I had a bit of a lightbulb moment last night as I was scrolling through a few of my favourite bloggers' feeds- I am too guilty of getting caught up in the hype. As much as I have improved in the past few years in terms of buying excess amounts of makeup, I still get reeled in by new launches, packaging and 1000 beauties saying they love a particular product.
At this stage, blogging for me is a hobby. It's something I love to do, I love makeup, I love communicating on Instagram with beauty obsessives all over the world, I love taking photos of pretty things and slapping them all onto my face; but this is not my full time job. My full time job funds this, at times, pricey habit and I need to remind myself that a lot of bloggers are fortunate to be sent samples of these products. They of course have worked hard to get where they are and continue to work hard producing original content, this is not a post to bag out 'big' beauty bloggers I am definitely not about that.
This is just a post for me, myself and I really to remind myself that this is my hobby, not my job. I only have one face to apply all these products I buy (aside from the occasional friend's face) I'm not a freelance artist and don't have a kit to fill. I may not actually need every new lip product that is launched, every new product that claims to be revolutionary and unique; i need to be wary of getting caught up in the hype.
The main reason for this post is to recognise that reading lots of beauty blogs can be entertaining, fun to read and beautiful to look at but you (read: I) don't necessarily need every product that is recommended or mentioned just because so and so said you do. I will be back to blogging properly when I'm home from this trip and back into routine because I do love it and I do love sharing my thoughts. Otherwise I'm always active on my Instagram and often post mini reviews and first impressions there.
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