Drama in the beauty industry, who knew???

I've always loved makeup.  Since I was a young child, I loved playing with my mom's and my grandma's makeup.  My dad's mom use to let me get her makeup out and give her a "makeover"  Ok, so she probably looked more like a clown who was on crack cocaine putting her makeup on, but she was a great grandma and she always said she was beautiful.

So a few years ago, I started watching You Tube channels about makeup.  Oh a few tutorials here, a review there.  Nothing much.  I really enjoyed it.  Didn't really subscribe to many but I enjoyed it.  As I kept watching, I subscribed to a few more, and really got into it.  So much so I decided, after thinking about it for a few weeks, to start my own You Tube channel.

Ok, so I really started watching.  Really watching LOTS of channels.   I mean I watched so many channels, subscribed to them really watched how the set up was, what kind of content they did. Just trying to learn so I could make my channel not suck.  I mean, I want my channel to grow, I'd love to get over 1000 subscribers, but I don't even have 100 yet.  So I need to get it all figured out.

Then I found the drama.  OMG!  Who the hell knew that there was so much drama surrounding makeup.  I mean its like every other week its  Jeffrey Star vs Kat Von D  or Jaclyn Hill vs Becca.  Or the drama around Morphe's latest release.  Or makeup brushes.  Or a contract between a makeup guru and Too Faced.  Drama around who uses filters to make themselves look "perfect" during filming.   OMG! Does it ever stop?    Its like a train wreck that you really don't want to look at, but can't help it.

I've got to admit.  All this fucking drama kind of turns me off makeup just a little bit.  I've found out some companies seem so shady with business practices I'm a little put off of their products.  Or YouTubers caught in so many lies, I don't even want to watch their channels anymore.  Just makes it not so much fun anymore. 

Sometimes I think it was better before I knew all this stuff.  Maybe it was better to just go to the store, find something I liked and buy it rather than do a bunch of research and find out shit I really didn't want to know about drama that doesn't affect me. 

Oh well. I guess its just like that train wreck, I just can't quit watching.  Oh, I've cut down a little.  I have unsubscribed from a few people either seem to be in all the drama, or just seem more "fake" than they were a couple years ago.   That's helped. 

Just who knew there was such drama involved in the beauty industry?  I guess I didn't.