Soooo many companies making money off of made up beauty standards and capitalizing off of women’s insecurities instead of celebrating everyone we are telling them they have to look like THIS {insert unrealistic beauty standards here}
@Ellen Mint: as I was growing up....and I did this fast...my Body by itself we're growing faster as my Skin can follow, I build Muscles because I was very sportive...and this was stretching my Skin so that I get some Stretchmarks in my upper Legs, in my little growing Breasts a s o.! They are tiny, but I was sooo disturbed about! I feel them as so ugly, I hated them! I was growing up in a very "old Fashion, traditional Family" , my Mom was "straight", and never talking to me about Skin-Care, Body-Care - only the very important, neccessary Things. I was long time "supressed" , depressed (?) about this "Body-Fails" till I start working and become educated in my Job's and Studies in Medicin...then I've found out what was going on with me and my Body. This is' one Point why I like our James Welsh so much, his Content! He is' a good Teacher for Young People, and tell them the right and important Behaviors! 👏👏👏🙏🥰❣️ Take Care of yourself - we only have this one Body and Skin ✌️🤗❣️🙏
I got stretch marks on my hips and breasts when I went through puberty. Didn't gain fat or muscle. My body was just naturally developing. Super strange for someone to have an issue with proof I'm a woman instead of a little girl.
At no point does James say, “to look better/prettier/thinner” This is why I’m an avid fan. Yes, to look “different” is what’s accurately happening here. 🙏 ✨ 💖
I want an app that allows the viewer to "undo" all the tweaks and filters that have been applied to the original pic. Now, THAT would be a real eye opener!
Omg imagine!! Adobe announced ages ago that they were going to start embedding in the image info, all the tools that were used to edit an image. So you could tell if skin and body shape were changed. Yet to see that happen!
I loved her video. She’s 100% right. Some people don’t have as noticeable of pores, but it’s always going to look like makeup if you’re close enough. I always hated trying to see how makeup covered acne and all of the videos I saw people use filters and had so much light on themselves that you couldn’t really even see what it was actually covering. Or they’d add other products off camera. So frustrating!
I was in CVS (American drug store), and I walked past a display of makeup by Drew Barymore. I was shocked in a good way when I saw the campaign photo of her with close to zero retouching. None of the typical retouches we typically see, all “imperfections” on display. Impressive to see what her products actually looked like in use on her natural skin.
I am so glad people are finally learning everything is filtered and people have texture. I’ve had people yell at me as a makeup artist because I can’t physically smooth their skin out when they have scaring and texture unlike what they see on social media
It’s because filters and editing are literally changing the way people see themselves. There has been at least one study that showed the negative impact/increasing body dysmorphia among the general population.
I LOVE that you left the drilling noise. It's like real live version of not using Photoshop. That's life, we all have background noises and that's normal :) Did you have to replace the kitchen after doing all those food hacks with Robert?
ADDITIONAL NOTES: 1) the Kylie ‘look alike’ is for sure a deep fake and not a phone app. The Reface all I was referring to doesn’t allow you to put a celeb face on you. Only put your face on a video of a celeb. 2) the before and afters are 100% the same people. If you go further back on their profiles, there’s not a huge difference in their appearance. But the trend obviously took off so they go to extremes to look very different! 3) I’m so sorry about the drilling but I have 1 month of non stop work being done in my house so I have no other time to work! 4) Also the moisturiser was announced the day after filming this! It’s glow recipe! Their new plum plump hyaluronic Cream
I don't think anyone minded the drilling hun. It was hilarious especially since you were trying to talk about how calming and soothing the product is with this very not calm or soothing noise in the background. 🤭🖤🖤
That drill couldn’t be more synchronized 🤣👍🏼 It’s a gem if I’m being honest. Just suits your sense of humor, delicate and sporadic, but absolutely necessary for the “job” 🤣🤣
@@oyb5368 they announced it and then unannounced it if that makes sense? 😂 I saw that they announced it a few days ago and then they took down the announcement about it.
I absolutely agree. The filters have gone too far. My 19 year old son met someone in person he had only known on line a few weeks ago. He said they looked nothing like the pics online. He likes this person so that’s not an issue but I do think it shows just how far it’s been taken. If you are completely unrecognizable then it’s a problem. We all shouldn’t look alike.
I don't have an issue with filters per se. But when you're trying to sell a product is when it bothers me. It's lying. It is fun to play with filters, but they can be dangerous for sure, mentally for the ones using them. Just gotta remember perfect is not a thing. Nobody is perfect. But everyone is beautiful. 💕
@@anerdnamedalex8527 same tho!! I seem to just get caught up in it sometimes. But I stay pretty grounded for the most part. But part of my brain starts comparing myself to them then I snap out of it!! It can definitely mess with your perception of yourself and them too!!
When everyone is beautiful, no one is. If we were all beautiful, all those filters wouldn’t cause harm (as many do say), since beautified photos were just a variation of the innate beauty we all posses (one cannot be more human or more alive than any other human). But since some people aren’t beautiful, photoshopped pictures hurt people stuck in this “need to be pretty” treadmill
Yes I totally agree ! I remember James did a video where jaclyn was selling a foundation j think ? And she’s like look at how flawless my skin looks with this and literally said she WASNT using a filter . Surely they sort of thing should be illegal
The drilling sound is like someone learning to play trumpet. Or maybe, a tuba? Either way, I couldn’t stop giggling. You should have just put random emojis on the screen to go with each noise. You are the best.
This culture of filters, photoshopping and "perfection" is why I don't subscribe to beauty influencers. It's all a big LIE! James and Robert are the only influencers that I trust to give it to me straight whilst actually promoting what REAL beauty looks like! Thank you Welsh twins for helping me love who I am!💜🖤
These videos have really helped my self esteem a lot. When I was pregnant I hated the fact that I was going to end up with stretch marks and baggy skin, I hated the fact I was more aware of my wrinkles and breakouts. I actually feel a lot more neutral about my body and my skin now. I think my idea of "beauty" has shifted more to "self care" than "perfection". So to all the influencers who show the real them- thank you!
Am I the only one who takes a sip of wine everytime James says "Hy-DRATED" and Robert says "Dehy-DRATED" or they say "Crusty bits"???? 🤣 I love to Wine and Welsh. 🥂
I’m not going to lie, as a makeup artist photoshop/filters makes me feel bad about my makeup ability- nothing seems to look the same on me as it does in other people’s photos! But that’s because it doesn’t even look like that on them either… lol
Had a talk with a sales gal at Ulta yesterday who was young and told me she felt insecure due to social media 😔 had been considering Botox and lip flip. totally fine if that’s what someone wants to do for themselves but not to fit in for likes on IG plus she hadn’t one wrinkle as she was about 22 at most! I told her behind all those filters no one is perfect and we’re all crusty in real life or have our days 😅 She liked my skin and so I guided her to some skincare tips and told her maybe begin there and make those bigger decisions a later if needed and wear sunscreen daily 😉 (funny she was the employee at a skincare store) it terrifies me being the mom of two daughters what social media does to self-esteem
That girl is SOO right about the Beauty guru's making us viewers think our foundation is going to look amazing when they know they are lying bc they are using filters and great lighting! I stopped wasting money on expensive foundation that makes my complexion look totally different from theirs.Now I watch dermatologists and spend my money on great skincare and another of them are drugstore and very affordable! I also appreciate your honesty with us about how our foundation and other makeup products are really going to look on us!❤
I got stretch marks because I grew extremely fast when I first hit puberty, then I've gotten some more over the years because my weight has fluctuated, and that's ok :) I love my tiger stripes.
I tried using photoshop on myself and always undo it afterwards, because I hate seeing myself altered! The only thing I do sometimes is a little blurring or editing spots, because hormonal acne hits me hard sometimes. I always make the experience that if I don't like a new picture of me, I'll most likely will like it a few weeks later. And if I remember correctly there's a certain psychological reason behind it, because quite a lot of people experience this, too. That's why I recommend, take a few pictures, look at them, maybe hate them, but don't edit or delete them and look at them a few weeks later once again. Do you still hate them? This might make you love your true self a little more.
This is really true. My current profile pic I hated when I took it because my forehead looks huge. But I looked back on it a bit later and really liked it. My skin was behaving itself. The lighting is nice. I have a big forehead, but that is just what I look like. I can style my hair over it or try to have photos from different angles, but why would I?
I've always been very insecure about my face and don't like taking pictures but when I look back at older pictures I wish I had had more confidence because I really was beautiful. And even now I sometimes see pictures and think "wow, that's that's decent picture".
It's so hilarious with the drill in the background. I don't always use headphones, so normally when a creator is like "if you hear the loudness it's my neighbor or construction", I rarely hear anything. When you say it you MEAN IT LOL. Did the drill sound like really loud snoring to anyone else?
The discrepancy between reality and a filtered representation of a person can cause a huge gap between the realistic and ideal self. That can shatter one's self image. I salute this new trend of people being F-ing sick of photoshop.
I love how you are talking about the pressures of men in society. I feel like all we really see and hear about is women and not enough light gets shed on the pressures of men's standards.
@@JamesWelsh Amazing! Would you be touching on as well how male standards of beauty fed into societies emotional expectations of men and how those emotional standards effect the low number of reported sexual assualts/rapes as well? Also I love you and your brother's, you guys are amazing and I love that you keep it real. I'm watching all your vids to try and find a few good products for combination skin since my skin changed so much after I had a full hysterectomy at 26 due to Ovarian Cancer.
I LOVE that you just worked through the sound. A weird pet peeve I have is when influencers are like “omg (whatever sounds) is so loud on second” and just pause and wait for it to pass 🤣 I’m like dude cut that part out or work through the sound and make it fun 😝
That automatic filter thing! Omg, I didn't know my new phone's camera has a 'beauty' mode and I was so happy my skin looked so clear, till I started noticing a discrepancy in the image I saw in the mirror and the photo and THAT'S when I realised it was a filter... Super bummed out, though
Samsung. Some of their phones have blurring on your skin even if you turned off the 'beauty mode'. It still blurs so subtlety and a bit perfectly that I was fooled for a whole month too. When I used my old phone with decent camera, I could actually see still my textures and spots. smh
On Xiaomis as well. I always turned off the beauty filter, but my selfies were still suspiciously smooth and clear. It's why I don't take selfies lol. It's too weird, you're either disappointed or lied to
@@melancolielupine2023 I have a Xiaomi phone! I don't take a lot of selfies, it was just these couple of photos I clicked with a product and I was like... Damn, staying inside really made my skin better, huh!
I think one of the things that does bother me about transformation videos is when they use acne and glasses as a form of being “ugly” before the transition. It’s harmful, offensive and as someone who wears glasses and has hormonal adult acne, it makes me feel like I’m ugly.
Thank you for these videos. They are so important! I am terrible at spotting filters and eddits. I just think people are beautiful and have amazing skills. For years I thought I was doing something wrong because I could always see that I was wearing makeup when I was wearing makeup. For years I believed I had kinda bad skin. Only in the last couple of years did I learn that that is normal and that I actually have pretty amazing skin, even without a lot of effort. Your videos really help me to see the difference between fake and natural content on social media.
It truly is amazing to see their actual skin because when I used to put makeup on all the time, I was so discouraged on how it looked on me. I know it sounds stupid but I just didn't realize the texture on my skin would still show through the makeup. It'd be flaky and show my pores, now it's not so bad cause I moisturize enough but also I realized it's normal too.
I’m 30, and I’m my teen years, photoshopped bodies were everywhere. I have so many issues with my body, my weight, everything, as a result. I see this now happening with skin. I’m glad though, to see content creators like yourself nipping it in the bud.
I hope it’s better now for my teenage daughter (she’s 15 today!)… growing up in the 90’s I was clueless about the retouching and marketing game and it made me feel very insecure!
Yeah this has been happening since the beginning of advertising. it's nothing new. before Photoshop it was airbrushing. the difference is, today kids have the internet educating them and they are learning about what's real and what's not. when I was a teen back in the early 90s we didn't have that luxury. we had no idea and so my eating disorder and body just dismorphia was horrible because I didn't understand models were airbrushed
Stretch marks have been so demonized and it makes no sense. My kids got stretch marks at around 10 years old and I told them and keep telling them it's because their bodies grew so fast their skin had to try to accommodate that. It's not bad, it's not anything, it's just skin going 'Oh shit! Time to grow fast!'
This generation has it so lucky with selfies. Remember when we had to use our point and shoot camera and hoped that the angle was right? 😭😭😭 I’m glad my MySpace photos or Photobucket ain’t around cause I looked busted as hell lmfao
Just come across you, no idea why youtube dumped you in my feed but I am glad it did. I’m 64 and the worst thing I had to worry about was spots. I feel so sorry for younger people today. My kids are millennials and I was an older mum when I had them. I brought them up to understand that it is what is inside the packaging that is important. You seem to be trying to do the same, well done 😊 definitely subscribed and now going to binge watch the rest of your stuff.
the woman at @5:37 looks so much more striking without the filter, I think! Her face is already so beautiful and unique that she looks unreal with the filter on and with it off you can see that she naturally has these intense features and that they weren't altered at all!
That video about the skin texture and makeup 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 I can't stand foundation on my skin, just use concealer on my dark circles, amd when I do for a wedding or something I think it looks terrible because of texture but it is makeup and will always look like it
I love these videos and am always informed and entertained. The part where you used a calming product and explained it with your calming voice, all whilst the drilling was going on was just perfect! Well done! Made me laugh and again, it was real. 🙏🏽💚
I love her describing that makeup will look textured because that's nature over ur skin, I love her, shes real, transparent and naturally beautiful !! U should do a video and display all non filtered natural beauties of all kinds. Minimalist but modern and fashion forward but not fake. We don't see enough of this, people are inundated w fake everything that the core of life is being lost. It's like the art of handwriting , it's so unique as we all are. Do an "unfiltered " video and showcase real beauties, it would be amazing, ur amazing regardless, do IT!!!
The Korean tiktok answered SO MANY questions!!! I knew it wasn't just makeup and lighting that turned a normal jawline, nose, and cheekbones into totally different shapes! Poor teenagers growing up these days comparing the face in the mirror to these completely fake people on the screen...
There's a beauty youtuber called "thriftThick" and she has been around for ages. When I was a teenager she was the only youtuber around that showed real life makeup on real skin with texture and pores and bumps and hair. Her videos helped me to keep realistic expectations of what makeup can do in the age of "this foundation looks like nothing, invisible etc."
I think Instagram etc is leaning more towards real people in all ways. I know I am more drawn to the real so I started sharing about brain tumour surgery. The internet has seen me so raw and bare faced. I was sh*ting myself expecting some mean comments. I get so many messages thanking me for showing the most real sides of life xx
For the first gal: if you go back far enough on her TikTok there is one where you can actually tell the before and after are legit the same person. She later starts trolling with the unbelievable transformation.
When I was a bridesmaid in my cousin's wedding, no-one recognize me. There's even a video of one of my aunts walking around asking for me, almost asking me for where I was. Professional make up surely goes a long way.
It’s nice to see people talking about stretch marks honestly 🥺 My mom constantly makes me feel bad about my weight and body (I am only slightly overweight because of COVID, depressive episodes, just using food as a way to cope) and one of the things she comments on the most is the stretch marks around my thighs. My thighs are pretty thick, and I do have a few stretch marks around the inner thighs and on my butt as well. Though I do think they came from my body changing with puberty, I’d been feeling pretty bad about them but seeing RUclipsrs talking about them makes me feel much better ^^
My mom also comments on my weight and she genuinely thinks it’s helpful :/ even when I tell her “I’ve only lost weight because I’ve been depressed and haven’t been eating” and she’ll say “but you look really good!” Thinking that’s going to encourage me…. I’m sorry your dealing with too because it can be so hurtful to how we view food and our weight. Especially coming from our own mother 😓
@@JamesWelsh aw, lets hope its over soon. To me it was very funny and refreshing seeing the real side of making videos ;) I hope its not stressing you out too much.
I think there are different TikTok versions because aesthetics can be very different between cultures. I noticed the Korean version makes changes to the eyes and jawline that mimic beauty standards in Kpop and drama stars. Big eyes and small faces are idolized over there. Their version is pretty convenient since you don't have to put on any makeup at all.
The drilling noise was hilarious . My friend was in and looked at me with a disgusted look. She said " Oh geez, is that a vibrator review on RUclips?"🤣 I lost it stared cracking up and responded "Um no, its a skincare channel, what the heck have you been watching on RUclips!" LOL 😆
This is why I love you and your brother I usually only follow people until they get to a certain amount of followers because once they get a good amount the lies start, and seem to just get worse over time. You 2 are the only ones I have stuck with because that hasn’t happened, and I will remain as long as you 2 stay true to you ❤️
I LOVE this video. I’ve been feeling like this lately. I’ve been comparing myself to all these essentially fake images of people. It’s nice to be real and honest that humans have human texture
The drilling was pretty funny. 😆 seriously tho, I really love how you advocate for natural skin appearance and proper skin care. Reality is not just ok, it’s beautiful!
“It’s just so SMOOTHING and calming ON THE SKIN. I don’t KNOW what it is.” I’m dying. 🤣🤣🤣That was hilarious. And does anyone love James’s morning voice as much as I do?
Those videos of people showing off their real skin and the texture of their skin really helped me. I had a very bad relationship with my skin for a long time, I was born with extremely bad eczema and the primary area it chose to hit was my face. Having that much irritation and dryness on my face has made it so that now even when my ezcema is mostly under control (thankfully without topical steroids) my skin is textured noticeably textured especially around my nose and cheeks. My pores have blown open from the constant irritation and I have scars from the open wounds I would get from the cracking on my skin just from the sheer dryness of it. When I was just getting into makeup properly at around 14/15 I was pulled in by the filters, the RUclipsrs with pro lighting telling me that this one foundation is so skin like but will cover anything "flawless and no one would know you're wearing it" is the kind of thing they'd say. I would save my money buy this foundation or primer or powder whatever it was and then think my skin was fundamentally broken because i didn't look like they did. This rhetoric was still present in my mind up until about a year and a half ago when I found skincare people online, people showing their skin close up and unfiltered. After consuming this content through lockdown and realising that I wasn't a freak, I wasn't terrible at base makeup and my skin wasn't broken I decided to entirely redo how I put makeup on. I learned about skincare, how to get my skin as hydrated and moisturised as I could, how to control my texture with the right products and my skin actually improved. I no longer use full coverage foundation, as I now know with my skin type it will ALWAYS look cakey, I no longer strive to cover every line pimple or freckle I use a tinted moisturiser most days and I think I look better now than before. I still struggle with my skin sometimes i look in the mirror and wonder why I had to have this skin and not flawless poreless skin like other people. Being online and seeing people looking inhumanly smooth from a young age has damaged my perspective on what skin can look like and i am still unpacking that now, it is the foremost issue i have with my physical appearance and I think some of that comes from seeing people with filters and pro lighting and good angles and thinking I should strive always to look like that.
the drilling made me take a moment to appreciate the silence at my place rn a few months ago my neighbor was renovating or wtv and that was the noise i'd hear all day everyday
The Glow Recipe has light fruity scent. It’s a light scent of fig mixed with the fresh scent this brand articulated. I’m obsessed with the smell of skincare and wish brands would make scented candles out of their skincare products!
Oh my gosh, the drilling :D I love it, that's literally my life from 9am Monday to 6pm Friday, thankfully my neighbour has the time to express himself with this creative outlet. Homeoffice meetings are so 'fun' this way
I do have a "serious" question or just a thought about men with facial hair and skincare. I think I would hate to have the products in my beard and I wonder if men sort of rinse their beards afterwards. After all, the product isn't getting to the skin underneath, is it? I try to take care not to get skincare on my eyebrows if I'm then going to be applying something to my very light eyebrows.
I loove the fact that you left in the drilling in the video rather editing it all out or trying to record another time 😂♥️ just felt so real and relatable which I feel is so rare with RUclipsrs these days.
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I just burst out laughing the moment the drilling started and James tried to move on: "so soothing and calming on the skin" 😂😂😂 That's life!
we have the same name!!🙃
i have 2 last names lol second ones gutierrez
@@silviareina7839 🥂 Here's to us and our name!
I actually spluttered my g&t, when that happened loooool
Me too! Hahaha I felt so stupid laughing at the sound idk why!!! So random, James is talking and suddenly the drilling lmao
"It's really soothing anD CALMING ONTHESKIN" he shouts, at the camera, over the sound of drilling 😂
That part was hilarious 😂
Try and tell me that's not really Robert practicing tuba in the next room.
I love it!!!😄
Omg I was laughing 😂
Literally paused the video at this point to come make this comment! 🤣
Stretchmarks are like cellulite. A company saw something most people have and thought "we must make it a problem so we can sell them a solution!"
A but like our government 😂😂😂😂😂
Soooo many companies making money off of made up beauty standards and capitalizing off of women’s insecurities instead of celebrating everyone we are telling them they have to look like THIS {insert unrealistic beauty standards here}
@Ellen Mint: as I was growing up....and I did this fast...my Body by itself we're growing faster as my Skin can follow, I build Muscles because I was very sportive...and this was stretching my Skin so that I get some Stretchmarks in my upper Legs, in my little growing Breasts a s o.! They are tiny, but I was sooo disturbed about! I feel them as so ugly, I hated them!
I was growing up in a very "old Fashion, traditional Family" , my Mom was "straight", and never talking to me about Skin-Care, Body-Care - only the very important, neccessary Things.
I was long time "supressed" , depressed (?) about this "Body-Fails" till I start working and become educated in my Job's and Studies in Medicin...then I've found out what was going on with me and my Body.
This is' one Point why I like our James Welsh so much, his Content! He is' a good Teacher for Young People, and tell them the right and important Behaviors! 👏👏👏🙏🥰❣️
Take Care of yourself - we only have this one Body and Skin ✌️🤗❣️🙏
I got stretch marks on my hips and breasts when I went through puberty. Didn't gain fat or muscle. My body was just naturally developing. Super strange for someone to have an issue with proof I'm a woman instead of a little girl.
At no point does James say, “to look better/prettier/thinner” This is why I’m an avid fan. Yes, to look “different” is what’s accurately happening here.
🙏 ✨ 💖
*James
@@morgianasartre6709 ! James ! 🤦🏻♀️
@@vycki1403 😂😂
I'm thinking back to all his videos I've watched and yeah you're right! Didn't even register it until I read your comment. I do love that. 🙏
I want an app that allows the viewer to "undo" all the tweaks and filters that have been applied to the original pic.
Now, THAT would be a real eye opener!
Omg imagine!! Adobe announced ages ago that they were going to start embedding in the image info, all the tools that were used to edit an image. So you could tell if skin and body shape were changed. Yet to see that happen!
@@JamesWelsh
OMG, I need this to happen .... now!
Petition anyone? 😂😂😂
@@chrissymoss514 Yes please 🙏
@@debcollins8231
I love you Deb 👍👍
@@chrissymoss514 Thank you 💖 That would be great.
That one girl hit me in all the feels..."your skin carries the memory of where it's been." Yes it does kids, yes it does.🥰
I loved her video. She’s 100% right. Some people don’t have as noticeable of pores, but it’s always going to look like makeup if you’re close enough. I always hated trying to see how makeup covered acne and all of the videos I saw people use filters and had so much light on themselves that you couldn’t really even see what it was actually covering. Or they’d add other products off camera. So frustrating!
time stamp??
@@aasthamishra7778 go to 9:40 ❤
@@rebeccahubbard3817 thanks love! ❤
@@aasthamishra7778 you're so welcome!!! 💞
I was in CVS (American drug store), and I walked past a display of makeup by Drew Barymore. I was shocked in a good way when I saw the campaign photo of her with close to zero retouching. None of the typical retouches we typically see, all “imperfections” on display. Impressive to see what her products actually looked like in use on her natural skin.
I am so glad people are finally learning everything is filtered and people have texture. I’ve had people yell at me as a makeup artist because I can’t physically smooth their skin out when they have scaring and texture unlike what they see on social media
I’m sorry, you didn’t deserve that abuse.
Gross.
wait I havent even thought of that. must be surreal
It’s because filters and editing are literally changing the way people see themselves. There has been at least one study that showed the negative impact/increasing body dysmorphia among the general population.
I LOVE that you left the drilling noise. It's like real live version of not using Photoshop. That's life, we all have background noises and that's normal :)
Did you have to replace the kitchen after doing all those food hacks with Robert?
Looool! That wasn’t my kitchen. I would NEVER allow us to cook in the kitchen because I don’t want my house to burn down 😌
Hahaha
@@JamesWelsh I was sitting here hoping your partner is a good cook so someone can enjoy using a brand new kitchen lol!
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
1) the Kylie ‘look alike’ is for sure a deep fake and not a phone app. The Reface all I was referring to doesn’t allow you to put a celeb face on you. Only put your face on a video of a celeb.
2) the before and afters are 100% the same people. If you go further back on their profiles, there’s not a huge difference in their appearance. But the trend obviously took off so they go to extremes to look very different!
3) I’m so sorry about the drilling but I have 1 month of non stop work being done in my house so I have no other time to work!
4) Also the moisturiser was announced the day after filming this! It’s glow recipe! Their new plum plump hyaluronic Cream
I don't think anyone minded the drilling hun. It was hilarious especially since you were trying to talk about how calming and soothing the product is with this very not calm or soothing noise in the background. 🤭🖤🖤
Major props to you filming during construction! No worries, hun.
That drill couldn’t be more synchronized 🤣👍🏼 It’s a gem if I’m being honest. Just suits your sense of humor, delicate and sporadic, but absolutely necessary for the “job” 🤣🤣
The glow recipe one isn't announced yet🤭
@@oyb5368 they announced it and then unannounced it if that makes sense? 😂 I saw that they announced it a few days ago and then they took down the announcement about it.
I always thought there was something wrong with me because my skin didn't look flawless no matter how much I practiced. I love seeing reality.
Yeah I feel like you’re not alone in feeling that way which is kinda sad
Sameeee
As long as you remember none of what you see on social media is real, then nothing can hurt you.
Me too!!!
It's actually possible to have flawless skin I seen six girls.
You yelling “SO SOOTHING” over the drilling is delightful 😂
I absolutely agree. The filters have gone too far. My 19 year old son met someone in person he had only known on line a few weeks ago. He said they looked nothing like the pics online. He likes this person so that’s not an issue but I do think it shows just how far it’s been taken. If you are completely unrecognizable then it’s a problem. We all shouldn’t look alike.
I don't have an issue with filters per se. But when you're trying to sell a product is when it bothers me. It's lying. It is fun to play with filters, but they can be dangerous for sure, mentally for the ones using them. Just gotta remember perfect is not a thing. Nobody is perfect. But everyone is beautiful. 💕
I constantly have to remind myself that influencers use filters; especially when I scroll through tiktok or insta too long.. 😬
@@anerdnamedalex8527 same tho!! I seem to just get caught up in it sometimes. But I stay pretty grounded for the most part. But part of my brain starts comparing myself to them then I snap out of it!! It can definitely mess with your perception of yourself and them too!!
@@anerdnamedalex8527 I always go and Google insta filters vs reality to see the comparisons. It's a great reminder of the reality.
When everyone is beautiful, no one is. If we were all beautiful, all those filters wouldn’t cause harm (as many do say), since beautified photos were just a variation of the innate beauty we all posses (one cannot be more human or more alive than any other human). But since some people aren’t beautiful, photoshopped pictures hurt people stuck in this “need to be pretty” treadmill
Yes I totally agree ! I remember James did a video where jaclyn was selling a foundation j think ? And she’s like look at how flawless my skin looks with this and literally said she WASNT using a filter . Surely they sort of thing should be illegal
The drilling sound is like someone learning to play trumpet. Or maybe, a tuba? Either way, I couldn’t stop giggling. You should have just put random emojis on the screen to go with each noise. You are the best.
Same here! 🤪😂🤣😂
Omg 😂 I said the same thing about the tuba and didn't even see yours.
It kept making me laugh too, especially watching James try not to giggle.
Now I'm just imagining someone practising the tuba at the worst time while James is filming... 😆
Hahhaha! Yes a sudden blast of tuba !
This culture of filters, photoshopping and "perfection" is why I don't subscribe to beauty influencers. It's all a big LIE! James and Robert are the only influencers that I trust to give it to me straight whilst actually promoting what REAL beauty looks like! Thank you Welsh twins for helping me love who I am!💜🖤
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💯Truth said. 🙌❤️
Stephanie Lange has great videos busting the perfection myth.
Same here!!
I love this era of honesty and positivity over the last decade full of drama, launching, scamming etc.
It’s so extra of James to have a trombone accompaniment for his morning routine.
These videos have really helped my self esteem a lot. When I was pregnant I hated the fact that I was going to end up with stretch marks and baggy skin, I hated the fact I was more aware of my wrinkles and breakouts. I actually feel a lot more neutral about my body and my skin now. I think my idea of "beauty" has shifted more to "self care" than "perfection". So to all the influencers who show the real them- thank you!
I hate that "I don't wear any makeup and all natural" trend and you can still see her false eyelashes.
Am I the only one who takes a sip of wine everytime James says "Hy-DRATED" and Robert says "Dehy-DRATED" or they say "Crusty bits"???? 🤣 I love to Wine and Welsh. 🥂
I don’t, but I will now 😂 lol
Just poured a glass of wine, lets see how long it lasts 🤣
What a great idea!
@@JoyfullyJoyous Try it while watching the best moisturizers... bottle is empty about 3 mins in. 🤣
@@TroyAnnJackson yeah ive already drank more than i planned too 🤣 damn suggested videos 🤣🤣
I’m not going to lie, as a makeup artist photoshop/filters makes me feel bad about my makeup ability- nothing seems to look the same on me as it does in other people’s photos! But that’s because it doesn’t even look like that on them either… lol
But what is worse totally change face or only flawless skin?
Had a talk with a sales gal at Ulta yesterday who was young and told me she felt insecure due to social media 😔 had been considering Botox and lip flip. totally fine if that’s what someone wants to do for themselves but not to fit in for likes on IG plus she hadn’t one wrinkle as she was about 22 at most! I told her behind all those filters no one is perfect and we’re all crusty in real life or have our days 😅 She liked my skin and so I guided her to some skincare tips and told her maybe begin there and make those bigger decisions a later if needed and wear sunscreen daily 😉 (funny she was the employee at a skincare store) it terrifies me being the mom of two daughters what social media does to self-esteem
“It’s so soothing” ---AGGRESSIVE DRILLING NOISES
😂😂 I was laughing so hard
TOO FUNNY 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
That girl is SOO right about the Beauty guru's making us viewers think our foundation is going to look amazing when they know they are lying bc they are using filters and great lighting! I stopped wasting money on expensive foundation that makes my complexion look totally different from theirs.Now I watch dermatologists and spend my money on great skincare and another of them are drugstore and very affordable! I also appreciate your honesty with us about how our foundation and other makeup products are really going to look on us!❤
I got stretch marks because I grew extremely fast when I first hit puberty, then I've gotten some more over the years because my weight has fluctuated, and that's ok :) I love my tiger stripes.
My bf call my stretch marks tiger stripes too ! Lol
Same here! On the back of my thighs from where I shot up over night!
My fiancé calls them “lightning tats” :)
They are lightning marks from Thor, nothing wrong with them 😊
Usually when RUclipsrs mention background noises, you don’t really hear it. This is freakin’ hilarious 😂 love you!
I tried using photoshop on myself and always undo it afterwards, because I hate seeing myself altered! The only thing I do sometimes is a little blurring or editing spots, because hormonal acne hits me hard sometimes. I always make the experience that if I don't like a new picture of me, I'll most likely will like it a few weeks later. And if I remember correctly there's a certain psychological reason behind it, because quite a lot of people experience this, too.
That's why I recommend, take a few pictures, look at them, maybe hate them, but don't edit or delete them and look at them a few weeks later once again. Do you still hate them? This might make you love your true self a little more.
If you remember the term or anyone else knows lmk bc I do this alot.
This is really true. My current profile pic I hated when I took it because my forehead looks huge. But I looked back on it a bit later and really liked it. My skin was behaving itself. The lighting is nice. I have a big forehead, but that is just what I look like. I can style my hair over it or try to have photos from different angles, but why would I?
I've always been very insecure about my face and don't like taking pictures but when I look back at older pictures I wish I had had more confidence because I really was beautiful. And even now I sometimes see pictures and think "wow, that's that's decent picture".
I had this experience recently of pics I took of myself a year ago I forgot to delete. And I thought I looked so amazing in them.
@A H Shes asking what the phenomenon is called not the picture retouching
It's so hilarious with the drill in the background. I don't always use headphones, so normally when a creator is like "if you hear the loudness it's my neighbor or construction", I rarely hear anything. When you say it you MEAN IT LOL. Did the drill sound like really loud snoring to anyone else?
My husband is currently snoring next to me, and I gotta say the drilling wasn't that bad in comparison 🤣
@@yvettebasson1243 oh my gosh you poor thing LOL! The things we put up with for love ♥.♥
Snoring, tuba, dying barn animal...kinda hard to nail that down
The discrepancy between reality and a filtered representation of a person can cause a huge gap between the realistic and ideal self. That can shatter one's self image. I salute this new trend of people being F-ing sick of photoshop.
I love how you are talking about the pressures of men in society. I feel like all we really see and hear about is women and not enough light gets shed on the pressures of men's standards.
Yeah I have a whole video planned about so hopefully it will all come together soon!
@@JamesWelsh Amazing! Would you be touching on as well how male standards of beauty fed into societies emotional expectations of men and how those emotional standards effect the low number of reported sexual assualts/rapes as well?
Also I love you and your brother's, you guys are amazing and I love that you keep it real. I'm watching all your vids to try and find a few good products for combination skin since my skin changed so much after I had a full hysterectomy at 26 due to Ovarian Cancer.
I LOVE that you just worked through the sound. A weird pet peeve I have is when influencers are like “omg (whatever sounds) is so loud on second” and just pause and wait for it to pass 🤣 I’m like dude cut that part out or work through the sound and make it fun 😝
Weekends are for the Welsh family
That automatic filter thing! Omg, I didn't know my new phone's camera has a 'beauty' mode and I was so happy my skin looked so clear, till I started noticing a discrepancy in the image I saw in the mirror and the photo and THAT'S when I realised it was a filter... Super bummed out, though
Samsung. Some of their phones have blurring on your skin even if you turned off the 'beauty mode'. It still blurs so subtlety and a bit perfectly that I was fooled for a whole month too.
When I used my old phone with decent camera, I could actually see still my textures and spots. smh
On Xiaomis as well. I always turned off the beauty filter, but my selfies were still suspiciously smooth and clear. It's why I don't take selfies lol. It's too weird, you're either disappointed or lied to
@@melancolielupine2023 I have a Xiaomi phone! I don't take a lot of selfies, it was just these couple of photos I clicked with a product and I was like... Damn, staying inside really made my skin better, huh!
Lmao this happened to me but with video on my phone 🤦🏼♀️😩😂
iPhone doesn’t do this. It’s too honest 😭
His voice sounds like ASMR... It's so soothing
I think one of the things that does bother me about transformation videos is when they use acne and glasses as a form of being “ugly” before the transition. It’s harmful, offensive and as someone who wears glasses and has hormonal adult acne, it makes me feel like I’m ugly.
Thank you for these videos. They are so important! I am terrible at spotting filters and eddits. I just think people are beautiful and have amazing skills. For years I thought I was doing something wrong because I could always see that I was wearing makeup when I was wearing makeup. For years I believed I had kinda bad skin. Only in the last couple of years did I learn that that is normal and that I actually have pretty amazing skin, even without a lot of effort.
Your videos really help me to see the difference between fake and natural content on social media.
Yes agreed!
It truly is amazing to see their actual skin because when I used to put makeup on all the time, I was so discouraged on how it looked on me. I know it sounds stupid but I just didn't realize the texture on my skin would still show through the makeup. It'd be flaky and show my pores, now it's not so bad cause I moisturize enough but also I realized it's normal too.
I’m 30, and I’m my teen years, photoshopped bodies were everywhere. I have so many issues with my body, my weight, everything, as a result. I see this now happening with skin. I’m glad though, to see content creators like yourself nipping it in the bud.
I hope it’s better now for my teenage daughter (she’s 15 today!)… growing up in the 90’s I was clueless about the retouching and marketing game and it made me feel very insecure!
Oh and I’m almost 40 for reference 😉
Yeah this has been happening since the beginning of advertising. it's nothing new. before Photoshop it was airbrushing.
the difference is, today kids have the internet educating them and they are learning about what's real and what's not.
when I was a teen back in the early 90s we didn't have that luxury. we had no idea and so my eating disorder and body just dismorphia was horrible because I didn't understand models were airbrushed
I loved that you left in the noises from the construction. It cracked me up. Thanks for keepin it real on so many levels!
Stretch marks have been so demonized and it makes no sense. My kids got stretch marks at around 10 years old and I told them and keep telling them it's because their bodies grew so fast their skin had to try to accommodate that. It's not bad, it's not anything, it's just skin going 'Oh shit! Time to grow fast!'
James being very professional with the drilling in the background was everything 😂😂😂😂
This generation has it so lucky with selfies. Remember when we had to use our point and shoot camera and hoped that the angle was right? 😭😭😭 I’m glad my MySpace photos or Photobucket ain’t around cause I looked busted as hell lmfao
Omg right from the top, turn up the contrast! 😭
@@JamesWelsh LMFAOOO 😭🤣
James yelling over the sound of the drilling was hilarious
Just come across you, no idea why youtube dumped you in my feed but I am glad it did. I’m 64 and the worst thing I had to worry about was spots. I feel so sorry for younger people today. My kids are millennials and I was an older mum when I had them. I brought them up to understand that it is what is inside the packaging that is important. You seem to be trying to do the same, well done 😊 definitely subscribed and now going to binge watch the rest of your stuff.
The drilling sounded like you have a 8 year old neighbor who's quirky so they chose to learn the Tuba. 😂😂
LOOOOOL! 😂😂😂
Filters are absolutely wild. One of the TikTok filters made my 50 year old self look like the gorgeous Loey Lane. I call it my catfish pic.
the woman at @5:37 looks so much more striking without the filter, I think! Her face is already so beautiful and unique that she looks unreal with the filter on and with it off you can see that she naturally has these intense features and that they weren't altered at all!
“This could be a first thing in the morning look like me now” James woke up like this - FLAWLESS ladies tell em
James thank you for being genuine and so down to earth.
That video about the skin texture and makeup 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 I can't stand foundation on my skin, just use concealer on my dark circles, amd when I do for a wedding or something I think it looks terrible because of texture but it is makeup and will always look like it
I love the drilling it makes me feel so at home. The thing that unites us all.
That drilling 😂 I had to laugh so hard!
I'm just pretending like the drilling is actually James farting, and its truly brought this video to the next level🤣🤣🤣
I thought in the corner on a Didgeridoo!
The trauma that this comment is going to give him lmao
@@MoonLightt57 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
No way 😂. I am beside myself 😭.
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“This could be a “first thing in the morning” kinda look, like me now”
While looking flawless lol 😂
I love these videos and am always informed and entertained. The part where you used a calming product and explained it with your calming voice, all whilst the drilling was going on was just perfect! Well done! Made me laugh and again, it was real. 🙏🏽💚
😂😂😂 thanks so much! 💜
I love her describing that makeup will look textured because that's nature over ur skin, I love her, shes real, transparent and naturally beautiful !! U should do a video and display all non filtered natural beauties of all kinds. Minimalist but modern and fashion forward but not fake. We don't see enough of this, people are inundated w fake everything that the core of life is being lost. It's like the art of handwriting , it's so unique as we all are. Do an "unfiltered " video and showcase real beauties, it would be amazing, ur amazing regardless, do IT!!!
I like how he's being so kind.... that is not the same person. I dont care what kind of lighting is going on.
I laughed so hard with the drilling you trying to talk over it was just so funny most wouldn't post it but you just powered through it 👍🏻🙈😂
“Your skin carries the memories of where you’ve been”. Didn’t expect deep poetry in a skincare video but I’m here for it.
The Korean tiktok answered SO MANY questions!!! I knew it wasn't just makeup and lighting that turned a normal jawline, nose, and cheekbones into totally different shapes! Poor teenagers growing up these days comparing the face in the mirror to these completely fake people on the screen...
I used to say I look bad in photos, I now have changed it to I take bad selfies. With the right lighting and photography skill everything looks fine.
"IT'S SO SOOTHING AND CALMING FOR MY SKIN BARRIER!" *drilling continues* 😂
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There's a beauty youtuber called "thriftThick" and she has been around for ages. When I was a teenager she was the only youtuber around that showed real life makeup on real skin with texture and pores and bumps and hair. Her videos helped me to keep realistic expectations of what makeup can do in the age of "this foundation looks like nothing, invisible etc."
"so soothing and calming on the SKIN"
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I'm convinced that I have no goog angles. I'm happy for people who can look bomb af with makeup.
Makeup Artists who do makeup for film can actually make a "full face" of makeup look undetectable. That's what makes them professionals... 😊💜
But unrealistic in real life. Outside light
I need you to narrate a guided meditation because listening to you speak is so comforting 🥰
The random drilling noises while you speak is just, *chef's kiss*
So early that there's 0 dislikes. LoL besides that who can possibly dislike James?! He's infinitely likable! 💜
They actually got rid of the dislikes on RUclips!
There's 1 dislike 😑
I’m here at 25 minutes and there’s 1 dislike, but yeah I totally agree!
@@karlis-karla oh wow really? My app hasn’t shown any numbers for dislikes for at least a week
@@sabreaj they are but not yet, I'm still seeing them here. But a lot of Europe already has them missing.
I think Instagram etc is leaning more towards real people in all ways. I know I am more drawn to the real so I started sharing about brain tumour surgery. The internet has seen me so raw and bare faced. I was sh*ting myself expecting some mean comments. I get so many messages thanking me for showing the most real sides of life xx
For the first gal: if you go back far enough on her TikTok there is one where you can actually tell the before and after are legit the same person. She later starts trolling with the unbelievable transformation.
and i find it comforting that u allowed the drilling noise in the video, cause that is real life and in it, not all is perfect.
😂😂😂 the drill pauses!! Respect for still shooting this video- James shows real life 👊👊😄
When I was a bridesmaid in my cousin's wedding, no-one recognize me. There's even a video of one of my aunts walking around asking for me, almost asking me for where I was. Professional make up surely goes a long way.
Sometimes I see girls post selfies ONLY with Instagram (face altering) filters and I’m like “there’s def some body dysmorphia there” 😬
OMG I SAW THE first gir's tiktok videos this week too and I'm telling you she looks a DIFFERENT RACE in half of her tiktok videos!
it’s the blackfishing/making herself look racially ambiguous for me… 👀👀
Your background “drilling” is literally better than any music in RUclips videos. 😉✨
It’s nice to see people talking about stretch marks honestly 🥺
My mom constantly makes me feel bad about my weight and body (I am only slightly overweight because of COVID, depressive episodes, just using food as a way to cope) and one of the things she comments on the most is the stretch marks around my thighs. My thighs are pretty thick, and I do have a few stretch marks around the inner thighs and on my butt as well. Though I do think they came from my body changing with puberty, I’d been feeling pretty bad about them but seeing RUclipsrs talking about them makes me feel much better ^^
I know she's your mom but u mustn't take it to heart what she says dear you are beautiful and perfect just the way you are, stretch marks and all ♡
My mom also comments on my weight and she genuinely thinks it’s helpful :/ even when I tell her “I’ve only lost weight because I’ve been depressed and haven’t been eating” and she’ll say “but you look really good!” Thinking that’s going to encourage me…. I’m sorry your dealing with too because it can be so hurtful to how we view food and our weight. Especially coming from our own mother 😓
You're the first youtuber I see continuing filming with noise in the background. Hilarious. 😝
😂😂😂 I had no choice! It’s been like this for weeks! 😭
@@JamesWelsh aw, lets hope its over soon. To me it was very funny and refreshing seeing the real side of making videos ;) I hope its not stressing you out too much.
I think there are different TikTok versions because aesthetics can be very different between cultures. I noticed the Korean version makes changes to the eyes and jawline that mimic beauty standards in Kpop and drama stars. Big eyes and small faces are idolized over there. Their version is pretty convenient since you don't have to put on any makeup at all.
The drilling noise was hilarious . My friend was in and looked at me with a disgusted look. She said
" Oh geez, is that a vibrator review on RUclips?"🤣 I lost it stared cracking up and responded "Um no, its a skincare channel, what the heck have you been watching on RUclips!" LOL 😆
This is why I love you and your brother I usually only follow people until they get to a certain amount of followers because once they get a good amount the lies start, and seem to just get worse over time. You 2 are the only ones I have stuck with because that hasn’t happened, and I will remain as long as you 2 stay true to you ❤️
I LOVE this video. I’ve been feeling like this lately. I’ve been comparing myself to all these essentially fake images of people. It’s nice to be real and honest that humans have human texture
The drilling was pretty funny. 😆 seriously tho, I really love how you advocate for natural skin appearance and proper skin care. Reality is not just ok, it’s beautiful!
the guy playing around with the makeup filter was so cute tho. 😂 (without filters obviously)
Is it wrong that my first reaction to James having his kitchen remodeled was "you use your kitchen". I blame the WT channel
Yes! Exactly my thoughts.
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😂 That video was concerning
LOOOOOL 😂😂😂 you know me too well! My partner is an amazing cook and he spends all his time in there 😝
I really like this series because it shows how different reality looks compared to a filtered one. Great job, James!
“It’s just so SMOOTHING and calming ON THE SKIN. I don’t KNOW what it is.” I’m dying. 🤣🤣🤣That was hilarious. And does anyone love James’s morning voice as much as I do?
That Korean TikTok really was an eye-opener. All those K-pop dudes I’ve simped over aren’t superhuman after all.
James talking over the drilling. Hilarious. 😂😂 I love these videos too!
Those videos of people showing off their real skin and the texture of their skin really helped me. I had a very bad relationship with my skin for a long time, I was born with extremely bad eczema and the primary area it chose to hit was my face. Having that much irritation and dryness on my face has made it so that now even when my ezcema is mostly under control (thankfully without topical steroids) my skin is textured noticeably textured especially around my nose and cheeks. My pores have blown open from the constant irritation and I have scars from the open wounds I would get from the cracking on my skin just from the sheer dryness of it. When I was just getting into makeup properly at around 14/15 I was pulled in by the filters, the RUclipsrs with pro lighting telling me that this one foundation is so skin like but will cover anything "flawless and no one would know you're wearing it" is the kind of thing they'd say. I would save my money buy this foundation or primer or powder whatever it was and then think my skin was fundamentally broken because i didn't look like they did. This rhetoric was still present in my mind up until about a year and a half ago when I found skincare people online, people showing their skin close up and unfiltered. After consuming this content through lockdown and realising that I wasn't a freak, I wasn't terrible at base makeup and my skin wasn't broken I decided to entirely redo how I put makeup on. I learned about skincare, how to get my skin as hydrated and moisturised as I could, how to control my texture with the right products and my skin actually improved. I no longer use full coverage foundation, as I now know with my skin type it will ALWAYS look cakey, I no longer strive to cover every line pimple or freckle I use a tinted moisturiser most days and I think I look better now than before.
I still struggle with my skin sometimes i look in the mirror and wonder why I had to have this skin and not flawless poreless skin like other people. Being online and seeing people looking inhumanly smooth from a young age has damaged my perspective on what skin can look like and i am still unpacking that now, it is the foremost issue i have with my physical appearance and I think some of that comes from seeing people with filters and pro lighting and good angles and thinking I should strive always to look like that.
the drilling made me take a moment to appreciate the silence at my place rn a few months ago my neighbor was renovating or wtv and that was the noise i'd hear all day everyday
The Glow Recipe has light fruity scent. It’s a light scent of fig mixed with the fresh scent this brand articulated. I’m obsessed with the smell of skincare and wish brands would make scented candles out of their skincare products!
Lmaooo you talking louder over the drilling 🤣🤣
Oh my gosh, the drilling :D I love it, that's literally my life from 9am Monday to 6pm Friday, thankfully my neighbour has the time to express himself with this creative outlet. Homeoffice meetings are so 'fun' this way
I do have a "serious" question or just a thought about men with facial hair and skincare. I think I would hate to have the products in my beard and I wonder if men sort of rinse their beards afterwards. After all, the product isn't getting to the skin underneath, is it? I try to take care not to get skincare on my eyebrows if I'm then going to be applying something to my very light eyebrows.
I loove the fact that you left in the drilling in the video rather editing it all out or trying to record another time 😂♥️ just felt so real and relatable which I feel is so rare with RUclipsrs these days.
that guy in the korean tiktok video ended up looking like that ghostly james charles pic
The drilling in the background sounded like the Jaws theme song!!! 😂😂😂😂
I love the way you make the world seem real again 🙂