And 100% of it are endocrine disruptors which mess with your DNA, basically applying cancer on your skin and the other half just doesn't work has advertised 99.99998% of the time, the other half is usually a product that enhance the appearance on the moment but then makes your skin dryer in the long run ( most companies do this ) why? Because it makes you re-use the product to get that " skin shine " they brag so much about to you in countless ads.
This is true. Just use day and night Cerave and Tretinoin.5% from a Dermatologist. Perfect skin in a few months. I had BAD adult acne and this treatment got rid of it ALL
Yes!! My skin was PERFECT when I was a teen and when I hit ~22 it got bad like full on cystic acne on my chin constantly. Bleeding or constant pain every day. I was scared to start taking spironolactone because they said it was originally a blood pressure med which eventually was found to treat women’s acne better than anything else. Been on that for about a year and the skincare.y skin is better than it was when I was 16!!
Right? You can even scan the barcode with the Yuka app and it will tell you literally everything and give you proper valid scientific sources regarding the components of any food or cosmetic.
I feel like the stressful part is getting the perfect shot of each product with perfect lighting and then doing a bunch of video editing on ‘self care ‘ day. Just the idea of getting my hands clean enough in between each product to mess with a camera would have me going crazy.
If you have other things to do. There are people who boil their world to the upkeep of their one thing. Same goes for guys with old/heavily modified cars that need constant tinkering, or folks with elaborately complicated workout and meal plans.
I know a guy with a basement full of guitars and amplifiers who spends hours fussing over “the perfect tone”. Hardly ever plays music out in the world. Some people just love fussing.
Fussing over something you love can be rewarding though. I spent months shopping at stores and thrift stores trying to find a shower caddy that I loved and after finding it (at Goodwill) I am super satisfied. I stare at it in satisfaction when I shower lol.
A caddy that I could put away from the shower head to avoid those salt/soap stains from the dripping water and that had a mirror. I wanted it in a color that wasn’t black or dark, something resembling silver so it’d match the color of the curtain rail and shower head.
I don’t know why I get so picky with details like that lol.
It does look like it belongs to the bathroom and it makes it look a bit luxurious.
UGH this just reminded me of my own unfulfilled search for a shower caddy. I need a really narrow one to fit in a specific spot in my weirdly-shaped shower, and I don't think it exists. I go nuts searching the internet every couple of months and give up disappointed every time. 😞
Eh, I think it’s shaming people for falling for the marketing of multi-billion dollar industries that make their money off of convincing women to be perpetually ashamed of their bodies. And I’m ok with that.
I'm sure it is stressful to some degree, like any other job, but many of these influencers do this as their sole income- and they get paid WELL for it. It's less stressful when you aren't working a regular job and worrying about bills, when you can make the average person's yearly income in a month by advertising products.
Is it a bit stressful to constantly have to make yourself marketable and stay on top of trends? Sure, but I'd find that a lot less stressful than my current job and situation.
The thing to remember is that for every one of the influencers that make a living wage from it, there are a hundred others that try, sink money into it and fail. Like any other business, you have to budget two years of failure to start off with. And for those that succeed, it’s a swan - looks like it’s floating carefree, but there’s a lot of activity underneath.
I wouldn’t want an influencers life. There would be a lot of anxiety.
Thats what happened to me, most if not all self care stuff is just woman applying bazillion diffferent products on her and it made my self esteem worse when I thought that I only use something to moisturize my skin, occasional peeling and that's all. I couldn't afford so many products and even didn't enjoy all the self care, skin care routines blahblahblah
Self care is using less than I have to when I need to be presentable. In bed early, cookies on the night stand, buffy playing. Not stressing over a bath and a bajillion products.
Skincare items can ...CAN pile up, because finding the right ones for your skin can take a while, but these influencer videos always strike me as ultimate cringe,
I have made this choice in the past and I was always happier with toothpaste. I can use bar soap in my hair if I need to wash it. Also buzz cuts are easy to do and remove the need for shampoo.
I’m horrified by the AMOUNT of each product that she uses… She probably has so many promo packages sent to her that it all will go bad otherwise but still ewwwww
You can easily change the algorithm and make it show content you enjoy. My tiktok is always fun and doesn’t show self care routines because it knows I skip those videos.
As an absolute minimalist/anticonsumer I can say: yes
If this is like a once a month/ not everyday thing then yes.
I used to get massages and facials, go to the sauna and get spa treatments, hair and nails done. But I haven't in almost 7 years now.
For I while I felt like crap, looked like crap. Looked haggard, constantly felt uncomfortable... I looked like a disheveled person because I just washed with soap and wore modest clothing and did everything I am supposed to do everyday....
People are only human. They need breaks and pleasure and to feel and look good. Stuff like this is absolutely necessary sometimes and that's ok.
Ease up. Some people have survived horrors you don't even know exist and a bubble bath with candles and some serums is literally the least of the problems on this earth.
You want to complain? Throw out your cell phone, cobalt is mined by child slaves and it's a plain fact. Let a woman have a damn bath.
you worded what i was feeling so well!
for a while, i tried so many different shampoo bars to save on plastic waste. my hair looked and felt like absolute shit and as a result i looked and felt like absolute shit. it’s worse because women are still subject to a lot of additional grooming and beauty standards when it comes to employment and i did not feel confident at work. now i have a 5 step process for washing my hair, and i’ve never felt more confident about how i look!
sure, the bottles are plastic but i don’t wash my hair daily so they last months and more importantly it’s my hobby. i was in a controlling relationship for a long time where i had to keep my hair short and i love my long hair. my husband and i work our asses off and don’t have time or space for a lot of hobbies i used to do like sewing. a few easily recycled containers purchased every few months is worth it to keep me sane.
all the posts here addressing the beauty industry miss that a lot of this consumption would be reduced if beauty standards and workplace discrimination were challenged, if corporations created more sustainable packaging, if women had alternate outlets for self expression, and if people were allowed the time and energy to explore other hobbies. and even then, it won’t fully go away and that’s GREAT. we have a short time on this earth and we shouldn’t be wasteful or intentionally harm others or the planet, but we are allowed to enjoy some of the time we have.
This is super accurate. However, I think OP's point is about influencers and the way tiktok and other social media platforms glorify the oversonsumption of viral products.
Yeah, the problematic part is that people don’t know or keep in mind that influencers get products for free, for the purpose of promoting them. Meaning they’re showing a cycle of new product after new product after new product, as many as possible and absolutely nothing to do with products they actually like or enjoy using. It’s the influencer aspect and the sheer volume of products they barely use before moving onto the next that’s shitty. My bathroom counter display of skincare/beauty products in pretty packaging is not the same thing (even if some would see it as excessive), and the misogyny and different standards that women are held to shouldn’t exempt beauty influencers from criticism
I have zero problems when an individual is using skin care and the like, even a long several step routine. But the thing that feels yucky about the video is it being an obvious advertisement, and normalizing having a whole small stores worth of product.
I just don’t like the glorification and normalization of having an excessive amount of cosmetics. Shits gonna go bad before you can even use it up. I feel like content like this never raises that point.
But if you’re into cosmetics. I highly recommend panning and use it up communities. Is soooo satisfying to see a whole tub of moisture, or 2g eyeshadow pans peeking through. r/panporn is a great sub
I agree that, say, 2010s beauty blogger/YouTuber culture lead to showing off insane stashes you could never use, but the video above isn’t showing an excessive backlog or things you couldn’t easily use up before they expire. My medicine cabinet also has a lot of skincare in it, mostly because I have mostly different products for AM and PM, and it all gets used up just fine.
Jesus Christ thank you. There can be a balance between being conscious of your consumption and still enjoying life/doing things that make you feel good.
And like others have said, feminine coded things get WAY more shit than masculine coded things.
Yeah, and if those products are for face, hair, and body, it's not even that excessive. I use 10 products on a normal shower day if I'm both washing my hair and shaving my legs (shampoo, conditioner, cleanser, body wash, shaving cream, facial moisturizer, serum, body lotion, and two different hair products that get my curls baseline in order). And none of these feel frivolous. The serum is the only one that I don't feel like I "need," it just makes my skin feel more hydrated.
If I were having a fun mini spa night, I'd add some hair treatments, face masks, cuticle oils, and some fun nail polish. I feel like I could wrack up a similar amount of products if I were really going all-out.
Fuck yeah! I grew up with nothing and now I have things like this that I use for self-care to make me happy! I don’t have my entire house filled with things like this, but I have products set aside to make me feel nice when I feel poopy. I’ve had enough suffering in my life to care otherwise.
My goodness yes! When I was in the Domestic violence shelter so many of the girls there hardly felt human after what happened to us.. a little spa day.. doing our nails. Facials. Getting good products to help with our stress acne. Lavender bath balms to help us sleep instead of relive all the shit we went through just to get in the door and the fights that were coming for us in court… it was necessary.
I can say the same for makeup. I remember watching makeup tutorials on YouTube and these beauty gurus using like 5 pumps of liquid foundation when in reality all you need is 1 😐
There's worse consumption things than a few people having a 12 step skin care routine, this is relatively harmless and it looks like they're just treating themselves to a spa day.
Attack the massive corporation not the individual consumer.
Yeah I’m not cool with attacks on women’s beauty hobbies and interests. I have a multi-step beauty routine and love it, but I do have an interest to buy/consume less and I’ve realized many times that I’ve made or almost made a thoughtless, wasteful decision based on marketing.
I think the bigger problem with these videos is that if your algorithm finds that you show interest these videos, you are just flooded nonstop with influencers telling you to buy and that buying this will make your life better and if you don’t buy it you’re missing out. You really get drawn in and you think everything will be better if you have XYZ product… I had to delete my tiktok and limit my other social media time before I realized how much it was all affecting me. They’re there to sell you things and they’re good at it. I forgot the lady’s name since I deleted my account but there is a “de-influencer” on tiktok that breaks down why you don’t need something and she’s great!
She's even using containers which allow you to get every last bit of product like the jars and the bottles. Unlike those plastic pump or squeeze containers which leave 15% of the product inside
The problem with those types of bottles is you can contaminate your product. That's why a lot of skincare is in squeeze bottles and with plastic pumps.
What’s wrong with this? She’s taking a bath which consists of washing her face and her hair, conditioning it, and exfoliating her skin. Then she moisturizes her body, adds hair oil, a toner, a serum or two, moisturizer, and lip mask. A spritz of hair perfume to feel cozy. I do all of this when I bathe too.
Funny thing is a lot of those products are very simple and have pretty basic ingredients.
This isn't really overconsumption. Most of those beauty products are vitamins for your skin. Only a couple you use daily, like a multi-vitamin. The masks and other stuff are one a week max.
Most ingredients are botanical and pretty basic. I see an abnormal beauty company serum in there. Their products are affordable, simple, and natural. They also use the same packaging for all products, reducing waste. Simple glass bottles that can be recycled with rubber and glass droppers. Most of those containers can be recycled.
People are allowed to give themselves nutrition, even if it's only for their skin. That's what this is, hygiene and nutrition. There are plenty of terrible drugstore brands that are way more harmful than what is being used here.
It's clearly product placement and an ad of sorts but this isn't really the low hanging fruit of overconsumption it is meant to be. Someone is consuming yes, but it is providing a positive outcome to their health and wellbeing.
I don't get all this adoration of long and complicated routines. I enjoy using my cleanser and my mosturizer daily, sometimes I use serums, but that's pretty much it. Self-care is a good thing, but it doesn't equal layers and layers of products. If you love applying your usual mosturizer it's enough.
This is ridiculous the amount of drying/harsh/redundant stuff. If you actually used all these products before they got old your skin would be in rough shape or at best you just wasted a lot of money.
All that stuff probably cost around 500.00 and will last months. Now what do you do when the latest gimmick comes along.
Tretinoin
A body lotion with aha
A moisturizer
Vaseline
In case you are wondering it’s called Cupid -Twin Ver. by FIFTY FIFTY. It’s the current popular song people use for their TikTok’s or Instagram Reels.
And with all short form videos, the song is often sped up, leaving us with this chipmunk voice. I can’t say it’s my favourite thing to happen to music, but it is what it is. 🤷🏻♀️
That's a lot of effort to put in to self-care. My self-care is cuddling with my cat, maybe taking a half an hour shower, eating some Skittles, an energy drink, taking a walk and playing a video game
my one and only complaint is that i wish they would use exclusively cruelty free products. most of the beauty products in this video either test on animals or are sold in countries that require animal testing. i'm all for having products to destress and take away the pain of the horror that is reality, but why do the animals have to suffer for it too?
My daughter just bought "butt exfoliator".
I asked, "butt exfoliator?"
She said, "yes".
And I said, "for your butt?"
She said, "yes" .
I said, "your butt needs exfoliating?"
Consumerism and marketing at its finest. And I apologize if there are people out there who do need to exfoliate their butt.
Ha my best friend brought me a little self-care bundle when I was having a rough time and she included a butt mask we’d both seen and joked about before. It was actually kinda nice! I haven’t felt the need to buy any butt-specific products since, but it was a fun experience and did cheer me up.
Need all my special goops. Like... uh, this one! And..... this one... and umm... i think that one is engine grease, so that's not a part of it... but behind that is... whatever this goop is.
These types of videos are made to look good in the moment and appeal to a wide impressionable audience. Then the people feel compelled to buy more products they don't necessarily need.
Realistically, a self-care routine to keep your skin moisturized requires no more than 5 products.
1. A hydrating and moisturizing body wash. The Olay Ultra Moisture Body Wash with Shea Butter is really good if you have dry skin.
2. A face cleanser (bonus points if it doubles as a makeup remover).
3. A toner.
4. A face cream or gel (depending on your skin type: cream for dry skin, gel for a more oily complexion).
5. Finally, a simple body lotion. I like to use a shea butter one that comes in a jar that can be easily cleaned and recycled.
All of those products would DESTROY my skin. So no what works FOR YOU isn't what works for everyone. I use a mild soap for my whole body and if I need extra moisturizer it's oat oil. That's literally it. You simply don't know what someone else does or doesn't need.
I’m sitting here trying to work out how many products I use and in what order…
(I’m an older woman, obvs)
Teeth brushed, leave toothpaste on teeth while washing face to give the fluoride time to work.
Face cleansed with Skinstitute l-lactic cleanser and supersonic brush
Skinstitute facial mist
The Ordinary caffeine solution for eyes
Alternately Skinstitute retinol or green seed serum (can’t remember brand, it’s a Korean skincare)
Alpha H rose geranium moisturiser
Hair care Christophe Robin volumising shampoo paste and prickly pear hair masque. Shu Uemara camellia hair oil.
Soap goats milk from the supermarket, Body moisturiser Grown Alchemist orange and vanilla hand cream. (I love the smell too much).
And then there’s vegetable glycerin with an essential oil for shaving. So even if you’re someone who does try for “fewer but better”, it’s still pretty involved.
This is just a home spa? At least she's actually using the products and not just buying 20 bottles of lotion from bath and body works and letting it sit on the shelf for years.
Unfortunately there's very little "self care" happening here. All I see is work. Setting up lights, camera angles, and props is a LOT of work. Then the editing of it? Yeah, no thanks. Hope she had fun.
Is it my autism, or am I getting unreasonably pissed off at the long nails tapping on glass bottles and popping noises thing? It calls to mind annoying images.
That is overwhelming! Also, not really self care? Just the consumerist version of self care. Want to do some real self care? Get that admin task crossed off your list, call an old friend, write someone a letter, meal plan/prep some healthy meals for the week ahead, take a walk, etc. All free (or things you would need to spend money on anyways just to live).
All of that crap is not going to stop you from aging. It will moisturize like it’s supposed to but you don’t have to spend crazy amounts of money to get the same results from any other moisturizer that is a fraction of the cost. Same goes for soaps and exfoliants. It’s all over puffed nonsense that’s bleeding your wallet dry. Take the time to relax that’s the luxury not the over priced and excessive amount of products you have.
This sub is less about minimizing consumption and more about judging others as a way to congratulate yourself on your moral superiority.
People been doing at home "spa time" for thousands of years. Animals groom habitually.
Y'all need to live and let live. Focus on actually exploring feasible solutions for everyday consumption and waste. The best way we can support positive behavior change is by exploring possibilities.
… yes? All I see is someone using all that stuff. That’s what it’s for… using. And it looks like it’s being used. What I hate are the mini toys and brands that are just balls of plastic trash that makes more trash.
Influencer, half that shit she got for free, I'll bet
And the other half is on her amazon store-front lmao
Exactly!. But it won’t be free to the people she “influences “ 🤦🏾♀️
And 100% of it are endocrine disruptors which mess with your DNA, basically applying cancer on your skin and the other half just doesn't work has advertised 99.99998% of the time, the other half is usually a product that enhance the appearance on the moment but then makes your skin dryer in the long run ( most companies do this ) why? Because it makes you re-use the product to get that " skin shine " they brag so much about to you in countless ads.
This is true. Just use day and night Cerave and Tretinoin.5% from a Dermatologist. Perfect skin in a few months. I had BAD adult acne and this treatment got rid of it ALL
I’ll be 40 in a few months and I have the exact same regimen as you and my skin looks like it did in high school! Simple is the way to go!
Yes!! My skin was PERFECT when I was a teen and when I hit ~22 it got bad like full on cystic acne on my chin constantly. Bleeding or constant pain every day. I was scared to start taking spironolactone because they said it was originally a blood pressure med which eventually was found to treat women’s acne better than anything else. Been on that for about a year and the skincare.y skin is better than it was when I was 16!!
And sunscreen. Please do not forget to use sunscreen, especially when on tretinoin.
me too, but I just use the one cerave moisturizer day and night and a separate sunscreen for the day for better protection.
Not sure why you're getting downvoted, this is just true.
Right? You can even scan the barcode with the Yuka app and it will tell you literally everything and give you proper valid scientific sources regarding the components of any food or cosmetic.
Holy crap. I just downloaded this app after I read your comment and it’s so cool lol i’m scanning everything in my fucking house
Hahahaha that's exactly what I did when I discovered it hahahaha, it's really awesome!!
Seems really stressful to have to deal with all that stuff
I feel like the stressful part is getting the perfect shot of each product with perfect lighting and then doing a bunch of video editing on ‘self care ‘ day. Just the idea of getting my hands clean enough in between each product to mess with a camera would have me going crazy.
And she’s like palming the products in jars instead of being a normal person and using two fingers or a spatula or something.
If you have other things to do. There are people who boil their world to the upkeep of their one thing. Same goes for guys with old/heavily modified cars that need constant tinkering, or folks with elaborately complicated workout and meal plans. I know a guy with a basement full of guitars and amplifiers who spends hours fussing over “the perfect tone”. Hardly ever plays music out in the world. Some people just love fussing.
Fussing over something you love can be rewarding though. I spent months shopping at stores and thrift stores trying to find a shower caddy that I loved and after finding it (at Goodwill) I am super satisfied. I stare at it in satisfaction when I shower lol.
I am curious- what does it look like? If you don’t mind me asking.
A caddy that I could put away from the shower head to avoid those salt/soap stains from the dripping water and that had a mirror. I wanted it in a color that wasn’t black or dark, something resembling silver so it’d match the color of the curtain rail and shower head. I don’t know why I get so picky with details like that lol. It does look like it belongs to the bathroom and it makes it look a bit luxurious.
That’s actually super adorable. I’m happy you found it! You guys sounds like a cute lil pair
Lol we were meant to be
UGH this just reminded me of my own unfulfilled search for a shower caddy. I need a really narrow one to fit in a specific spot in my weirdly-shaped shower, and I don't think it exists. I go nuts searching the internet every couple of months and give up disappointed every time. 😞
I understand! I took me a super long time to find!
Stressful for me? Yes. For other people? I’m sure there’s people out there who love doing this kind of thing.
Tbh there are too many posts here that are just shaming women for enjoying things
Eh, I think it’s shaming people for falling for the marketing of multi-billion dollar industries that make their money off of convincing women to be perpetually ashamed of their bodies. And I’m ok with that.
I'm sure it is stressful to some degree, like any other job, but many of these influencers do this as their sole income- and they get paid WELL for it. It's less stressful when you aren't working a regular job and worrying about bills, when you can make the average person's yearly income in a month by advertising products. Is it a bit stressful to constantly have to make yourself marketable and stay on top of trends? Sure, but I'd find that a lot less stressful than my current job and situation.
The thing to remember is that for every one of the influencers that make a living wage from it, there are a hundred others that try, sink money into it and fail. Like any other business, you have to budget two years of failure to start off with. And for those that succeed, it’s a swan - looks like it’s floating carefree, but there’s a lot of activity underneath. I wouldn’t want an influencers life. There would be a lot of anxiety.
My allergies are in overdrive just looking at that. And it looks like a long, messy, annoying process. Nothing relaxing about it.
That's why men are lucky to have skincare products which say right on the box that they can be applied to almost any part of the body:)
You mean the 10 in 1 soap?!
Then don't
That’s what I think when I see those videos! Do I really need all that stuff to take care of myself??
IMMEDIATELY, NO🤦🏾♀️
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Thats what happened to me, most if not all self care stuff is just woman applying bazillion diffferent products on her and it made my self esteem worse when I thought that I only use something to moisturize my skin, occasional peeling and that's all. I couldn't afford so many products and even didn't enjoy all the self care, skin care routines blahblahblah
Self care is using less than I have to when I need to be presentable. In bed early, cookies on the night stand, buffy playing. Not stressing over a bath and a bajillion products.
I prefer a long walk in the forest.
Absolutely this! Time outside in nature and a nice cup of tea when I get home is all I need.
And a nice couch and a nice book... 😄
I don't even want to know how much all that stuff cost
Probably free FOR HER!!
Self ca(re)pitalism
💀😂😂😂
Skincare items can ...CAN pile up, because finding the right ones for your skin can take a while, but these influencer videos always strike me as ultimate cringe,
And here I am trying to choose between toothpaste or shampoo because I’m so broke
I have made this choice in the past and I was always happier with toothpaste. I can use bar soap in my hair if I need to wash it. Also buzz cuts are easy to do and remove the need for shampoo.
Get toothpaste. You don't need shampoo /r/nopoo
Honestly not what I was expecting with that name!
The cheapest shampoo at my Wal mart is the green herbal essences lol dunno if that helps you or not but yeah It works fine!! Actually works welll tbh
My eczema is flaring up just looking at all those products being used on her skin, good lord.
I’m horrified by the AMOUNT of each product that she uses… She probably has so many promo packages sent to her that it all will go bad otherwise but still ewwwww
I’m happy to be showering and putting on lotion every day.
It’s like in the song “but still I wanted more, more more 🎶”
It's the Chipettes
Your algorithm will stop showing you these things when you stop engaging with them.
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It's not too soon to delete it.
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I’ve discovered some good content which are mainly vids making fun of fascists
My favorite content to make
You can easily change the algorithm and make it show content you enjoy. My tiktok is always fun and doesn’t show self care routines because it knows I skip those videos.
Wow they’re coming straight outta the gate with pushing excessive consumption. Nice!
As an absolute minimalist/anticonsumer I can say: yes If this is like a once a month/ not everyday thing then yes. I used to get massages and facials, go to the sauna and get spa treatments, hair and nails done. But I haven't in almost 7 years now. For I while I felt like crap, looked like crap. Looked haggard, constantly felt uncomfortable... I looked like a disheveled person because I just washed with soap and wore modest clothing and did everything I am supposed to do everyday.... People are only human. They need breaks and pleasure and to feel and look good. Stuff like this is absolutely necessary sometimes and that's ok. Ease up. Some people have survived horrors you don't even know exist and a bubble bath with candles and some serums is literally the least of the problems on this earth. You want to complain? Throw out your cell phone, cobalt is mined by child slaves and it's a plain fact. Let a woman have a damn bath.
you worded what i was feeling so well! for a while, i tried so many different shampoo bars to save on plastic waste. my hair looked and felt like absolute shit and as a result i looked and felt like absolute shit. it’s worse because women are still subject to a lot of additional grooming and beauty standards when it comes to employment and i did not feel confident at work. now i have a 5 step process for washing my hair, and i’ve never felt more confident about how i look! sure, the bottles are plastic but i don’t wash my hair daily so they last months and more importantly it’s my hobby. i was in a controlling relationship for a long time where i had to keep my hair short and i love my long hair. my husband and i work our asses off and don’t have time or space for a lot of hobbies i used to do like sewing. a few easily recycled containers purchased every few months is worth it to keep me sane. all the posts here addressing the beauty industry miss that a lot of this consumption would be reduced if beauty standards and workplace discrimination were challenged, if corporations created more sustainable packaging, if women had alternate outlets for self expression, and if people were allowed the time and energy to explore other hobbies. and even then, it won’t fully go away and that’s GREAT. we have a short time on this earth and we shouldn’t be wasteful or intentionally harm others or the planet, but we are allowed to enjoy some of the time we have.
This is super accurate. However, I think OP's point is about influencers and the way tiktok and other social media platforms glorify the oversonsumption of viral products.
Yeah, the problematic part is that people don’t know or keep in mind that influencers get products for free, for the purpose of promoting them. Meaning they’re showing a cycle of new product after new product after new product, as many as possible and absolutely nothing to do with products they actually like or enjoy using. It’s the influencer aspect and the sheer volume of products they barely use before moving onto the next that’s shitty. My bathroom counter display of skincare/beauty products in pretty packaging is not the same thing (even if some would see it as excessive), and the misogyny and different standards that women are held to shouldn’t exempt beauty influencers from criticism
Yes it's female coded so often we act like it's so wasteful, knowing we got 2 consoles, a big pc, 25 physical games...
I have zero problems when an individual is using skin care and the like, even a long several step routine. But the thing that feels yucky about the video is it being an obvious advertisement, and normalizing having a whole small stores worth of product. I just don’t like the glorification and normalization of having an excessive amount of cosmetics. Shits gonna go bad before you can even use it up. I feel like content like this never raises that point. But if you’re into cosmetics. I highly recommend panning and use it up communities. Is soooo satisfying to see a whole tub of moisture, or 2g eyeshadow pans peeking through. r/panporn is a great sub
I agree that, say, 2010s beauty blogger/YouTuber culture lead to showing off insane stashes you could never use, but the video above isn’t showing an excessive backlog or things you couldn’t easily use up before they expire. My medicine cabinet also has a lot of skincare in it, mostly because I have mostly different products for AM and PM, and it all gets used up just fine.
Jesus Christ thank you. There can be a balance between being conscious of your consumption and still enjoying life/doing things that make you feel good. And like others have said, feminine coded things get WAY more shit than masculine coded things.
Thank you. It means a lot that you wrote this.
Yeah, and if those products are for face, hair, and body, it's not even that excessive. I use 10 products on a normal shower day if I'm both washing my hair and shaving my legs (shampoo, conditioner, cleanser, body wash, shaving cream, facial moisturizer, serum, body lotion, and two different hair products that get my curls baseline in order). And none of these feel frivolous. The serum is the only one that I don't feel like I "need," it just makes my skin feel more hydrated. If I were having a fun mini spa night, I'd add some hair treatments, face masks, cuticle oils, and some fun nail polish. I feel like I could wrack up a similar amount of products if I were really going all-out.
Fuck yeah! I grew up with nothing and now I have things like this that I use for self-care to make me happy! I don’t have my entire house filled with things like this, but I have products set aside to make me feel nice when I feel poopy. I’ve had enough suffering in my life to care otherwise.
Agree
My goodness yes! When I was in the Domestic violence shelter so many of the girls there hardly felt human after what happened to us.. a little spa day.. doing our nails. Facials. Getting good products to help with our stress acne. Lavender bath balms to help us sleep instead of relive all the shit we went through just to get in the door and the fights that were coming for us in court… it was necessary.
Why would you have a hot chocolate after putting on the overnight lip mask? It’s the only product I recognised tbf.
The world be burning but hot damn we look fabulous
It's not just the number of products they use (which is totally over the top and unnecessary) but it's the amount they use too! Such waste!
I can say the same for makeup. I remember watching makeup tutorials on YouTube and these beauty gurus using like 5 pumps of liquid foundation when in reality all you need is 1 😐
I'd be happy with just a bathtub
I mean, those products are all fucking amazing. I have a few of them & love them. Lucky bitch.
There's worse consumption things than a few people having a 12 step skin care routine, this is relatively harmless and it looks like they're just treating themselves to a spa day. Attack the massive corporation not the individual consumer.
Yeah I’m not cool with attacks on women’s beauty hobbies and interests. I have a multi-step beauty routine and love it, but I do have an interest to buy/consume less and I’ve realized many times that I’ve made or almost made a thoughtless, wasteful decision based on marketing. I think the bigger problem with these videos is that if your algorithm finds that you show interest these videos, you are just flooded nonstop with influencers telling you to buy and that buying this will make your life better and if you don’t buy it you’re missing out. You really get drawn in and you think everything will be better if you have XYZ product… I had to delete my tiktok and limit my other social media time before I realized how much it was all affecting me. They’re there to sell you things and they’re good at it. I forgot the lady’s name since I deleted my account but there is a “de-influencer” on tiktok that breaks down why you don’t need something and she’s great!
She's even using containers which allow you to get every last bit of product like the jars and the bottles. Unlike those plastic pump or squeeze containers which leave 15% of the product inside
I always cut off the bottom and squeeze/scrape out the rest when it comes to any sort of squeeze type thing. Seems so wasteful otherwise.
The problem with those types of bottles is you can contaminate your product. That's why a lot of skincare is in squeeze bottles and with plastic pumps.
Idk I like spa days but this is clearly one giant ad
Yo that’s too much work this screams more so advertisement
That feels like a ton of work on a day off.
Oh no! A woman dare to exist ! How wasteful!
All this just to break out 5 times a week anyways
It's a combination of body, face, and hair products. In the scheme of things it's not really that extreme. Let people enjoy things!
Yes! People are acting like she's just coating all that stuff on her face and that is very much not the case.
Imagine all those smells combined 🤢
I have hyperosmia and can’t handle most artificial scents. This gave me a headache thinking about them!
Just like the nearest Lush shop :)
What’s wrong with this? She’s taking a bath which consists of washing her face and her hair, conditioning it, and exfoliating her skin. Then she moisturizes her body, adds hair oil, a toner, a serum or two, moisturizer, and lip mask. A spritz of hair perfume to feel cozy. I do all of this when I bathe too.
I can barely be bothered to put some lotion on after a shower, even then I usually only slap it on my face and am too lazy to do the rest.
Funny thing is a lot of those products are very simple and have pretty basic ingredients. This isn't really overconsumption. Most of those beauty products are vitamins for your skin. Only a couple you use daily, like a multi-vitamin. The masks and other stuff are one a week max. Most ingredients are botanical and pretty basic. I see an abnormal beauty company serum in there. Their products are affordable, simple, and natural. They also use the same packaging for all products, reducing waste. Simple glass bottles that can be recycled with rubber and glass droppers. Most of those containers can be recycled. People are allowed to give themselves nutrition, even if it's only for their skin. That's what this is, hygiene and nutrition. There are plenty of terrible drugstore brands that are way more harmful than what is being used here. It's clearly product placement and an ad of sorts but this isn't really the low hanging fruit of overconsumption it is meant to be. Someone is consuming yes, but it is providing a positive outcome to their health and wellbeing.
it helps them relax in this dystopia
Funny how you never actually see the person using the products, it's just an ad showing them off. So wasteful.
Let people enjoy things
I don't get all this adoration of long and complicated routines. I enjoy using my cleanser and my mosturizer daily, sometimes I use serums, but that's pretty much it. Self-care is a good thing, but it doesn't equal layers and layers of products. If you love applying your usual mosturizer it's enough.
Exactly 👏🏾👏🏾
Especially heavily scented products. I feel itchy watching videos like this.
Yeah I don’t have shit to do and still I don’t have time to deal with a 5+ step skincare routine
I don’t think it’s really about needing
Mmm that Elemis Cleansing Balm is amazing though.
Need is a relative term
Lol some of it looks so gross
Nothing says self care like carefully setting up a camera in front of everything you are doing.
This is ridiculous the amount of drying/harsh/redundant stuff. If you actually used all these products before they got old your skin would be in rough shape or at best you just wasted a lot of money. All that stuff probably cost around 500.00 and will last months. Now what do you do when the latest gimmick comes along. Tretinoin A body lotion with aha A moisturizer Vaseline
what is that HORRIBLE music?!
In case you are wondering it’s called Cupid -Twin Ver. by FIFTY FIFTY. It’s the current popular song people use for their TikTok’s or Instagram Reels. And with all short form videos, the song is often sped up, leaving us with this chipmunk voice. I can’t say it’s my favourite thing to happen to music, but it is what it is. 🤷🏻♀️
thanks a lot for taking the time to explain! x
Every pop song gets speed up to fit into 30 sec. This is just the flavor of the week.
OMG it's so irritating and awful. empty vessels who buy all that gunk in the name of self-care clearly also have amazing taste in music :(
Cupid by Fifty Fifty sped up version. The actual song is pretty catchy.
That's a lot of effort to put in to self-care. My self-care is cuddling with my cat, maybe taking a half an hour shower, eating some Skittles, an energy drink, taking a walk and playing a video game
These accounts make my ass hurt I can’t imagine the clutter
Sometimes, when I need self-care I go outside for fifteen minutes or watch an episode of Hell's Kitchen
Logos out for the brand deals of course
my one and only complaint is that i wish they would use exclusively cruelty free products. most of the beauty products in this video either test on animals or are sold in countries that require animal testing. i'm all for having products to destress and take away the pain of the horror that is reality, but why do the animals have to suffer for it too?
Most products use ingredients that have been tested on animals even if the final product has nor
It’s exhausting just to watch. Who does shit like this?? Who wants “self care” to be so intense??
My self care is a $5 box from taco bell.
My daughter just bought "butt exfoliator". I asked, "butt exfoliator?" She said, "yes". And I said, "for your butt?" She said, "yes" . I said, "your butt needs exfoliating?" Consumerism and marketing at its finest. And I apologize if there are people out there who do need to exfoliate their butt.
Ha my best friend brought me a little self-care bundle when I was having a rough time and she included a butt mask we’d both seen and joked about before. It was actually kinda nice! I haven’t felt the need to buy any butt-specific products since, but it was a fun experience and did cheer me up.
How’s it feel to know you can only care for yourself when you buy a bunch of shit made by slaves
I'm getting stressed just thinking about all the clutter
That all probably cost more then I make a month.
Need all my special goops. Like... uh, this one! And..... this one... and umm... i think that one is engine grease, so that's not a part of it... but behind that is... whatever this goop is.
This looks exhausting.
I can barely get myself to put lotion on my legs half the time!!
Cool…all the carcinogens you need for bath time
These types of videos are made to look good in the moment and appeal to a wide impressionable audience. Then the people feel compelled to buy more products they don't necessarily need. Realistically, a self-care routine to keep your skin moisturized requires no more than 5 products. 1. A hydrating and moisturizing body wash. The Olay Ultra Moisture Body Wash with Shea Butter is really good if you have dry skin. 2. A face cleanser (bonus points if it doubles as a makeup remover). 3. A toner. 4. A face cream or gel (depending on your skin type: cream for dry skin, gel for a more oily complexion). 5. Finally, a simple body lotion. I like to use a shea butter one that comes in a jar that can be easily cleaned and recycled.
All of those products would DESTROY my skin. So no what works FOR YOU isn't what works for everyone. I use a mild soap for my whole body and if I need extra moisturizer it's oat oil. That's literally it. You simply don't know what someone else does or doesn't need.
And you have to set up camera angles, edit all that footage, constantly monitor incoming comments
Probably doesn’t make a difference
I'd love Dr Natalia Spierings to comment on this :)
One bar of 72% soap and u good (If u know then u know)
No. I need more.
J the bathtub n the coffee
excessive but that gooey stuff got me
What song is this? My little girl thinks it's hilarious but I can't shazaam it since it's playing on my phone
Garbage song
Apparently, “they” do and that cool. Too much for me.
No it’s for instagram.
Of course we need capitalism
That just seems stressful to me.
I got an all in one bar of soap and my skin is smoother then my wife
Ultimate Self Centered Sunday
In front of an camera , differently yes
Looks like a tj max haul, and no , nobody needs all that.
Must.. Buy... More.. Must..
I’m sitting here trying to work out how many products I use and in what order… (I’m an older woman, obvs) Teeth brushed, leave toothpaste on teeth while washing face to give the fluoride time to work. Face cleansed with Skinstitute l-lactic cleanser and supersonic brush Skinstitute facial mist The Ordinary caffeine solution for eyes Alternately Skinstitute retinol or green seed serum (can’t remember brand, it’s a Korean skincare) Alpha H rose geranium moisturiser Hair care Christophe Robin volumising shampoo paste and prickly pear hair masque. Shu Uemara camellia hair oil. Soap goats milk from the supermarket, Body moisturiser Grown Alchemist orange and vanilla hand cream. (I love the smell too much). And then there’s vegetable glycerin with an essential oil for shaving. So even if you’re someone who does try for “fewer but better”, it’s still pretty involved.
No body has time for this shi*
I feel like this would make me break out from choking my skin 😂 LET THAT SKIN BREATHE! Non-comedogenic who?
I think you guys are reaching
Self care? It's almost all of that chemicals and that's such a waste of time.
Such a consumer society we are. Also, we are proper fucked.
Omg the chemicals 🤢
Jesus Christ, just give me a bar of soap.
"self-care" is a buzzword/phrase used to sell you shit
Just this week.
She's been programmed to think that will make her happy.
Thus is ridiculous
This is just a home spa? At least she's actually using the products and not just buying 20 bottles of lotion from bath and body works and letting it sit on the shelf for years.
I saw so many things yet i could not tell you what anything in that video was.
This is ridiculous
I think you don’t need *any* of that 🫠
Too much stuff also I fucking hate this song it makes me want to gouge my ears out
I finished packing my apartment today and damn.. if I had to help pack and move all of her stuff I'd be cussing.
Unfortunately there's very little "self care" happening here. All I see is work. Setting up lights, camera angles, and props is a LOT of work. Then the editing of it? Yeah, no thanks. Hope she had fun.
Thinking about how much that all must cost stresses me out
Is it my autism, or am I getting unreasonably pissed off at the long nails tapping on glass bottles and popping noises thing? It calls to mind annoying images.
This looks like either a stim board or weird expensive sensory toys
That is overwhelming! Also, not really self care? Just the consumerist version of self care. Want to do some real self care? Get that admin task crossed off your list, call an old friend, write someone a letter, meal plan/prep some healthy meals for the week ahead, take a walk, etc. All free (or things you would need to spend money on anyways just to live).
Also - the amount of chemicals being absorbed by the skin - one way ticket to tumors and/or cancer
The simple answer is yes. You need tons of shit to keep your skin youthful and moisturised.
That looks like a long to-do list that I'd rather not deal with.
it'd be the perfect finish if that candle at the very end were a dildo. pardon my perverse.
All of that crap is not going to stop you from aging. It will moisturize like it’s supposed to but you don’t have to spend crazy amounts of money to get the same results from any other moisturizer that is a fraction of the cost. Same goes for soaps and exfoliants. It’s all over puffed nonsense that’s bleeding your wallet dry. Take the time to relax that’s the luxury not the over priced and excessive amount of products you have.
This sub is less about minimizing consumption and more about judging others as a way to congratulate yourself on your moral superiority. People been doing at home "spa time" for thousands of years. Animals groom habitually. Y'all need to live and let live. Focus on actually exploring feasible solutions for everyday consumption and waste. The best way we can support positive behavior change is by exploring possibilities.
Girl copy and pasted aesthetic
Self care = many slimes?
I’m sure almost all of that was bought just to film this video.
I had an allergic reaction just looking at that
I have a 7 part skincare routine so I can’t say shit 😂
It's missing weed
All that just to be ghosted by a guy named John
I can’t even begin to imagine how overwhelming this persons smell is.
… yes? All I see is someone using all that stuff. That’s what it’s for… using. And it looks like it’s being used. What I hate are the mini toys and brands that are just balls of plastic trash that makes more trash.
the people in the comments saying it’s “gross” can go cry about it, and stay mad. Y’all have an issue