a lot of the crap while still getting joy and fulfillment with my love of makeup. While I know my kids aren’t involved in social media as much as some, I still wanted them to watch this so they could see someone other than mom talk about the beauty of being unique and that everything you see on social media is not reality especially amongst the masses. I agree with so many of the things you said here today. Great video!
@@StateofKait Your video really resonated with me. I felt it addressed some of the topics that I wanted my kids to hear, not from me, but from an “influencer”. I am very forthcoming with my teens, they know I gave up social media for a while and why I did it. You speak very well and you are one of those people I find uniquely beautiful.
@@CareyXO Great job, mama! It's hard to listen to your Mom when you're a teen, I love that you were able to recognize that they may need to hear from someone else.
This video was so cathartic in a way! 😂I feel the same burning dissatisfaction with the things that you’re describing! Thank you for creating this kind of content in such an articulate and entertaining way! 😊❤
Agree so much w everything, you said, Kait ❤🤯 I esp. hate unachievable beauty standars, which social media urges, and makes people hate themselves. And gigantic falsh lashes. It looks so stupid, and really overpowers person’s own unik beauty. Particularly, when many influencers use bigger size falsies, than their own eyes are…
I love your channel. Just came across it now and I'm so glad I did. I'm a dentist and I 100% agree with your point on veneers and the beautiful character natural teeth have. Amazing content
i was playing around w/ the different tiktok makeup filters a couple months ago & i got a little emotional; just over how MUCH it altered my face for a MAKEUP LOOK! by the time i went through 10-15 of those "makeup" filters i was sobbing. just completey distraught, but w/ a newfound appreciation for what makes me unique. w/out those differences we will all turn into robotic sheep for capitalism. makeup is supposed to be an art form, it is supposedto empower the wearer; not break down their psyche. the term enhance almost feels like a read in the beauty industry bc of how companies use the term to imply that your other features are not as important; which is so blatantly untrue. if you want alter your body please do, but not out of societal pressure or bc everyone else is doing it. you can affirm your identity w/out giving into the patriarchy i promise, you are all beautiful.
Im with you on the filters. They are dangerous! Catherine is spot on. Im in my 60’s and have lost collaborations and followed because I dint use filters! I used to review wigs but the wig companies are obsessed with fake faces to go with the fake hair. It’s sad.
Bought a skin tint without realizing how light it was but found it a great addition to an expensive foundation that was a little dark and heavy. Enjoyed the video!
@@himynameisgiselle5905 I see that as slightly different, as that's a whole "look" accessorized and stuff, if that makes sense? So that would fly for me, as opposed to "normal" people (for lack of better words! no offense to anyone) using them for everyday wear.
About the fact that people get rid of their unique features.. when you’re growing up, that is almost always a negative thing. They get bullied or singled out and made to feel singled out from the mass, which can be very damaging. This teaches the person to hate their special features, which stays with them throughout life because it’s associated with bad experiences. It’s so so sad. BUT I’m convinced that the tables will turn, and uniqueness will become desirable and rare. Lets hope! But kids that make fun of others for standing out is a hard one, we need to be better to educate and guide our children
Same reason women buy the trending products, even though they’re perfectly happy with what they are using. Always the promise of ‘better’ and ‘perfection’. We need to be better at accepting our individual differences and notions of perfection.
I’m with you on all of these, but especially on lip plumping products. I have allergic contact dermatitis around my vermilion border. I can’t use products with fragrance, flavors, plant extracts, most plant oils, and some very common preservatives. Ingredients used to intentionally irritate the skin are obvious a huge NO for me. But they are so common! It’s hard enough to find products that are free of fragrance and flavors. Why do we need so many products that go beyond that with intentionally irritating ingredients? Another trend that I’d like to see die is the use of plant extracts/botanical ingredients, especially in makeup. Even when companies are not pushing a “clean beauty” approach, new products almost always have some kind of plant extract in them these days. They’re marketed as skincare ingredients within makeup, but they’re often ingredients that have no research behind them whatsoever, like some random flower extract. Is the lily extract in this new foundation really helping my skin? Really?? No. It is not. But consumers seem to really want to see ingredients they can identify, rather than ingredients developed in a lab with chemical names. But this makes it very difficult for us allergy prone folx. I want my products to be developed in a lab under controlled conditions, with only those ingredients that are going to get the job done, in a cosmetically elegant formula. I’m genuinely concerned that the products I’ve found that I’m not allergic to will be reformulated simply because why not put centella in e v e r y t h i n g.
I fully agree 👍 And some of these trends are dangerous, especially when they involve plastic surgery. I would add the sun tan "forever trend", because it can be unhealthy as well and I don't like it on myself, I'm literally a ghost 👻😅 I love the videos about crazy trends ❤
God bless natural beauty. I’m so glad I’m 65+ and didn’t grow up in the digital world. No computers, cell phones, internet…..a simpler world, a simpler time. The beauty within made us so beautiful outside. I really enjoy your videos. They make me laugh.
Hi! This is my first time watching your video and ended up "subscribing " to your channel. I really liked how you articulated your thoughts and opinions. You have a calming voice and a really good demeanor, too. Bonus- you demonstrated a really goood downward elbow strike in the "Face Smoothing Filter" segment!🤣🥰
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In case you missed it, here's my first 'beauty trends' video! ua-cam.com/video/6bwnYL28Mjk/v-deo.html
Let me know in the comments, what are some beauty trends YOU want to see disappear?
Hi Kait! Luv ya to pieces by the way! Just wanted to say that I wear half lashes and they are soooo natural looking....they're BK Beauty designed by Risa.....and they really look so natural.....I would never wear a full band lash.....
I totally agree with you about the big false eyelashes. They look ridiculous!
@@AP12360 Yea they do look ridiculous! But the natural half lashes from Kiss or Ardell just go on the outer part of your lashline and they look really natural, I have them.
Hit the nail right on the button. One trend that I would love to see die....and before anyone says it's not a beauty trend. Um, yes, because women think it looks good. Leggings. Stop wearing leggings as pants.
I had breast cancer n went thru chemo..I need false eyelashes. Mine were so long naturally😢
I had a nose job in 2007, and my surgeon wanted my immediate family to show up the day before so he could look at their noses to get a better idea. He wanted me to still resemble my family. I loved that he did that because it showed he was looking for the most natural results. My nose did change me, but in a way that was very natural and still looked like my siblings. I was bullied for my nose, so I was worried that my bullies would notice that I had a nose job. To address this, my surgeon suggested a huge hair color change to distract people from my nose. That was the best idea ever because people really couldn’t pinpoint what was different. I told them it must be my hair. His idea really worked, and I’m forever grateful for him. Unfortunately, he passed away from COVID. I was devastated. He was one of the best cosmetic surgeons, always aiming for natural results. He took my concerns about my bullies to heart and looked for ways to help distract them from my nose. I thought that was amazing.
I’m so sorry for your loss, he sounds like an amazing surgeon. We need more people like him who want to keep people’s unique features and beauty while still helping them to feel more comfortable in their skin. I’m so glad you’re happy with your surgery!
@@StateofKait The plastic surgeon UA-camr Doctor Youn is like that. Just wants to help bring out people's natural beauty.
Always pay attention to celebrities that utilize this same distraction - be it hair color or a dramatic departure from their usual styles. They, too, are distracting the eye from a recent cosmetic procedure.
Always pay attention to celebrities that utilize this same distraction - be it hair color or a dramatic departure from their usual styles. They, too, are distracting the eye from a recent cosmetic procedure. Edited to add this was in reply to @Lalamaziiing, but this is the second time it has attached to another's comment. Sorry!
yessss the plastic surgeon who taught me when i was still a med student also told me this! she usually wanted the parents / siblings to come or at least do a video call so she could get a sense of what they look like and make the surgery works
No one needs to delete Instagram. You just need to fill your feed with cats like I do. Instantly changes anxiety to inner peace. 😽😸😺
Haha, that’s me with TikTok! My algorithm is just cute dog videos, dj sets, and jokes. 👩🍳 💋
Cats, nature, art...
Right? Mine are dogs bc I have a husky and need to see are all Huskies so stubborn ❤
I would agree, but it's become IMPOSSIBLE to fill your Instagram with "just" anything. There's always suggested reels and ads. I dumped Insta in April as a challenge and it was great. But I'm starting to slip again because I go to see one or two accounts, and next thing you know . . .
Yes the cat stuff is the BEST.
My petty one is "edgy" or deliberately provocative names. I'm so tired of companies using ~sex~ in shade names and product names. It's not clever any more. It hasn't been for a lot of years and it just gives me the same vibes of those "wine o'clock" and "wine mom" humour.
Same yo and its feels like when a dish at a restaurant has a weird name like big daddy burger supreme like im not saying all that at the family dinner
Yup, I don't want my makeup bag to read like a cheap attempt at sex ed!
@@tammyeaton4791😂this! I despise the overly s**ual names on these products. I think those are even worse then the lame dad joke type of product naming.....
Yup
Yes 🙌
Another beauty trend I'm sick of is celebrity beauty brand. Kylie Jenner or Hailey Bieber aren't going to convince me to use their products just because their famous.
Makes me laugh when they pretend to be part of the formulations!😆
Arm swatches…..never ever accurate!
esp hailey bieber considering her products have a tendency to burn skin
They’re
@@alicemadness999 And she's nothing but a nepo baby. She wouldn't be a model if she wasn't.
I'm off Instagram for many reasons, but the feeling of total disconnect with the trends and the obsession with flawlessness is one of them. I've always struggled with body dysmorphia and I can't take it anymore. Nobody looks like a real person anymore.
I'm so glad you're prioritizing your health!
It's so much more of that to look at faster than ever before. I remember when it was just magazines.( Back in my day lol) And the editing is faker than ever.its really morphed into something dystopian in comparison to the rate you could consume and how much. So I can't imagine scrolling through all of that and getting used to the outrageously fake faces and Bodies on instagram in a certain state of mind. It seems like a bad thing , no matter what your state of mind.
I quit IG for the same reasons! Love not knowing what the trends are, love not comparing myself - literally love not having it part of my life.
This is why my IG is 95% animals. I don’t want or need to be bombarded with artificial perfection.
I have no social media except For UA-cam and it feels amazing. I’m learning about these trends from this channel and I’m so glad this is my only exposure!
You hit it just right!!! Everyone looks the same with their big teeth, eyelashes, eyebrows and lets not forget LIPS ... Lip fillers make everyone look the same. No one has anything unique about them anymore.
My first video in this series had a big lip filler section! If you haven’t seen it, it’s linked in the description
The lip filler for sure and veneers make everyone look the same. That’s why I love Georgia May Jagger, the space between her teeth is what makes her extra gorgeous! I miss the days of individuality ❤
Just finished the video and I’m SO GLAD you mentioned Georgia May and we feel the same ❤
Lip filler & excessively tight skin look weird & uncanny to me, maybe younger but also more robot-like
Some of us can’t help our big teeth. Really
OMG HOW I HATE ARTIFICIAL SWATCHES!! Especially from the luxury brands. They have all the capital to afford real swatches yet they don’t. I’ve returned so many products over the years that look nothing like their artificial swatches
In the Netherlands we can’t return opened or used make-up, so it is going in the trash or to friends/familiy
Most of us outside of the US can't return opened products so companies kind of benefit from making it harder for us to find the right shade. Might end up buying one product multiple times because of that.
I've literally seen higher end brands use the exact same photo as drugstore brand on the arm swatch photo... like literally everything the whole entire photo was just stolen or something, idk? I'd expect that off some offbrand from China like Aliexpress or Ebay or something, but not from well known brands sold in physical stores in USA.
That should be illegal. It’s false advertising.
This is why I rely a lot on peoples reviews! The company pics just aren’t realistic
The other thing that bothers me about "pH adjusting" products is that there isn't that big of a range of pH in human skin! Nor should there be! If your skin is healthy the pH is going to be ~5. So it really can never look different for your "unique pH" because your pH isn't unique.
Exactly, the marketing is so dumb
It's all the same pink color too. I hate these products.
I like those products because the shade of pink really suits me and they are pretty much stains. So my cheeks and lips are tinted even when the paint is worn off
I did have a clear blush that turned perfect, that was a fun product!
The concept of a "plastic surgery trend" is very dystopian. Plastic surgery is a genuine medical practice and I'm not pretending it isn't, but making different plastic surgeries "trendy" is the end stage of unrealistic beauty standards. Especially with permanent procedures, as you mentioned, once that trend is over, the people who got the surgery WILL regret it. It is just another unending cycle that only exists to make us hate ourselves and our bodies.
Conspiracy theorist in me thinks that the powers that be want to make people so uncomfortable or afraid to be in public. 🤭
Excellent point! So well said.
I ended up having to lose all my natural teeth due to serious health problems. After a decade of slowly losing one after another and being in constant pain, things got worse. I broke three off at the gums in one weekend. Found a specialist dental team who removed what was left of my natural teeth. Through a two year process, we used implants inserted into my jawbone to replace them all. We used pictures of me as a child, then an adult and had long discussions about the final products. I have my little front space and a natural shape and color. And I can EAT WITHOUT PAIN! 🦷
I dream of this day if it wver comes for me.I lost all mine also but the oral surgeon left a root system intact and i set up a terrible infection.That in combination with the dentures not fitting have caused irreparable damage.I am now in the midst of a full blown eating disorder that goes hand in hand and life is difficult.
I've had a lot of work up front and am going for the big job soon. I've always made it clear that my little teeth don't start looking like gum pellets. The only thing that I couldn't keep was my tooth gap as it was too expensive. I've always opted for veneers and crowns in my natural colour.
I have similar issues. It's horrible, but I'm so glad you found relief and feel confident. Bravo!
@@tonyabell1132 I'm so sorry you're going through this! I had a gastric sleeve surgery, and what most people don't know is that a side effect of that kind of surgery is a deterioration of your teeth. I can't totally relate, but I do feel for you. Also, the dentist is so expensive! (At least in NY, our employer does not offer dental insurance)
Excellent dentists/oral surgeons. You were very lucky!
The duck lips on IG is so ridiculous… everyone looks the same… 10” waists, 3 foot legs, no cellulite, same skin tones, eye colors….. you name it.😮
Absolutely 💯
Duck lips should have gone one month after it came out.
I thought things got out of hand when everyone with long black hair parted in the middle was Kim Kardashian. I looked to see their name, and it WASN'T HER. Eeeek
If buccal fat removal had been a trend when I was in my 20s, I probably would have seriously considered it. But now that I'm in my 40s, I'm so so glad that I didn't do something like that! My rounder, fuller cheeks keep me way more youthful looking now. That's a trend that I think some people will really regret later on.
I was 18 in 2016 when I first heard about it, I wanted to look like an Instagram baddie so I just contoured my face to hell instead. I put it in the back of my mind because I couldn’t afford it but I still had it in mind I would eventually get it when I could afford it. I was tired of looking so round and baby faced and I wanted to look like bella hadid. Now, at 26, I don’t need it!! I’m glad I didn’t mess with my cheeks or jawline because my cheekbones and jaw are more defined than they were 8 years ago. Now I tell my younger friends and coworkers to wait a few years, they usually don’t regret it.
Yes! That is a terrible procedure..especially for long term damage. Your cheek fat is what will keep you looking youthful and less wrinkles over time. People that have had it at a young age, now look hollowed out and older than their age.
Agree. My face has remained young because I do have fat in my face. What a shame women are getting buccal fat removal.
Why would you have considered it? Not a single person looks better with a hollow face.
The beauty trend I want to die is warm-toned makeup as the default! I’m very fair and cool toned (blue-based) and I can’t do bronzer or any warmth at all. Pretty much all bronzers and brown eyeshadows that are called cool toned or neutral are straight up orange on me. Down with the fake cool tones and the horrible shade descriptions!
I just bought a cool toned bronzer from saie to try.
@@shoullin1761 yeah, that one’s straight up orange on me. There’s not really such a thing as a cool-toned bronzer since the purpose is to warm up the skin tone
Yes, this!! I'm a fair cool with dark brown hair and eyes because of this. I feel that I look terrible in brown eyeshadow and definitely look horrible with bronzer. My go-to eyeshadow colors are cool tone pinks, purples, and mauves. I use a cool green or teal when I want something crazy because blue is normally to bold on my skin, and gray looks as awful as brown. Which is so weird because I can wear blue, gray, and brown clothes and look fine, but they can't be in my makeup pallet
Ohhhh I hear you. But I've found some that aren't so orange lately. But yeah so many warm palettes
As a fellow fair, cool-toned person, there is only one bronzer that works for me! If you like cream bronzers, I would recommend it, it is the phytosurgence cream bronzer in the shade "rosy daybreak."
I HATE false eyelashes. Finally, someone I can get on board with.
personally I love them, everything she mentioned she hates about them is exactly why I love them haha, then again there are also very natural looking eyelashes if that's what someone's into but I love the dramatic long lashes that draw attention to them, it's why I wear them haha :')
They are so ridiculous!!!
And if you are blonde and you use super black lashes, it is beyond ridiculous!!
@@lykiaookami6070 If you want to look like a spider or a drag queen, they are perfect.
Definitely goofy looking
@@lykiaookami6070I’m the same, I love super bold wispy lashes hehehe
The trend of young women getting filler, botox, and other tweakments, if you will, scare me tbh. The fact that filler doesn't really fully go away and it just migrates freaks me out. I do not know if having filler in you body over time can cause any serious health issues but I do feel like it's cause for concern when women are being told that their body metabolizes the filler after some months. I'm not saying that all filler or botox usage is awful but when young women are being encouraged to use it for cosmetic purposes it just doesnt seem like a great idea imo.
Yep! My first video featured a big section on the problems with filler. It's definitely a concern for me, I can't see myself getting it at this point.
@@StateofKait Ooh! Do you discuss this topic in your first video about trends that you want to die out?
@@hellokittydoll2794 yes! It’s linked in a pinned comment and the description box. This video is part 2 of a series.
@@StateofKait Ooh thank you so much! I'll go check out that vid as well. 😊
I have gorgeous 17 year old students that have been getting lip fillers 😢
I’m not against cosmetic procedures but feeling so bad about yourself that you feel the need to have an invasive procedure that young is depressing
When I was a kid they used to tell us that our flaws made us unique and beautiful. It’s been sad to see the change.
I'm sick of women overlining their lips and losing their cupid bows. Cupid bows are so cute.
This is one comment that I was looking for. The cupids bow is what gives lips their pretty shape.
@@liliamontealvo7478 You're right about that.
Oh I didn’t know women do erase it on purpose o_o why? Why would women want to do that?
UGH Thank you!! I was waiting to hear this one! I find myself constantly looking at people with overdrawn lips and I'm like, do they not realize we can SEE the real lip?! The jig is up! It looks like a child putting on lipstick! I remember a LONG time ago when makeup artists taught the "overdrawn" trick to make your lips look fuller by drawing ON the lip line rather than within the lip line and it does make a difference but this is so over the top it's laughable.
I was a teenager in the 70s. In spite of the fact that people always think of disco, the more common fashion was the natural look. For us, false lashes was an old lady thing, and I’ve never liked it. People can do what they want, but it still just looks ridiculous
In real life they look comical and really odd.
Absolutely! I see young girls who could look SO beautiful just looking like clowns with overdone makeup. Ugh.
Exactly! I’m a bit younger but I remember making fun of them when we used them for stage makeup. I have a friend who turns 50 this year & is obsessed with her caterpillar lashes! She’s just been promoted up to the senior executive job she has spent 10 years preparing for, and it’s very hard to take her seriously as a businesswoman with those lashes! She gets extensions done (if it costs money, it must be attractive right?) but they always look like when the glue is about to give up… it’s gotta be unsettling when she’s counseling a manager on corrective action or negotiating with the wholesale suppliers lol…
I always want to say, “oh! Are you going to the prom?” That’s the only acceptable reason to wear false eyelashes. I was only born in the 70’s, but I have always loved that natural girl 70’s look like Mindy on Mork and Mindy. I even made it all the way through the 80’s and 90’s without falling prey to the overly fake looks. I loved the grunge era for that reason also. Way more natural and laidback, with a dash of punk thrown in.
@@standdownrobots_ihaveoldgloryI have a friend about 52 or 53, THICK THICK eyebrows, I am talking HUGE BLACK MARKER ACROSS the face, THICK THICK BLACK LINER VERY MESSY BELOW AND ABOVE THE EYES. HUGE LASHES (ALL OH HOODED EYES) and JUST GOT A BOOB JOB AT HER AGE AND WEARS CROP TOPS AND EXPOSES HER BOOBS NOW WITH LEGGINGS. It is not cute!
The glow when you wear silver is crazy! ✨
Wow, thank you! Noted 😂
Summer😉
So. Edgar Allen Poe wrote "There is no exquisite beauty without some strangeness in the proportion ".
Yup
agree with you on the false lashes! same thing with lash extensions they’re just too unnatural looking. Individuals are the way to go ✨
I don’t like when people try to judge people for what they wear if you don’t like wearing false lashes fine but don’t put the pin that on everybody who does that’s what being an individual old is nowhere strip lashes, but I don’t like individual lashes lashes because they’re too tedious to put on
Yessss!!! I HATE lash extensions, and I’m in S. FL so people here exaggerate everything… they walk around looking like they have an eye infection because of the extensions… it’s horrible
As a judgemental gen x, I was pretty annoyed to see this suggestion on my page….another young person encouraging kdash beauty. I finally clicked to watch……..Was I wrong. Not only was I pleasantly surprised but also very impressed. Intelligent and well spoken. Informative and encourages natural beauty. Finally, a group of women not drinking the kool-aid. I will share this my daughter…. I hope women like you and your followers take over the influencer world.
Apropos of nothing, I love your kitchen. It’s timeless, warm and inviting, the perfect antidote to the ubiquitous gray and white hospital waiting room aesthetic trend that died nearly a decade ago but yet people still think is “trendy”.
Oh thank you! My house is under 900 sq ft so I have no other place to film 😂
Yes!! Warm and timeless. The kitchen parallels the beauty topic. Unique and personal over “trending”. ❤
agree!
I hope that natural looking beauty with own our unique flaws becomes the new and permanent beauty trend.
Absolutely!!
I don’t think it ever went out of style!❤
in truth men prefer a more natural looks and for myself I am not doing all that paint again, unless I am on stage for some reason!
"sad obsession with looking the same to achieve perfection." PREACH!
Kait, doubt you’ll see this but I think your lips perfectly fit your face.
The practice I’d like to see go away is the over emphasis of small “defects “ with a person’s skin or eyebrows or lip lines. As you mentioned, why are we striving for perfection as defined by some influencer?
I have an autoimmune disease that has caused significant changes to my face and body. When I see someone fussing over a large pore or a tiny wrinkle it really turns me off.
Thank you so much! I actually had a similar conversation with a friend recently, it’s hard to obsess over every physical flaw when the majority of my time and energy has to go towards managing my chronic illness symptoms. I don’t have time to worry about my appearance.
Same!! I have an aggressive form of Crohn’s Disease and several complications from the condition.
I take care of myself and enjoy some fashion/beauty trends and advice here and there but have bigger, more important issues. My health and my kids. Having a serious illness which is chronic will really make a person re-evaluate their priorities and their expectations.
OMG. I’m so with you on teeth. I feel like when teeth all look the same, it doesn’t look natural. Even ppl I’ve known with braces (who had pretty straight teeth to begin with) all mouths start looking the same. I feel like natural teeth give you character and make you unique. And lashes? I thought a coworker had caterpillars on their eyes. Like you said, if these make you feel beautiful, you do you. But I will stick with my natural teeth and lashes. Thanks Kait ❤️
I wore some form of braces for 5 years due to overbite and tooth crowding. By the time I got to high school it was practically fashionable to have braces. More kids than not had braces.
Dental issues are so underrated, most people have no idea what it’s like to be in pain and have to loose teeth because they are infected. I honestly hope that dental hygiene and care gets promoted more. Nobody should have to suffer from poor dental health.
The thing a lot of people don't realize about veneers is that they don't last forever! You get roughly ten years out of them before they need replacing, and you literally can't NOT replace them. So when you get veneers you are literally signing up to spend that same money over and over again every ten years or so until you die or get dentures. Hard pass for me.
I also can't wait for excess filler, Botox, and airbrushing to die. I'm so over everyone looking like an over-inflated plastic doll. Like I'm not thrilled about getting wrinkles, but the sad fact is I'm getting old! Wrinkles come with the territory. And as far as airbrushing goes, there are some actors and actresses who have so much done to their faces in post that you literally can't even see their expressions anymore! Or they can't even make expressions anymore because half their face is full of silicone and the other half is literally paralyzed. But this stuff is at all levels, too, not just Hollywood. I wish more people could see the beauty in their own little physical idiosyncrasies.
You know what looks instantly expensive and at the same time priceless… NATURAL.
yup. the beauty industry is soooooooo rich by feeding off already gorgeous women's insecurities.
As someone with naturally gaunt/sunken bone structure, I just can’t cope with the buccal fat removal. I have been self conscious about looking, for lack of a better word, ‘dead’ or like a Tim Burton drawing for years and only recently accepted it. 💀 🤣
Me, as well. I have a naturally long face.
Having naturally hollow cheekbones looks great! It's when people who don't have the bone structure to support sunken cheek bones get buccal fat removal. it looks odd because they have a face type that doesn't naturally get sunken cheek bones.
Same! If I lose a gram of fat, it's from the face. At least we don't have to invest in buccal fat surgery 😂
Honestly, it’s not fair - out of proportion weight loss. Ugh, body! Take it from my hips! 😁
Thank you for talking about the impact on BDD (body dysmorphic disorder) the filter and modification "trends" have. It's not new, obviously, photo manipulation has been around since photography started BUT it's gotten so distorted and ubiquitous that people don't even realize how toxic it is. We shouldn't all have the same face shape, body shape, features, etc. And constantly using surgery to "correct" things that aren't flaws but have been turned into flaws because it makes people buy things is just bad for everyone. I worry a lot about younger women (I'm 45) because I know how that stuff has impacted me and all the work I've had to do in therapy to get to a place where I can accept and even celebrate the unique things about how I look. Things that, if I went by all of these trends, are hideous flaws I should be ashamed of (diastema, round face, aging etc). But they're just part of being a human being.
it is insane now just over saturated it is , models are all filtered even with all of the real life procedures is it is faker than it has ever been. I pity anyone with body issues spending time looking at this stuff
This was great - just hit subscribe! As a brown-skinned woman, I especially HATE those fake swatches! I find it SO BIZARRE that companies think we will find those useful! This was fun to watch - thank you!
Thank you for watching!
I’ve never been so happy to hear a UA-camr agree to what I think about harmful beauty trends that need to go away.
Please do a makeup tutorial on that look!! 🤩
thank you so much for touching on body dysmorphia. i’ve been living with this for so many years and social media isn’t helping. i try to stay off most of social media and actually deleted my tiktok.
ps… you look amazing rocking cool tones and silver jewelry.
You are so KILLING IT KAIT with your real talk!!this level of transparency is extremely rare and it’s all most people want!!!
The thing about lash extensions is that even when they look natural-ish with makeup, they look WILD with a bare face. And then you're locked into wearing makeup every day, or you look Izma from Emeror's New Groove
I always thought the same thing
Lol not Izma 😂😂 but so true!!
You are spot on! I was backpacking through Thailand last year and I took a early boat back to the main land. You should have seen all the girls with crazy black lash extensions with their pale face getting even more pale because of sea sickness and with their filler puffy lips. 👄 I swear I am a girls girl but it was sooo hard to look away since it looked so unnatural and out of place. 😅
Yes to all... except for skin tints, I agree that there are too many and we don't need more, but I have to admit that I love Danessa Myricks and Fenty's.
For me the most concearning trends are the surgical ones, like veneers and buccal fat removal. I loved that you pointed out that there are cases that make sense / are well done, but it horrifies me that everyone is looking the same and there is no way back (veneers you can do them again, sure, but it's so expensive and teeth are hugely important to our overall health, messing with it freaks me out).
I'm from Brazil, so our trends aren't always in tune, but I just came back from a trip to LA and was shocked with how many lash extensions / fake eyelashes I was seeing at places like Disneyland. I personally don't like it, but at least it isn't a forever kind of thing.
From Brazil too 🇧🇷
Totally agree with the plumping products!
You are soooooo beautiful. Please don’t ever change a thing!
Thank you 🥹
Goodness, I agree with the fake lashes!! I teach seniors and so many of them wear the false lashes! The wear ones that are too long, some are so bushy, they look like those bushy spiders! AND, they are bad for your lashes!!! Of course, I tell them all of this!! You forgot to mention the 3 - 4" pointy nails!! LOL I am so surprised that they have not been banned in schools - they can be used as a weapon! LOL BTW, I LOVE your videos :)!!
Pointy nails were featured in the first beauty trends video!
And thank you 😊😘
I agree with you about most of the trends with the exception of skin tints. Trust me, as you get older, medium to full coverage foundation that use to be your go-to favourite will no longer be your friend. No matter what "new" foundations they release, most if not all will accentuate your lines, crinkles and wrinkles (*if you don't have any procedures, done which is another loaded issue for me*). It no longer looks the same no matter what you do or what formulations you try. Trust me, I've done the research with my hard earned beauty budget and am thankful I am friends with younger women who want what no longer works for me. As you said, it's all subjective and personal to each one of us. Tbh, I don't use foundation anymore, but I do use a tinted moisturiser from November to April and a light bronze self tanner May to October.
@sweetpeachbellini8245 I totally relate to this comment! Can you recommend a skin tint product? Foundation is just not the same and brining more attention to fine lines. I am about to be 39.
@@amirahamwia6927I love the new Revlon one. Or revolution beauty has a really new pretty one!
Agree across the board. To companies making the ph-adjusting stuff: THESE WERE NIFTY WHEN WE WERE TWELVE. PLEASE JUST STOP.
I have a number of beautiful lady pals who started down the path of fillers years ago. They remain beautiful, but now they all kind of look the same. I miss their unique faces and lip shapes.
You look gorgeous today!
I am 💯 on board with you on all of these! The older i get, the more I appreciate the natural and "real" in all things. No value judgments on those who use filter, get botox, veneers, etc., but it's so detrimental for our psyche (collective and individual), not to mention the financial burden of these things becoming an expectation for basic grooming and personal maintenance.
It hurts my head to look at people with these filters and non textured faces. I feel like a lot of artists like texture and naturalness. My dad even filed down his dentures to make them less uniform. He was an artist...idk. I think beauty is so subjective and people get in some kind of fugue state with too much social media and start thinking all the same things are beautiful. It's....well, not healthy.
Aw, it's so nice to hear someone celebrate diastema's! (the front tooth gap, it's a little muscle that separates the teeth). I have one and so does my daughter. I've never wanted to change it even though growing up some people were unkind. And when I saw it on my kiddo I was able to see how cute it was, too.
IT'S SO CUTE, I'm glad you didn't change it
I’m a retired Dental Hygienist. I was always so happy when people didn’t “fix” their teeth. The gap gives so much character.
Gaps are gorgeous. Had a gf that wanted to change hers and I begged her not to
Uniqueness is beautiful. Celebrate it!!
I love them! I hate when people get them corrected.
I COMPLETELY agree with you about lash extensions!
artificial swatches immediately turn me off of a product, they look so bad
Ooo I love your point about the arm swatch!! I hate the marketing swatch - I always look for the non professional consumer swatches to figure it out.
I love this video! The second you said the trend that needs to die is people that wear very big false lashes that subtract from your actual eye shape and beauty, I screamed at the TV and said THANK YOU!!! I'm so glad someone finally said some thing about that and I'm not the only one who feels this way. I immediately subscribed after this video 😌💗
Thanks, welcome to the channel 🥹
It’s very refreshing to listen to your ideas and thoughts. You get to the point and even if I don’t agree with your take on something , I don’t mind your delivery as I think it’s thoughtful and interesting .💕
Thank you for this. Conformity is a problem in the fashion and beauty industries, but I think it goes beyond that too. I appreciate your addressing the tip of the iceberg.
I agree with you in all!!. The huge eyelashes are a no for me, they make you look like doll and not in a cute way 😅 Omg veneers and some of them are super big and sooo white. And I used to hate my chubby face, but now I like it because it make me look younger which I appreciate 😌
I miss when my face was fuller! I'd give ANYTHING to get the volume back that I've lost.
I clicked on this video as the title piqued my interest - and boy did you deliver! What a refreshing attitude to the beauty industry, I can't thank you enough. I would like to add a comment about a movement that is gaining traction here in the UK about ageing. It's called Ageism is Never in Style, and is promoting the theory that ageing is a privilege. Many people do not get the opportunity to get old, and ageing, with all the bodily changes it brings should be celebrated.
Anyway, enough on that for now, I'm off to subscribe and watch more of your content!
Cannot agree more about the buccal fat removal!!! as a 44-year-old who is now losing volume in her face-- I am so so so so glad I never did that procedure!!! Same with pH adjusting products! I spent so much for that Youthforia blush just for it to sit on my counter 😂😂 I thought it would give me my very own "custom" color but nope! Right on the mark with all these❤❤❤
I just came across your chanel, and your videos are so refreshing! Lash extensions completely ruined my lashes- it took a while for them to recover. Never again! I am very happy with just my mascara everyday.
I think we need to get rid of "tarantula" eyes, faces of the dead (no colour, shading, or blush, with nude lips), overblown lip injections, dayglow teeth and tooth gaps (shudder!), caterpillar brows (let's try for something close to plausible).
And while I'm on the soapbox, i am thoroughly sick of influencers stressing "must have" products, especially if there's a different new dozen indispensible products every week. We want recommendations to help us choose the best products for us to save money!
Stepping off my soapbox, to go and wash my face, and indulge in pampering skincare.
Thanks for the video, and an opportunity to share my list of things that need to go.
I’m really glad you said veneers because besides a lot of people don’t consider the financial setbacks and health risks of getting them for cosmetic purposes. A lot of people also get the wrong procedure done and end up with a full set of crowns, which is even worse. These people getting crowns are most likely gonna have to get a dentures or implants at 40 and multiple root canals since all of the enamel gets shaved down to tiny little pegs. I had to get a crown when I was a child to preserve a baby tooth until the adult one grew in and it was terrible! Getting it done was painful and it later had to get removed since my adult molar started to grow in which caused more unbearable pain and discomfort. Great video as always!
For veneers only the front surface is shaved. When you get a cap/crown is when the tooth is ground down to a thin point.
@@andreaelizabeth5494 Yes, but you are still committing yourself to get them redone every 10 years at great expense. It can't be good for your teeth.
When you break a tooth you'll change your mind .
Loved this!! You are for sure my fave UA-camr! I relate so much to you as I have ulcerative colitis and struggle with body and skin issues due to that. But life is short, need to enjoy the beauty around you!
Spot on as always Kait! Your integrity shines through in every video and it is so refreshing.
Honestly, I really love your style of filming! Having a brown calm lookin kitchen in the background makes your video feel so homey and relaxing. And your style of conveying your thoughts or personal opinions feel so thoughtful and not even slightly offensive. And I really love love LOVE your sleek and clean professional look! Ten out of ten, 5 stars 🤗⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
That's a good point. My thing I'm sick of is filming in a white, minimalist home.
Thank you
@@JP-ve7or haha me too
TOTALLY with you on lashes and extensions!! And the extensions always look thicker in one area than another and so WEIRD!!!!
This type of content needs to be more viral❤
Awww, thank you
Love your no nonsense take on fashion and beauty!
Thanks!
I love that you roll with your natural features. One of the reasons I follow you!
Thank you 🥹
I am so glad I have stumbled upon your channel! You are brutally honest and that's so refreshing! I instantly knew I have to follow you and subscribe to your channel!
Thank you so much!
I agree with all of these except the skin tints, give me aaaall the skin tints please!! The thing that I am the most sick of isn't really a trend probably, but it's just that every brand feels like they need a full range of every single product, makeup and skincare. I wish there were more niche brands that specialised in specific things. Like brow products or lipstick or something. When every single brand HAS to have every single product, obviously not all of their products will be amazing, so it's just such a waste.
Excellent post … 100% agree from a 58 year old from England , who is saddens by the younger naturally beautiful generation who are so paranoid about anyone seeing their real beautiful faces … blimey what will they be like when they get to my age (still young btw and embracing it all,!!) glad I found you..
God I hate the big false lashes. They're everywhere in LA and they're usually lash extensions, not strip lashes, and god is it distracting. They just overtake the face, close off the eye area, and make the face so unbalanced. I call them caterpillar lashes.
I haven't gone through this whole video but I'm also just over these... bloated, overfilled faces. Again, everywhere in LA, but overfilled lips, huge cheeks, and the whole face just ends up looking so wide, bloated, puffy, and sickly. :\
I see so many young women in retail with these caterpillar lashes, giant nails, etc. and I wonder how they can afford all this on what Target or Grocery Outlet pays them. Do they live with their parents or what? (And with the fancy fake nails, I would hate to be handling money all day and have something in the way of washing my hands thoroughly.)
@@splendidcolorsits not hard to live your everyday life with false nails you just get used to it.i do my own nails once a month so i don’t have to pay $100+.
Fantastic video !!! You hit the nail on every single one ! Super impressive ! Watching all your videos now
I’ve always been really self-conscious about my smile and I couldn’t really articulate why…. I went to an ortho and had a consult and come to find out, I had a deformation in my lower jaw. So I’m actually doing Invisalign now to shift and reshape my lower jaw and it has really improved my smile… I still have my teeth, they’re not perfect… they’re chipped and not super white, but because my jaw is getting closer to in place, my smile looks more … grown up, I guess??
Just saying, if you’re not happy with your smile, it may not be your teeth themselves. Consult an orthodontist and you may be surprised! :) :)
giving smoothing filters the jabjabjab and people’s elbow had me laughing 😂 instant follow for the critical eye on the beauty industry and your sense of humor! appreciate this perspective in the beauty industry so much!!
Awww, thank you!
This is some spot-on commentary! I pretty much agreed with all your takes here haha. Glad I’m not alone re: not being a fan of fake lashes, everyone having the same veneers, buccal fat removal, lip plumpers etc.
A few thoughts:
-Fake lashes when overdone can really weigh down the eyelids and make people look tired.
-If I ever were to consider veneers in the future (like if my teeth got damaged or really worn down over the decades), I would genuinely want them to model them after my original teeth, not the standard Hollywood smile. I notice the generic style veneers tend to be really big/long and uniform in length. Personally I like that my canine teeth are a bit longer than the others and would want to retain that feature!
-Regarding buccal fat removal, I remember when I was younger I didn’t really love that I had a full, almost chubby looking face. I wanted a sculpted look. But as I get older, I find my baseline full face has kept me looking younger than some of my more sculpted peers. I suppose we all got our day in the sun at different times. I would never consider buccal fat removal.
-Lip plumpers: exactly what you said. They’re so irritating and drying! My lips just look worse later. No thanks.
I’ll add one more:
-Bronzing drops: I don’t really get it. My skin is the color it is and I’m not trying to fight it. I just think it can look kind of muddy or unnatural to bronze all over the face rather than in targeted areas with a typical bronzer. Self tan in general just seems like a hassle where you’re always trying to manage matching your face and body and then it looks at odds when you wash off your makeup.
Love these videos 💜 you really hit it home with the key point that we don’t all need to look the same! Love to see everyone looking like their best self, not an approximation of someone else.
Tysm for being an influencer that doesn't focus on fitting in, and trends. A real person to subscribe to, I genuinely appreciate it.
The only filters I like are the ones that make you look like a cartoon or like a drawing. Cuz I’m a total nerd and it’s fun thinking of myself in terms of my favourite media styles.
Your suggestion to shoot swatch samples in 3 different lighting scenarios is genius. That is really what brands should do, you’re so right!!! ❤
There is a middle age popular lifestyle/makeup high end lady vlogger who tries new high end makeup, but you can never tell if it is good or not, because her skin is flawless, so it does not make any difference what she wears. But not long ago, she went to Italy and she was filming in the streets, and she showed her real face. Her skin is not bad at all, but what a difference with the at home filming!
I don't want to see perfect people. I want to be able to see how good a foundation is on an ordinary person, so that I can decide if it is going to enhance my skin or not.
Two ladies I follow are Hot and Flashy, and Geek out of the Water, they do close-ups in natural daylight and indoors, you can see their 'imperfections'.
Those two ladies are amazing. Hot and Flashy is my hero. I love how she wears these amazing intricate colourful eye looks and does not let her age dictate what looks she does.
@@andreaelizabeth5494 , same with Shelly (Geek out of Water) who do close ups.
🤩 YES YES YES!!! 👏🏼 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 EVERYTHING on this video is SPOT ON! I couldn't agree more - thank you so much for putting this good content out there!!!! 🥰 SO over all of these!!!! Lip plumper is the WORST!!
First I want to say that not only did I watch this but I had my teenagers watch it (including my son, not just my daughters). We then had a long conversation about it. Social media does affect all ages. As a maturing woman it’s hard enough to go through the changes without seeing “perfection” thrown in my face all the time, even when I logically know these people have had things done to their face or are using filters etc. I don’t even have a problem with people using filler or getting plastic surgery, yet at times it can be difficult to separate that from my own self esteem. I actually did get rid of social media for 2 years because it was having a negative effect on me and it was the best thing I could have done at the time. It proved to me that in fact social media was adding negativity to my life. Now I have Instagram and TikTok, but I have very strategically cultivated it to creators like yourself that are real and genuine. I don’t use TikTok for beauty at all and I use instagram for more makeup news and only creators that I know and trust. I bypass a lot of the crap while still getting joy and fulfillment with my love of makeup. While I know my kids aren’t involved in social media as much as some, I still wanted them to watch this so they could see someone other than mom talk about the beauty of being unique and that everything you see on social media is not reality especially amongst the masses. I agree with so many of the things you said here today. Great video!
Wow, I'm honored that you felt my video was valuable enough to share with your kids. Thank you!
@@StateofKait Your video really resonated with me. I felt it addressed some of the topics that I wanted my kids to hear, not from me, but from an “influencer”. I am very forthcoming with my teens, they know I gave up social media for a while and why I did it. You speak very well and you are one of those people I find uniquely beautiful.
@@CareyXO Great job, mama! It's hard to listen to your Mom when you're a teen, I love that you were able to recognize that they may need to hear from someone else.
I totally agree on lashes! And it is so true that lash extensions usually look somehow off. Love your perspective in general
You hit it on the head with these!
This video was so cathartic in a way! 😂I feel the same burning dissatisfaction with the things that you’re describing! Thank you for creating this kind of content in such an articulate and entertaining way! 😊❤
Agree so much w everything, you said, Kait ❤🤯
I esp. hate unachievable beauty standars, which social media urges, and makes people hate themselves.
And gigantic falsh lashes. It looks so stupid, and really overpowers person’s own unik beauty. Particularly, when many influencers use bigger size falsies, than their own eyes are…
I love your channel. Just came across it now and I'm so glad I did. I'm a dentist and I 100% agree with your point on veneers and the beautiful character natural teeth have. Amazing content
Thank you!!
Love how you just jumped into the topic. You are gorgeous! New subscriber
I hate long intros 😂
Uniqueness is true beauty. I totally agree! 🙌
Excellent and brilliantly insightful video! 🔥
oh thank you!
i was playing around w/ the different tiktok makeup filters a couple months ago & i got a little emotional; just over how MUCH it altered my face for a MAKEUP LOOK! by the time i went through 10-15 of those "makeup" filters i was sobbing. just completey distraught, but w/ a newfound appreciation for what makes me unique. w/out those differences we will all turn into robotic sheep for capitalism. makeup is supposed to be an art form, it is supposedto empower the wearer; not break down their psyche. the term enhance almost feels like a read in the beauty industry bc of how companies use the term to imply that your other features are not as important; which is so blatantly untrue. if you want alter your body please do, but not out of societal pressure or bc everyone else is doing it. you can affirm your identity w/out giving into the patriarchy i promise, you are all beautiful.
Im with you on the filters. They are dangerous! Catherine is spot on.
Im in my 60’s and have lost collaborations and followed because I dint use filters! I used to review wigs but the wig companies are obsessed with fake faces to go with the fake hair. It’s sad.
Love this video. And wow I have grown to loathe the look of lip filler on influencers.
Me too, even though it simultaneously has caused me to feel like I need it
@@StateofKait ha I went through that too but I am firmly on the other side now
Bought a skin tint without realizing how light it was but found it a great addition to an expensive foundation that was a little dark and heavy. Enjoyed the video!
Amen to the falsies; they can be fun for a masquerande, Halloween, a specific event, but NEVER for everyday wear. I'd never want to use them!
im goth and wear intense makeup and big false lashes everyday. theyre very comfortable imo i like how they stand out but thats just me🤷♀️
@@himynameisgiselle5905 I see that as slightly different, as that's a whole "look" accessorized and stuff, if that makes sense? So that would fly for me, as opposed to "normal" people (for lack of better words! no offense to anyone) using them for everyday wear.
Your eyeshadow is Fire! Really makes your eye color beautiful!
Everything YESSS🙌🏻👏🏻 but skin tints… I only wear that! Every foundation I tried never looks good on my 53y old skin😅🤣
Unrealistic beauty standards! I am grateful for this video. Thank you !
About the fact that people get rid of their unique features.. when you’re growing up, that is almost always a negative thing. They get bullied or singled out and made to feel singled out from the mass, which can be very damaging. This teaches the person to hate their special features, which stays with them throughout life because it’s associated with bad experiences. It’s so so sad. BUT I’m convinced that the tables will turn, and uniqueness will become desirable and rare. Lets hope! But kids that make fun of others for standing out is a hard one, we need to be better to educate and guide our children
I really love this. Being unique is so important and there’s to much people looking fake and similar.
Same reason women buy the trending products, even though they’re perfectly happy with what they are using. Always the promise of ‘better’ and ‘perfection’. We need to be better at accepting our individual differences and notions of perfection.
I’m with you on all of these, but especially on lip plumping products. I have allergic contact dermatitis around my vermilion border. I can’t use products with fragrance, flavors, plant extracts, most plant oils, and some very common preservatives. Ingredients used to intentionally irritate the skin are obvious a huge NO for me. But they are so common! It’s hard enough to find products that are free of fragrance and flavors. Why do we need so many products that go beyond that with intentionally irritating ingredients?
Another trend that I’d like to see die is the use of plant extracts/botanical ingredients, especially in makeup. Even when companies are not pushing a “clean beauty” approach, new products almost always have some kind of plant extract in them these days. They’re marketed as skincare ingredients within makeup, but they’re often ingredients that have no research behind them whatsoever, like some random flower extract. Is the lily extract in this new foundation really helping my skin? Really?? No. It is not. But consumers seem to really want to see ingredients they can identify, rather than ingredients developed in a lab with chemical names. But this makes it very difficult for us allergy prone folx. I want my products to be developed in a lab under controlled conditions, with only those ingredients that are going to get the job done, in a cosmetically elegant formula. I’m genuinely concerned that the products I’ve found that I’m not allergic to will be reformulated simply because why not put centella in e v e r y t h i n g.
I fully agree 👍 And some of these trends are dangerous, especially when they involve plastic surgery. I would add the sun tan "forever trend", because it can be unhealthy as well and I don't like it on myself, I'm literally a ghost 👻😅
I love the videos about crazy trends ❤
God bless natural beauty. I’m so glad I’m 65+ and didn’t grow up in the digital world. No computers, cell phones, internet…..a simpler world, a simpler time. The beauty within made us so beautiful outside. I really enjoy your videos. They make me laugh.
75 yrs old - had only invisalign & whitening & great (my own) teeth make me look fresh.
Hi! This is my first time watching your video and ended up "subscribing " to your channel. I really liked how you articulated your thoughts and opinions. You have a calming voice and a really good demeanor, too.
Bonus- you demonstrated a really goood downward elbow strike in the "Face Smoothing Filter" segment!🤣🥰
Haha, thank you!