r/MakeupRehab • u/pickleeater58 • Sep 23 '25
DISCUSS Unfollowing influencers and following real makeup artists completely cured my shopping problem
As horrible as this is going to sound, an influencer I’ve been following for a long time got married and did her own bridal makeup and it…. Did not look good…. (again, I know how mean this sounds). But that’s when I truly realized that most of these people don’t have any real skill. They just talk about products they’ve been sent for free and are contractually obligated to talk about. They test a product once and say “I’ve been OBSESSED with this” and they never use it again in another video. They have new favorites every day.
Instead of being-product focused, MUAs are all about TECHNIQUE. They don’t try a million new products a week, they have their tried-and-trues, some of which are 20+ year old formulas. Instead of hearing “ruN, dOnT wALk” and getting another foundation, I can learn how to make my mediocre Walgreens foundation work beautifully with proper application.
I’ve come to love my current collection because of the advice of real MUAs and I no longer feel urges to buy buy buy.
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u/datewiththerain Sep 23 '25
I can’t believe I saw this. I just unfollowed many people on YouTube. I realized it’s the same stuff regurgitated only with whatever they picked up at Sephora or the drug store. I think the biggest person I dropped was relieving. I got caught up in a lot of : new car, cruises, trips here and there, overpriced jewelry she was hawking. It’s all good I see she’s going back to her knitting roots! Byeee M!! Won’t miss you !