C_LaVie wrote:Hey guys,
I'm new to this whole GG thing but have been lurking a lot lately, since I've suddenly become a super avid watcher of YouTube gurus. My thoughts obviously aren't super original and have probably been beaten to death, but hey! I'm new, so they're new for me. Like someone else said, I'm totally like the person who's been watching Tati for a little while and now cannot stand her for the most part so I come on here to have my say. Okay, that's a bit harsh. But yeah, I have a "love/dislike" relationship with Tati, as someone put it - more dislike than anything, if I'm being honest. Here's why.
1.) STOP with Puka bit on Snapchat. No seriously, STOP putting him in Snapchat lenses every day as he dances around your eerily empty house on his salon-done doggie nails. I love my dog too, but the over-Puka-ing is just off putting. Ew. Stop.
2.) While I'm on the subject of Snapchat filters: STOP WITH THE CUTESY DEER FILTER, TATI. I get it. It makes you sound and feel cute and super duper young, but I want to rip my hear out screaming every single time you do that ish. On second thought - let's just go ahead and put Snapchat down altogether. Let's face it, you're too old to use it like Kylie Jenner does. Please stop trying!
2.) James...yeah, it's all been said. I don't mind the odd husband or boyfriend here and there in a YouTuber's video, but to include him so often? That seems a bit codependent, tbh. He doesn't look like he has much to do in life. Standing around awkwardly, mostly, and his whole life seems to revolve around Tati. Again...wreaks of codependency. Hopefully he's got a purpose to his own life and isn't just a subset of Tati...
3.) Her "age." Man, I am SO glad I came here and read all the comments because I started watching Tati thinking, "Oh good, an older YTer for us girls over 30!" I just figured she was much older than me - seriously thought she was like 45 but just had really nice, smooth skin. Wait...WHAT?? She's only 34?? No, that is just wrong. I can't get my head around it. What does a 34 year-old do to look like a 45 year-old woman who has nice skin for her age? How....what....
Someone said it's the plastic surgery. I can't help but think maybe so. Either way, it somehow totally creeps me out to now be watching a "mature" YouTuber thinking it's great someone is there for the mature ladies....only to hear things like, "WTF?" or "Oh my God you guys" 20 times a snap, realizing she's low 30s, and ....no, I just can't. I just can't.
4.) With the makeup, everything's been said. I'm just not impressed, and she seems to be TRYING. SO. HARD. I love Kathleen Lights and Kayla Hagey and a bunch of other YTers who seem to have their ish really together and do great tutorials. Kathleen's makeup always looks superb, and she's got a great, friendly personality. You don't see her husband hanging out in all of her videos as if he seriously has no life outside of her. And - she really tries products for her viewers - just as she always has.
Part of me feels bad ranting but really? You put your life out there, you ask for feedback. And besides, I think that people mostly slam gurus when they get off track - when they stop being the cool, down-to-earth makeup-tutorial-posting, honest-product-reviewing people we love them to be. When they stop being relatable, stop being "one of us" and start being "one of them." When you see more Kylie Jenner-lookalike Snaps than beauty-related ones, more whining about editing than actually giving us what we want.
I work in Marketing. Don't ever neglect your target market...or you'll end up being trashed on either Yelp or a place like Guru Gossiper, forever more!