Elle S (shadowsmoked) | All About Beauty Brands | The Brand Tag | My No-Buy Year x2 @shadowsmoked88 | Uploaded February 2020 | Updated October 2024, 13 hours ago.
Doing a tag video like this is a weird experience when you've been on a no buy forever!
So please forgive some of my non-answers or outdated answers. I stopped being a regular/frequent beauty consumer in 2018.
Abby Williamson's video:
youtube.com/watch?v=nxVPp_2rEu8
Tara Brooke's (tag creator) video:
youtube.com/watch?v=gHQOU3wkw3E
Tag Questions:
1. Think back to when you first started your makeup collection: Are there any brands you used then, that you still use today?
2. Follow-up: Which brands have you moved on from?
3. Are there any brands you thought were so expensive that you’d never buy anything from them - but now consider at least one of their products to be a holy grail? If so, which brand and which product?
4. What is a popular brand that you’ve never tried and don’t think you ever will? Why?
5. What brand perfectly encapsulates your current makeup aesthetic? Explain.
6. Are there any brands you haven’t wanted to try purely because you don’t like their packaging?
7. Is there a brand you’ve only tried because their packaging lured you in? If so, were you happy with the actual product?
8. Some would say drugstore and midrange prices are starting to overlap. What drugstore beauty brands are guilty of making this happen and what are your thoughts on rising drugstore makeup prices?
9. With anti-consumerism and an “eat the rich” mentality starting to take hold in the YouTube beauty space, are there any brands you still feel a loyalty towards? If so, why?
10. Have you ever felt betrayed by a brand? If so, what happened?
11. Are there any brands that you feel give off “exclusivity vibes”, making you you feel like you aren’t “cool” or “pretty” enough to buy from? If so, which brand and why?
12. What’s worse- “choice fatigue” (exhaustion from too many makeup releases) or a lackluster quarterly launch from a brand you’re typically excited about?
13. Have brand trips or sponsored videos ever made you actually interested in a product/beauty launch the brand was promoting?
14. Are there any indie brands you hope to see sold at Ulta or Sephora in the future?
15. If you could give any beauty brand a rebranding, which brand would it be and what elements of the brand would you modify?
Let me know some of your answers! I'm always up for a good chat in the comments.
P.S. This makeup look was filmed for a fun collaboration which will be up on Thursday! Make sure to come back for that!
Thanks for watching.
XOXO
Elle
email me: shadowsmoked@gmail.com
twitter/instagram: @shadowsmoked
Doing a tag video like this is a weird experience when you've been on a no buy forever!
So please forgive some of my non-answers or outdated answers. I stopped being a regular/frequent beauty consumer in 2018.
Abby Williamson's video:
youtube.com/watch?v=nxVPp_2rEu8
Tara Brooke's (tag creator) video:
youtube.com/watch?v=gHQOU3wkw3E
Tag Questions:
1. Think back to when you first started your makeup collection: Are there any brands you used then, that you still use today?
2. Follow-up: Which brands have you moved on from?
3. Are there any brands you thought were so expensive that you’d never buy anything from them - but now consider at least one of their products to be a holy grail? If so, which brand and which product?
4. What is a popular brand that you’ve never tried and don’t think you ever will? Why?
5. What brand perfectly encapsulates your current makeup aesthetic? Explain.
6. Are there any brands you haven’t wanted to try purely because you don’t like their packaging?
7. Is there a brand you’ve only tried because their packaging lured you in? If so, were you happy with the actual product?
8. Some would say drugstore and midrange prices are starting to overlap. What drugstore beauty brands are guilty of making this happen and what are your thoughts on rising drugstore makeup prices?
9. With anti-consumerism and an “eat the rich” mentality starting to take hold in the YouTube beauty space, are there any brands you still feel a loyalty towards? If so, why?
10. Have you ever felt betrayed by a brand? If so, what happened?
11. Are there any brands that you feel give off “exclusivity vibes”, making you you feel like you aren’t “cool” or “pretty” enough to buy from? If so, which brand and why?
12. What’s worse- “choice fatigue” (exhaustion from too many makeup releases) or a lackluster quarterly launch from a brand you’re typically excited about?
13. Have brand trips or sponsored videos ever made you actually interested in a product/beauty launch the brand was promoting?
14. Are there any indie brands you hope to see sold at Ulta or Sephora in the future?
15. If you could give any beauty brand a rebranding, which brand would it be and what elements of the brand would you modify?
Let me know some of your answers! I'm always up for a good chat in the comments.
P.S. This makeup look was filmed for a fun collaboration which will be up on Thursday! Make sure to come back for that!
Thanks for watching.
XOXO
Elle
email me: shadowsmoked@gmail.com
twitter/instagram: @shadowsmoked
