There's this make up artist on YouTube named Kandee Johnson. I remember ending up on her Pin Up Girl/ Megan Fox tutorial video and loving it. She was so natural. I stop a lot of other people's videos halfway through just because I find the "guru" off putting. It could be their attitude or style of filming. But Kandee's real time make up tutorials are my favorite now. She reminds me of Racheal Ray's 30 Minute Meals. Everything (except mascara) is done in front of you and she just talks right through it. It's not overly edited. It's real. And she's sooo good. She mentioned someone complaining that she always does smokey eyes but I don't care, I watch all of them. She's pretty anyway, but her make up really transforms her face. She's a professional so it's only natural that she's good at what she does.
But what drew me to her, and away from everyone else, was her vibe. In that one video, I knew I liked her as a person. She was a little soft spoken, very smiley, and she said she never gives people the finger! From that I knew she wasn't a dark person, but a light person. Eventually she put out a few non-make up videos letting us into her past. It wasn't uncommon-- a few children, some bad relationships, career setbacks-- but still a bummer to those who go through it. But the way she's able to be positive about everything is admirable. She's so encouraging and upbeat when she could easily be a cynic about everything.
She put up a video today that was a little somber. Just a few things about how she's feeling and dealing with all the negativity in her life right now. It made me teary eyed because it's getting to her. More so that mean comments are getting to her. The other thing is legitimately something to be sad about. You would think someone so upbeat would just breeze right over them but I guess sometimes they sting. I'm sure she realizes it but I just want to get it through her head that the people that go on to YouTube just to criticize people are losers! Seriously, the boys that say nasty things to her are just mad that they can't have a strong woman like her and the girls that criticize her are just mad that they can't be her and do the things that she does. So these people want to make her hate herself to bring her down to their level.
For every mean comment, there's probably a hundred kind ones and TWO hundred kind thoughts from people who don't bother commenting on YouTube videos (me). My heart goes out to her. It makes me sad that she says she can point out more faults about herself than anyone else because it makes it sound like she's heard it all before. And no one should be picked apart like that. She always mentions her voice but it's very cute and reminds me of Gwen Stefani. Her eye brows are awesome, I would love an arch like that. Her forehead is normal. Her teeth are not Hollywood veneer perfect but they're pretty close and they suit her. And her nose is like mine in that you can see nostrils when you look at it straight on.
I know that hearing kind things all the time make them all run together and sound the same so when you get a mean comment, you tend to obsess over it because it's out of the ordinary. When I was younger, I read in a magazine that Claire Danes would rather read her hate mail. It's weird because I understood her. If only just to see how other people view you whether it's an honest, legitimate criticism or not.
I just wish Kandee Johnson succeeds in what she's trying to do and doesn't get discouraged by what's going on.
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