Can't talk about false advertising in beauty without me thinking of basically any mascara commercial where the models are almost always wearing false lashes
What‘s even more fucked up is that most people would much rather buy a mascara that shows an unedited before and after anyway since we all know that the ads are a straight up lie which makes us distrustful.
@@Milenaiguess and this is exactly why we are all here, we can’t trust the brands so we all came to TH-cam to trust the influencers. Unfortunately not all can be trusted anymore, but overall it’s a lot more authentic
The problem is although they don’t use false lashes anymore, you can tell that the model has had a eyelash lift treatment (LVL). It’s not the mascara giving the lift x
I’m 60, I have wrinkles. What annoys the sh%t out of me is when they use a 25 yr old model to showcase their product for “aging” skin. Like, a babies skin is aging, why stop at a young woman? Like use someone with great genes but use someone in the same generation that uses the product ffs. Also all those crazy filtered tv adverts, ugh. You rock, call those bastages out! 🧟♀️🧟♀️🧟♀️
Preach! I'm 50 and it annoys me to no end that they will use 20 somethings to show me a product for my mature skin! I realize I'm going to get old and I'm going to get wrinkles, it is what it is, but if you're going to tell me a product will help slow the hands of time, show me on someone who is at least in my age range! I don't think it's too much to ask.
My biggest problem with brands not giving a filter warning is people will buy the product, use it, and it not work like the video. Then instead of blaming the company for lying about the product, the user will blame themselves for not having good skin. I wonder how many people think they’re ugly, when it’s really brands that are lying 🤷♀️
This, I used to think exactly this, for years I thought it, until I discovered people were using filters and the whole world opened up! I don't use filters on any of my photos, what you see is what you get!
I love how Robert can make his point and not get really nasty or drag the brand he is talking about. That is a sign of true professionalism and I really appreciate that quality.
It's sad - we are so used to pointing-finger-drama that once someone actually makes an argument and shows their reasoning, people are positively surprised and call it professional. This is should be normal 😪
I’m a new follower of Robert (last night actually ha) and this is the reason I started to follow him! He’s so blunt about his views but it’s not nasty. He’s drama free which is great. Love his brother also😁 Great influencers⭐️
Yes!! Before I figured that out I would go run and buy the latest "sensational" mascara and I would of course be disappointed every single time! I actually am blessed to have naturally long, thick eyelashes, they're just really light cuz I'm a ginger, but even just the ability to darken my lashes was sadly lacking in the last 5 tubes that I bought. Any recommendations?
My favourite claim so far has been JLo saying she only uses olive oil on her face 😂 honestly these celebs / brands must think us consumers are dimwits .
I'm a sims player too, I don't use any cc so the mac blushes in sims are actually really good, I always use them because the base game blushes are just aweful. That was the only good Mac thing in sims
It’s the same thing when a brand advertises their anti aging line for mature skin on a damn 22year old 🙄 Show me a middle aged woman and some real wrinkles with your product!! (and I can say this because I’m a 47 year old woman!!) Also... when brands selling womens’ razors show a photo or advertisement of their product in action on hairless legs 😆 FFS 🙄
I guess it doesn’t count as makeup, but sephora posted a card about how different crystal rollers have different “properties” like tightening the skin or evening out skin tone, thankfully everyone in the comments were calling out their bs
I've definitely heard similar claims from people who believe in crystal properties. I'm not here to bash anyone who believes in the power of crystals, but for a major brand that has nothing to do with crystal properties to claim that a rock on a stick will heal your skin is downright insulting.
@@lilonionface3740 yes, I don’t doubt a massage will probably improve how your skin looks but there is no way the specific crystal the roller is made of is miraculously giving you different results
@@crizmeow8394 oh, I completely agree! It was just to say that they're obviously trying to appeal to a niche market of crystal lovers and it backfired.
There are “well known families” in the Sims that would’ve lent to an amazing amount of different products. The Goth family, the Pleasant family, the Landgraab family.... Each family has a different background and different traits. That would have been a great way to sell numerous products based upon the families “personalities”. How utterly lazy this company seems to be. Just taking a preexisting palette and slapping The Sims on the packaging is far more devious than the filter users are. A lazy and blatant money grab. And a money grab that was likely far less successful than it would’ve been had they actually created new products. They probably could’ve gotten away with not making anything new if they’d just added some of their preexisting colorful shades to what ended up being one of the most bland looking products I’ve seen.
"MAC stopped listening" - me, a die hard fan since the first game and now watching what is EA doing to The Sims - Well, maybe that was the perfect collab after all.
I genuinely forget that people have pores and lines and stuff, it sounds silly but I grew up with social media and I always thought I just had bad skin. I even went to Sephora to ask for products for my "wrinkles" and the sales lady was so nice and she told me I didn't even have wrinkles. I am so glad for videos like these 🖤
I experienced the same thing, and I didn't even grow up with social media 🙃 kept trying to fix the "bumpy blackheads" on my nose (they're just friggin pores) and the "fine lines" under my eyes (that aren't visible if I step 5 centimeters away from the mirror) Thank goodness for the Welsh twins
I think that’s the scary about social media. A new generation is growing up forgetting about PORES. Previous generation forgot that women grew body hair. ☹️
I was at Mac one time and was looking for a new foundation because the one I had oxidized really bad and she told me that the reason it was it Oxidizing was because I grabbed the wrong shade and the foundation was trying to change to my skin color 🥴 I was like I don’t think that’s how that works lol
filters used in any kind of makeup or skincare marketing should be considered false advertising, including influencers. Not only is it so damaging for people’s self esteem, it’s literally lying about what your product can do.
I ALWAYS ask myself "are they using a filter?" whenever a brand is advertising anything. It's the first thing I look for. I don't understand why filters aren't made illegal when used in advertising. I also wanted to say a huge THANK YOU🙏 to James & to Robert, for educating me on the use of filters & how to spot them. I used to be so trusting & naive because I never use filters when taking photos.
Robert is like the librarian of the beauty community , he knows his shit A-Z unlike a few people who are the students that just read the back of the book and think they know their shit once the movie comes out * sigh *
I'm not a make up professional, far from it, but even I know Anastasia's tweet was BS How can a company that sells foundations for so so much money not know what they are talking about. Giving false advice and risking the customers waste a ton of money on foundations that look like shit on them is not cool.
I feel the twitter account is ran by someone knowing nothing about makeup, and thought "cool" as in "cooling effect" (like an ice cube) because of the name...
You really nailed the issues with MAC! They really were the dominant name in professional makeup back in the day, but as soon as social media makeup artists made the art accessible to everyone, MAC opted to be complacent instead of embracing the change and lost their power as a result.
When it comes to filtering with makeup advertising I immediately think of how CVS started its Beauty Unfiltered campaign. They put a stamp on all of the makeup photos there in store that don’t have filters on them so the customers can see what the products really look like when applied.
Did anyone else think when Robert was brainstorming ideas for what Mac could have done with the Sims collab that he should be on the marketing team for some brands. So many good ideas and all of them way more interesting and creative than what Mac actually did
That would genuinely be a dream video for me. So many brand collaborations miss the mark for me. (Colourpop's Animal Crossing Collection, Candy Land Collection, the Sims collab like you mentioned). I can always sort of shrug my shoulders about influencer/individual collabs, because that's one person's tastes and style, but whole brands really disappoint me when they fail to match a makeup collection to their branding.
@@ReadLoveLearn101 In all honesty, I think the colours shown in the Mac/Sims collab were pretty, but you can find a million palettes like it from every brand and nothing about it screams Sims. When Robert was going through ideas of what Mac could have done instead, it just made me think, like he actually gets how to properly tie in the outside brand with the makeup so well and if he was actually doing the marketing for some of these collabs, we all would have been so much happier with the end result
Oof.... Robert is really clinking the rings. He means business! Some people give you a certain “look” to show disappointment and Robert clinks the rings 😂💜
He’s working the black-and-silver look better than Cersei did after she blew up the church and took over the Iron Throne. Cersei should have considered more clinking.
It's so funny to me that you've mentioned MAC getting very slowly on trends and giving the liquid lipsticks as an example. I have said that to my colleagues for years, and as a result, now they're going down. They've lost their identity. It's not that every brand should jump on every single trend, but they became like that old grandpa who still thinks he's as strong and attractive as he was when in the army...
I'm a trained hairstylist, and the amount of times someone would come in with dark hair and ask to be silver in one go and when I'd be like um no they'd be like well ill just go get a silver box dye and use that I don't need you!!! I'd literally be like ok babe see you next week when you've ruined your hair!!
Brad isn't an actual twin, he and his brother Eric do look a lot alike and he refers to him as his twin, but they aren't actual twins. (Almost as cute together as Robert and James though!!!)
Imagine what they could’ve achieved with that collaboration though? With a bit of effort, limited edition packaging, plumbob shaped eye pallet, a red lipstick (Bella) the shade of Bella Goths dress ugh 😩 it could of really been special
a baby blu eyeshadow called "eliza pancakes". a silver shade called "pool ladder". a brow pencil named "completely ignoring the fans and just raking in money with dlc riddled with bugs we are never going to fix"......
What kills me about the Laura Mercier one is that the powder isn't even marketed as a finishing powder to blur and perfect the skin; it's a SETTING powder made to set and elongate the wear of your makeup. Setting and finishing powders are 2 different things and products rarely do both, pick one and be honest lol
Whenever Robert is talking about Kardashian and Jenner sister he is looking so pissed off.. the disgust is showing his face and I love this man to be this honest. He really doesn't care how big or small the brand is,he is just delivering the truth. Love you🖤🖤
They are overrated and their makeup is overpriced and doesn't have a big varienty of colors. TH-camr Darcei showed that there was no color in Kylie Jenner cosmetics to fit her dark skin
@@nataloffski1428 - He always looks great, of course, but something about this look just immediately drew my eye. I always love his black aesthetic anyway and usually fall for the edgier looks, but this style is so flawless and put together while still being badass.
I’ve definitely gotten better at seeing when brands are using filters or just utilizing lighting to make their products look better. I spent YEARS and so much money looking for the “perfect” foundation that would give me results that simply just don’t exist and are not possible
Same! I changed my primer multiple times, tried applying foundation with fingers/sponges/brushes with same result. Now I know that my pores won't smoothen out with any primer like they do on so many beauty gurus.
that was something i saw brought up a lot at the time and i totally agree. even worse- Bella Goth's iconic red that she's had throughout the series is literally perfect. it's a relatively safe colour, already established as a classic lip shade, but also deeply tied to the sims. It would have been a completely safe play that makes perfect sense for the sims collab im totally baffled that they didnt even think for a second.
Did you know studies have shown video games like the sims can be used for therapeutic meditation type things used to help us unwind..... Play your sims game, science says it's good for our brains (as long as we don't over do it)
So true about MAC. They were the last brand to embrace the influencer/blogger culture. Sims collab was a total fail! If they’re not careful they might end up just like Becca
NYX has a palette out called Make it Black that is literally just their warm neutrals palette in different packaging. That one is really disappointing too.
I trust zero advertising, especially influencers trying to sell me something. There's almost noone over 25, with melasma or dark spots, acne or pock marks or real fine lines. Im 44 and iver it all. I look like a real person who is middle aged. Period. I watch Robert because hes honest and real with a healthy dose of loving sarcasm and devilish wit!
Even the Moschino collaboration with The Sims was weird and unexpected but still actually had good things. MAC had so much potential with The Sims and it just ??¿‽ I mean really anybody with an dust speck of creativity could've come up with a better idea. Very sad.
When I was in high school years 2011-2015, Mac was the only brand girls at my school would use. The only place you could get it was at the MAC store in Chicago and literally girls would drive 45 minutes to an hour just for some Mac cosmetics.
I try to take in to mind that advertising is going to use many tricks to get you to buy. I wish that they would just state that they are using filters. They have to do that for mascara where they're using false lashes, I don't see why it's acceptable for skin.
There are so many brands, choices, indie companies to choose from these days there's no need to feel tied to a brand. If they claim bs or fuck up, cut them loose. Don't feel loyalty - these big brands don't care about you.
Excellent point. It's their job to keep people's loyalties if they dont they lose money. The easy way is false advertising but as soon as that wool is pulled they loose a lot of money and people go to a brand that is more reliable and honest
You are absolutely correct! Brands should not deceive the consumer with false advertising! It should absolutely be disclosed if when selling a product that the image has been altered. Just like mascara print ads say lash inserts were used to simulate user results. I will not spend my money if I see this shady shit going on! Love you! Xoxo Sybil
@@celinahatton2653 She said the N word, and said it was ok cause her bf was black 😡 Then decided that she had been cancelled, she wasn’t 🙄 She just didn’t like getting called out.
Absolutely!!!!! And I still see so many 'Insta' MUA's promoting it and tagging them. I'm never sure if they're unaware of what she's done but they need educating. If you use it, don't mention it because then you're essentially promoting people to buy the product. I unfortunately still have so much Jeffree Star makeup that I'm still going to use but I'm definitely not re-purchasing. (Sorry for my rant)
@@celinahatton2653 her whole cancelled collection is based on that. And that she tried to say it was OK she said it because her boyfriends black & the entire concert said it too 🤦♀️
Let me tell you about that sims x mac eyeshadow palette. That's the type of palette Eliza Pancakes would buy to try and impress Nancy Laandgrab because Eliza wants to be her friend.
I've always assumed photoshop in adverts or demos. So, when I use a product I don't expect what they claim or what I see in adverts, I just go off whether I like its application on my skin lol
Yes, I used to expect my skin to look perfect and pore less, using things the popular “beauty gurus” used. Then got sad and disappointed when it didn’t work out that way. Now, I don’t even wear foundation. I conceal redness around my nose and conceal around my eyes the way you showed how to! I can’t believe I used to use so much makeup on my face 🤦🏻♀️😅
As someone who also used to work at mac, I cannot agree with you enough. They DO NOT LISTEN. It feels almost like the people heading MAC believe that they are somehow above social media or they dont need to keep up with trends because they are MAC, and maybe they got away with that 10 years ago, but not any more.
I know my skin will never look like that of models' in ads and it's incredibly disheartening. Just show normal skin!!!! Normalize having flaws!!!! We're human beings! Skin looks different depending on the person. I wish these brands would stop promoting this barely achievable look which can make the rest of feel like shit when we realize we don't look like that or are even get bullied for it because society expects everyone to look like we just walked out of an advertisement
@Annika M- right???? It is like a plus sized brand using a size 0 model to advertise the clothes (thank the Lord they have moved away from that for the most part!!!!)! Honey I PROMISE those pants will not drape on MY booty like that!
I was really disappointed that Kim wasn’t forthcoming about the genuine texture of her skin. I wanted to try the color corrector, I have very dark under eyes, but I do struggle with my texture and have been looking for a good formula. I’m just confused on what to get and her video only made me angry and more confused.
Agree with the disappointment with the lack of not just transparency, but straight up reality. Fact - nothing can "cover" texture, product would have to literally float above, not on top of, the skin in a smooth layer.
OMG THANK YOU! I loved the section about MAC and SIMS. As being a player of Sims, I was so excited for the collaboration. It was a disgrace, I was so disappointed that they just used a case and slapped Sims on it. All the points you made are so valid. I hate the makeup in the game, it's basically unusable and I just scroll past them. They had so much opportunity and just a HUGE FAIL. Also, side note, the blurring of the face in makeup product videos is one of the reasons women/men doubt themselves. All we see are fake photos, those photos make people feel like they are not good enough because they don't look like the person that they see on social media. That's due to blurred pores, a changed face shape, a changed body shape, etc. and now we have brands making videos that basically state that you can look as smooth as a porcelain doll? It's sad because the consumer is going to be disappointed every time. Thank you Robert for posting these videos because you speak the truth!
I love how his voice here is so calm and professional but on the twins channel it’s wild and sassy. 😂😂😂❤️❤️ love them all so much (yes you too Marcus) 😂
one of my fave Sims creators, WHO NEVER CUSSES ON VIDEO, showed her 1st reaction to the Sims x Mac collab during a twitch stream and then later in a video (I think) and she literally said "What the fuck?" under her breath when she saw the new makeup back then
Totally agree with everything you said! They shouldn't be able to use filters in marketing for products that are intended to improve the look of your skin.
You are the reason I now have an understanding with makeup. I have really shitty skin... like redness, pores the size of the Grand Canyon, pimples galore, soooooo much acne scarring and dry flaky skin (yeah I drew the short straw with skin texture). I used to get so annoyed at myself because NOTHING ever worked like advertised and I just figured my skin was so bad that nothing was ever going to. Now, NOW I know that it’s just reality and if I’m lucky enough to find an affordable foundation that simply evens out my skin tones and covers up some pimples then I’m doing good. Thank you for your honest advice, it’s made me feel sooooooo much better about my makeup skills. I realise I ain’t ever gunna look flawless but damn do I feel good about it now!
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Can't talk about false advertising in beauty without me thinking of basically any mascara commercial where the models are almost always wearing false lashes
I remember this too. They got sued. Why hasn't anyone sued? This is the era of Karen and no one has come for them?
Yes, totally agree. If maybeline have to state when they're using falsies dont go thinking u can use a filter and not get called out hun 😏
What‘s even more fucked up is that most people would much rather buy a mascara that shows an unedited before and after anyway since we all know that the ads are a straight up lie which makes us distrustful.
@@Milenaiguess and this is exactly why we are all here, we can’t trust the brands so we all came to TH-cam to trust the influencers. Unfortunately not all can be trusted anymore, but overall it’s a lot more authentic
The problem is although they don’t use false lashes anymore, you can tell that the model has had a eyelash lift treatment (LVL). It’s not the mascara giving the lift x
That ABH “pro tip” was more like a 5 minute crafts tip.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
So embarrassing right?? Like who came up with that?
Ooops🥱😆😆😆
I've gotten better tips from them... and that's saying something 🙄
You got 1.7k JACKIE'S for that comment 👏
I’m 60, I have wrinkles. What annoys the sh%t out of me is when they use a 25 yr old model to showcase their product for “aging” skin. Like, a babies skin is aging, why stop at a young woman? Like use someone with great genes but use someone in the same generation that uses the product ffs. Also all those crazy filtered tv adverts, ugh. You rock, call those bastages out! 🧟♀️🧟♀️🧟♀️
You said it @fat, fierce and over fifty Elizabeth Inman! Amen to all of the above xxx
Preach! I'm 50 and it annoys me to no end that they will use 20 somethings to show me a product for my mature skin! I realize I'm going to get old and I'm going to get wrinkles, it is what it is, but if you're going to tell me a product will help slow the hands of time, show me on someone who is at least in my age range! I don't think it's too much to ask.
I'm 65 and I find this annoying as hell, too.
Yes this comment is so on point. When you are 20 with flawless skin every foundation looks great. Kills me!!
The thing about anti wrinkle creams that they just temporary like you have to keep applying it everyday it's doesn't permanently remove wrinkles i
My biggest problem with brands not giving a filter warning is people will buy the product, use it, and it not work like the video. Then instead of blaming the company for lying about the product, the user will blame themselves for not having good skin. I wonder how many people think they’re ugly, when it’s really brands that are lying 🤷♀️
Exactly this!!! I have had messages from people literally saying “I gave up on makeup because I’d don’t think it worked for me”
@@RobertWelsh I’m so glad that you and your brother point out the filters in your videos, thank you 😊
This, I used to think exactly this, for years I thought it, until I discovered people were using filters and the whole world opened up! I don't use filters on any of my photos, what you see is what you get!
@@Queenofcats36 I admire you for doing that! More people should
@@katiecollins187 Thank you so much!!
"Brands sometimes need to shut the f*ck up and listen to people."
THANK YOU
EA are making a mighty fine job of not doing that AT ALL with ts4, so that collab situation is just so ironic to me
@@marycanary86 huh!? Who's EA and what's ts4?? I'm sorry.. I feel dumb but I'd rather ask than pretend to comprehend your comment 🤔😴😬
@@heatherbonelli TS4 is The Sims 4 and EA is Electronic Arts, the publisher of The Sims.
I cant agree with this statement enough.
I love how Robert can make his point and not get really nasty or drag the brand he is talking about. That is a sign of true professionalism and I really appreciate that quality.
It's sad - we are so used to pointing-finger-drama that once someone actually makes an argument and shows their reasoning, people are positively surprised and call it professional. This is should be normal 😪
...but we sure can tell when he doesn't like something!
@@nightvisitor6079 yes it should be, unfortunately it's not, so when it does happen it's a breath of fresh air.
He is the best beauty guru
I’m a new follower of Robert (last night actually ha) and this is the reason I started to follow him! He’s so blunt about his views but it’s not nasty. He’s drama free which is great. Love his brother also😁 Great influencers⭐️
Jeez, I've been doing makeup the wrong way this entire time. I was using skin care to combat oiliness when I should've been using a cool foundation. 😂
Easy peasy! 😆 Five minutes crafts, are you listening?
Same 😔 thanks, ABH, for the tip bestie 💖
@@ssmith543 💀🤣🤣🤣
@@ssmith543 are you crazy?? Hush! ... *they’ll hear you.*
@@ssmith543 out here summoning true demons in the comments 😭 nooooo.. ssssh.. stop!
“This water is too wet. Let’s make it green and it will be more dry.”
The best description I ever heard. Love you Robert!!
Everyone knows that you get oily when it's hot, that's why you need to pick the coldest shade possible... 😩😩
Im dead 💀😂 this was probably what they were actually thinking coming up with this bs 'tip'
LOOOOOL
😂😂
I'm dead 😂😂😂
Bwahahaha
It's mascara for me... I absolutely HATE when mascara is being advertised and they have the audacity to put fake lashes on the model. 🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️
And they all do it with a few exceptions.
YES THANK YOU!
Yes!! Before I figured that out I would go run and buy the latest "sensational" mascara and I would of course be disappointed every single time! I actually am blessed to have naturally long, thick eyelashes, they're just really light cuz I'm a ginger, but even just the ability to darken my lashes was sadly lacking in the last 5 tubes that I bought. Any recommendations?
At least on TV they still have to disclose (albeit in tiny letters) that the model is wearing falsies.
“I’m finding my water too wet,” is one of the best analogies I’ve heard in a while.
I actually heard a skin care company on TV say that they used a wetter water in their essence
@@catnip4587maybe they changed the color 😂🤔
@@amevanecentlines7611 product was colorless that I am referring to. Don’t get the wetter water comment
@@catnip4587 I thought wetter water as in the water is more wet, so I referred to his comment about color changing the texture (or not...)
@@catnip4587 4:02 mark in the video :)
Bob the Drag Queen can be heard shouting in the distance - *_"SAY THEIR NAMES! SAY THEIR NAMES! DRAG HERRR!"_*
Right right💋
You forgot the obligatory “Purse First!”
THIS IS BNANAS echoes in the background
Yeessssss
I was just about to comment this🤣
My favourite claim so far has been JLo saying she only uses olive oil on her face 😂 honestly these celebs / brands must think us consumers are dimwits .
Now JLo has a whole skincare line so I wonder if she is suddenly using that now? hahahaaaaaa
@@therealJamieJoy must be all differently packaged olive oil
@@m.marten6525 hahahahaaaa yeah, that's some EXPENSIVE olive oil, baby!!! (gorgeous packaging by the way but yeah, it isn't a cheapo line of products)
She does... to heal from her constant cosmetic surgery
@@jaceny3077 it's not even good to heal scars..
As a big fan of the Sims, yep, Mac screwed up ! :')
ts4 screwed up too, tbh. theyve completely dropped the ball, so like...... they fit together then
My sister was brilliant at the sims. She would take real life ppl and deal with them in sims.... So funny
I'm a sims player too, I don't use any cc so the mac blushes in sims are actually really good, I always use them because the base game blushes are just aweful. That was the only good Mac thing in sims
@@vainetuxx yeah i play on console and was very grateful for the mac blush in game lol
EA screwed up big time let's not forget...
It’s the same thing when a brand advertises their anti aging line for mature skin on a damn 22year old 🙄 Show me a middle aged woman and some real wrinkles with your product!! (and I can say this because I’m a 47 year old woman!!) Also... when brands selling womens’ razors show a photo or advertisement of their product in action on hairless legs 😆 FFS 🙄
Robert is speechless and looks so sad about the M.A.C collaboration 😥
He's like a dad: "I'm not mad, just disappointed." 🤣
@@SusanJERitta ikr😂
Same for me when i was like 13 i spend one month of vacation on playing Sims 😅 and almost lost all of my friends 😀😀😀
Agreed I almost teared up cause he did
admit it, we all get a little excited when robert says “here’s. the. things….”
And clinks the rings... ok here we go 😂
Or “fings” XD
@@trudysloan that’s the sound of shit being about to go the f down
I guess it doesn’t count as makeup, but sephora posted a card about how different crystal rollers have different “properties” like tightening the skin or evening out skin tone, thankfully everyone in the comments were calling out their bs
Whaaaat! I never saw that! What a weird claim!
I've definitely heard similar claims from people who believe in crystal properties. I'm not here to bash anyone who believes in the power of crystals, but for a major brand that has nothing to do with crystal properties to claim that a rock on a stick will heal your skin is downright insulting.
@@RobertWelsh it’s on their Instagram! They posted on March 13 and it’s still up
@@lilonionface3740 yes, I don’t doubt a massage will probably improve how your skin looks but there is no way the specific crystal the roller is made of is miraculously giving you different results
@@crizmeow8394 oh, I completely agree! It was just to say that they're obviously trying to appeal to a niche market of crystal lovers and it backfired.
Listening to you speak on MAC.... 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Thank you Mel!!! 🖤🖤
There are “well known families” in the Sims that would’ve lent to an amazing amount of different products. The Goth family, the Pleasant family, the Landgraab family.... Each family has a different background and different traits. That would have been a great way to sell numerous products based upon the families “personalities”. How utterly lazy this company seems to be. Just taking a preexisting palette and slapping The Sims on the packaging is far more devious than the filter users are. A lazy and blatant money grab. And a money grab that was likely far less successful than it would’ve been had they actually created new products. They probably could’ve gotten away with not making anything new if they’d just added some of their preexisting colorful shades to what ended up being one of the most bland looking products I’ve seen.
I would literally commit murder for a bella goth-themed eyeshadow palette
Yea it’s actually insulting that Mac thought they could do that and no one would say anything lol
the Calientes!
"MAC stopped listening" - me, a die hard fan since the first game and now watching what is EA doing to The Sims - Well, maybe that was the perfect collab after all.
This was exactly my thought too!! EA are killing the sims ☹️
EA and their 4 vacuums for $5 dollars 🙄🙄🙄🙄
yeahhhhhh they deserve each other in that respect lol
It's wild that after almost a decade, Sims 2 is still the best Sims game to me.
I genuinely forget that people have pores and lines and stuff, it sounds silly but I grew up with social media and I always thought I just had bad skin. I even went to Sephora to ask for products for my "wrinkles" and the sales lady was so nice and she told me I didn't even have wrinkles.
I am so glad for videos like these 🖤
omg same i thought my skin must be soo bad because i had all these pores
@@lrizzard pores was legit what I bought sooo many products for 😭
I experienced the same thing, and I didn't even grow up with social media 🙃 kept trying to fix the "bumpy blackheads" on my nose (they're just friggin pores) and the "fine lines" under my eyes (that aren't visible if I step 5 centimeters away from the mirror)
Thank goodness for the Welsh twins
I think that’s the scary about social media. A new generation is growing up forgetting about PORES. Previous generation forgot that women grew body hair. ☹️
I was at Mac one time and was looking for a new foundation because the one I had oxidized really bad and she told me that the reason it was it Oxidizing was because I grabbed the wrong shade and the foundation was trying to change to my skin color 🥴 I was like I don’t think that’s how that works lol
oh my god whattttt
The foundation has become sentient??? 😅
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Wtf 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
filters used in any kind of makeup or skincare marketing should be considered false advertising, including influencers. Not only is it so damaging for people’s self esteem, it’s literally lying about what your product can do.
The facial expressions during the MAC rant was so relatable. He was just fed up and confused by their choices 😂
I honestly thought it was going to be a multi-colored or blue and green themed color story. So weird that it was literally just neutrals!
I ALWAYS ask myself "are they using a filter?" whenever a brand is advertising anything. It's the first thing I look for. I don't understand why filters aren't made illegal when used in advertising. I also wanted to say a huge THANK YOU🙏 to James & to Robert, for educating me on the use of filters & how to spot them. I used to be so trusting & naive because I never use filters when taking photos.
Sadly, laws will never be able to keep up with technology!
My other favourite is modeling mascara on people with fake lashes or last extensions...one of my friends falls for it every time!
@@SlavaZone law is very capable of keeping up with tech, it just choose not to... "Gotta keep that blood money flowing"
In France, advertisers are now forced to signal if the ad has been retouched and thus doesn't represent reality.
@@btslolita3859 Don't need laws people need to use common sense
Robert is like the librarian of the beauty community , he knows his shit A-Z unlike a few people who are the students that just read the back of the book and think they know their shit once the movie comes out * sigh *
Librarian here. I love that this is your perception of library work 📚 👩🎓
@@applemnki librarians are the hidden gems to our society ♥️
@@applemnki Also librarian. Seconded.
Thats an oddly specific example 😂
As a librarian, I love this too!
I'm not a make up professional, far from it, but even I know Anastasia's tweet was BS
How can a company that sells foundations for so so much money not know what they are talking about. Giving false advice and risking the customers waste a ton of money on foundations that look like shit on them is not cool.
I feel the twitter account is ran by someone knowing nothing about makeup, and thought "cool" as in "cooling effect" (like an ice cube) because of the name...
@Chrry Cola and wearing a liquid highlighter as a primer, then acting shocked at the fact that she looks oily after applying it lol
@@soren5021 whoever runs their twitter just needs to be fired
Wayne goss has it completely right with his marketing pics. None of the models are filtered, all age ranges, and the makeup still looks beautiful.
Absolutely!! I admire him so much ❤️ so inclusive
Is it just me or is Robert looking extremely flawless and super handsome today? 💅🏼
I kinda just assume that all brands are being dishonest by using filters.
Right? I try to go by reviews
@@tamaravelociraptor4214 me too
@@tamaravelociraptor4214 yes reviews are everything!
The Mac x Sims collab still boils my blood. What a beautifully missed opportunity! 😤 Did they forget that nostalgia SELLS!
You know what brand would have created a much better collection with Sims? Colourpop. NOSTALGIA SELLS.
@@kallisolursh6354 Oh yeah totally! I would have loved to see CP x The Sims!
@@kallisolursh6354 i was thinking the same thing. 😢
You really nailed the issues with MAC! They really were the dominant name in professional makeup back in the day, but as soon as social media makeup artists made the art accessible to everyone, MAC opted to be complacent instead of embracing the change and lost their power as a result.
When it comes to filtering with makeup advertising I immediately think of how CVS started its Beauty Unfiltered campaign. They put a stamp on all of the makeup photos there in store that don’t have filters on them so the customers can see what the products really look like when applied.
Interesting
I think the idea of KKW is why I turn to TH-cam makeup reviews. I don’t trust the brand’s marketing of their own products.
Actually you should go to Allure for pro reviews. Muas on TH-cam are not legit either.
Most mua on youtube are about the same quality.
Did anyone else think when Robert was brainstorming ideas for what Mac could have done with the Sims collab that he should be on the marketing team for some brands. So many good ideas and all of them way more interesting and creative than what Mac actually did
I could literally envision Mac R and D, slack jawed, watching a penny drop in slow motion
That would genuinely be a dream video for me. So many brand collaborations miss the mark for me. (Colourpop's Animal Crossing Collection, Candy Land Collection, the Sims collab like you mentioned). I can always sort of shrug my shoulders about influencer/individual collabs, because that's one person's tastes and style, but whole brands really disappoint me when they fail to match a makeup collection to their branding.
@@ReadLoveLearn101 In all honesty, I think the colours shown in the Mac/Sims collab were pretty, but you can find a million palettes like it from every brand and nothing about it screams Sims.
When Robert was going through ideas of what Mac could have done instead, it just made me think, like he actually gets how to properly tie in the outside brand with the makeup so well and if he was actually doing the marketing for some of these collabs, we all would have been so much happier with the end result
Watching him geek out about the sims was genuinely a great part of the video
Yes! Now I want a pallette that doesn't exist :(
“Brands sometimes need to stfu and listen to people.” A Word!!!! 👏🏽
Oof.... Robert is really clinking the rings. He means business! Some people give you a certain “look” to show disappointment and Robert clinks the rings 😂💜
He’s working the black-and-silver look better than Cersei did after she blew up the church and took over the Iron Throne. Cersei should have considered more clinking.
It's so funny to me that you've mentioned MAC getting very slowly on trends and giving the liquid lipsticks as an example. I have said that to my colleagues for years, and as a result, now they're going down. They've lost their identity. It's not that every brand should jump on every single trend, but they became like that old grandpa who still thinks he's as strong and attractive as he was when in the army...
"what happened to you mac? what happened?"... that was so heartbreaking
Robert should have said "I'm dressed in my best funeral attire because these brands have been murdered" )😂😂😂🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤
Robert trying to explain a point about ‘mattifying’ tones when all tht was needed was the look he gave the camera at 4:07 😂
Getting Brad Mondo vibes when Robert says Colour doesn't change texture 😂😂😂
Yaaaas! Color can't lift color and Bleach. Doesn't. Lather.
@@melaniemeeyah5755 OMG i just realised... Brads a twin too!
I'm a trained hairstylist, and the amount of times someone would come in with dark hair and ask to be silver in one go and when I'd be like um no they'd be like well ill just go get a silver box dye and use that I don't need you!!! I'd literally be like ok babe see you next week when you've ruined your hair!!
@@KatelynxXxAngel weirdly Brad isn't a twin!
Brad isn't an actual twin, he and his brother Eric do look a lot alike and he refers to him as his twin, but they aren't actual twins. (Almost as cute together as Robert and James though!!!)
The angry clicking from his rings is a perfect snapshot of my feelings about these
“What happened to you Mac?” YES! Seriously! What on earth happened. They were the best for so long and now feel archaic
Imagine what they could’ve achieved with that collaboration though? With a bit of effort, limited edition packaging, plumbob shaped eye pallet, a red lipstick (Bella) the shade of Bella Goths dress ugh 😩 it could of really been special
a baby blu eyeshadow called "eliza pancakes". a silver shade called "pool ladder". a brow pencil named "completely ignoring the fans and just raking in money with dlc riddled with bugs we are never going to fix"......
@@marycanary86 Excellent 😅 you’re on the team!!
An eyeliner named "20th anniversary hot tub"
@@joannaellis7890 a pressed powder called "tiny living but without bunkbeds"
@@marycanary86 how’ve we all done a better job in a day?
As one of the leading *_doctor scientists_* in the cosmetics industry right now, your opinion on these questionable brand choices speaks volumes.
😂👏🏻
You forget he's a historian too.
quite random but Robert's hair looks so great in today's vid!!
Thank you so much!
And his teeth. He has the most wonderful smile!
This is the "sometimes hair" in James's intro
@@rizclinton :DD long lost and finally found: hair
I wonder if he used the lemon water concoction
The Anastasia tweet is like saying that a banana tastes like yellow. Or a strawberry tastes like red😂😂
What kills me about the Laura Mercier one is that the powder isn't even marketed as a finishing powder to blur and perfect the skin; it's a SETTING powder made to set and elongate the wear of your makeup. Setting and finishing powders are 2 different things and products rarely do both, pick one and be honest lol
Whenever Robert is talking about Kardashian and Jenner sister he is looking so pissed off.. the disgust is showing his face and I love this man to be this honest. He really doesn't care how big or small the brand is,he is just delivering the truth. Love you🖤🖤
They are overrated and their makeup is overpriced and doesn't have a big varienty of colors. TH-camr Darcei showed that there was no color in Kylie Jenner cosmetics to fit her dark skin
Robert you really looked so upset while addressing MAC, asking them what happened. The sadness is real when looking at your face and eyes.
Tiddles 1968, it is so sad! M.A.C. was the first upscale brand I wore and they were so cutting edge, then they just stopped trying.
The cool undertone is trying to give the 'appearance' of a matt look. Maybe that would of sounded half believable
@@foxymama2003 M.A.C is to far up its own bum
False advertising is false advertising, regardless of the product.
Oml cannot with the look that Robert give when he said “You drown your sims in pools... Some people do” 😭
When Robert says “look” and does this laugh you know you’re about to get shut down 😂 also what Robert says about make up is gospel so 👏🏻
I've never heard the word "f*ck" so many times in the first 90 seconds of a video. And that's why I love it here. 🥰
I'm here for that, and also for Robert in a blazer. How handsome please
@@nataloffski1428 - He always looks great, of course, but something about this look just immediately drew my eye. I always love his black aesthetic anyway and usually fall for the edgier looks, but this style is so flawless and put together while still being badass.
I’ve definitely gotten better at seeing when brands are using filters or just utilizing lighting to make their products look better. I spent YEARS and so much money looking for the “perfect” foundation that would give me results that simply just don’t exist and are not possible
I honestly presume filters are used nearly everywhere. No matter what products I use, my pores don’t “erase”. They’re always there...
Same! I changed my primer multiple times, tried applying foundation with fingers/sponges/brushes with same result. Now I know that my pores won't smoothen out with any primer like they do on so many beauty gurus.
@@priyak7018 yeah like most of the smoothing is bc of studio lights anyway, I think that no one truly will have smoothed pores just like you said.
And probably they use beauty setting in their camera..
There’s literally a family called “Goth” in the Sims imagine the lip color that could be,
that was something i saw brought up a lot at the time and i totally agree. even worse- Bella Goth's iconic red that she's had throughout the series is literally perfect. it's a relatively safe colour, already established as a classic lip shade, but also deeply tied to the sims. It would have been a completely safe play that makes perfect sense for the sims collab im totally baffled that they didnt even think for a second.
“The Sims brings back so many childhood memories!” - Closes the laptop in shame of still playing it at 30 years of age 😂
#me
we are a team!!
Did you know studies have shown video games like the sims can be used for therapeutic meditation type things used to help us unwind..... Play your sims game, science says it's good for our brains (as long as we don't over do it)
No shame!!!!
Don't be ashamed! I'm 24 and have been playing TS2 for over 10 years. I will keep playing it until I can't run it on my computers any more!
Petition to have Robert come out with a gloss called “clear green GLOP”
So true about MAC. They were the last brand to embrace the influencer/blogger culture. Sims collab was a total fail! If they’re not careful they might end up just like Becca
When Robert said "What happened to you Mac?! What happened.." it felt like a straight up digital love letter to MAC from Robert 💌📭
NYX has a palette out called Make it Black that is literally just their warm neutrals palette in different packaging. That one is really disappointing too.
I trust zero advertising, especially influencers trying to sell me something. There's almost noone over 25, with melasma or dark spots, acne or pock marks or real fine lines. Im 44 and iver it all. I look like a real person who is middle aged. Period. I watch Robert because hes honest and real with a healthy dose of loving sarcasm and devilish wit!
Even the Moschino collaboration with The Sims was weird and unexpected but still actually had good things. MAC had so much potential with The Sims and it just ??¿‽ I mean really anybody with an dust speck of creativity could've come up with a better idea. Very sad.
When I was in high school years 2011-2015, Mac was the only brand girls at my school would use. The only place you could get it was at the MAC store in Chicago and literally girls would drive 45 minutes to an hour just for some Mac cosmetics.
MAC, Tarte, Too Faced, Becca, and Almay are all dead to me lol
It's "slightly sassy but always professional" Robert for me. 🖤🖤🖤
I’ve definitely fallen for false advertising and filters, I felt so scammed.
I try to take in to mind that advertising is going to use many tricks to get you to buy. I wish that they would just state that they are using filters. They have to do that for mascara where they're using false lashes, I don't see why it's acceptable for skin.
Robert running out of breath being excited about The Sims. I felt that.
Alternate title- “Robert being disappointed in MAC and other brands for 19 minutes.”
We had to drop everything to listen to robert drag these companies
So true x
Me too, or I look like I have a cold because the tip of my nose is bright red.
Robert going of on Mac in the last 10 minutes is such a mood
I am OBSESSED with the sims. WE WERE SO MAD. Then we learned it was just an old palette in new sims packaging
There are so many brands, choices, indie companies to choose from these days there's no need to feel tied to a brand. If they claim bs or fuck up, cut them loose. Don't feel loyalty - these big brands don't care about you.
Excellent point. It's their job to keep people's loyalties if they dont they lose money. The easy way is false advertising but as soon as that wool is pulled they loose a lot of money and people go to a brand that is more reliable and honest
Starting my mornings like: take a shot of espresso every time Robert says “fuck up.” 💀🖤
It's half past eight in the evening here, if I did that I wouldn't sleep until Friday 😅
@@missWodkas nooooo! Yes, best to switch to something like tea. It’s morning time here, I swear! 😂
@@onegoodscare tea? I’ll switch to vodka
@@leee777 also a great choice. 😅😋
@Quinn Wolfram Would you like to sleep sometime this year?
Can we just take a moment to appreciate how roberts makeup and his background complement each other so well 🥺🥺
can we also take a moment to appreciate his makeup perid
You are absolutely correct! Brands should not deceive the consumer with false advertising! It should absolutely be disclosed if when selling a product that the image has been altered. Just like mascara print ads say lash inserts were used to simulate user results. I will not spend my money if I see this shady shit going on! Love you! Xoxo Sybil
‘Your water is wet, add green to make it dry’ 😂🤣😅😂
One brand that has messed up and isn’t really discussed: *P Louise*
That cancelled collection 😟
Spill the beans - what happened?
@@celinahatton2653 She said the N word, and said it was ok cause her bf was black 😡 Then decided that she had been cancelled, she wasn’t 🙄 She just didn’t like getting called out.
Absolutely!!!!! And I still see so many 'Insta' MUA's promoting it and tagging them. I'm never sure if they're unaware of what she's done but they need educating. If you use it, don't mention it because then you're essentially promoting people to buy the product. I unfortunately still have so much Jeffree Star makeup that I'm still going to use but I'm definitely not re-purchasing. (Sorry for my rant)
@@celinahatton2653 her whole cancelled collection is based on that. And that she tried to say it was OK she said it because her boyfriends black & the entire concert said it too 🤦♀️
"if you've seen it then I apologize" as if I won't rewatch Robert reacting to the same thing 10000 times
Let me tell you about that sims x mac eyeshadow palette. That's the type of palette Eliza Pancakes would buy to try and impress Nancy Laandgrab because Eliza wants to be her friend.
Eliza Pancakes is a name I haven't heard in a while. Thank you
I've always assumed photoshop in adverts or demos.
So, when I use a product I don't expect what they claim or what I see in adverts, I just go off whether I like its application on my skin lol
Robert closing the video: "I don't know what that was."
Therapy, Robert. And we thank you for it. 💜💚💜💚💜
Yes, I used to expect my skin to look perfect and pore less, using things the popular “beauty gurus” used. Then got sad and disappointed when it didn’t work out that way.
Now, I don’t even wear foundation. I conceal redness around my nose and conceal around my eyes the way you showed how to!
I can’t believe I used to use so much makeup on my face 🤦🏻♀️😅
I can’t for the life of me tell when a brand uses a filter, which is why I would want them to disclose it 🙂
I'm PMSing now and can completely understand how frustrating 'water that is to wet' can be 🤦🏼♀️
It's sad that the ELF X Chipotle colab has a better pallette then the Mac X SIMS.. I actually WANT to buy the ELF pallette
As someone who also used to work at mac, I cannot agree with you enough. They DO NOT LISTEN. It feels almost like the people heading MAC believe that they are somehow above social media or they dont need to keep up with trends because they are MAC, and maybe they got away with that 10 years ago, but not any more.
The way Robert gets so flustered about the sims failure from Mac, makes me adore him even more, being a fan of the game
I know my skin will never look like that of models' in ads and it's incredibly disheartening. Just show normal skin!!!! Normalize having flaws!!!! We're human beings! Skin looks different depending on the person. I wish these brands would stop promoting this barely achievable look which can make the rest of feel like shit when we realize we don't look like that or are even get bullied for it because society expects everyone to look like we just walked out of an advertisement
@Annika M- right???? It is like a plus sized brand using a size 0 model to advertise the clothes (thank the Lord they have moved away from that for the most part!!!!)! Honey I PROMISE those pants will not drape on MY booty like that!
I was really disappointed that Kim wasn’t forthcoming about the genuine texture of her skin. I wanted to try the color corrector, I have very dark under eyes, but I do struggle with my texture and have been looking for a good formula. I’m just confused on what to get and her video only made me angry and more confused.
She has psoriasis as well which would have been a perfect way to showcase it
Agree with the disappointment with the lack of not just transparency, but straight up reality. Fact - nothing can "cover" texture, product would have to literally float above, not on top of, the skin in a smooth layer.
OMG THANK YOU! I loved the section about MAC and SIMS. As being a player of Sims, I was so excited for the collaboration. It was a disgrace, I was so disappointed that they just used a case and slapped Sims on it. All the points you made are so valid. I hate the makeup in the game, it's basically unusable and I just scroll past them. They had so much opportunity and just a HUGE FAIL. Also, side note, the blurring of the face in makeup product videos is one of the reasons women/men doubt themselves. All we see are fake photos, those photos make people feel like they are not good enough because they don't look like the person that they see on social media. That's due to blurred pores, a changed face shape, a changed body shape, etc. and now we have brands making videos that basically state that you can look as smooth as a porcelain doll? It's sad because the consumer is going to be disappointed every time. Thank you Robert for posting these videos because you speak the truth!
I agree with you. I don't care if a brand/person is using filter, but they need to tell so.
I love how his voice here is so calm and professional but on the twins channel it’s wild and sassy. 😂😂😂❤️❤️ love them all so much (yes you too Marcus) 😂
Robert trying to explain ABH tweet was everything I needed before I sleep 😂😂
one of my fave Sims creators, WHO NEVER CUSSES ON VIDEO, showed her 1st reaction to the Sims x Mac collab during a twitch stream and then later in a video (I think) and she literally said "What the fuck?" under her breath when she saw the new makeup back then
Simsie 👀 an appropriate reaction!! Love her 😂
Totally agree with everything you said! They shouldn't be able to use filters in marketing for products that are intended to improve the look of your skin.
You are the reason I now have an understanding with makeup. I have really shitty skin... like redness, pores the size of the Grand Canyon, pimples galore, soooooo much acne scarring and dry flaky skin (yeah I drew the short straw with skin texture). I used to get so annoyed at myself because NOTHING ever worked like advertised and I just figured my skin was so bad that nothing was ever going to. Now, NOW I know that it’s just reality and if I’m lucky enough to find an affordable foundation that simply evens out my skin tones and covers up some pimples then I’m doing good. Thank you for your honest advice, it’s made me feel sooooooo much better about my makeup skills. I realise I ain’t ever gunna look flawless but damn do I feel good about it now!