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absolutely! wear what you like!

Absolutely! Age has nothing to do with it. It's how it looks on you and how it makes you feel.

Absolutely agree! Your red hair is beautiful ❤❤❤

@@ChrystalVanDusseldorp thank you so much 😀!!!

You go girl!

Right? They should represent the age groups that can actually afford their products- which is 30+

I agree. My mom wants to get into makeup a bit more and I’d love to know what brands would work better for her mature skin type. But brands don’t talk about it as much as they could

I hope you see this reply because I work at JCPenney and we revamped our beauty space since Sephora left and there are GREAT products for mature skin. We also use older models on some of our marketing as well! There’s a couple skin care brands that come to mind immediately! Cosrx and prai beauty. We also carry everything from drug store pricing (elf) to high end (mirabella, Kim chi) and there’s some new stuff coming this year that Sephora and ulta carries!

@@juliannamatteis8538 maybe it’s just because I’m in a higher cost of living area, but we have young people come in and drop $$$$ where I work.

Yes!!! I think that’s why so many women, including I, are so afraid of getting older. I’ve seen and heard it everywhere. Mature looking women are beautiful, too.

😂 This is incredible

😂😂

I literally laughed out loud 😂

Hilarious 🤣

I literally laughed out loud then came to the comments to see who else enjoyed that😂❤

His laugh just brings a smile to my face, often causing me to giggle with him. 😂

Same but I get excited and want to buy it so it sucks when it's something like MUA Academy that I can't buy in the US 😢 I tried anyway but they won't ship to my address. Oh well, still love to see him hype an affordable brand and I love to see him get sponsorships, I want to support him whenever I can because he gives us HONEST reviews and doesn't try to sell us trash with deception. That's just getting more rare.

​@@Hazelmaediaz1375especially when it's him and James, they constantly make each other and themselves laugh and it just brings me happiness even on the worst days.

He's such a sweet guy, his partner is very lucky

Agree! You can always tell when he’s having fun! One of my faves videos is when he uses Bailey Sarian x Melt. Made me truly excited to try something new

50 here - I love bold eyeshadow too! Navy glitter, martini makeup, lots of rich oranges and coppers.

Yup bold smokey with a red lip is my jam❤❤(I did the nude lip for a while and my bud asked me you ok?)😂😂😂😂

Have a burgundy eye liner on right now ❤

I love purple eyeshadow and eyeliner. It makes me green eyes stand out a lot

I have hazel eyes and wholeheartedly agree. The purple really brings out the green in my eyes. One of the best pieces of makeup advice I got when I started getting heavily into it was to cold with shadows that contrast your eye color/skin tone the best and find out what pops for you as an individual. So far for me purple and red have been some of the better options for more bold makeup ❤

💯 agree!!

I genuinely lol-ed :)

I felt seen. 36 and 2 years dye free and fully grey. I love it

I LOVE long grey hair!

I started going grey at 13 and none of my peers said anything about it (they had way more material to work with) it was always adults in my life being uncomfortable with it. Now at 31, my hair is HELLA grey, I dye it ALL the colors I wasn't allowed to in my teens and I don't have to bleach it and I get so much dimension because of the grey. ❤❤❤

I wish I could stop dying my hair. How did you do it? Did you just let it grow out, and dealt with it? I wonder if I could get gray highlights (like when women would get their hair frosted years ago) to help with the transition. My husband keeps encouraging me to go for it. I am 61 and SO tired of dealing with white roots showing!

I'm lazy with dying mine. I hate doing it but don't know if I truly want to stop yet because I'm still at that weird point of my hair greying. It looks more like skunk stripes

Right on and same! Over 40 and I can rock pink, red and any other colour just as much as the neutrals

YES!!! I’ve been hearing a lot of “don’t wear glitter if you’re over 25” Baby girl, I will be wearing glitter in my coffin at my viewing! ✨✨✨

Same! I wear whatever I want, clothes and makeup!!

im in love with your eye makeup! forrget the 'rules'! stun!

@@alexfield5634 girl I’m in love with your look in your pfp!! Go head mama

The sad thing is, that describes the kids going to the beauty store all too well. Most of them haven't developed critical thinking to the point of filtering the content they consume. Of course, too many adults never learned how to do that, either. In the US, I blame the pressure to have kids pass standardized tests and not actually learn important things.

I believe that while nothing forcibly compels someone to buy something, it's undeniable that we're so heavily influenced that we often don't realize it anymore. I hear people say there's nothing wrong with a brand selling a product that "fixes" your insecurities, but I believe they're not seeing the full picture. In a capitalist society, brands profit more when more people buy, so naturally, they'll do whatever it takes to increase sales. That's where advertising comes in. For example, "with this serum, you won't have to worry about wrinkles any longer" implies that wrinkles are something you should worry about. We're socialized from a young age to worry about our aesthetics, learning what's "ugly" versus "pretty". I'd argue that insecurities based on aesthetics are more common in women because they're often praised for their appearance rather than their actions, taught to be pretty objects for the world, believing it's their purpose. I believe that trans people, through transitioning, can highlight many differences in how we're treated and how we internalize societal messages. Having experienced aligning with different gender roles and feeling pressure to conform to various ideals, they provide valuable insights. As a non-binary individual who was socialized to "act, think, and value" masculinity, my insecurities also evolved during my transitioning process. Being perceived as more feminine intensified pressures related to presenting as feminine, particularly concerning aesthetics like aging, skin texture, and delicacy. Paradoxically, a part of me finds joy in having these insecurities, as if they validate my trans identity, which seems absurd! I'm pretty sure these brands are targeting the insecurities of women and feminine-presenting individuals.

I also think Americans are just conditioned to be susceptible to advertisements. Throughout their whole life, they are consistently being advertised to, to a degree that you’re spending less time of your life not being advertised to than you are witnissing ads. It’s certainly true for other nationalities as well but the amount of ads Americans view vs the rest of the world is far far larger. Add on top of that their education system being designed to pump out work horses instead of fully realized adults and you’ve got a country full of gullible people that lack critical thinking skills.

💯 agree

That;s great! As long as you don't discontinue Tenderheart lipstick, I've been wearing it since i was 14 (now 41). 😄

Lol! In the last 6 months I have discovered the Clinique gel tech liner upper waterline without transferring to the bottom...and black honey almost lipstick, have I been living under a rock my whole life?!

Keep nudging them in the right direction, @julsweaver. Clinique remains the one brand I can count on not to upset my skin, and the product formulations are usually lovely.

I’ve been highlighting my brow bones since the mid 80s (I’m 50) and I’m not stopping ever 😂

I do it too. I learned makeup in the early 90s.

I always have and always will do this! I'm 41, and I just don't feel right without it.

It keeps your eyes from disappearing.

Brow bone and inner corners. I will never stop.

IMO, it’s not naïveté that drives people to say this about politics, it’s being unhappy to realize brands support causes they don’t. And at least in America, the folks I typically hear saying they wishes brands/companies/sportsball teams/musicians/etc would stay out of politics are conservative folks unhappy that these entities aren’t supporting THEIR politics. 🤷🏼‍♀️

What brands are you boycotting and why? I want to be more aware ❤

@@khillsI agree, but I think that goes both ways, not just conservatives. When you have a certain belief and a company or person you love supports an opposite opinion, it can feel like betrayal because most people have strong convictions, and when they feel information is false and being spread to a large audience who takes everything to heart, it’s very concerning. It’s such an interesting part of being human.

i think politics should not be pushed in every aspect of our lives. entertainers - entertain. i don’t care what your beliefs are. that’s not why i watch a movie. i watch to be entertained and get away from it all. same with going to watch a ball game/sports. it’s to get away from the daily grind of life.

@cathycasuccio-ec4sw Some people don't want to directly fund a company whose values don't aline with theirs. A company is WAY different to an actor or a sports player.

I love that palette!

I’m 51, also have green eyes and mostly go for bold purple, plum and burgundy eyeshadow looks. If you like Orchid, you should also check out the “In a Trance” Colourpop palette. The shimmers aren’t fantastic quality but the mattes in that particular palette are really uniquely flattering for green eyes. I use it together with both the Orchid and the Lilac 9-pan palettes for nice matte gradients then use singles from Indie brands for the shimmer.

@@liquidsand738 thanks for that tip!

@@LunarEleven it’s great 😊

I just bought it. I like it.

Completely agree. What's especially refreshing about trixie or patrick star is that they can talk at length about their products and explain exactly why their product contains xyz ingredient. In the wider realm of celebrity brands,this is incredibly refreshing

Love Trixie and Kim's makeup. But there's nothing innovative about white liner, white liners been around a long time.

I know it's common sense. I'm guessing you have to be very young not to understand that

@@mb-kh2nb Yea, it should be common sense, but I've seen sm people who think brands should send pr to their customers instead of influencers..

I don't think they "deserve it", but it's just simple business. No reason to get so upset about it.

Same!

the MUA site ships to the US!

@@ChrystalVanDusseldorp, oh there goes my kids' inheritance! (Thank you.)

CVS used to carry MUA. In Florida, at least. No idea why they don’t anymore.

Your hair sounds beautiful!! My hair is magenta and my husband's is bright blue. 💗💙💜

@@ChrystalVanDusseldorp thank you! It’s a mix of light and dark blue at the top and fades into purple at the bottom

about to watch it after this hahaha

@@meirin5316 it is hilarious!

@@MoonLightt57 haha oh yeah

Omg I was dying! Watching them pick up the coins

Illamasqua did an Amy Winehouse one, if it’s still available. Some of their stuff is DEEPLY discounted on LookFantastic at the moment

I don't think we should because we've fought so hard for inclusivity and making more options available for people with deeper skin tones. If people stop checking these brands then we're gonna end up the way things were before, when we could count the number of brands making deep shades on one hand.

Maybe, but I don't want you to have less choice than I do. If we're at a place where there's heaps of choice for you and your skin tone and there's heaps of choice for me and my skin tone, then we can ignore brands that aren't for us. Until you have plenty of choice, I'd like there to be fuss about mainstream brands in drugstores and beautu retailers and department stores that are too lazy and racist to even try.

Why make it easy for them to be r@cist

I am with you on this. If you have been around since forever and now jumping on getting foundation for my color just now!? I am not not buying you. I miss Iman brand and a petty Black Opal faded away

Agreed. Money talks to these brands. No reason to support a brand that isn’t inclusive.

I’m a cool olive tone as well! Didn’t realize it was kinda rare. I have green eyes

@@SimplyCheryl I have blue green eyes and medium red hair. I agree that it's rare and color theory has become my friend, lol.

I am a pale olive too! And I have such a hard time with makeup all around! It’s all too orange or too pink or too yellow.

You may already know about her, but Hannah Louise Poston is a very pale, neutral leaning cool olive. She has some excellent suggestions for desaturated tones. My complexion is medium olive, but I've found some of her recommendations even work for me since things tend to lean very yellow, red, or orange on my skin tone as well.

Thank you Stacey!!! 🖤🖤

Ooooh happy birthday beautiful!!!

@@ARareAndDifferentTune_13It’s a celebration for a friend, but I will pass on your good wishes ☺️

That's what I said to my daughter who said she wanted to be a RU-vidr and I said, cool, but please consider you have to do x, y , z if you want to be successful and she was like 😮

Same here. 🙈 I recently bought a bright red liquid lipstik and it looks amazing with my pale skin. 🙈 Maybe I put it on in public one day. 😂

I used to swear by liquid lipsticks and had several shades. Wore them pretty much every day. Now I've reached a point where all I want on my lips is either a lip balm, lip oil or a lip gloss (if it's comfortable and not sticky). I hate my lips feeling dry. Our preferences change! Lol

Love Iris Apfel, btw...

But that's always been Bobbi Brown's aesthetic (I'm talking about the woman, not her original brand of makeup, although that too). She got her start in NYC in the 1980s evangelizing nude, natural looks amidst a glittering sea of neon. She left Bobbi Brown Cosmetics almost a decade ago, and it's still clearly part of that brand's DNA. Now she has built it into Jones Road. Bobbi Brown has never been about bold looks. "Your skin but better" might be IT Cosmetics motto, but it's been Bobbi Brown's raison d'etre. Her vision has been exceedingly consistent over four decades.

Mikaela is the worst! 🙄

@@grannym2880 she is quite dramatic, yes

Yes bith are very dramatic, but I’m more likely to believe Nikki over Mikayla. Used to like Mikayla so much but she definitely isn’t trustworthy like I thought

I'll take your word for it bc I don't think I can name literally any other beauty influencers 😂😂

Mikaeyla is fine. At least she's not taking sponsor spots from SheGlam🙄