The ‘latest thing’ that’s on the market, new ‘cult’ lip products & wacky eye colours!

Ahem. Getting on my soapbox here.

Can everyone please take a moment to go read this?
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You back? Okay. So I just wanted to post my thoughts on this. Basically, this "professional" makeup artist (is there really such a thing? I'm a certified Aveda makeup artist, but that doesn't really mean anything, does it?) thinks that the opinions of bloggers don't count because they have only tried a product on "one face". Since she uses the products on "many faces", her opinion counts. Also, she admits she has no journalism background yet she writes in a journalistic way. But did anyone READ what she wrote? You can feel the anger coming through the screen!!! A real journalist writes straight up facts in an interesting manner, not about what she read about a dirty Benefit counter on a blog and complain. Ugh.

But the most frustrating thing to me was this: " I struggled to find blogs about core products that brands offer. Very few talk about foundations and powders and base makeup, and even less talk about staple eye products, like neutral eye colours and shades.



What they all talk about is the ‘latest thing’ that’s on the market, new ‘cult’ lip products or wacky eye colours."

Are you KIDDING ME?? That paragraph right there frustrates me to no end. First off, base makeup is reviewed on a lot of blogs, but the thing is that most people find one foundation or powder that works for them and they stick with it. I've been using Everyday Minerals base for almost 2 years now. It would be pointless for me to review it more than once!

The whole point behind a beauty blog is to write about your OWN experiences and, unlike a magazine, we write every single day! Of COURSE we are taking about the new thing on the market...because we can! Wouldn't it be boring to read blogs that posted only once a month on foundation? Ugh!

Also, this: "So is blogging the new media? Well it would appear that we’re going that way, but perhaps its time to take more seriously, the blogger who has a professional background to what she’s saying, rather than the one that talks the most and the loudest, often with not a lot of content."

Bloggers are everyday women. We are the ones who take the bus to work and sweat and chase after kids and guinea pigs with our makeup on. We don't have perfect skin or perfect application skills. We're still learning. BUT we're the ones that need a voice! When I see bloggers with similar skin type or coloring as me, I always want to snatch up the products that work for them and shun those that don't. Or if a blogger looks completely different, I can still be inspired by their talent and read their reviews. A professional background as a journalist or makeup artist means nothing to me. Some of the best makeup I see is by girls just having fun, not the ones doing it for money.

Basically, I know that Sparkle is a lot different from a normal beauty blog. I'm not pretty, I don't have a lot of money and I don't use the popular makeup brands. Yet I love what I do. I love writing, I love everyone who comments and reads and if I can help other people make a good choice, its all the better! So that's why I'll continue to write and read blogs by all the awesome "loud" girls out there.