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I even enjoy simply the way you talk. There’s no over pretentious and dramatic talk, your talking is so soothing and most importantly, so genuine and authentic. We need more influencer like Jen!!!
Agreed! I’m literally exhausted from being bombarded with this supposed “perfect” look…. The eyes, the lips, the cheeks, the lashes…. It’s literally become boring. And trust me, this is not sour grapes lol, it’s literally over exposure and desensitization. What catches my eye lately is unique looking women who I can relate to, like Jen. And you know why? Because they look like themselves. That’s what’s actually beautiful. Thank you, Jen. You’re exactly what we need and I will continue to follow you until you no longer create content. 🌺🩷
I hear you. The truth: genetics. Some of us age unusually slow. There are people in the media who abuse this natural advantage and pretend they are using some miracle product! Don’t waste your money or time anymore. Sounds like you’re getting the stage where you’re above all of this and good for you!
@@gigidayz6936 Because it makes the model seem more beautiful, and some people believe they will look more beautiful if they use a product that is used by someone who is beautiful. I’m a former male model and they used my face the most - I get it.
Yes. Im so so happy at 28 I didn’t get the procedures I thought I needed at 18. Young girls please, your body changes so much past 18 your individual features and beauty are already enough give yourself time and love they just want to sell you things.
As an older female, granny after all, I have lived through trends since my teens. I learned long ago just to be me and wear my makeup the way I like. Now I'm into the very light makeup because it easier and too much actually makes me look silly. You are the only one of you ever made. Just rock it.
I'm 66. I used to read plenty of magazines and kept up with the trends. I even tried a few. But being yourself is so freeing and wonderful. Trends come and go( and even get new names for old trends) . Enjoy your life.
One of the reasons I love your channel is that you are natural and you don’t have fillers and Botox. You are naturally lovely and are aging so beautifully. I’m 38 and committed to aging naturally and gracefully. I want to take good care of my skin, hair and body, but I’m not 20 anymore-Praise the Lord, because I don’t want to be.
I can't believe people have a problem with your teeth and eyebrows? You are beautiful Jen. Thank you for putting so much thought and integrity into your videos!
Oh Jen you touched my 💔 with your story. It builds character to understand what it means to be on the outside. As the saying goes "Beauty fades, dumb is forever".
I watch to the end every time. I want a real person who isn't shilling for some company, someone who without fillers, lip tattoos, laser treatments, and perfection. I appreciate reality more than filters and phoney perfection. Keep being real and beautiful.
I don’t think it’s ever okay to leave negative comments. Why do people think it’s okay to tear each other down when we should be lifting one another up and celebrating our uniqueness? I appreciate you Jenn and your positive outlook. Thank you!
You made me cry. I think you said it so well. We all want to be pretty. Cosmetic surgery has been around since before color TV. If you legitimately had something that you REALLY wanted or needed to have fixed, you could find a way. But it wasn’t accessible or accepted or EXPECTED in our day like it is now. We were told to learn to love ourselves the way we were. We learned to play up our best features and be unique. Now, everyone just takes the easy way out, and ends up looking the same.
@@JenPhelps Yep. As I recall, from the 70s to the 90s, procedures of various kinds were more for models, actors, and actresses - people who made a living with their faces. The exception might be braces although given how expensive they were (and are), I'd guess they were mostly for correcting bite issues. I think the wedge in the crack was breast implants which became more of a thing for normal people in the 90s.
Did you know 'plastic surgery' has been around for centuries, and the first 'plastic surgeons' were butchers. As punishment, people had Noses and ears cut off, it was the butchers who sewed it back on (if family grabbed it) or reshaped some more skin to give them a nose or ear... but the biggest advance was in WW2, when men were horribly burned but survived in fighter planes. Doctors invented all sorts of amazing surgeries, they even had a group called 'the Guinea Pig Club' as they really were used as experiments to save their lives and to give them faces back
Did you know 'plastic surgery' has been around for centuries, and the first 'plastic surgeons' were butchers. As punishment, people had Noses and ears cut off, it was the butchers who sewed it back on (if family grabbed it) or reshaped some more skin to give them a nose or ear... but the biggest advance was in WW2, when men were horribly burned but survived in fighter planes. Doctors invented all sorts of amazing surgeries, they even had a group called 'the Guinea Pig Club' as they really were used as experiments to save their lives and to give them faces back
So, I’ve never noticed your eyebrows being uneven and I don’t care. Trolls are the worst. I’ve never noticed your teeth either. You are lovely inside and out. The best thing about being in my 40s is that I feel comfortable using makeup to highlight my unique features and really leaning into it. I realized I enjoy seeing people who do that and I can do it too. Stay wonderful Jen! ❤
The thing is, mine are uneven too, my nose isn’t straight my skin isn’t perfect but why do people think everything has to be FIXED to be okay? Can I not just be okay as I am? If you think I’m ugly how is that my problem to fix 😂
I'm in my mid sixties, and I have been told by multiple beauty operators that it is not natural for eyebrows to be identical. Which is good because mine aren't. Half of my face is paralyzed, and that's okay as well. I'm alive, I have a volunteer/relief job at my public library.
Anyone over nineteen is, or rather, needs ti realise they are a woman, not a girl, and how creepy infantilizing the girl nonsense is. A girl is a juvenile, not an adult.
Please put more videos like this. I enjoy the awareness with overconumption on makeup that's emphasized on social media and dealing with insecurities at all ages.
@@heirloomacres7445 I somehow managed to miss out on the overplucking trend. However, my eyebrows are unruly, probably because I have wavy/curly hair. And some of them grow straight out or straight down - not kidding. But I try to trim them rather than pluck them.
I just love all your videos. I find that I'm skipping over videos of a lot of my long time subscriptions, but I always watch yours. It's a combination of your honesty, sincerity, true love of makeup and enthusiasm for it, your calming voice and demeanor, and great content. Please never change!! ❤ you!!
Love this video. My granddaughter is a preteen and I see the influence of these celebrities on her even at her young age. You are a beautiful, real woman and that’s why I love your channel. Thanks for keeping it real.
I LOVE that you are natural. I hate it when people think they have to change their appearance. You give ladies the confidence to be themselves, and that is so rare in this day and age. Thank you, and you are absolutely beautiful!!! 💖
Jen we’re the same age. I graduated in 1995. I’m so glad we didn’t grow up with social media. The pressure I cannot imagine. Plus the editing of pictures and comparing yourself to fake ppl. It’s sad. Btw you’re so beautiful just the way you are ❤
You're SO right. IDK if you've ever heard the history of how Twilight Zone was started, "Serling had been trying to delve into material more controversial than his works of the early 1950s. This led to Noon on Doomsday for the United States Steel Hour in 1956, a commentary by Serling on the defensiveness and total lack of repentance he saw in the Mississippi town where the murder of Emmett Till took place..." long story short, the creator made the whole series concept into science fiction so he could comment on things they would never let him speak on at the time. Absolutely ahead of it's time.
I was a goth girl in the 1990s so looking like everyone else wasn't a priority for me, which was actually very freeing. You can hide all your insecurities under a lot of makeup and fishnet stockings and no one is the wiser. And yes - I don't have eyebrows cause I plucked them out. Beware of trends!
Aww I hung out with a lot of the goths. My parents wouldn't let me dress that way but I had many goth friends. And you're right...they were very free and didn't feel like they had to conform.
I was a punk girl in the 1980s and it was incredibly freeing to go through my teen years not trying to fit in with beauty standards. My goal was to look nutty with thrift store clothes and wild hair colors...it was an easy to achieve goal😂
I hate it that I'm so old that I missed out on punk and goth! By the 80s, I was stuck with a conservative appearance when I worked at a conservative Fortune 500 household name consumer goods company. Sigh. Never too late, I guess...
Oh man, your comment resonates w me so much. In 8th grade I started wearing all black everything head to toe bc I read in a Cooking Light or a Redbook or something that black was slimming, and I thought I was so fat. Years later everybody still talks about my goth decade. Y’all I was just trying to hide.
@@lorrainespear1210 I loved sticking out from the crowd, and never felt down in myself if someone thought my style was ugly. It wasn't meant to be appreciated by everyone
I soooo connected with you about always wanting to have that perfect beauty in high school…I got teary eyed. Jen, you are gorgeous and whoever has the nerve to tell you to fix anything must not have anything else to care about in their life. I just don’t understand people who have others’ features. Very sad. We love you and your channel!
I started watching beauty videos back during COVID. I had built up so many channels, and then recent,y I unsubscribed the majority of them but I kept yours! I love how you just talk to us like we were at lunch. You are naturally beautiful and don’t let anyone put you down. I just turned 65 and I try to keep up with the trends but stay true to myself. You continue to be you! You are beautiful inside and out❤
I worked at Ulta for 6 years and I am just tired of makeup and trends in general. Wearing makeup in fine, but I cringe at the amount of money that I spent or the unused makeup that I have. Please love yourself and your looks!
Your journal entry brought tears to my eyes. I felt that way too. And I have teenage daughters now who literally say the same thing. Why do we do this to ourselves?
I’m convinced I kept Hard Candy in business in the late 90’s. I painted my nails 3-5 times a week and had a metal lunchbox full of polish in every crazy color available. 😆
I think out of all the trends you mentioned, the one that I wish would go away the most is the over-the-top fake eyelashes. It just doesn't look good on most people, especially in real life. Someone called them "muppet eyelashes" which I think is a good description. I don't mind false eyelashes that look close to natural, especially if it is just a few individual ones added to the outer corners -- that usually looks good. Second on my list would be contouring and highlighting the nose, with the bright white glowy powder on the tip, so it looks like the tin man's nose in the Wizard of Oz.
I LOVE your teenage pictures, so relatable, and you were adorable. I also disagree about the overlined lips; they look terrible on camera as well. Sometimes I wonder if these 'influencers' watch their own videos, or look in the mirror. Makes you wonder where they got the idea they can give beauty advice when they are hardly in the position to do so.... You, instead, keep it real. I enjoyed this video! Thanks.
I waited tables for a long time and had to wait on someone with the overlined lips. She was really sweet, but I didn’t know how to handle the lips! I didn’t want to stare, but it looked so bad.
Silent but dedicated watcher here for a while. Just wanted to pop in, respectively, watch another one of your great videos till the end and say hello. For the algorithm 'n stuff, and also cuz youre amazing. 🙌😎💯 Much ❤ to you beautiful lady.
First of all, I honestly NEVER noticed your teeth being anything but beautiful! As for these horrible trolls who have nothing better to do than harass people on the internet over superficial things? Disgusting. Jen, you are so beautiful inside & out. You're also incredibly relatable & honest. Seeing your diary entry from childhood is so poignant. I remember being a 12 yr old who didn't fit in with the other kids (esp girls) & always feeling like no one liked me!
@@TracyD2 It's a sad old world and always has been. The difference is that we have social media and technology that allows essentially instantaneous communication of all kinds of information all over the world. How that's going to play out, I can't say. I believe the Internet is the greatest invention of the human race, but it may also be our downfall. I speak as a person who was an adult by the time the Internet became a thing for everybody. Some things are better now, some worse.
So excited for this video! I'm only at the beginning but UGH- nails tapping on products has to be one of the most annoying trends anywhere on the internet. It makes me irrationally ragey.
I think it's especially bad when they're showing 15 products in a 1 minute video and tapping on ALL OF THEM, or when they have to take the lid of of all 4000 little jars in the video. I always dislike the video and scroll
LIsa elderidge did a video a few years ago explaining how to conceal the corners of the lips and not taking lip liner/lipstick to the corners of the mouth. This was a huge game changer for me. I'm 56 and my lips have really turned down at rest a lot over the last decade. This is a great pro tip :)
I notice that Lisa, Wayne Goss, and Hung Vango’s videos rely on their talents as professional makeup artists and actually work to enhance beauty instead of following trends.
I think in the future non perfect features are going to be considered the most beautiful because people are all trying to look perfect and the exact same and eventually it’s going to get boring. Love your channel and you are beautiful the way you are :)
I related to your story of feeling ugly when you were younger. I felt the same. Recently I looked at one of my old yearbooks (I'm almost 67 btw) and the girls I thought were so much prettier back then really weren't. Thankfully with maturity we don't make those comparisons when we're older but appreciate inner beauty more. Thank you for this video. Very insightful.
I've had the same experience. Looking back, the "popular" girls were average at best. Now that I'm older I've realized that it's not about looks as much as it is charisma and personality...that's more likely what made them popular. Confidence also!
I felt the same. The older I get, the more I like how I look. My peers and I are all in our early 60s and look pretty similar re: aging. I never got into tanning, so my skin isn't as spotty as some people's. But I don't have the concept of competing with anyone else any more.
Thank you for your vulnerability in this video, Jen. It takes courage to put yourself out there and the overwhelming positivity in these comments are a reflection of how connected people feel in the community you’ve built. Also, I love the behind-the-scenes info you share about the world of influencers. It’s fascinating!
Hi Jen! Thank you so much for not cutting your "long tangent" about unique beauty and why it's important that if it's considered to do any cosmetic procedures (or invisalign!) that this is something we're doing for ourselves vs pleasing others. I haven't finished watching yet but had to comment bc this part of the video is so impactful and important! You are beautiful inside and out ❤ Thanks, Jen!
Jen, I was the “before” picture too! I was an ugly duckling who grew up with a beautiful mom and sister. That was hard! I divorced in my mid 40s and thought dating would not go well- but wow! Men loved me! I had the BEST time dating and 4 years later I met the love of my life and just got married a month ago to a very handsome, kind, successful, amazing man! Being an ugly duckling probably made me more interesting in some ways! I’m definitely happier than my mom and sister, who haven’t aged well. I always had a round, chubby face and that has helped me look younger at age 51 than a lot of my peers.
I just wanted to say you are absolutely beautiful, inside and out! I have really taken to watching your content within the last year, but your kindness and genuinity is what really draws me in. Your statement "Embracing the uniqueness in people" ❤ I just LOVE it! You are NOT like other influencers, and I am here for it!
I read a few days ago that MAXIMALIST MAKEUP was the hot trend for 2024 and I am absolutely HERE FOR IT!! As a makeup lover with an enormous makeup collection I could not be happier, the "clean girl" minimalist trend just was not for me😂
I was going to say exactly the same as @COgirl394. I've never followed a trend in my life. Only accidentally, when berets were suddenly in fashion a few years ago, and I all of a sudden was 'in' when I wore one of them (I have a big collection of berets, fascinator, vintage fascinators, and vintage hats from the 20s, 40s, 50s and early 60, and have had that for over 15yrs). I did the natural look when it wasn't in and will keep doing so when it isn't. I'll do a dramatic look when I feel like it, in a style I'm comfy with. Just embrace yourself and what you love most. It's freeing and really helps you feel your best. Eff all those trends. It might be a bit harder to find the type of products you need when trends change (as I had to shop in Korea before that was normal because I couldn't find enough cream and liquid products that looked much better on me), but as you have a large collection, you'll not have to worry about that. At least not for a long while 😉. Enjoy your maximal look as long as you want 😘.
As someone who works in cosmetics, I see this. Sometimes I want to tell people "makeup isn't magic". It's not going to transform you into these social media influencers and that's GOOD!
I 💯 agree about contouring. Especially when influencers insist that heavyset women like myself can sculpt their non-existent jawlines with bronzer. It just looks like dirt, no matter how it's applied. Just STOP!
@@feelthejoy it doesn't matter if it is something designated as contour or cool toned bronzer (which I own and use on my cheekbones). On my non-existent fat jaw, it's DIRT.
If people make hurtful comments just to be hurtful, can't you block them? I've been thinking about trends and aging and stuff lately. I'm old enough to be your mother. Let's just get that out of the way, I'm old. What I hate to see happening is that videos are made to "help" us conform, not to inform us. I set my own trends. Sometimes I'm demure, or playful or dramatic. Sometimes I really don't care or want to put on makeup. So that's how I do it. Eyeshadow is for old ladies? Great! Watch me wear it and love it! Why should the kids tell the adults what looks good? They don't have the right to. They haven't gained enough maturity to know what actually looks good. Our youth driven society has lost respect of others and worships young, androgynous perfection. This is a sad version of reality. You ARE beautiful! You are gentle and sensitive and caring. Your face reflects that. I often think/comment about your beauty. It's those minor things that make us special among all the rest of the world. They aren't flaws. They are "beauty marks"! Thanks for being real and informative. Love your channel.
The "eye shadow is for old ladies" thing is a way for the younger people to differentiate themselves from us. (I'm 62.) Just like we had our things back in the day. It's a trend and will pass. The difference is, there will be documentation of their rebellion. Yes, there was of ours, but embarrassing old photos can have "accidents" or be lost. 😉 The Internet is forever! I think that, as younger girls and women move into the workforce, they'll want a more sophisticated look and will go back to eye shadow.
@20thcenturyrelic I agree that this is what is happening often and you're right that every generation does it in some way. I just don't like it that women are feeling pushed to look younger all their adult lives. I want the kids to look up to the elders and aspire to be more mature and poised. We "old ladies" are beautiful and have so much to offer to the young-uns. We have learned what works for us and I vote for everyone appreciating the age they are. As an artist, my taste has changed and mellowed. I'm still very different from other women but I'm not trying to prove anything by using a certain look, or trying to look younger. I worked hard to get here and I'm content. I hope others can join me.
I agree with all of the wonderful comments about YOU! You are authentic, honest, smart, articulate AND beautiful. Your beauty is fresh and you are a breath of fresh air!! Lovee watching you so so much!!! I have always loved drug store makeup. That's all i could afford growing up! Thank you for being YOU and again just love watching!! I'm 66. God bless!
Jen, you are beautiful. It’s so funny how we are taught to desire what we don’t have. I wanted to be blonde and blue-eyed when I was a young teenager. I am Native American with golden skin, dark hair and eyes, I am happy with my coloring now but I’m glad my mom knew that I did not have the complexion to pull off blond hair 🤣
The nail thing is interesting. I was in school in the 70's and I used to wear a different color of polish on each nail. Not sure if it was Cutex, but they had all colors at the time. I did it because it was fun. I would like to see more people comfortable with themselves. Great video, Jen!
Max Factor had a whole line of pastel and bright colors in the 70s, several different blues and greens, even a black and different gunmetal greys and silvers. Wet n' Wild had all the colors, 2/$1 at Woolworths in the 70s and 80s. I had holo polish in the 90s from Sally Hansen.
Wow I don't remember that at all! Maybe they didn't offer those shades where I lived (it was a more rural area). I remember my Aunt buying me a blue Wet n Wild nail polish in the 90's and my parents freaking out because you just didn't see it anywhere!
I wore Max Factor pistachio green nail polish in 1972 to match my pistachio green tee-shirt dress. I think the anonymous aspect of commenting on YT emboldens people to be mean and rude. I appreciate the vulnerability you showed here. ❤
@@JenPhelps Oh yea, the freaking out was definitely happening! Colorful polish wasn't anywhere as mainstream as it is now but we rocked it... mostly on the weekends. LOL!
Jenn you do not owe these people any explanation! People are just cruel and they get off on sending disrespectful disgusting ugly comments! People are jealous that’s ALL it is and not for nothing but who cares what people think and say. Jenn I enjoy watching you💜
I’m so glad to finally find a normal beauty influencer my age. Someone who looks normal! People are childish & they’d rather watch fake edited content than get real reviews from natural real people. You actually have a very classy look that I admire
💚 love the videos you have been doing discussing hot topic's in your way. If I hear one more "clean look" "going to scream as if I am dirty because I am wearing makeup.
OMG 😲 😱. I paused just to write this: the twilight zone episode!! It's one I also always remember when looking at beauty trends. It seemed almost prophetic. It's a constant reminder that I'm unique and no one looks like me. It took years to accept that my unique traits made me stand out. I'm 46.
You presented these trends in a heartwarming and comprehensive manner, Jen! Good addition of images to share to demonstrate each trend. Your explanations were touching (in a good way) and I am glad you shared this video with us. Your stories about your youth mirror so many of us who have gone through the same thing. I appreciate your honesty about products and your life. You have matured into a beautiful woman both inside and out. So glad I found you on YT.
This video really helped me. You vocalized so many feelings I also have. I can’t wear the lashes either. I tried extensions and took them off in two days. I need to wash my eyes. Fake eyelashes are too heavy for me too. Many women around me have huge lashes and it detracts from their beauty in my opinion. We are all being sold things and I’ve been influenced to buy things too many times that didn’t add up to the hype. It’s one of the reasons I love your channel. I just read about the problems with filler and how it doesn’t dissolve - it migrates. We learn to love our aging faces while doing our best with skincare and makeup if it’s enjoyable I feel you give an honest opinion and I appreciate that.
I feel this. I wish the whole fake eyelashes with everything would go away. It’s like, you spent so much time building such a detailed eye look, only to slap on a strip of huge, obviously fake, eyelashes and lose all the details you just did behind your lashes.
Jen you are naturally beautiful just the way you are. Don’t let anyone make you feel like you aren’t. Those are people putting their own insecurities on you. Hurt people, hurt people.
I so agree with you that everyone HAS to jump on to these trends. I saw just last week, a couple of influencers doing a review if the Tir Tir red cushion and they were applying it incorrectly, which it feels like everyone has seen it and the viewers were giving tips on how to apply it 😂
I am also, one of four kids. All of us were in braces. I was always aware of the financial strain that put on my parents. I am always and forever very thankful.
Wow. My mom thanked me one time (when I was an adult) for not needing braces! Fortunately, straight teeth run in my dad's family. I've worked with several people whose parents couldn't afford braces, so they got them as adults when they started working.
I just subscribed, this is the first time I watch one of your videos and I loved your message I wish more people were as honest, thoughtful and kind as you were today.
Your story resonated with me so much. I didn't get into makeuo until I was 40. I'm 49, and I had the frizzy perm and the glasses in gradeschool/highschool too. I look at all the teens today and how everyone wants to be airbrushed and perfect, and part of me pities them, and part of me is envious because I never had access to what they have now. Your realness has made me subscribe. Thank you for the video. Also, you're beautiful!
Aw thank you! You make an excellent point...I feel the same way. I both pity and envy them at the same time. It seems like teens today don't have an awkward phase.
This was so touching, Jen! Made me emotional, talking about younger you just wanting to be prettier 😭 I'm so happy you don't feel that way now, and it makes me sad for the people that still feel they need to look a certain way to be accepted.
Watching you in the middle of the night. Trouble sleeping. Fell backwards down the steps. What a joy to wake up and see this! Love your conversations. Very thought provoking
Thank you for being so honest and vulnerable with your story. I think most of us have similar things we can go back to. Being a decade (or more) older than you, we never had the expectation that I could ever fix the things about myself that I felt insecure about. BTW, YOUR BROWS ROCK IN THIS VIDEO 😂😂
I’m a contour lady. I am 46 with jowls and it really helps a lot to contour around the face. I love your transparency and honesty, I love how your reviews are honest. Keep going sweetie you are amazing
I'm a cool-toned girl and I am so tired about brands calling everything cool-toned if it's not dark orange or yellow gold. Most cool-toned products turn orange on me. And hearing complains about the pink trend while it's actually a peach coloured shade, mades me mad.
This has to be one of my favorite videos you've ever done. You're always so thoughtful and concise. It's always like sitting down with a friend and chatting. You're amazing!❤
I chuckle when people have been talking about using bronzer where you would naturally catch the sun, as if it's a new trend and not how we always used to apply bronzer before it got confused with contouring. I don't contour now. It's designed for stage and tv makeup or if you wear heavy foundation that can make your face look very flat. It's too much for my everyday life.
I agree with all of those trends dying off except...eyeshadow, LOL! With my hooded eyes, that little bit of glimmer/shimmer/sparkle above the lashline makes a world of difference.
There's also the one - not sure of the title - where they're trying to do surgery on a woman to make her look like everybody else. She has bandages over her face until the end, and they don't show what everybody looks like. In the end, they take off the bandages and tell her the surgery failed. And they show everybody else. By our standards, she's beautiful, and they're all ugly. She ends up going to a sanctuary for people who look like her.
I would love to see fewer (or no more) videos telling me what I’m doing wrong. Gee, thanks, I don’t get enough of that as a woman, a mom, someone with a somewhat invisible disability (MS). Thank you for this video. I appreciate your honesty and relatability!
I love contour (subtle and mostly just cheekbone placement) and am actually so sad it is not as popular now days! Mainly because I'm very fair (usually a couple shades lighter than you) with cool/pink toned skin and I've learned bronzer just does not work for me. I've tried multiple tones (even rosy like you've suggested), formulations, brushes, and placements... and it always looks off and unnatural on me. But that wonderful gray toned contour wand always elevates my makeup! Also blush usually warms up my face enough. I totally relate to that 12 year old Jen❤ Even at 33. I often feel so inferior and not good enough because I don't have the money to get "that look"... the money for the laser skin treatments, lip filler, botox, regular hair color appointments, regular nail visits, hair removal, trendy fashion, weight loss injectjons, a person to tell me what colors to wear... and the list could go on forever. I feel like I'm too old to feel cute and trendy but not old enough to feel whole and secure. Anyway thank you for the entertaining and thoughtful video as always!
Jen, you ARE beautiful! I too thought I was ugly when I was growing up, I wanted to change my nose, among other things. Sometime when I hit my 20s I realized that my nose actually fit my face very well, and I wouldn't change it for anything. As for this whole 'eyeshadow is dead' thing, I'm in my 60s now and spent most of my life wearing one eyeshadow color which I applied with a sponge tip applicator. Then in my 40's I discovered luxury eyeshadow. I still only got a couple more colors. When RUclips came out I learned from influencers how to actually apply eyeshadow, and frankly I don't give a damn if eyeshadow is 'dead'. I'm wearing whatever I feel like wearing. I have a lot of time to make up for. I do think that a lot of luxury eyeshadows are for beginners. I look at Chanel, Dior, or YSL, among many other luxury brands and realize how those eyeshadows just don't deliver very much range or dept. (generally speaking). I see influencers who specialize in luxury makeup who buy every release and the resulting look is always the same with only very slight differences. Because the colors aren't very deep or pigmented they are practically foolproof. Chanel is the biggest culprit for that. It's as though they just don't want to commit to color. I think the packaging is beautiful, but I'm just done with those colors. Now we have the Natasha Denona's and ABH, ColourPop, and all the indie brands which are so much more interesting. Even their neutral colors are more interesting. Another thing is that I am very pale so it really isn't a good look for me to not wear makeup. I look like I've lived underground most of my life without some contrast on my face.
So true ... I was thinking about unique looks recently. A great example is the original Footloose movie versus the remake. In the original the actors were attractive and relatable. The new version seems too perfect. Not relatable at all.
Yes, actors and actresses feel like they have to have all kinds of procedures to enhance their careers. That's always been a thing, I'd guess since maybe 100 years ago, but I think the pressure is greater now. I can't say of there's more pressure on actresses, but I'd guess there is.
This is your best video EVER. I wish every viewer would watch this. It's just perfect. I love what Shirley says below and I second it "so genuine and authentic." Very refreshing. You're amazing.
Hi Jen, you’re a very sweet honest person and I hate you have to deal with insults and criticism. We all should be supporting women instead of insulting and being so hateful to others. It’s not really about you, these people are unhappy with themselves so criticizing others makes them feel better, It’s really pretty sad. 🌷
This is frustrating! It's why I only trust your opinion. Someone with a VERY popular YT channel that shall remain nameless (but her name starts with a T and ends with an I) really pushes her products. I really want to trust her but can't. Love yours and your integrity!
The differences are what make people beautiful. You are beautiful as you are! Now...the trends that turn me off are the long fake lashes that look fake, the long pointed nails and definitely the over use of lip filler. I might can see an older person doing some but when they are young and already have beautiful lips. SO over it! Thanks Jen❤
I'm sorry about the rude comments that u get Jen! You are one of the few RUclipsrs that I still watch because you are a real person! You haven't altered everything about yourself and you don't appear to try and obtain a celebrity lifestyle. The beauty trend that I hate is over done lip filler. It looks so ridiculous. People are gonna look back on themselves in 10 or 20 years and be so embarrassed!
I love, love, this video content and message. I am a full face makeup girl. The no eyeshadow seems to be with the trend in fashion. We are becoming a very informal society on how we dress and present ourselves. I say do what makes you feel good about yourself and who cares about trends. Love ya Jenn.
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The tapping nails drive me nuts too. I really wish that rubbish wouldn’t get automatically added to my RUclips feed.
I even enjoy simply the way you talk. There’s no over pretentious and dramatic talk, your talking is so soothing and most importantly, so genuine and authentic. We need more influencer like Jen!!!
Well stated!!!👏👏👏
Agreed! I’m literally exhausted from being bombarded with this supposed “perfect” look…. The eyes, the lips, the cheeks, the lashes…. It’s literally become boring. And trust me, this is not sour grapes lol, it’s literally over exposure and desensitization. What catches my eye lately is unique looking women who I can relate to, like Jen. And you know why? Because they look like themselves. That’s what’s actually beautiful. Thank you, Jen. You’re exactly what we need and I will continue to follow you until you no longer create content. 🌺🩷
Omg exactly what I thought too, I can listen to your talkin Jen all day hehe you’re awesome btw Jen
I subscribed to Jen, because she seems to be one of the only influencers nowadays with any integrity.
Agree, well said 🇦🇺
One of my biggest annoyances is when skincare/makeup companies use models that do not need a specific product, especially those for aging/maturing.
Agreed!
I soooo agree! I’m 51, and so many of the models appear to be 20ish.
I hear you. The truth: genetics.
Some of us age unusually slow. There are people in the media who abuse this natural advantage and pretend they are using some miracle product!
Don’t waste your money or time anymore. Sounds like you’re getting the stage where you’re above all of this and good for you!
Yes! 20 year olds with five layers of makeup! Just...why?
@@gigidayz6936 Because it makes the model seem more beautiful, and some people believe they will look more beautiful if they use a product that is used by someone who is beautiful. I’m a former male model and they used my face the most - I get it.
I love how people look different. Each person has their own special beauty.
I like this too
I love this too, its a modern trend i love
To Jen and everyone else reading this: YOU ARE PERFECT JUST THE WAY YOU ARE ❤
Thank you Jill! No, I’ll never be perfect, but I try to be my best self, and live by the Golden Rule! Have a wonderful summer!🥰🙏🏻
Jill Thank you so much for this sweet message. You too are perfect 🌸💮 and a beautiful soul
Yes. Im so so happy at 28 I didn’t get the procedures I thought I needed at 18. Young girls please, your body changes so much past 18 your individual features and beauty are already enough give yourself time and love they just want to sell you things.
Thank you! Your comment came to me at the right time. You're awesome.
Amen!
As an older female, granny after all, I have lived through trends since my teens. I learned long ago just to be me and wear my makeup the way I like. Now I'm into the very light makeup because it easier and too much actually makes me look silly. You are the only one of you ever made. Just rock it.
It’s freeing getting older.
NICE
I'm 66. I used to read plenty of magazines and kept up with the trends. I even tried a few. But being yourself is so freeing and wonderful. Trends come and go( and even get new names for old trends) . Enjoy your life.
Bravo!❤
One of the reasons I love your channel is that you are natural and you don’t have fillers and Botox. You are naturally lovely and are aging so beautifully. I’m 38 and committed to aging naturally and gracefully. I want to take good care of my skin, hair and body, but I’m not 20 anymore-Praise the Lord, because I don’t want to be.
I'm turning 40 next month, and I so agree.
And some of us love our Botox and fillers and don’t feel the need to act superior because of our personal choices 😊
I can't believe people have a problem with your teeth and eyebrows? You are beautiful Jen. Thank you for putting so much thought and integrity into your videos!
Oh Jen you touched my 💔 with your story. It builds character to understand what it means to be on the outside. As the saying goes "Beauty fades, dumb is forever".
Dumb and mean are forever for sure.
I watch to the end every time. I want a real person who isn't shilling for some company, someone who without fillers, lip tattoos, laser treatments, and perfection. I appreciate reality more than filters and phoney perfection. Keep being real and beautiful.
Well said!
I don’t think it’s ever okay to leave negative comments. Why do people think it’s okay to tear each other down when we should be lifting one another up and celebrating our uniqueness?
I appreciate you Jenn and your positive outlook. Thank you!
You made me cry. I think you said it so well. We all want to be pretty. Cosmetic surgery has been around since before color TV. If you legitimately had something that you REALLY wanted or needed to have fixed, you could find a way. But it wasn’t accessible or accepted or EXPECTED in our day like it is now. We were told to learn to love ourselves the way we were. We learned to play up our best features and be unique. Now, everyone just takes the easy way out, and ends up looking the same.
So true! It's crazy how it's expected these days and was more of an anomaly before.
@@JenPhelps exactly!
@@JenPhelps Yep. As I recall, from the 70s to the 90s, procedures of various kinds were more for models, actors, and actresses - people who made a living with their faces. The exception might be braces although given how expensive they were (and are), I'd guess they were mostly for correcting bite issues.
I think the wedge in the crack was breast implants which became more of a thing for normal people in the 90s.
Did you know 'plastic surgery' has been around for centuries, and the first 'plastic surgeons' were butchers. As punishment, people had Noses and ears cut off, it was the butchers who sewed it back on (if family grabbed it) or reshaped some more skin to give them a nose or ear... but the biggest advance was in WW2, when men were horribly burned but survived in fighter planes. Doctors invented all sorts of amazing surgeries, they even had a group called 'the Guinea Pig Club' as they really were used as experiments to save their lives and to give them faces back
Did you know 'plastic surgery' has been around for centuries, and the first 'plastic surgeons' were butchers. As punishment, people had Noses and ears cut off, it was the butchers who sewed it back on (if family grabbed it) or reshaped some more skin to give them a nose or ear... but the biggest advance was in WW2, when men were horribly burned but survived in fighter planes. Doctors invented all sorts of amazing surgeries, they even had a group called 'the Guinea Pig Club' as they really were used as experiments to save their lives and to give them faces back
You're so naturally pretty, with a great smile and an engaging, relatable personality. You don't have to explain anything.
Imagine telling that teenage girl how natually beautiful she would be at 46! And have 175,000 people tuning in to watch her!
😭 That is so sweet!
So, I’ve never noticed your eyebrows being uneven and I don’t care. Trolls are the worst. I’ve never noticed your teeth either. You are lovely inside and out.
The best thing about being in my 40s is that I feel comfortable using makeup to highlight my unique features and really leaning into it. I realized I enjoy seeing people who do that and I can do it too. Stay wonderful Jen! ❤
The thing is, mine are uneven too, my nose isn’t straight my skin isn’t perfect but why do people think everything has to be FIXED to be okay? Can I not just be okay as I am? If you think I’m ugly how is that my problem to fix 😂
@@mediocrebankai You're absolutely OK as you are. Which you know; I just want to confirm.
@@20thcenturyrelic Thank you love, I don’t feel a need to fix things as I used to when I was younger
I'm in my mid sixties, and I have been told by multiple beauty operators that it is not natural for eyebrows to be identical. Which is good because mine aren't.
Half of my face is paralyzed, and that's okay as well. I'm alive, I have a volunteer/relief job at my public library.
It’s definitely the long acrylic nails (and yes, the urge to tap on every object) and veneers for me. I’m so over those.
I feel too old to participate in any trend that ends in -“girl”
Same! 🤣
😂@@JenPhelps me too...
I'm team "mature girl" 😊
lol...I feel too confident to participate in trends....I dread being or looking like everyone else
Anyone over nineteen is, or rather, needs ti realise they are a woman, not a girl, and how creepy infantilizing the girl nonsense is. A girl is a juvenile, not an adult.
Please put more videos like this. I enjoy the awareness with overconumption on makeup that's emphasized on social media and dealing with insecurities at all ages.
I absolutely hate the laminated Brows look. It makes people look crazy and I can’t be the only one.
Agree 💯
We're gonna look at laminated brows like we look at shoulder pads from the 80s. Just craziness
Successfully dodging any and all eyebrow trends since 1990. 🏆
I had to dodge them, I have no eyebrows left after the 90's 😂
@@heirloomacres7445same 😂
@@heirloomacres7445 I somehow managed to miss out on the overplucking trend. However, my eyebrows are unruly, probably because I have wavy/curly hair. And some of them grow straight out or straight down - not kidding. But I try to trim them rather than pluck them.
Yes!!! Brow trends need to be always ignored. Once you lose them, they are gone forever!
Kudos to you! Mine are still a victim of the 90's pencil thin trend. They'll never be their former glory so now they are tattooed. 🤷♀️
I just love all your videos. I find that I'm skipping over videos of a lot of my long time subscriptions, but I always watch yours. It's a combination of your honesty, sincerity, true love of makeup and enthusiasm for it, your calming voice and demeanor, and great content. Please never change!! ❤ you!!
Well said, she’s the best.❤
100% agree
Yup what she just said!❤️👍🏻🤍
I agreeeee
Yes! I want skin to look like skin
Your "before" pictures from when you were growing up are so sweet 😊
Love this video. My granddaughter is a preteen and I see the influence of these celebrities on her even at her young age. You are a beautiful, real woman and that’s why I love your channel. Thanks for keeping it real.
I LOVE that you are natural. I hate it when people think they have to change their appearance. You give ladies the confidence to be themselves, and that is so rare in this day and age. Thank you, and you are absolutely beautiful!!! 💖
Jen we’re the same age. I graduated in 1995. I’m so glad we didn’t grow up with social media. The pressure I cannot imagine. Plus the editing of pictures and comparing yourself to fake ppl. It’s sad. Btw you’re so beautiful just the way you are ❤
Amen sister, lol!
I’m 51, and I shiver to think of social media being around when I was so seriously self conscious about my looks. It was hard enough as it was.
I'm tired of the constant product promotions on social media, which is why I'm watching fewer videos.
Twilight zone was way ahead of its time even in the 50s and 60s
Yes it was!! They had a lot of thought-provoking episodes.
I’m obsessed with the twilight zone episodes, but especially the older black and white ones.
You're SO right. IDK if you've ever heard the history of how Twilight Zone was started, "Serling had been trying to delve into material more controversial than his works of the early 1950s. This led to Noon on Doomsday for the United States Steel Hour in 1956, a commentary by Serling on the defensiveness and total lack of repentance he saw in the Mississippi town where the murder of Emmett Till took place..." long story short, the creator made the whole series concept into science fiction so he could comment on things they would never let him speak on at the time. Absolutely ahead of it's time.
@@nightxnight wow that’s amazing. I never knew that we need that today except let’s just say it out loud lol.
I was a goth girl in the 1990s so looking like everyone else wasn't a priority for me, which was actually very freeing. You can hide all your insecurities under a lot of makeup and fishnet stockings and no one is the wiser. And yes - I don't have eyebrows cause I plucked them out. Beware of trends!
Aww I hung out with a lot of the goths. My parents wouldn't let me dress that way but I had many goth friends. And you're right...they were very free and didn't feel like they had to conform.
I was a punk girl in the 1980s and it was incredibly freeing to go through my teen years not trying to fit in with beauty standards. My goal was to look nutty with thrift store clothes and wild hair colors...it was an easy to achieve goal😂
I hate it that I'm so old that I missed out on punk and goth! By the 80s, I was stuck with a conservative appearance when I worked at a conservative Fortune 500 household name consumer goods company. Sigh. Never too late, I guess...
Oh man, your comment resonates w me so much. In 8th grade I started wearing all black everything head to toe bc I read in a Cooking Light or a Redbook or something that black was slimming, and I thought I was so fat. Years later everybody still talks about my goth decade. Y’all I was just trying to hide.
@@lorrainespear1210 I loved sticking out from the crowd, and never felt down in myself if someone thought my style was ugly. It wasn't meant to be appreciated by everyone
Jen YOU DO YOU!!! YOU ARE AMAZING!!!! That is why I watch your channel.
I soooo connected with you about always wanting to have that perfect beauty in high school…I got teary eyed.
Jen, you are gorgeous and whoever has the nerve to tell you to fix anything must not have anything else to care about in their life. I just don’t understand people who have others’ features. Very sad.
We love you and your channel!
Those comments say more about the commenters than Jen. And not good things.
I started watching beauty videos back during COVID. I had built up so many channels, and then recent,y I unsubscribed the majority of them but I kept yours! I love how you just talk to us like we were at lunch. You are naturally beautiful and don’t let anyone put you down. I just turned 65 and I try to keep up with the trends but stay true to myself. You continue to be you! You are beautiful inside and out❤
I worked at Ulta for 6 years and I am just tired of makeup and trends in general. Wearing makeup in fine, but I cringe at the amount of money that I spent or the unused makeup that I have. Please love yourself and your looks!
Your journal entry brought tears to my eyes. I felt that way too. And I have teenage daughters now who literally say the same thing. Why do we do this to ourselves?
I’m convinced I kept Hard Candy in business in the late 90’s. I painted my nails 3-5 times a week and had a metal lunchbox full of polish in every crazy color available. 😆
Wow how cool ❤😂
I'm so glad you enjoyed it!
I think out of all the trends you mentioned, the one that I wish would go away the most is the over-the-top fake eyelashes. It just doesn't look good on most people, especially in real life. Someone called them "muppet eyelashes" which I think is a good description. I don't mind false eyelashes that look close to natural, especially if it is just a few individual ones added to the outer corners -- that usually looks good. Second on my list would be contouring and highlighting the nose, with the bright white glowy powder on the tip, so it looks like the tin man's nose in the Wizard of Oz.
I wonder if trends are regional too, because I still see Instagram brows and Snuffulupagus lashes in the Southwest. It do not look good up close.
I LOVE your teenage pictures, so relatable, and you were adorable. I also disagree about the overlined lips; they look terrible on camera as well. Sometimes I wonder if these 'influencers' watch their own videos, or look in the mirror. Makes you wonder where they got the idea they can give beauty advice when they are hardly in the position to do so....
You, instead, keep it real. I enjoyed this video! Thanks.
I waited tables for a long time and had to wait on someone with the overlined lips.
She was really sweet, but I didn’t know how to handle the lips! I didn’t want to stare, but it looked so bad.
@@EJ54435
Kinda like a car crash, hideous, but you can't look away!
Silent but dedicated watcher here for a while. Just wanted to pop in, respectively, watch another one of your great videos till the end and say hello. For the algorithm 'n stuff, and also cuz youre amazing. 🙌😎💯
Much ❤ to you beautiful lady.
Thank you SO much! I really appreciate it. 🥰🥰🥰
First of all, I honestly NEVER noticed your teeth being anything but beautiful! As for these horrible trolls who have nothing better to do than harass people on the internet over superficial things? Disgusting. Jen, you are so beautiful inside & out. You're also incredibly relatable & honest. Seeing your diary entry from childhood is so poignant. I remember being a 12 yr old who didn't fit in with the other kids (esp girls) & always feeling like no one liked me!
I’m amazed she has trolls. What a world we live in today.
@@TracyD2 It's a sad old world and always has been. The difference is that we have social media and technology that allows essentially instantaneous communication of all kinds of information all over the world. How that's going to play out, I can't say. I believe the Internet is the greatest invention of the human race, but it may also be our downfall.
I speak as a person who was an adult by the time the Internet became a thing for everybody. Some things are better now, some worse.
I’d like to see how “perfect“ these people are who criticize you.
So excited for this video! I'm only at the beginning but UGH- nails tapping on products has to be one of the most annoying trends anywhere on the internet. It makes me irrationally ragey.
There's nothing irrational about that rage.
I could not agree more!! I immediately click out when that starts. 😡
I think that when people have fancy, expensive nail designs, it's irresistible to show them off.
I think it's especially bad when they're showing 15 products in a 1 minute video and tapping on ALL OF THEM, or when they have to take the lid of of all 4000 little jars in the video. I always dislike the video and scroll
@@Kat-vz4in could not agree more....
LIsa elderidge did a video a few years ago explaining how to conceal the corners of the lips and not taking lip liner/lipstick to the corners of the mouth. This was a huge game changer for me. I'm 56 and my lips have really turned down at rest a lot over the last decade. This is a great pro tip :)
I notice that Lisa, Wayne Goss, and Hung Vango’s videos rely on their talents as professional makeup artists and actually work to enhance beauty instead of following trends.
I think in the future non perfect features are going to be considered the most beautiful because people are all trying to look perfect and the exact same and eventually it’s going to get boring. Love your channel and you are beautiful the way you are :)
I related to your story of feeling ugly when you were younger. I felt the same. Recently I looked at one of my old yearbooks (I'm almost 67 btw) and the girls I thought were so much prettier back then really weren't. Thankfully with maturity we don't make those comparisons when we're older but appreciate inner beauty more. Thank you for this video. Very insightful.
I've had the same experience. Looking back, the "popular" girls were average at best. Now that I'm older I've realized that it's not about looks as much as it is charisma and personality...that's more likely what made them popular. Confidence also!
I felt the same. The older I get, the more I like how I look. My peers and I are all in our early 60s and look pretty similar re: aging. I never got into tanning, so my skin isn't as spotty as some people's. But I don't have the concept of competing with anyone else any more.
Thank you for your vulnerability in this video, Jen. It takes courage to put yourself out there and the overwhelming positivity in these comments are a reflection of how connected people feel in the community you’ve built.
Also, I love the behind-the-scenes info you share about the world of influencers. It’s fascinating!
Hi Jen! Thank you so much for not cutting your "long tangent" about unique beauty and why it's important that if it's considered to do any cosmetic procedures (or invisalign!) that this is something we're doing for ourselves vs pleasing others. I haven't finished watching yet but had to comment bc this part of the video is so impactful and important! You are beautiful inside and out ❤ Thanks, Jen!
Jen, I was the “before” picture too! I was an ugly duckling who grew up with a beautiful mom and sister. That was hard!
I divorced in my mid 40s and thought dating would not go well- but wow! Men loved me! I had the BEST time dating and 4 years later I met the love of my life and just got married a month ago to a very handsome, kind, successful, amazing man! Being an ugly duckling probably made me more interesting in some ways! I’m definitely happier than my mom and sister, who haven’t aged well. I always had a round, chubby face and that has helped me look younger at age 51 than a lot of my peers.
I just wanted to say you are absolutely beautiful, inside and out! I have really taken to watching your content within the last year, but your kindness and genuinity is what really draws me in. Your statement "Embracing the uniqueness in people" ❤ I just LOVE it! You are NOT like other influencers, and I am here for it!
I read a few days ago that MAXIMALIST MAKEUP was the hot trend for 2024 and I am absolutely HERE FOR IT!! As a makeup lover with an enormous makeup collection I could not be happier, the "clean girl" minimalist trend just was not for me😂
I agree!!! I hope maximalist is back. I love makeup !
If that’s the case I can’t wait to see what looks people come up with!
@@SunandSweettea me too girl, I'm ready for some fabulous fall and winter glam looks!!
I think you should not be waiting for it to become a trend. If maximal makeup makes you happy wear it.
I was going to say exactly the same as @COgirl394. I've never followed a trend in my life. Only accidentally, when berets were suddenly in fashion a few years ago, and I all of a sudden was 'in' when I wore one of them (I have a big collection of berets, fascinator, vintage fascinators, and vintage hats from the 20s, 40s, 50s and early 60, and have had that for over 15yrs). I did the natural look when it wasn't in and will keep doing so when it isn't. I'll do a dramatic look when I feel like it, in a style I'm comfy with.
Just embrace yourself and what you love most. It's freeing and really helps you feel your best. Eff all those trends. It might be a bit harder to find the type of products you need when trends change (as I had to shop in Korea before that was normal because I couldn't find enough cream and liquid products that looked much better on me), but as you have a large collection, you'll not have to worry about that. At least not for a long while 😉.
Enjoy your maximal look as long as you want 😘.
As someone who works in cosmetics, I see this. Sometimes I want to tell people "makeup isn't magic". It's not going to transform you into these social media influencers and that's GOOD!
I agree! 💯
I 💯 agree about contouring. Especially when influencers insist that heavyset women like myself can sculpt their non-existent jawlines with bronzer. It just looks like dirt, no matter how it's applied. Just STOP!
Bronzer shouldn’t be used for contour anyway. Contour should be cool toned
@@feelthejoy it doesn't matter if it is something designated as contour or cool toned bronzer (which I own and use on my cheekbones). On my non-existent fat jaw, it's DIRT.
@@StillPooh62 it literally does matter. I guarantee if an MUA who knows how to apply contour properly did it on you, you’d notice the difference
If people make hurtful comments just to be hurtful, can't you block them? I've been thinking about trends and aging and stuff lately. I'm old enough to be your mother. Let's just get that out of the way, I'm old. What I hate to see happening is that videos are made to "help" us conform, not to inform us. I set my own trends. Sometimes I'm demure, or playful or dramatic. Sometimes I really don't care or want to put on makeup. So that's how I do it. Eyeshadow is for old ladies? Great! Watch me wear it and love it! Why should the kids tell the adults what looks good? They don't have the right to. They haven't gained enough maturity to know what actually looks good. Our youth driven society has lost respect of others and worships young, androgynous perfection. This is a sad version of reality. You ARE beautiful! You are gentle and sensitive and caring. Your face reflects that. I often think/comment about your beauty. It's those minor things that make us special among all the rest of the world. They aren't flaws. They are "beauty marks"! Thanks for being real and informative. Love your channel.
The "eye shadow is for old ladies" thing is a way for the younger people to differentiate themselves from us. (I'm 62.) Just like we had our things back in the day. It's a trend and will pass. The difference is, there will be documentation of their rebellion. Yes, there was of ours, but embarrassing old photos can have "accidents" or be lost. 😉 The Internet is forever!
I think that, as younger girls and women move into the workforce, they'll want a more sophisticated look and will go back to eye shadow.
@20thcenturyrelic I agree that this is what is happening often and you're right that every generation does it in some way. I just don't like it that women are feeling pushed to look younger all their adult lives. I want the kids to look up to the elders and aspire to be more mature and poised. We "old ladies" are beautiful and have so much to offer to the young-uns. We have learned what works for us and I vote for everyone appreciating the age they are. As an artist, my taste has changed and mellowed. I'm still very different from other women but I'm not trying to prove anything by using a certain look, or trying to look younger. I worked hard to get here and I'm content. I hope others can join me.
I went to college for social media management and I thought RUclipsr’s had a whole team to manage their comments and DMs
@@thethe4665 I'd guess the more successful ones do.
Jen needs her own commentary channel! 😊❤ I feel like you are so well spoken and have great insight.
You covered so many trends which I want to see come to an end. Over-lining the cupids bow being a main one.
I agree with all of the wonderful comments about YOU! You are authentic, honest, smart, articulate AND beautiful. Your beauty is fresh and you are a breath of fresh air!! Lovee watching you so so much!!! I
have always loved drug store makeup. That's all i could afford growing up! Thank you for being YOU and again just love watching!! I'm 66. God bless!
Jen, you are beautiful. It’s so funny how we are taught to desire what we don’t have. I wanted to be blonde and blue-eyed when I was a young teenager. I am Native American with golden skin, dark hair and eyes, I am happy with my coloring now but I’m glad my mom knew that I did not have the complexion to pull off blond hair 🤣
I too watch the Twilight Zone marathon on New Year's Eve. I love that show.
So do I! I look forward to it every New Year.
Thankyou for calling out the hypocrisy of utubers oh sorry they want to be called content creators. Very honest, it was very refreshing.
How can anyone say anything negative about you, your a natural beauty who is the most down to earth influencer on RUclips!❤
The nail thing is interesting. I was in school in the 70's and I used to wear a different color of polish on each nail. Not sure if it was Cutex, but they had all colors at the time. I did it because it was fun. I would like to see more people comfortable with themselves. Great video, Jen!
Max Factor had a whole line of pastel and bright colors in the 70s, several different blues and greens, even a black and different gunmetal greys and silvers. Wet n' Wild had all the colors, 2/$1 at Woolworths in the 70s and 80s. I had holo polish in the 90s from Sally Hansen.
Wow I don't remember that at all! Maybe they didn't offer those shades where I lived (it was a more rural area). I remember my Aunt buying me a blue Wet n Wild nail polish in the 90's and my parents freaking out because you just didn't see it anywhere!
I wore Max Factor pistachio green nail polish in 1972 to match my pistachio green tee-shirt dress. I think the anonymous aspect of commenting on YT emboldens people to be mean and rude. I appreciate the vulnerability you showed here. ❤
@@JenPhelps Oh yea, the freaking out was definitely happening! Colorful polish wasn't anywhere as mainstream as it is now but we rocked it... mostly on the weekends. LOL!
I'm pretty sure I had some pale blue Cutex nail polish back in the 70s. I didn't actually wear it much.
Jenn you do not owe these people any explanation! People are just cruel and they get off on sending disrespectful disgusting ugly comments! People are jealous that’s ALL it is and not for nothing but who cares what people think and say. Jenn I enjoy watching you💜
You're my favorite RUclips. I'm 37 years old. Your insight and authenticity is truly appreciated. ❤
I’m so glad to finally find a normal beauty influencer my age. Someone who looks normal! People are childish & they’d rather watch fake edited content than get real reviews from natural real people. You actually have a very classy look that I admire
💚 love the videos you have been doing discussing hot topic's in your way. If I hear one more "clean look" "going to scream as if I am dirty because I am wearing makeup.
Drag Queens are contour experts 😊
OMG 😲 😱. I paused just to write this: the twilight zone episode!! It's one I also always remember when looking at beauty trends. It seemed almost prophetic. It's a constant reminder that I'm unique and no one looks like me. It took years to accept that my unique traits made me stand out. I'm 46.
You presented these trends in a heartwarming and comprehensive manner, Jen! Good addition of images to share to demonstrate each trend. Your explanations were touching (in a good way) and I am glad you shared this video with us. Your stories about your youth mirror so many of us who have gone through the same thing. I appreciate your honesty about products and your life. You have matured into a beautiful woman both inside and out. So glad I found you on YT.
This video really helped me. You vocalized so many feelings I also have. I can’t wear the lashes either. I tried extensions and took them off in two days. I need to wash my eyes. Fake eyelashes are too heavy for me too. Many women around me have huge lashes and it detracts from their beauty in my opinion. We are all being sold things and I’ve been influenced to buy things too many times that didn’t add up to the hype. It’s one of the reasons I love your channel. I just read about the problems with filler and how it doesn’t dissolve - it migrates. We learn to love our aging faces while doing our best with skincare and makeup if it’s enjoyable I feel you give an honest opinion and I appreciate that.
I feel this. I wish the whole fake eyelashes with everything would go away. It’s like, you spent so much time building such a detailed eye look, only to slap on a strip of huge, obviously fake, eyelashes and lose all the details you just did behind your lashes.
Jen you are naturally beautiful just the way you are. Don’t let anyone make you feel like you aren’t. Those are people putting their own insecurities on you. Hurt people, hurt people.
I so agree with you that everyone HAS to jump on to these trends. I saw just last week, a couple of influencers doing a review if the Tir Tir red cushion and they were applying it incorrectly, which it feels like everyone has seen it and the viewers were giving tips on how to apply it 😂
Hmm. Possibly a gimmick to drive engagement on the videos.
In my opinion, this is one your best videos. Excellent job, Jen. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I am also, one of four kids. All of us were in braces. I was always aware of the financial strain that put on my parents. I am always and forever very thankful.
Wow. My mom thanked me one time (when I was an adult) for not needing braces! Fortunately, straight teeth run in my dad's family.
I've worked with several people whose parents couldn't afford braces, so they got them as adults when they started working.
@@20thcenturyrelic you are so lucky!
@@Pkrol-t6c However, there are other medical issues that run on that side of the family. Mostly treatable with generic medication.
I just subscribed, this is the first time I watch one of your videos and I loved your message I wish more people were as honest, thoughtful and kind as you were today.
Aw thank you so much! 🥰❤️
Your story resonated with me so much. I didn't get into makeuo until I was 40. I'm 49, and I had the frizzy perm and the glasses in gradeschool/highschool too. I look at all the teens today and how everyone wants to be airbrushed and perfect, and part of me pities them, and part of me is envious because I never had access to what they have now. Your realness has made me subscribe. Thank you for the video. Also, you're beautiful!
Aw thank you! You make an excellent point...I feel the same way. I both pity and envy them at the same time. It seems like teens today don't have an awkward phase.
This was so touching, Jen! Made me emotional, talking about younger you just wanting to be prettier 😭 I'm so happy you don't feel that way now, and it makes me sad for the people that still feel they need to look a certain way to be accepted.
Jen, you started out as an ADORABLE duckling and turned into a BEAUTIFUL swan.
Such a great video!
Watching you in the middle of the night. Trouble sleeping. Fell backwards down the steps. What a joy to wake up and see this! Love your conversations. Very thought provoking
Thank you for being so honest and vulnerable with your story. I think most of us have similar things we can go back to. Being a decade (or more) older than you, we never had the expectation that I could ever fix the things about myself that I felt insecure about. BTW, YOUR BROWS ROCK IN THIS VIDEO 😂😂
I’m a contour lady. I am 46 with jowls and it really helps a lot to contour around the face.
I love your transparency and honesty, I love how your reviews are honest. Keep going sweetie you are amazing
It really can help! 🥰💗
I'm a cool-toned girl and I am so tired about brands calling everything cool-toned if it's not dark orange or yellow gold. Most cool-toned products turn orange on me. And hearing complains about the pink trend while it's actually a peach coloured shade, mades me mad.
This has to be one of my favorite videos you've ever done. You're always so thoughtful and concise. It's always like sitting down with a friend and chatting. You're amazing!❤
I chuckle when people have been talking about using bronzer where you would naturally catch the sun, as if it's a new trend and not how we always used to apply bronzer before it got confused with contouring. I don't contour now. It's designed for stage and tv makeup or if you wear heavy foundation that can make your face look very flat. It's too much for my everyday life.
I agree with all of those trends dying off except...eyeshadow, LOL! With my hooded eyes, that little bit of glimmer/shimmer/sparkle above the lashline makes a world of difference.
Jen you are beautiful inside and out. A true class act 💐
Jen, don't change a thing. You are beautiful inside and out!!
I remember when that blue polish from.hard candy came out. Everyone went wild.
I guess i was sleeping 💤
@@AprilMay-s8e Me too, so don't feel bad!
And blue eyeshadow
Ur beautiful. U don't need any fillers. People are all unique with their looks and that makes it more exciting.
Every year I watch the Twilight Zone marathon as well! That episode is a classic. #12
There's also the one - not sure of the title - where they're trying to do surgery on a woman to make her look like everybody else. She has bandages over her face until the end, and they don't show what everybody looks like. In the end, they take off the bandages and tell her the surgery failed. And they show everybody else. By our standards, she's beautiful, and they're all ugly. She ends up going to a sanctuary for people who look like her.
@@20thcenturyrelic yup . It's Elly may off the Beverly Hillbillies who played the woman.
@@20thcenturyrelicThat’s up there in my favorite episodes ever.
I would love to see fewer (or no more) videos telling me what I’m doing wrong. Gee, thanks, I don’t get enough of that as a woman, a mom, someone with a somewhat invisible disability (MS). Thank you for this video. I appreciate your honesty and relatability!
I love contour (subtle and mostly just cheekbone placement) and am actually so sad it is not as popular now days! Mainly because I'm very fair (usually a couple shades lighter than you) with cool/pink toned skin and I've learned bronzer just does not work for me. I've tried multiple tones (even rosy like you've suggested), formulations, brushes, and placements... and it always looks off and unnatural on me. But that wonderful gray toned contour wand always elevates my makeup! Also blush usually warms up my face enough.
I totally relate to that 12 year old Jen❤ Even at 33. I often feel so inferior and not good enough because I don't have the money to get "that look"... the money for the laser skin treatments, lip filler, botox, regular hair color appointments, regular nail visits, hair removal, trendy fashion, weight loss injectjons, a person to tell me what colors to wear... and the list could go on forever. I feel like I'm too old to feel cute and trendy but not old enough to feel whole and secure. Anyway thank you for the entertaining and thoughtful video as always!
Jen, you ARE beautiful! I too thought I was ugly when I was growing up, I wanted to change my nose, among other things. Sometime when I hit my 20s I realized that my nose actually fit my face very well, and I wouldn't change it for anything. As for this whole 'eyeshadow is dead' thing, I'm in my 60s now and spent most of my life wearing one eyeshadow color which I applied with a sponge tip applicator. Then in my 40's I discovered luxury eyeshadow. I still only got a couple more colors. When RUclips came out I learned from influencers how to actually apply eyeshadow, and frankly I don't give a damn if eyeshadow is 'dead'. I'm wearing whatever I feel like wearing. I have a lot of time to make up for. I do think that a lot of luxury eyeshadows are for beginners. I look at Chanel, Dior, or YSL, among many other luxury brands and realize how those eyeshadows just don't deliver very much range or dept. (generally speaking). I see influencers who specialize in luxury makeup who buy every release and the resulting look is always the same with only very slight differences. Because the colors aren't very deep or pigmented they are practically foolproof. Chanel is the biggest culprit for that. It's as though they just don't want to commit to color. I think the packaging is beautiful, but I'm just done with those colors. Now we have the Natasha Denona's and ABH, ColourPop, and all the indie brands which are so much more interesting. Even their neutral colors are more interesting. Another thing is that I am very pale so it really isn't a good look for me to not wear makeup. I look like I've lived underground most of my life without some contrast on my face.
So true ... I was thinking about unique looks recently. A great example is the original Footloose movie versus the remake. In the original the actors were attractive and relatable. The new version seems too perfect. Not relatable at all.
Yes, actors and actresses feel like they have to have all kinds of procedures to enhance their careers. That's always been a thing, I'd guess since maybe 100 years ago, but I think the pressure is greater now. I can't say of there's more pressure on actresses, but I'd guess there is.
This is your best video EVER. I wish every viewer would watch this. It's just perfect. I love what Shirley says below and I second it "so genuine and authentic." Very refreshing. You're amazing.
Hi Jen, you’re a very sweet honest person and I hate you have to deal with insults and criticism. We all should be supporting women instead of insulting and being so hateful to others. It’s not really about you, these people are unhappy with themselves so criticizing others makes them feel better, It’s really pretty sad. 🌷
Your makeup looked so pretty here. I love the way you do your makeup. It’s so fresh and soft and not over the top.
This is frustrating! It's why I only trust your opinion. Someone with a VERY popular YT channel that shall remain nameless (but her name starts with a T and ends with an I) really pushes her products. I really want to trust her but can't. Love yours and your integrity!
The differences are what make people beautiful. You are beautiful as you are! Now...the trends that turn me off are the long fake lashes that look fake, the long pointed nails and definitely the over use of lip filler. I might can see an older person doing some but when they are young and already have beautiful lips. SO over it! Thanks Jen❤
I love your opinions on makeup, cause you are always trustworthy.
I agree, she's great!
I'm sorry about the rude comments that u get Jen! You are one of the few RUclipsrs that I still watch because you are a real person! You haven't altered everything about yourself and you don't appear to try and obtain a celebrity lifestyle. The beauty trend that I hate is over done lip filler. It looks so ridiculous. People are gonna look back on themselves in 10 or 20 years and be so embarrassed!
You should blow up because you are gorgeous even without makeup. 🎉
Aww thank you so much! 🥰🥰🥰
I love, love, this video content and message. I am a full face makeup girl. The no eyeshadow seems to be with the trend in fashion. We are becoming a very informal society on how we dress and present ourselves. I say do what makes you feel good about yourself and who cares about trends. Love ya Jenn.
Hi! So agree with the nail clicking/tapping. Also don’t love ASMR. Great video.
The whispering is the worst.