Do you take a makeup artist seriously?or do you take a YouTube Guru's more seriously?

Apr 25, 2013

Alma M.

I thought this would be interesting because I feel like unless you have a YouTube your not taken seriously as a makeup artist.Maybe just my thought but What draws you to take in what Guru's say? What makes them a Guru? What is different from a friend? Or a makeup artist at your local beauty spot or just a everyday artist giving advice? I'm curious about how much influence does it all have on everyone.

Apr 25, 2013

Eileen A.

I turned to YouTube about a year ago when I was looking for healthy diet ideas and that's when I noticed a few makeup tutorials in the side bar. I had no idea this even existed. After my first tutorial, I was hooked. I think what keeps me hooked is that I see everyday women like myself sharing their thoughts and ideas on products etc. I never looked at them as "gurus". When I see that someone is a professional MUA, I think of them as individuals who work in the field professionally and it isn't just a hobby for them. Just my thoughts. :)

Apr 25, 2013

Alicia H.

I love your thought provoking questions, Alma. Personally, I think it's all semantics. Gurus on youtube are Makeup Artists on camera and a Makeup Artist working for a MAC counter, say...is a Makeup Artist working at a counter.

Apr 25, 2013

Siobhan W.

With YouTube, you can view many artists and their techniques in one place in a short amount of time. You can sift through what techniques would work better for you and the kind of looks you are trying to achieve. What makes them a Guru is the quality of content, quantity of content, number of subscribers & likes...but that's how YouTube works. When I'm watching these videos I'm looking to see who is using products that I have, who has a similar skin/hair type, really what I can successfully apply to my own routine.

Apr 25, 2013

Saprina D.

For me YouTube is a hoby (a time consuming, expensive hobby lol) but I am definitely not a guru by any means. Aristry is what pays the bills. I work as a freelance artist and I get a lot my clients via youtube. I am no were near the level on YouTube where I am making money from it but I hope one day to get there. As such I take YouTube very serious, I treat it as an extesion of my brand.

Apr 26, 2013

Alma M.

Thanks ladies for your answers.I've been wondering why or if it is the reason that it has such a great force in why so many people are more in love with makeup and if it should be an option I should try.I just don't know, I'm trying to figure it all out for myself.I'm 36 and I've been a freelance artist for ever lol I just feel like what I truly love to do isn't so much their anymore, I don't know if you guys would understand that but it's the frustration I guess that comes with it and I'm trying to figure out what to do with it all.

Apr 26, 2013

Courtney B.

I think it depends on the YouTuber for how seriously I'll take them. You can tell that some people are legit from their knowledge, the way they present themselves and products, and the overall production of their channel. That's what I look for in a "guru" (I hate the overuse of that term, btw. Everyone with a camera and a decent makeup stash seems to think they're a guru now). Subscribers and views don't matter much to me.
The same kind of thinking qualifies when I'm looking at someone working at a makeup counter too. There are people who you can tell just work there for a number of reasons-- to pay the bills, the prestige, whatever. And those are perfectly fine reasons; they should do whatever they like. But you can tell when a true artist has that passion and knowledge about their craft.
So I guess it all does come down to semantics, as Alicia said. If someone sees fit to call themselves an artist, you really can't tell them that they're not, even though you might think they're not creating art. I think that just a few years ago, this wouldn't have even been a question. But now the online beauty community is exploding and YouTube was really the catalyst for a lot of people who are seen as gurus/artists/ now.

Apr 26, 2013

Diana A.

I have to say working at a counter doesn't necessarily mean you aren't a real MUA. I went to school, I've had editorials published in magazines, and worked on a film before. I work at a counter now because I went back to graduate school and the money is the same every week. Working as a MUA you don't get paid as well until you make it big.

Apr 27, 2013

Alma M.

Agreed Diana  :-)

Apr 27, 2013

Pamela W.

It depends on the youtuber. There are some that use youtube to help their business and some that use it as a hobby. I have a youtube channel, and I use it for practice because I'm trying becoming one.

May 6, 2013

Michelle W.

Saprina what's the name of your channel?? In truly addicted to you tube gurus... I'm a makeup artist that work at a counter but I also do makeup when I'm not working at the counter...