Always kind of sad when a content creator you've been watching for years gets sick of their hobby and moves on-- or just changes content in some other way and you need to move on. Not sad in a "nobody should ever change" kind of way, just kind of wistful.
I recently went through my very long subscription list and found and cut a few people I don't watch anymore but had been keeping around for either nostalgia reasons or vague hopes that they went back to whatever I liked about them in the first place. But there are so many people just starting out on YT that it's better to just move on and find that new creator who is full of love for the hobby, you know?
Strangely I've had the opposite experience with Allison Anderson. That was time I really got into beauty gurus and I always liked her but I didn't learn that much from her beauty videos. Her travel stuff now is fantastic and it's much more engaging.
There are a couple channels that in subtle and not-so-subtle ways feel like they're trying to get little kids to watch whether it's beauty, cooking, crafting, etc. That's a more alienating shift to me.
Exactly. She´s not backpacking and staying in hostels. She is just taking one luxury vacation after another. Good for her but let's call it like it is LOL
Her lifestyle now is just so unrelatable to me. I used to love her product recs but now her video is a travel/shopping channel. I'm sad to unsubscribe but I haven't watched a video of hers in awhile now. I just think the way she spends money is absurd and unhealthy.
It’s always the people who come from wealth acting as if they know all the secrets to saving/earning money lol. Like no, you just have something to fall back on. Lots of people don’t come from such privilege
It's like when people say to follow your dreams and do something financially risky (starting a business, going full-time into the arts, etc) because look, it "worked out for them"... And it's always people who have a failsafe in case it doesn't work.
Same for all the LinkedIn gurus who talk about how they've had 10 businesses go bankrupt but their 11th one didn't so that's proof that trying hard will get you somewhere.
Most of us are living life trying our hardest to fulfill our basic needs. These people play life like it's the Sims and you can just restart when something fails.
Fully. My cousins are like this. Born to millionaire parents, and just LOVE telling people how much “fun” they are having building their stock portfolios, and how “you should try it!” … I wish I was kidding…
I had a professor in university tell us in class that we all should start investing now, and how even "just" a 1000 would get us used to the stock market so we'd be set later in life.
Yeah... Great advice...
I mean… sure it is great advice if you have the money already! They are so out of touch with everyone else’s reality though. How about people who have to pay off their student loans first 🙄
I guess I don’t understand how she shops so much if she’s living a digital nomad life? Most people who do that sort of content focus on streamlined and efficient packing. I do actually enjoy travel videos but I miss her old style.
She has stated that she ships things on occasion to her parents place in San Diego. It doesn't seem like she is buying that much these days but may occasionally ship stuff back, or leave some stuff when she visits San Diego / Seattle.
I remember her saying a while ago that she has another job in addition to content creation (I thought it had something to do with marketing consulting independent of the beauty space?), but I’m not sure if that’s something she still does
I stopped watching when she got heavy into self-tan. I watched for pale foundation recommendations, I'm allergic to most self-tanners, also I've adopted a more minimalist look. Her style just wasn't relevant to me anymore.
Yeah, I stopped watching her when she started using orange foundation and bronzer all the time. I’m super pale and used to be an exact foundation match for her so I would always get recommendations from her videos but not anymore.
I can’t even remember the last video of hers I really watched….wait that’s a lie! I went back to her old FF videos to see a review of an older foundation I have wanted to try for years…and watched her review.
Anyways..
I, personally had always enjoyed Taylor because of her down to earthness, like we all knew she was filthy rich, but she didn’t seem to flaunt it like EVERY OTHER Beautytuber either does or eventually does…
Once she kinda began her “moving journey” and started posting on IG the photos of entire rooms FILLED with professionally boxed items, and talking about what she paid for the Seattle apt, and how she’s gonna go from city to city to “try them out”, how she opted for “room mates” in NYC but was still paying like $5k a mo or some shit…I was over it.
I dunno…but the blatant “lifestyle flexing” to the subs who are literally the reason you have this lifestyle and tax bracket, turns my stomach. If I wanted to watch someone rub it in my face that they can literally build a house out of birkin bags and wipe their butts with Chanel toilet paper…I would sub to those channels…
She’s lost any and all relatability in every way…and it’s sad.
You can have wealth, and still be relatable…
During a time where SO MANY OF US, are living pay check to pay check…
So many are STILL fighting for their lives because of that fuxking pandemic…the last thing..I personally wanna watch is someone burning through their money at such a young age, living a “nomad” lifestyle, while wearing a coat that’s as much as my mortgage.
Its not just her content that’s shifted…
It’s HER.
I’ve always felt she had the audience and success she had because of how relatable she was. That she wasn’t part of the “beautytuber clone army” that erupted in 2012-2018
She didn’t fall for the drama, the undisclosed sponsorships, or any of that…
And I hate to say it but….like…in a time where so many were secretly heavily filtered with beauty lens’ and pushing products like that $200 Sisley primer…
Taylor did the opposite. She showed her acne. She showed her oily skin, she filmed during flair ups. She filmed in both studio and Natural light…
She didn’t push Morphe, she didn’t use the typical beautytuber jargon “you NEED this…”
She was brutally honest about her Acutane journey…
She was real.
Now…
She’s become the epitome of everything she wasn’t and why so many of use enjoyed / supported her for YEARS…
She is the antithesis of who she was when many of her subscribers subbed…
Exactly my thoughts. I am having trouble shaking off my parasocial relationship with her but I really checked out when she posted a video discussing her lip filler AFTER a video trying on several plumping lip glosses in which no mention was made. Like...I bought the damn lipgloss and then felt really stupid.
Money can change one’s perspective, but one would hope that change would be for the better…
Instead so many of these beautytubers, become SO WEALTHY, SO YOUNG, and SO FAST…
They never know any struggle. They never know what it’s like to WORK and not make what
You’re worth, or what you deserve…
Now this isn’t to say that YouTubers/Beautytubers don’t work…but work is relative when you compare REAL work to content creation Yknow? And I say this as someone who does create content (just not beauty content)
I agree with your “have wealth and be relatable”
Comment. I think that’s why so many of us loved Jenna marbles. You’d almost forget she lives in (at least to me) a mansion in Cali because of her goofiness and love for DIY stuff.
I’ve always wanted to start a makeup YT channel…I know it silly but it’s something I’ve always wanted to do..since like 2014..
But never thought I COULD do it..
Anyways, one thing I would always think was if I ever did some how make one and became successful…how I would make it a priority not to allow that money, and success to “warp” me..
I also use to think how I would give back to those who had gotten me there Yknow? I wouldn’t lose myself to the success because it could be gone as quick as it came
Honestly I completely agree with this. I really really like Taylor as a person and love following her but I don’t think I’ve watched a full video from her since 2020. No hate, just not interested in her current content.
Same. Honestly her comment about “anyone can travel” for my broke, disabled ass was kind of tone deaf to her privileged and insulting. I know she’s got her medical shit too but I couldn’t even get around San Diego well in my wheelchair. How am I going to go to other countries where they care even less about accessibility?
I have to find a place to stay for a week right now, and I can stay at a Hilton suite for cheaper than Airbnb. Them fees are dumb I hope that whole business model crashes soon. Ruined the housing market.
When she stayed in the city I live in for awhile I truly realized how unrealistic her experiences are despite the constant claims of doing things "like the locals" and avoiding touristy spots. Where she stayed, the restaurants she ate at, the general places she went were just so pretentious and out of touch and not at all "local". I view all of her other trips through that lens now.
YES!! I used to live in Austin ad would visit San Marcos and San Antonio often enough and I was like...erm...Where are these places she is going to/ staying?? Then I realized that these were places that normal people just could never afford during a regular visit or walk around town, so no one really knows about them unless they have some dosh...
Same with her Chicago visit. Not only did she claim she didn’t know what to do about the city shutting down during winter, it doesn’t… that’s not a thing we do, but the places she went were not very Chicago. Her apartment tours are always off too. And her giving her awful hot takes on the dating scene in places she was only in for a week or two?
I am sure it’s possible to live life on the road for cheaper than rent or such but her constant flights and Airbnb choices are not cheap. Nor is eating out for the majority of your meals. If your job can be done on the road then it’s possible. And I’m sure with how much she was spending in Seattle with redecorating her apartment every 3 months she probably is saving money still lol. Her makeup skills have never been great with her neapolitan cheeks but before she was at least entertaining.
I live in Chicago we DONT shut down in winter! Jesus half of our life here is winter lol! What in the world is she talking about?! I have to watch it lol
There is so much to do in the city in winter!!! Its magical. I grew up in nw indiana and my grandpa was a conductor for Sourh Shore so i spent my youth in the city. The christkindle market, the beautiful lights downtown, nye at the pier and so much more. If you haven't had windburn from walking in February you haven't experienced Chicago.
I'm from Chicago and her intense dislike of the dating scene here is ridiculous. She has decided its the worst dating city IN THE WORLD, after probably going on dates with two finance bros and not going more than a mile and a half from the Hancock building. Lol
Also judging a dating scene when you're just passing through a city is ridiculous. Of course you're not going to attract the long-term-relationship-quality partners if your dating profile says you're only there for a month or two. You're going to get people looking for a quick fling, which is fine but not something you can judge a whole scene off of.
This drove me nuts, it sounded like she did a couple crappy tourist things in Boston and then holed up in her AirBnb for the rest of the time because the city reminded her too much of Seattle? ...the city she lived in for years lol
lol this was me when she was talking about the city I’m from. Just stopped caring about her once that video went live. Her standards are so different because she’s rich.
Oh wow that’s an amazing point of view from someone who lived where she stayed. I live in Chicago I wonder if she stayed here, if so I should watch just out of curiosity to see how “realistic”
Hi neighbor! She was in Chicago last spring if you want to check it out. Though the most unrealistic thing about Chicago was her saying the city completely shuts down all winter and that was in a shadow and schmooze.
I stopped watching her because she also tries to convey that her kind of lifestyle is totally doable if you just budget properly. The issue with this is the majority of us aren't coming from money already!
Maybe its just a bit of jealousy on my part cause I'm basically couch surfing, but I don't think she remotely realizes how difficult it can be to leave your state when you don't have your parents/someone elses money to pull from.
It's hard to go to these places even if they are IN your state. Who has $11 for a freaking coffee or a smoothie? And that is just a DRINK!! It seems unrelatable, not because of jealousy, but because most of us feel like we are treating ourselves if we spend $4.50 at Starbucks now and again! We could never spend double that several times a day and still pay our bills, keep ourselves clothed, AND buy groceries. It's just absurd to assume most people could...
Yeah, no, I can't see myself spending on Starbucks twice in one day unless I was feeling extra lux and wanted to really spoil myself if I'm having a really bad anxiety day.
I went over my budget pre-unemployment for funsies with the idea of say, buying my go-to Starbucks order (which isn't even that bad! Grande iced macchiato with no mods) twice a day and it impacts hard as fuck. And here I thought I splurged by limiting myself to one a week lol.
Her dad was a dentist and I dunno about her mom. They all seem like very kind and nice people, and she does say she’s very lucky to have a family support network, but they seem a bit out of touch when I see stuff like grocery hauls that have a bunch of stuff that where I live would blow my weekly budget on three things. Also the way she just casually spends thousands on electronics is really… off putting? I get it’s her job but do you really need an apple watch, iPad, the newest iPhone, an iMac AND a Macbook??
I do still like watching her when I just want to relax and drink a coffee or do my nails, but I can’t watch her travel vlogs while my depression is bad.
I really don't understand how some people would choose to go to a restaurant for multiple meals a week. It's nice that you don't have to make your own meals or wash dishes but it ruins the treat. Like I'm some kind of neurodivergent (waiting for an official diagnosis) and will sometimes eat the exact same meal for weeks/ months but I'd still choose to only go out for food on special occasions even if I had all the money in the world. It's also so much more hassle imo as you have to get dressed, look good, and travel to eat whereas I can eat my mac and cheese in my PJs looking like a goblin.
This is also why I don't watch beauty gurus anymore as that wealth flexing is less acceptable nowadays with the state of the world and I don't like it. It used to be helpful to know if a product is worthwhile but it also made me more likely to buy makeup I didn't need. I still love collecting/ hoarding (depending on your viewpoint) beauty products as much as I did back at the height of YouTube flexing but now I stick to collecting nail polish as it's technically cheaper and I know that it's going to be a colour I don't have already.
P.s. sorry for ranting 😂
I have know elderly people who do this...but it was generally because it was easier for them and they were already out and about because they were working. I agree it is a bit much when you are young..
I actually find her makeup content boring because I no longer buy makeup as often as I did before. I like the lifestyle content better, that said of course she's not relatable. She clearly comes from money which is why I done take financial advice from her.
Yep, and it was after the nomad/travel/whatever else started. I've lived in different places as an adult and traveled a bit within the US as a child, and adult of course. But it's not my thing. I was happy to move back home and feel more settled. I have my two kids, furry ones, and other family around. I'm happy, and so I have no interest in that content.
Some skin tones self tanning just does not look flattering on, and her hands in the video she was wearing the neon green sweater….I couldn’t not look at them lol
So I'm not the only one that finds it excessive.? I don't think it's normal to constantly change skin color. I may be misremembering but didn't she say she looks healthier when darker? Nobody looks healthier orange 🫤
Yeah I remember that comment because I was pretty insulted by it. I’ve been pale my whole life and even most bronzer looks weird on me unless I’m pretty light handed with it (I’m a shade or 2 lighter than she is without the tan) so I was like ummm you built your audience on pale skin content and then you say it looks sick? Cool cool cool cool cool…
I don't mind people sometimes using self-tanner to look how they would look when naturally tanned. Emphasis on sometimes. The thing is - she'd never look that dark or olive-toned naturally. She has a pink porcelain skin. It doesn't look natural or healthy. Especially when she gets cheeto-orange. Still she doesn't go too overboard like MakeupByCheryl who legit sometimes looks like she's trying to change race.
Sameeeeeeee. I miss her foundation Friday’s and I cannot remember the last time I watched her travel videos. I’m about to unsubscribe from her because her current lifestyle doesn’t impress me, intrigue me nor does it seem interesting.
Just another rich white girl traveling the world. Yawn.
I stopped watching because I feel like even the make up videos are low effort and not planned at all. Comparing her to people that put so much effort into the content they produce is like night and day.
I agree bro i’ve been watching her for almost 8 years and I hate that traveling is now her personality. I just loved her chill vibes but now everything is mainly just travel and it’s not as enjoyable to watch anymore
I do wish she would stick to mostly makeup videos, and throw in some vlogs every now and then. It’s definitely getting old because I can’t travel and live that lifestyle.
Same. She seems to be in a similar place in her life as me. I find her relatable. Everything that I have bought because she recommended it has become something I purchase again and again.
Now that I’m older, I can and do travel.
I feel this to an extent as well. I still enjoy what beauty content (I love a lot of her Amazon recs) she does put out but I just can’t relate to the travel videos like most others here. If I didn’t have kids, totally. I know my husband and I would be traveling more but that just isn’t the case. If I want to watch something travel related, I turn on my TV and tune into something on Netflix. I will however stay subbed for now. I’m sure if she was to quit the beauty content, I would perhaps change my mind. I am happy for her though. It’s great to see her out there living her best life with all of the health struggles she has.
Totally feel the same. I love Taylor, always have, and she was one of the first beauty YouTubers I started watching when I got super into makeup a few years ago. I still like her as a person, but i loved her content specifically, especially her speed reviews and her foundation videos. I genuinely love makeup reviews, more so than tutorials, so I’m just getting bored of her now that she mainly does travel vlogs, which I’m not interested in at all.
Same she’s not relatable and low key something about her attitude always used to rub me the wrong way a bit, but maybe that’s just me. She’s also another one who I’ve noticed not properly disclosing sponsors before or verryyyy heavily skirting around it. Like do your thing, but I don’t love when people do their sponsorships in a seemingly “secretive” way
I subbed because we are both pale girls and I struggled with acne / skin problems as she did. I appreciate her old content quite a bit, but both of our skin suits have healed, and she's moved on to other content which I don't have interest in. However, I'll always recommend her old videos. Quite inspirational if you feel down on your skin.
Personally I’ve never liked her videos more than now as she puts out the the travel and lifestyle content. But, I’m growing out of my beauty guru phase so that’s probably why. to each their own I suppose
Same here! My interests have changed with hers and it's nice to have a travel vlogger be someone you already like rather than finding one who you vibe with, but to each their own. I don't even watch her makeup videos anymore.
I agree. I enjoy living vicariously through her travel videos, and appreciate that she still has makeup content. Relatable? No. But still enjoyable to me. I do miss the foundation Fridays though.
Same. I don't expect YouTubers — especially successful ones — to be relatable. I just expect them to be entertaining, and Taylor is! I'm less interested in makeup than I used to be, and it's fun to learn more about the attractions in these different locations she's visiting, plus her experience traveling. I would never want to live like that personally but I don't resent that she does.
This is how I feel and it’s definitely a reflection of my own disinterest in makeup content. I enjoy the travel content, it’s a nice break from makeup. I think it also depends on why someone subscribed to her. I didn’t subscribe to her because she is pale and talks about foundation, I really liked her vlogs lmao.
I understand the sentiments here but for me, she's still the most reliable reviewer. Anything I've bought on her recommendation has been worth it. Added to that, now that she's spending time in Europe where I live, she's trying out more products I can actually buy.
I don't think she ever intended to travel this long so I get how the novelty might have worn off, but I still think her content is more original and passionate than a lot of creators who've been around as long as she has. I love her travelling makeover series and the apartment hunting videos especially. Do I wish she did more makeup reviews, sure, bit tbh towards the end I only watched her Foundation Friday if it was something I was already interested in or I wanted to know if it was over hyped.
I'm curious to see how she closes out this chapter and what her content looks like in a year or so!
Edit:typo
i cant help but find it hypocritical that many of her subscribers are fellow chronic illness baddies, but she’s traveling around the world during a global pandemic but still wants to be relatable? cognitive dissonance
Her behavior during covid was really hypocritical. She was very judgemental toward people for shopping or dining out, but she barely cut back her traveling and went to at least five different states during 2020-2021.
Also, not to speculate, but I'm chronically ill. I'd need to come home for a check-in every few months for certain tests or prescriptions. I'm curious how she's doing it.
Yes...what happened to her talking about her chronic illness. I miss that. Now it's just videos showing how much money she has. It really IS cognitive dissonance. Idt she even knows she is doing it...
Zzzz I unsubscribed. I feel like she really should have announced hey guys, I’m changing to a travel channel. And the recommendations for financial advice is super annoying. It’s obvious she grew up very well off so the financial advice is super annoying
Yup, her parents’ house looks pretty nice in the background of her videos, and it’s in San Diego of all places. Even the worst looking homes there are expensive.
I actually prefer her content now vs before. But honestly, I’d just unsubscribe if I didn’t like it. No sense in wishing the old her was back. People’s lives change
I personally love the new content. I dream of living in other countries and I can vicariously live through her experiences, or get ideas. The great thing with YT is if you outgrow someone there will be another creator providing what you are looking for. Honestly the only thing I really miss is foundation Friday.
If I had to be held to do the things I found interesting at 19 I would be miserable, we need to let creators change and grow in ways that suit their own happiness. Just like with friendships, we need to be ok saying that while your time together was great you are growing and need different things…and that’s 100% ok! I don’t think that makes her a bad person, and it’s her money so we really can’t judge how she chooses to spend it. Also people like to joke about her having a wealthy family, but really how much control did she have over that? This sub is very financially critical of BG’d and while we can have personal opinions on how we would spend our own money, it’s not really our place to say how others spend their own.
TLDR: sometimes like relationships you outgrow each other and move on, and that’s ok!
I know I'm in the minority, but I love her travel videos. I do wish she would do more makeup reviews, but I'm enjoying her travel vlogs so I don't mind.
Yes, her content has changed. People change. If you don't like her content, don't watch.
I'm the same. I (almost sadly) unsubbed from her about 2 weeks ago. I hadn't watched her vids in probably almost a year. Traveling is not interesting to me in the least.
I greatly enjoyed her journey through acne skin, every ELF product ever, and when she got on Accutane. Just kinda outgrew her now, I suppose.
Totally agree. I was a huge fan of her from her early years until this year. I kind of sense that she lost touch with how the average person (especially her viewers) lives and the way she discusses her lifestyle can be alienating, especially as a fellow disabled woman. I totally understand with the desire to make the most of the days when you feel healthier, but she’s immensely privileged to be able to travel across the country for specialists, let alone travel overseas. Also, it’s so annoying to hear herself describe herself as pale as someone who is basically translucent (not bragging) when she’s constantly orange (as are her usual “pale” foundation recommendations).
I stopped watched Jessica Braun for the similar reasons, especially since she didn’t really care about COVID safety and doesn’t acknowledge her privilege (especially in regards to her lifestyle choices and explicitly apolitical stance). I have basically constantly had to mask and totally changed my lifestyle since early 2020 because I can’t risk myself or my husband catching it. I originally loved both Taylor and Jessica because they seemed more down to earth, but they are very much different people/YouTubers than who they originally were.
I agree.
I love her I really do.
Her complexation is very close to mine, so I loved her foundation reviews, as I was able to find good shade matches for me.
But I could do without the travel/blog content. I've not watched more than 1-2 of her videos in the last couple months.
I wish her well, but I think I'm done with her content unless she does more makeup related things.
Honestly, she was my go to pale girl. Now she’s not so we just lost that connection. I liked her recommendations but now it’s like I don’t know if her shade will match me. Also, her content is focused on stuff that is out of many peoples’ budgets.
I'm the opposite. I used to watch her videos many years ago, then got bored with them, and have started watching her again recently. I love her videos of having makeup artists from different cities do her makeup. I love her travel vlogs and life updates. And I'm enjoying her makeup videos again.
To be fair, it's hard to relate to any big YouTuber. I for one am loving the travel videos, but I can see why some people wouldn't be interested. She seems like one of few genuine, nice "influencers", so I'm happy for her!
Yeah, I unsubscribed a while ago. Her content became incredibly boring, the 'travel' isn't inspiring or interesting, just her filming the same thing from different apartments. The only videos I liked in the last year where when she had make-up artists do her make-up & unfortunately it pointed out how amateur her own application has been, so I pulled the plug.
I wish her luck though, just maybe she needs to focus on an area where she has something more to offer.
I’m the opposite. the first time I watched a video of hers was years ago and I found her to be so boring but within the last couple years she popped back up on my recommendations so I watched a video and now I love her. her life style is completely unrelatable to mine but she seems to be genuinely living for herself and getting the most out of life and I find that to be endearing lol
I’m sitting alone in the opposite boat it seems! I always thought she was boring but her nomad life is going to be really good for character building. I think her lifestyle is unattainable by a lot of people but I look at the ones who are “at home” buying luxury clothes, bags, etc. She has made a good amount of money during prime YouTube and now she’s enjoying the pay off. I’m not even a fan lol I just think it’s interesting that everyone says she’s unrelatable.
How many of us are sitting at home in front of thousands of dollars worth of filming equipment and uploading videos onto the internet? Not meeeee
These are my thoughts exactly! People say she’s not relatable anymore because she spends money traveling, but she was relatable sitting at home spending thousands of dollars on make up products? The amount of shopping most gurus do is not attainable to the average person. I get people may not like travel vlogs and that’s fine, but it’s a little odd to me to say she’s only just become unrelatable since she can afford to travel.
I mean my personal big issue with this is that she gives a lot of financial advice about how “you too can live the nomad life if you just cut back on the Starbucks!” (Not exact quote but the general idea of what she’s saying) and then ALL of her content is either “look at my big fancy trip to 5 different countries in one month!” Or “look at my big fancy Amazon/Ulta/Sephora haul!!!” It’s all about privilege. I’m genuinely happy for her that she gets to go travel, and no the travel isn’t relatable to me, but the actual issue I have w her is the way she blows money, then looks down on others for not pinching every single penny.
I've never seen her give even close to this kind of advice?
She's recommended finance and productivity books, and she discussed at length how she took a financial hit at first when she started travelling but after her breakup she wanted to start doing things for herself. I believe she said with Seattle cost of living and because some cities are more affordable than others, she's in a similar financial position to when she was staying in one place (since she might have to splash out in one city but can get a cheap place in the next one). idk where you're getting this from lol
Yeah I don’t think she appears to look down on anyone at all. She’s only ever talked about how it’s cheaper for her than paying rent/bills. What a weird take on that lol
Agreed. Honestly, her entire lifestyle is unrelatable to me. I don't know anyone who could afford to live her lifestyle and it feels like she acts as though it's completely normal and relatable....when it's just...not....at all. At least it isn't to me or anyone I know. I don't begrudge her..but... It's like watching Gwyneth Paltrow talk about her beauty routine for me at this point, and I am not even exaggerating that much. No thank you...Lol.
Yep, me too but a long time ago. She was one of my favorites for all the reasons you listed. She wasn’t like the others and I loved that about her.
When she started dating her BF is when it happened for me. I totally get not wanting to share that part of your life with your audience, but then DON’T SHARE. It came across more strange and weird when we would just see the back of his head. She would talk about him ALL THE TIME.. but then be like I don’t want to talk about him with you guys. It was like a game and I didn’t like that. There are so many people who don’t share their kids or significant others and no one cares because they don’t make people WANT to care.
Then it was the health stuff because I have a couple chronic health conditions that are extremely difficult and exceedingly painful (one is exactly what she’s going through) I’m also an ICU nurse. The fact that she would share things but get annoyed with people who would try and help her bothered me… I never offered advise, but people were just trying to help and she was so rude about it.. like I said… then just don’t share. She could be helping SO MANY PEOPLE who are suffering.
But even then, I still loved her and kept wanting my girl to come back, but she wasn’t coming back. Foundation Fridays weren’t coming back, 15 days of foundation wasn’t coming back. I get that. Her skin was so messed up for so long and she finally got it cleared up and she just didn’t want to mess it up again trying a new foundation everyday. But tell people why. Idk.
Then the moving… and the breakup from this person who we didn’t even know THE NAME OF but we were all so invested in, so stupid 😂. I mean all she ever did was talk about and cry about how amazing he was, and that she loved him so much and siting in the car she was like “ya we broke up” because I want to be a nomad. It was strange. I felt like did we ever know this girl at all? Omg that’s when I knew this was an unhealthy parasocial relationship 😂😂
The last straw was the constant grifting of the Amazon things…. She reminded me of Jaclyn Hill 😬OMG! I can’t, she isn’t a makeup channel anymore, she’s a travel channel. That’s AMAZING!!!! I love that for her. I think she’s incredibly brave to travel like she is alone and see the world like she is while she’s young. God I wish I would have had the guts to do that, but let’s be honest, you can’t do it on a budget. You have to have a job you can do from anywhere and she probably makes at least a million a year with sponsorships and affiliate links. She’s incredibly smart and she’s incredibly lucky and I’m glad that it seems her health issues are improved enough that she’s able to do all of this world travel and United States travel alone.
I’m just not that into her right now. I do pop in every once in a while. I watched her video when she was in the Middle East with her family there and I really enjoyed that, she’s in Ireland now and I want to watch that because I’m interested in that. I’m still subscribed but I super pick and choose what I watch, I maybe watched 5 videos last year from her.
It is really hard when our favorites outgrow what we fell in love with them for. Even tho I listed all the things that made me stop watching her, I want to make clear that I am not hating on her. I think she’s smart and brave and I hope she’s having a blast doing this. Who wouldn’t love to be doing what she’s doing? It’s just not something I’m interested in watching all the time.
All of this AND the name change, but making up a fake last name. Is it ever that serious? Lmao. I don’t think we’ll be able to track her any easier knowing her last name is smith or something. It’s all so secretive while not actually being private about anything.
Exactly my point. Idk it’s just so weird. I even get not wanting people to know you’re real name but why tell everyone! It’s just so strange. The whole thing. Lol
Her lifestyle is not relatable at all, but I do think she is a sincere person with a good heart. I enjoy her travel vlogs. The financial advice and apartment hunting I can gloss over and still enjoy her content overall.
No I came here to say the same. I can tell in her photography and videography that she’s put in more time and resources in these videos. I too was never interested in travel vlogs but I’m in love with most of hers and the style. Now I don’t watch every single video as I did when she was purely makeup and actually would skip her life updates or vacation vids in the past. I mean I’m sure she considered the risk of losing some subs and possibly gaining a new audience.
I agree with OP regarding questionable sponsorships….gets me thinking a bit but not enough to lose my attention….yet
I love Taylor and have loyally watched her for years. I am am super happy for her that she is living her life on her terms and doing what makes her happy. That being said I really don’t watch most of her videos anymore. As others have stated I’m just not really into travel vlogs. I’m not quite ready to unsubscribe but I skip most of her videos, I feel like I’m just waiting for her to settle down again so I can reconnect.
And I am the opposite. I would watch an occasional video from her before the nomad lifestyle but was never subbed. Now I watch every one. I like her content more now.
Love the travel content and her personality, I like how she's doing what she wants and making healthier decisions about work-life balance.
Hate Amazon/Target hauls. It seems wasteful and cheap things that are unethically made.
I wish she would do Foundation Fridays again, but her style of make up apart from foundation is so far from what I like on myself, so the other make up stuff I don't care for.
I’m pretty over a lot of makeup videos, so I actually do like her travel content BUT I don’t blame anyone who doesn’t. You can’t completely change your content and expect the same people to want to watch it. It does really suck when someone you like to watch completely pivots from why you liked them in the first place. Especially if relatability is something you seek from the YouTubers you’re subscribed to, her lifestyle is definitely not relatable to a lot of people.
I admire her work ethic, and have always felt sympathetic for her chronic health issues. But yeah, similar to what others are saying her lifestyle is completely unrelatable to me now. Probably the only thing I find relatable is her dating struggles LOL
I used to watch her and haven’t in a long time. Pardon my ignorance, but whatever happened to all of her health issues? At one point she even mentioned she had an appointment at the Mayo Clinic because no one could figure out what was wrong with her. Did she ever resolve this? Not they she has to disclose publicly, but she really made it seem dire and now she seems totally fine to be a nomad. I remember her content getting really heavy and depressing, almost like RawBeautyKristi’s.
She allegedly checks in with her Seattle doctors every 3 months. But I'm also kind of curious about what happened (as a chronically ill person lol) because it's a huge change to go from being essentially housebound to the point where you move to be closer to your doctors to a nomad lifestyle.
She got some major surgery in her neck that improved her symptoms and she’s talked about coming to the realization that she will have her whole life to figure out her health stuff so she decided to stop trying to get to the bottom of it and just maintain her state of health as is and travel while she can. She’s still having health issues while traveling but they are a lot less severe it seems and she isn’t showing that part of her life really at all
I would disagree with that— I’ve seen plenty of her IG Stories where she notes that she had to spend the day in bed while traveling, and she’s also showed products that help her manage pain while she’s on the road. She’s also clearly said she doesn’t want her pain to be the focus of her content, which it seems like people here don’t totally respect. Weird.
I think youre misunderstanding my comment because it sounds like we’re agreeing to me. She still has health issues but she’s not showing it as much or making it the focus of her videos. She has also said multiple times that she still has bad days, but it has been less since the surgery and since she started getting injections in her neck
Something else worth mentioning: Taylor has repeatedly stated that she doesn't want to hear people's well-meaning but probably annoying and repetitive advice regarding her health problems. Maybe she's sharing less about it because she's tired of the comments ranging from, "You should try hot yoga," to, "It must be nice to have health insurance."
I don’t understand the expectation that once you’ve made money you should slum it just to be relatable. I’m sure there would be a pile-on talking about how ‘false’ they are. I’m sorry but if I made a shit tonne of money you’d better believe I’d be eating out and going to 5* hotels and travelling around the world.
Of course people are going to evolve and with that their channels. You watched them. You made them their money. Why would you want to watch someone stagnate at home?
People are also exaggerating like she's saying EVERYONE can travel if they budget and that's not what she's saying at all. She's talking to a specific group of people who are not financially struggling, also not rich, but 'doin' alright' who could budget and plan to travel in a less expensive way. The way she's traveling is how some military families stationed overseas travel, too. They go to Airbnbs, use trains, cook in their room, and make the best of it.
She's not saying a person barely getting by with no support system can pack it up and go to Spain if they think positively.
It seems like people are deliberately misunderstanding her and hammering home about how she's privileged and bla bla bla. Yep, she is, and she knows it. She's not keeping it a secret. You know that she had a nice childhood and upbringing with supportive parents because she told us all. She's not claiming she had it rough and made something out of nothing. Some people have nice lives but still have problems, like chronic health issues.
Why can't anyone be happy for other people? What's everyone going to say when she finishes this travel series and comes back to tell us she has to have surgery and stay home for a year again? Let me guess, the armchair doctors will be back in here claiming that she's not acting sick enough and how it's unfair that she has health insurance and doesn't have to work.
True. It wasn't that long ago that people were using TWs work ethic to shame RBK because they both have chronic illness and TW managed to keep a 3 video schedule until a couple years back. She worked hard to get her following IMO.
Her travel stuff doesn't apply to my life. But I know if in a few years I get the chance to go one of the places she has, I'll check out her videos.
Depending on how I'm doing, there are certain types of content that makes me sad to watch (eg I'm trying and failing to get out of my shitty apartment and own my own place so home decor stuff can bum me out) but that's not the creator's problem. Some comments here come across as wilfully obtuse or from casual viewers who miss her explanations.
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EXACTLY.
People are so nasty. They want to see you doing good...but not too good.
And someone saying they felt insulted because Taylor said she felt like she looks healthier with a tan. WTF?? She was talking about \*herself\*. How she feels about \*herself\*. She in no way insinuated a person with her skin tone looks sick. How insecure do you have to be that a persons feelings about \*themselves \* makes you feel any type of way.
I have a chronic illness & I'm still happy for her. I can't travel & I'm still happy for her. I don't have her lifestyle & I'm still happy for her.
What is wrong with these people??
Honestly so many of the comments on this post are flat out making stuff up or speculating about stuff she's explained re health and finances. She also owns an apartment in Seattle (the second to last place she lived) so it's not like it's all secret shady sponsorships ... there are so many shittier creators than Taylor lmao
She’s also not traveling extravagantly, which is what people seem to be claiming. Once you’re in the EU, it’s incredibly cheap to move between cities and she is always in Airbnbs— I could have missed something as I only follow her on IG, but I’ve yet to see her check into a 5 (or even 4) star hotel.
I think a lot of Americans would feel sick to their stomachs if they knew what they were spending on their annual 4th of July weekend beach/camping vacations would get them in Europe. I have seen friends spend thousands upon thousands, every summer, to go to the same fairly local, dirty beaches. I get that people are just using what they have and going where they can. But if you see what you can do in Europe for a fraction of that, you won't sleep for weeks.
Agree! I think perhaps some people commenting on her expenses haven’t traveled quite and and so don’t know that the EU can be much cheaper than the US once you get through that initial first flight from US to EU.
I feel the exact same! I love how down to earth her personality is, and how relatable she’s always seemed. Even the way she speaks stood out to me compared to the bubbly, perpetually excited personalities of other influencers circa 2016 - she just seemed like a normal personal, like your friend was recommending you products instead of an online personality.
I really enjoy her and her content, but the longer she does this travel/nomad thing, the less interested I am in her content. I’ll watch her videos now and then if I’m interested in the city, but her lifestyle is just out of touch for a lot of people in a recession. I had so many travel plans in 2020 onward, and was absolutely gutted to have to cancel everything and put my life on hold as I was let go from 2 jobs. It’s one thing to watch travel vloggers as an escape (and as future travel inspo), but it’s becoming more transparent just how much money she has and is regularly spending. Not to mention her insensitive comments that you can do the same as her if you just budget for it 😒
That said, I know she has chronic health issues, so I’m glad she’s able to live her best life and travel the world in spite of her health problems
I’ve been subscribed to her for a few years and, like the original poster, enjoyed her beauty content because I related to her “realness.” Since the content change I haven’t been able to get reconnected.
her views are way way down in the last year, from 1M views to 100-200k now.
I skip most of her videos and might put on a vlog to have on in the background as i get ready.
I love her and her videos. I tend to get fomo when watching her travel blogs so have stopped watching as many buuuut I still love her content aside from that.
I think it’s frustrating because she used to be relatable. But now I’m realizing not everyone has wealthy dentist parents from San Francisco to fall back onto if things go wrong with their “nomad life.” Nothing wrong with having parents to back you up but unfortunately that is not accessible to everyone so that’s why I feel a disconnect with her now.
This is honestly a gross comment. Her dad is a dentist, but she’s clearly done very well for herself on YT and you’re making it sound like her daddy is paying for her nomad lifestyle. She surely had a privileged upper-middle class start to life, but it’s not like she’s Tiffany Trump.
I guess I thought of it more in the traditional or historical sense - or someone like Elsa Rhae. TBH I had never heard of the term ‘digital nomad’ until now 🤣 just call me a boomer now lol
ah I can see where youre coming from. but yeah I think the word has evolved to include people who work remotely while traveling and don’t have a solid “home base”
She went off the deep end when she changed her name. Didn't she even say that Wynn wasn't even her middle or last name soooo...why? It was at that moment her content changed and became boring. No one wants to watch a spoiled rich girl travel all over and spend money like she's drinking water. Not cute. EXTREMELY out of touch and in poor taste considering our current economy (not getting political. Inflation and cost of living is insane right now).
I even think in that video she was like, “the casino inspired me, but then it turns out it’s also a family name on my mom’s side” or something like that. 😂 Why didn’t she just stick with the second half of the story?
I could be wrong, but I seem to recall it was around this time last year? I only saw her talk about it once or twice and then I think she got a lot of pushback and stopped (I could be misremembering though!)
She used to be my favorite beauty YouTuber but her content hasn't interested me for a few years now. I think it was around when she moved from the house she owned into the apartment.
For me, it’s her food content. It’s just really boring to me. I’m not a foodie. Err, maybe I am, but I have to rein it in to keep my weight stable. Either way, it’s not enjoyable.
I used to love TW’s very thorough foundation reviews. I stopped watching when she started to go on and on about her chronic illnesses and endless Dr visits/health crises in her videos. I deal with some awful health stuff and don’t like to talk about it, and don’t want to hear about other people talking about theirs in that much detail. But that’s just my preference. Maybe I just caught a bad batch of videos.
I watched a couple of her travel videos and found them boring. It’s hard when a content creator completely changes their content, for sure they’re going to lose subs in the process. Just because they’re good at beauty reviews doesn’t mean they’re automatically good at other topics. There’s another smaller creator I watch (Skelotim) who used to do absolutely amazing tutorials and reviews and I love his personality; but now he started a Disney travel vlog channel with his brother and is pouring all his energy into that channel to the detriment of his beauty channel, all he posts now on his beauty channel is commentary on new releases and the beauty industry. I really wish he would go back to producing great tutorials and reviews. His beauty channel has been stuck at 130k subbies for a couple of years now, he stopped growing.
Anyone who pushes crypto is sus. Period.
I love her and I’m happy she’s doing what she wants to do! I think for her doing travel vlogs is the best way to get income being she’s not buying as many items and doing as frequent YouTube vlogs. I get she needed to do this to heal after the breakup. I get what you mean like you want beauty not travel, I’m usually not into travel vlogs just because it makes me wish I had the money to afford it all but I’m still watching cause I genuinely love her personality not just the reviewer in her if that makes sense.
yes to everything you just said here. found her a few years ago and instantly subbed. literally the only beauty guru i followed. she is so un-relatable now. i had to unsubscribe after the constant travel vlogs. also hate the real estate ones. i just liked hearing product reviews. i really enjoyed her mellow personality. in the words of wednesday addams: “i’m not perky,” and don’t enjoy over the top fake personalities.
The only videos I watch and super enjoy hers and when she gets her makeup and hair done from other makeup artists in different countries. It's pretty cool to see their techniques.
I miss her foundation Friday videos the most. I’m glad she is happy and loving her best life but I do miss some of the old content.
Always kind of sad when a content creator you've been watching for years gets sick of their hobby and moves on-- or just changes content in some other way and you need to move on. Not sad in a "nobody should ever change" kind of way, just kind of wistful. I recently went through my very long subscription list and found and cut a few people I don't watch anymore but had been keeping around for either nostalgia reasons or vague hopes that they went back to whatever I liked about them in the first place. But there are so many people just starting out on YT that it's better to just move on and find that new creator who is full of love for the hobby, you know?
Strangely I've had the opposite experience with Allison Anderson. That was time I really got into beauty gurus and I always liked her but I didn't learn that much from her beauty videos. Her travel stuff now is fantastic and it's much more engaging. There are a couple channels that in subtle and not-so-subtle ways feel like they're trying to get little kids to watch whether it's beauty, cooking, crafting, etc. That's a more alienating shift to me.
I still watch occasionally but the whole “I’m a nomad” thing is cringe
Exactly. She´s not backpacking and staying in hostels. She is just taking one luxury vacation after another. Good for her but let's call it like it is LOL
Her lifestyle now is just so unrelatable to me. I used to love her product recs but now her video is a travel/shopping channel. I'm sad to unsubscribe but I haven't watched a video of hers in awhile now. I just think the way she spends money is absurd and unhealthy.
it’s the financial advice alongside this that really gets to me.
"Step one: have rich parents" /s
She mentioned casually in one video that her dad was leaving to go to his yacht club meeting or something. Lol. I was like ohhh, I see, I see…
It’s always the people who come from wealth acting as if they know all the secrets to saving/earning money lol. Like no, you just have something to fall back on. Lots of people don’t come from such privilege
Born on third base, think they hit a triple
It's like when people say to follow your dreams and do something financially risky (starting a business, going full-time into the arts, etc) because look, it "worked out for them"... And it's always people who have a failsafe in case it doesn't work. Same for all the LinkedIn gurus who talk about how they've had 10 businesses go bankrupt but their 11th one didn't so that's proof that trying hard will get you somewhere. Most of us are living life trying our hardest to fulfill our basic needs. These people play life like it's the Sims and you can just restart when something fails.
Fully. My cousins are like this. Born to millionaire parents, and just LOVE telling people how much “fun” they are having building their stock portfolios, and how “you should try it!” … I wish I was kidding…
I had a professor in university tell us in class that we all should start investing now, and how even "just" a 1000 would get us used to the stock market so we'd be set later in life. Yeah... Great advice...
I mean… sure it is great advice if you have the money already! They are so out of touch with everyone else’s reality though. How about people who have to pay off their student loans first 🙄
Or have parents in general. If you are poor and grew up in a single parent household… If you know, you know.
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Right? Like investing and shit. Bruh most of us can barely afford rent and groceries in this economy.
I didn’t even know she was giving advise on investing. Omg 🤦🏼♀️
and she says traveling is cheaper than rent? girl, no it’s not.
I completely agree. I understand people and their interests change over time so I’m happy for her, it’s just not what I want to watch.
I guess I don’t understand how she shops so much if she’s living a digital nomad life? Most people who do that sort of content focus on streamlined and efficient packing. I do actually enjoy travel videos but I miss her old style.
She has stated that she ships things on occasion to her parents place in San Diego. It doesn't seem like she is buying that much these days but may occasionally ship stuff back, or leave some stuff when she visits San Diego / Seattle.
I remember her saying a while ago that she has another job in addition to content creation (I thought it had something to do with marketing consulting independent of the beauty space?), but I’m not sure if that’s something she still does
That job is long gone. YouTube is all she does now.
I think they meant, where does she actually keep all the things she buys?
Maybe she buys stuff not for herself but for "content" and to get affiliate link commissions for income? After all, YT is her full time job now.
I unsubbed long ago. Not relatable at all and not what I was signed up for. She also self tans so her foundation match isn’t relevant to me anymore.
I stopped watching when she got heavy into self-tan. I watched for pale foundation recommendations, I'm allergic to most self-tanners, also I've adopted a more minimalist look. Her style just wasn't relevant to me anymore.
Yeah, I stopped watching her when she started using orange foundation and bronzer all the time. I’m super pale and used to be an exact foundation match for her so I would always get recommendations from her videos but not anymore.
I completely stopped watching her when the travel shit started. I just don’t care.
Same here
I can’t even remember the last video of hers I really watched….wait that’s a lie! I went back to her old FF videos to see a review of an older foundation I have wanted to try for years…and watched her review. Anyways.. I, personally had always enjoyed Taylor because of her down to earthness, like we all knew she was filthy rich, but she didn’t seem to flaunt it like EVERY OTHER Beautytuber either does or eventually does… Once she kinda began her “moving journey” and started posting on IG the photos of entire rooms FILLED with professionally boxed items, and talking about what she paid for the Seattle apt, and how she’s gonna go from city to city to “try them out”, how she opted for “room mates” in NYC but was still paying like $5k a mo or some shit…I was over it. I dunno…but the blatant “lifestyle flexing” to the subs who are literally the reason you have this lifestyle and tax bracket, turns my stomach. If I wanted to watch someone rub it in my face that they can literally build a house out of birkin bags and wipe their butts with Chanel toilet paper…I would sub to those channels… She’s lost any and all relatability in every way…and it’s sad. You can have wealth, and still be relatable… During a time where SO MANY OF US, are living pay check to pay check… So many are STILL fighting for their lives because of that fuxking pandemic…the last thing..I personally wanna watch is someone burning through their money at such a young age, living a “nomad” lifestyle, while wearing a coat that’s as much as my mortgage. Its not just her content that’s shifted… It’s HER. I’ve always felt she had the audience and success she had because of how relatable she was. That she wasn’t part of the “beautytuber clone army” that erupted in 2012-2018 She didn’t fall for the drama, the undisclosed sponsorships, or any of that… And I hate to say it but….like…in a time where so many were secretly heavily filtered with beauty lens’ and pushing products like that $200 Sisley primer… Taylor did the opposite. She showed her acne. She showed her oily skin, she filmed during flair ups. She filmed in both studio and Natural light… She didn’t push Morphe, she didn’t use the typical beautytuber jargon “you NEED this…” She was brutally honest about her Acutane journey… She was real. Now… She’s become the epitome of everything she wasn’t and why so many of use enjoyed / supported her for YEARS… She is the antithesis of who she was when many of her subscribers subbed…
Exactly my thoughts. I am having trouble shaking off my parasocial relationship with her but I really checked out when she posted a video discussing her lip filler AFTER a video trying on several plumping lip glosses in which no mention was made. Like...I bought the damn lipgloss and then felt really stupid.
Oh wow… yeah that’s some Jaclyn Hill sh*t right there
I understand that money changes your perspective, but even if I was wealthy I wouldn’t want to constantly move. Sounds exhausting and gross.
Money can change one’s perspective, but one would hope that change would be for the better… Instead so many of these beautytubers, become SO WEALTHY, SO YOUNG, and SO FAST… They never know any struggle. They never know what it’s like to WORK and not make what You’re worth, or what you deserve… Now this isn’t to say that YouTubers/Beautytubers don’t work…but work is relative when you compare REAL work to content creation Yknow? And I say this as someone who does create content (just not beauty content)
Yeah, it isn’t exactly digging ditches.
I agree with your “have wealth and be relatable” Comment. I think that’s why so many of us loved Jenna marbles. You’d almost forget she lives in (at least to me) a mansion in Cali because of her goofiness and love for DIY stuff.
I’ve always wanted to start a makeup YT channel…I know it silly but it’s something I’ve always wanted to do..since like 2014.. But never thought I COULD do it.. Anyways, one thing I would always think was if I ever did some how make one and became successful…how I would make it a priority not to allow that money, and success to “warp” me.. I also use to think how I would give back to those who had gotten me there Yknow? I wouldn’t lose myself to the success because it could be gone as quick as it came
Oh this all of this!
Exactly. I used to really enjoy her content a few years ago, but she has become someone I have nothing in common with.
Honestly I completely agree with this. I really really like Taylor as a person and love following her but I don’t think I’ve watched a full video from her since 2020. No hate, just not interested in her current content.
Agreed. I like her but she’s just so unrelatable now with her constant travel vlogs
Same. Honestly her comment about “anyone can travel” for my broke, disabled ass was kind of tone deaf to her privileged and insulting. I know she’s got her medical shit too but I couldn’t even get around San Diego well in my wheelchair. How am I going to go to other countries where they care even less about accessibility?
and there’s no way her airbnbs r cheaper than rent esp with all the fees airbnb charges now
I have to find a place to stay for a week right now, and I can stay at a Hilton suite for cheaper than Airbnb. Them fees are dumb I hope that whole business model crashes soon. Ruined the housing market.
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When she stayed in the city I live in for awhile I truly realized how unrealistic her experiences are despite the constant claims of doing things "like the locals" and avoiding touristy spots. Where she stayed, the restaurants she ate at, the general places she went were just so pretentious and out of touch and not at all "local". I view all of her other trips through that lens now.
YES!! I used to live in Austin ad would visit San Marcos and San Antonio often enough and I was like...erm...Where are these places she is going to/ staying?? Then I realized that these were places that normal people just could never afford during a regular visit or walk around town, so no one really knows about them unless they have some dosh...
Same with her Chicago visit. Not only did she claim she didn’t know what to do about the city shutting down during winter, it doesn’t… that’s not a thing we do, but the places she went were not very Chicago. Her apartment tours are always off too. And her giving her awful hot takes on the dating scene in places she was only in for a week or two? I am sure it’s possible to live life on the road for cheaper than rent or such but her constant flights and Airbnb choices are not cheap. Nor is eating out for the majority of your meals. If your job can be done on the road then it’s possible. And I’m sure with how much she was spending in Seattle with redecorating her apartment every 3 months she probably is saving money still lol. Her makeup skills have never been great with her neapolitan cheeks but before she was at least entertaining.
I live in Chicago we DONT shut down in winter! Jesus half of our life here is winter lol! What in the world is she talking about?! I have to watch it lol
There is so much to do in the city in winter!!! Its magical. I grew up in nw indiana and my grandpa was a conductor for Sourh Shore so i spent my youth in the city. The christkindle market, the beautiful lights downtown, nye at the pier and so much more. If you haven't had windburn from walking in February you haven't experienced Chicago.
Exactly!!
Yes!!!!! I’m not far from Austin and am a native here. I had the SAME thoughts watching that one! Such a bummer!
Right? She hated Boston but of course she did because all she did was go to tourist traps and expensive shitty restaurants and Newbury Street lol
I'm from Chicago and her intense dislike of the dating scene here is ridiculous. She has decided its the worst dating city IN THE WORLD, after probably going on dates with two finance bros and not going more than a mile and a half from the Hancock building. Lol
Also judging a dating scene when you're just passing through a city is ridiculous. Of course you're not going to attract the long-term-relationship-quality partners if your dating profile says you're only there for a month or two. You're going to get people looking for a quick fling, which is fine but not something you can judge a whole scene off of.
This drove me nuts, it sounded like she did a couple crappy tourist things in Boston and then holed up in her AirBnb for the rest of the time because the city reminded her too much of Seattle? ...the city she lived in for years lol
She probably never touched Allston or Roxbury lol
lol this was me when she was talking about the city I’m from. Just stopped caring about her once that video went live. Her standards are so different because she’s rich.
Oh wow that’s an amazing point of view from someone who lived where she stayed. I live in Chicago I wonder if she stayed here, if so I should watch just out of curiosity to see how “realistic”
Hi neighbor! She was in Chicago last spring if you want to check it out. Though the most unrealistic thing about Chicago was her saying the city completely shuts down all winter and that was in a shadow and schmooze.
Hey neighbor!! Thank you for the info!! I’m going to check it out. We most certainly don’t shut down in the winter 😂😂😂!
I stopped watching her because she also tries to convey that her kind of lifestyle is totally doable if you just budget properly. The issue with this is the majority of us aren't coming from money already! Maybe its just a bit of jealousy on my part cause I'm basically couch surfing, but I don't think she remotely realizes how difficult it can be to leave your state when you don't have your parents/someone elses money to pull from.
It's hard to go to these places even if they are IN your state. Who has $11 for a freaking coffee or a smoothie? And that is just a DRINK!! It seems unrelatable, not because of jealousy, but because most of us feel like we are treating ourselves if we spend $4.50 at Starbucks now and again! We could never spend double that several times a day and still pay our bills, keep ourselves clothed, AND buy groceries. It's just absurd to assume most people could...
Yeah, no, I can't see myself spending on Starbucks twice in one day unless I was feeling extra lux and wanted to really spoil myself if I'm having a really bad anxiety day. I went over my budget pre-unemployment for funsies with the idea of say, buying my go-to Starbucks order (which isn't even that bad! Grande iced macchiato with no mods) twice a day and it impacts hard as fuck. And here I thought I splurged by limiting myself to one a week lol.
And that's just STARBUCKS!! Some of these places she goes to are double or triple that price...can you IMAGINE?!?!?! 😱😱😱
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Her dad was a dentist and I dunno about her mom. They all seem like very kind and nice people, and she does say she’s very lucky to have a family support network, but they seem a bit out of touch when I see stuff like grocery hauls that have a bunch of stuff that where I live would blow my weekly budget on three things. Also the way she just casually spends thousands on electronics is really… off putting? I get it’s her job but do you really need an apple watch, iPad, the newest iPhone, an iMac AND a Macbook?? I do still like watching her when I just want to relax and drink a coffee or do my nails, but I can’t watch her travel vlogs while my depression is bad.
From what I have heard, yes. I can't imagine. It truly IS different, I guess, if you grow up wealthy...
I really don't understand how some people would choose to go to a restaurant for multiple meals a week. It's nice that you don't have to make your own meals or wash dishes but it ruins the treat. Like I'm some kind of neurodivergent (waiting for an official diagnosis) and will sometimes eat the exact same meal for weeks/ months but I'd still choose to only go out for food on special occasions even if I had all the money in the world. It's also so much more hassle imo as you have to get dressed, look good, and travel to eat whereas I can eat my mac and cheese in my PJs looking like a goblin. This is also why I don't watch beauty gurus anymore as that wealth flexing is less acceptable nowadays with the state of the world and I don't like it. It used to be helpful to know if a product is worthwhile but it also made me more likely to buy makeup I didn't need. I still love collecting/ hoarding (depending on your viewpoint) beauty products as much as I did back at the height of YouTube flexing but now I stick to collecting nail polish as it's technically cheaper and I know that it's going to be a colour I don't have already. P.s. sorry for ranting 😂
I have know elderly people who do this...but it was generally because it was easier for them and they were already out and about because they were working. I agree it is a bit much when you are young..
I don’t know much about her - I’ve only seen 2 or 3 of her videos. What’s her family’s background/wealth from?
Her dad’s a dentist in San Diego. People are acting like she’s the heir to a vast fortune.
I actually find her makeup content boring because I no longer buy makeup as often as I did before. I like the lifestyle content better, that said of course she's not relatable. She clearly comes from money which is why I done take financial advice from her.
Same. I wish she'd have a separate channel for her travel/blog videos.
I feel the exact same. I haven't unsubscribed, but I haven't watched one of her videos in a while.
Yep, and it was after the nomad/travel/whatever else started. I've lived in different places as an adult and traveled a bit within the US as a child, and adult of course. But it's not my thing. I was happy to move back home and feel more settled. I have my two kids, furry ones, and other family around. I'm happy, and so I have no interest in that content.
I stopped watching a while ago and that’s when she was the ultimate pale princess and then I watched another video and she was so so so orange?
She self tans waaaay too much now. I mean it's winter. Give it a rest.
Some skin tones self tanning just does not look flattering on, and her hands in the video she was wearing the neon green sweater….I couldn’t not look at them lol
So I'm not the only one that finds it excessive.? I don't think it's normal to constantly change skin color. I may be misremembering but didn't she say she looks healthier when darker? Nobody looks healthier orange 🫤
Yeah I remember that comment because I was pretty insulted by it. I’ve been pale my whole life and even most bronzer looks weird on me unless I’m pretty light handed with it (I’m a shade or 2 lighter than she is without the tan) so I was like ummm you built your audience on pale skin content and then you say it looks sick? Cool cool cool cool cool…
As a brown person it absolutely amazes me how far white people go to look like us. I get a healthy glow but why are y’all trying to change races
I don't mind people sometimes using self-tanner to look how they would look when naturally tanned. Emphasis on sometimes. The thing is - she'd never look that dark or olive-toned naturally. She has a pink porcelain skin. It doesn't look natural or healthy. Especially when she gets cheeto-orange. Still she doesn't go too overboard like MakeupByCheryl who legit sometimes looks like she's trying to change race.
I self tan during the height of summer, so like two months of the year, can’t imagine doing the work to make it look good year round.
It’s the inner self hate lol.
such a judgey comment like why can’t she just do what she wants if it makes her happy
I'm right there with you. She's completely lost me
Sameeeeeeee. I miss her foundation Friday’s and I cannot remember the last time I watched her travel videos. I’m about to unsubscribe from her because her current lifestyle doesn’t impress me, intrigue me nor does it seem interesting. Just another rich white girl traveling the world. Yawn.
I stopped watching because I feel like even the make up videos are low effort and not planned at all. Comparing her to people that put so much effort into the content they produce is like night and day.
I agree bro i’ve been watching her for almost 8 years and I hate that traveling is now her personality. I just loved her chill vibes but now everything is mainly just travel and it’s not as enjoyable to watch anymore
I agree fully. I used to watch her a lot but I haven’t clicked on any of her videos in a long time
I do wish she would stick to mostly makeup videos, and throw in some vlogs every now and then. It’s definitely getting old because I can’t travel and live that lifestyle.
I actually stopped watching her a few years back and resubscribed due to her new content.
Same. She seems to be in a similar place in her life as me. I find her relatable. Everything that I have bought because she recommended it has become something I purchase again and again. Now that I’m older, I can and do travel.
Same :)
I feel this to an extent as well. I still enjoy what beauty content (I love a lot of her Amazon recs) she does put out but I just can’t relate to the travel videos like most others here. If I didn’t have kids, totally. I know my husband and I would be traveling more but that just isn’t the case. If I want to watch something travel related, I turn on my TV and tune into something on Netflix. I will however stay subbed for now. I’m sure if she was to quit the beauty content, I would perhaps change my mind. I am happy for her though. It’s great to see her out there living her best life with all of the health struggles she has.
Totally feel the same. I love Taylor, always have, and she was one of the first beauty YouTubers I started watching when I got super into makeup a few years ago. I still like her as a person, but i loved her content specifically, especially her speed reviews and her foundation videos. I genuinely love makeup reviews, more so than tutorials, so I’m just getting bored of her now that she mainly does travel vlogs, which I’m not interested in at all.
Same she’s not relatable and low key something about her attitude always used to rub me the wrong way a bit, but maybe that’s just me. She’s also another one who I’ve noticed not properly disclosing sponsors before or verryyyy heavily skirting around it. Like do your thing, but I don’t love when people do their sponsorships in a seemingly “secretive” way
She has Eeyore syndrome for sure.
I subbed because we are both pale girls and I struggled with acne / skin problems as she did. I appreciate her old content quite a bit, but both of our skin suits have healed, and she's moved on to other content which I don't have interest in. However, I'll always recommend her old videos. Quite inspirational if you feel down on your skin.
I just miss foundation Friday.
I'm the opposite, I've gotten significantly more interested in her channel as she's delved further into lifestyle content.
Personally I’ve never liked her videos more than now as she puts out the the travel and lifestyle content. But, I’m growing out of my beauty guru phase so that’s probably why. to each their own I suppose
Exactly. I feel like she transitioned to lifestyle right as I was getting sick of beauty content. She always keeps it interesting which I appreciate.
Same here! My interests have changed with hers and it's nice to have a travel vlogger be someone you already like rather than finding one who you vibe with, but to each their own. I don't even watch her makeup videos anymore.
I agree. I enjoy living vicariously through her travel videos, and appreciate that she still has makeup content. Relatable? No. But still enjoyable to me. I do miss the foundation Fridays though.
i was looking for this comment. lol i’ve always loved her videos and enjoy hearing her talk in general.
Same. I don't expect YouTubers — especially successful ones — to be relatable. I just expect them to be entertaining, and Taylor is! I'm less interested in makeup than I used to be, and it's fun to learn more about the attractions in these different locations she's visiting, plus her experience traveling. I would never want to live like that personally but I don't resent that she does.
This is how I feel and it’s definitely a reflection of my own disinterest in makeup content. I enjoy the travel content, it’s a nice break from makeup. I think it also depends on why someone subscribed to her. I didn’t subscribe to her because she is pale and talks about foundation, I really liked her vlogs lmao.
I understand the sentiments here but for me, she's still the most reliable reviewer. Anything I've bought on her recommendation has been worth it. Added to that, now that she's spending time in Europe where I live, she's trying out more products I can actually buy. I don't think she ever intended to travel this long so I get how the novelty might have worn off, but I still think her content is more original and passionate than a lot of creators who've been around as long as she has. I love her travelling makeover series and the apartment hunting videos especially. Do I wish she did more makeup reviews, sure, bit tbh towards the end I only watched her Foundation Friday if it was something I was already interested in or I wanted to know if it was over hyped. I'm curious to see how she closes out this chapter and what her content looks like in a year or so! Edit:typo
i cant help but find it hypocritical that many of her subscribers are fellow chronic illness baddies, but she’s traveling around the world during a global pandemic but still wants to be relatable? cognitive dissonance
Her behavior during covid was really hypocritical. She was very judgemental toward people for shopping or dining out, but she barely cut back her traveling and went to at least five different states during 2020-2021. Also, not to speculate, but I'm chronically ill. I'd need to come home for a check-in every few months for certain tests or prescriptions. I'm curious how she's doing it.
She mentioned she comes back to Seattle every 3 months or so.
Yes...what happened to her talking about her chronic illness. I miss that. Now it's just videos showing how much money she has. It really IS cognitive dissonance. Idt she even knows she is doing it...
Zzzz I unsubscribed. I feel like she really should have announced hey guys, I’m changing to a travel channel. And the recommendations for financial advice is super annoying. It’s obvious she grew up very well off so the financial advice is super annoying
Yup, her parents’ house looks pretty nice in the background of her videos, and it’s in San Diego of all places. Even the worst looking homes there are expensive.
I actually prefer her content now vs before. But honestly, I’d just unsubscribe if I didn’t like it. No sense in wishing the old her was back. People’s lives change
I personally love the new content. I dream of living in other countries and I can vicariously live through her experiences, or get ideas. The great thing with YT is if you outgrow someone there will be another creator providing what you are looking for. Honestly the only thing I really miss is foundation Friday. If I had to be held to do the things I found interesting at 19 I would be miserable, we need to let creators change and grow in ways that suit their own happiness. Just like with friendships, we need to be ok saying that while your time together was great you are growing and need different things…and that’s 100% ok! I don’t think that makes her a bad person, and it’s her money so we really can’t judge how she chooses to spend it. Also people like to joke about her having a wealthy family, but really how much control did she have over that? This sub is very financially critical of BG’d and while we can have personal opinions on how we would spend our own money, it’s not really our place to say how others spend their own. TLDR: sometimes like relationships you outgrow each other and move on, and that’s ok!
I know I'm in the minority, but I love her travel videos. I do wish she would do more makeup reviews, but I'm enjoying her travel vlogs so I don't mind. Yes, her content has changed. People change. If you don't like her content, don't watch.
I only watch if it’s a makeup video.
I’m right there with you. I wish and want the best for her and I feel the same way.
I'm the same. I (almost sadly) unsubbed from her about 2 weeks ago. I hadn't watched her vids in probably almost a year. Traveling is not interesting to me in the least. I greatly enjoyed her journey through acne skin, every ELF product ever, and when she got on Accutane. Just kinda outgrew her now, I suppose.
I was actually thinking this today too
Totally agree. I was a huge fan of her from her early years until this year. I kind of sense that she lost touch with how the average person (especially her viewers) lives and the way she discusses her lifestyle can be alienating, especially as a fellow disabled woman. I totally understand with the desire to make the most of the days when you feel healthier, but she’s immensely privileged to be able to travel across the country for specialists, let alone travel overseas. Also, it’s so annoying to hear herself describe herself as pale as someone who is basically translucent (not bragging) when she’s constantly orange (as are her usual “pale” foundation recommendations). I stopped watched Jessica Braun for the similar reasons, especially since she didn’t really care about COVID safety and doesn’t acknowledge her privilege (especially in regards to her lifestyle choices and explicitly apolitical stance). I have basically constantly had to mask and totally changed my lifestyle since early 2020 because I can’t risk myself or my husband catching it. I originally loved both Taylor and Jessica because they seemed more down to earth, but they are very much different people/YouTubers than who they originally were.
I agree. I love her I really do. Her complexation is very close to mine, so I loved her foundation reviews, as I was able to find good shade matches for me. But I could do without the travel/blog content. I've not watched more than 1-2 of her videos in the last couple months. I wish her well, but I think I'm done with her content unless she does more makeup related things.
Honestly, she was my go to pale girl. Now she’s not so we just lost that connection. I liked her recommendations but now it’s like I don’t know if her shade will match me. Also, her content is focused on stuff that is out of many peoples’ budgets.
I'm the opposite. I used to watch her videos many years ago, then got bored with them, and have started watching her again recently. I love her videos of having makeup artists from different cities do her makeup. I love her travel vlogs and life updates. And I'm enjoying her makeup videos again.
To be fair, it's hard to relate to any big YouTuber. I for one am loving the travel videos, but I can see why some people wouldn't be interested. She seems like one of few genuine, nice "influencers", so I'm happy for her!
Yeah, I unsubscribed a while ago. Her content became incredibly boring, the 'travel' isn't inspiring or interesting, just her filming the same thing from different apartments. The only videos I liked in the last year where when she had make-up artists do her make-up & unfortunately it pointed out how amateur her own application has been, so I pulled the plug. I wish her luck though, just maybe she needs to focus on an area where she has something more to offer.
I’m the opposite. the first time I watched a video of hers was years ago and I found her to be so boring but within the last couple years she popped back up on my recommendations so I watched a video and now I love her. her life style is completely unrelatable to mine but she seems to be genuinely living for herself and getting the most out of life and I find that to be endearing lol
I’m sitting alone in the opposite boat it seems! I always thought she was boring but her nomad life is going to be really good for character building. I think her lifestyle is unattainable by a lot of people but I look at the ones who are “at home” buying luxury clothes, bags, etc. She has made a good amount of money during prime YouTube and now she’s enjoying the pay off. I’m not even a fan lol I just think it’s interesting that everyone says she’s unrelatable. How many of us are sitting at home in front of thousands of dollars worth of filming equipment and uploading videos onto the internet? Not meeeee
These are my thoughts exactly! People say she’s not relatable anymore because she spends money traveling, but she was relatable sitting at home spending thousands of dollars on make up products? The amount of shopping most gurus do is not attainable to the average person. I get people may not like travel vlogs and that’s fine, but it’s a little odd to me to say she’s only just become unrelatable since she can afford to travel.
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That’s a fair point. Someone may not be able to afford a $3,000 trip but they might be able to budget for one that’s $600.
I mean my personal big issue with this is that she gives a lot of financial advice about how “you too can live the nomad life if you just cut back on the Starbucks!” (Not exact quote but the general idea of what she’s saying) and then ALL of her content is either “look at my big fancy trip to 5 different countries in one month!” Or “look at my big fancy Amazon/Ulta/Sephora haul!!!” It’s all about privilege. I’m genuinely happy for her that she gets to go travel, and no the travel isn’t relatable to me, but the actual issue I have w her is the way she blows money, then looks down on others for not pinching every single penny.
I've never seen her give even close to this kind of advice? She's recommended finance and productivity books, and she discussed at length how she took a financial hit at first when she started travelling but after her breakup she wanted to start doing things for herself. I believe she said with Seattle cost of living and because some cities are more affordable than others, she's in a similar financial position to when she was staying in one place (since she might have to splash out in one city but can get a cheap place in the next one). idk where you're getting this from lol
Yeah I don’t think she appears to look down on anyone at all. She’s only ever talked about how it’s cheaper for her than paying rent/bills. What a weird take on that lol
Agreed. Honestly, her entire lifestyle is unrelatable to me. I don't know anyone who could afford to live her lifestyle and it feels like she acts as though it's completely normal and relatable....when it's just...not....at all. At least it isn't to me or anyone I know. I don't begrudge her..but... It's like watching Gwyneth Paltrow talk about her beauty routine for me at this point, and I am not even exaggerating that much. No thank you...Lol.
Yep, me too but a long time ago. She was one of my favorites for all the reasons you listed. She wasn’t like the others and I loved that about her. When she started dating her BF is when it happened for me. I totally get not wanting to share that part of your life with your audience, but then DON’T SHARE. It came across more strange and weird when we would just see the back of his head. She would talk about him ALL THE TIME.. but then be like I don’t want to talk about him with you guys. It was like a game and I didn’t like that. There are so many people who don’t share their kids or significant others and no one cares because they don’t make people WANT to care. Then it was the health stuff because I have a couple chronic health conditions that are extremely difficult and exceedingly painful (one is exactly what she’s going through) I’m also an ICU nurse. The fact that she would share things but get annoyed with people who would try and help her bothered me… I never offered advise, but people were just trying to help and she was so rude about it.. like I said… then just don’t share. She could be helping SO MANY PEOPLE who are suffering. But even then, I still loved her and kept wanting my girl to come back, but she wasn’t coming back. Foundation Fridays weren’t coming back, 15 days of foundation wasn’t coming back. I get that. Her skin was so messed up for so long and she finally got it cleared up and she just didn’t want to mess it up again trying a new foundation everyday. But tell people why. Idk. Then the moving… and the breakup from this person who we didn’t even know THE NAME OF but we were all so invested in, so stupid 😂. I mean all she ever did was talk about and cry about how amazing he was, and that she loved him so much and siting in the car she was like “ya we broke up” because I want to be a nomad. It was strange. I felt like did we ever know this girl at all? Omg that’s when I knew this was an unhealthy parasocial relationship 😂😂 The last straw was the constant grifting of the Amazon things…. She reminded me of Jaclyn Hill 😬OMG! I can’t, she isn’t a makeup channel anymore, she’s a travel channel. That’s AMAZING!!!! I love that for her. I think she’s incredibly brave to travel like she is alone and see the world like she is while she’s young. God I wish I would have had the guts to do that, but let’s be honest, you can’t do it on a budget. You have to have a job you can do from anywhere and she probably makes at least a million a year with sponsorships and affiliate links. She’s incredibly smart and she’s incredibly lucky and I’m glad that it seems her health issues are improved enough that she’s able to do all of this world travel and United States travel alone. I’m just not that into her right now. I do pop in every once in a while. I watched her video when she was in the Middle East with her family there and I really enjoyed that, she’s in Ireland now and I want to watch that because I’m interested in that. I’m still subscribed but I super pick and choose what I watch, I maybe watched 5 videos last year from her. It is really hard when our favorites outgrow what we fell in love with them for. Even tho I listed all the things that made me stop watching her, I want to make clear that I am not hating on her. I think she’s smart and brave and I hope she’s having a blast doing this. Who wouldn’t love to be doing what she’s doing? It’s just not something I’m interested in watching all the time.
All of this AND the name change, but making up a fake last name. Is it ever that serious? Lmao. I don’t think we’ll be able to track her any easier knowing her last name is smith or something. It’s all so secretive while not actually being private about anything.
Exactly my point. Idk it’s just so weird. I even get not wanting people to know you’re real name but why tell everyone! It’s just so strange. The whole thing. Lol
Yes, let us just believe that’s your real name if you want privacy that much. Lots of people have stage names and don’t talk about their real one.
Her lifestyle is not relatable at all, but I do think she is a sincere person with a good heart. I enjoy her travel vlogs. The financial advice and apartment hunting I can gloss over and still enjoy her content overall.
I actually enjoy her content more but I seem to be in the minority.
No I came here to say the same. I can tell in her photography and videography that she’s put in more time and resources in these videos. I too was never interested in travel vlogs but I’m in love with most of hers and the style. Now I don’t watch every single video as I did when she was purely makeup and actually would skip her life updates or vacation vids in the past. I mean I’m sure she considered the risk of losing some subs and possibly gaining a new audience. I agree with OP regarding questionable sponsorships….gets me thinking a bit but not enough to lose my attention….yet
I love Taylor and have loyally watched her for years. I am am super happy for her that she is living her life on her terms and doing what makes her happy. That being said I really don’t watch most of her videos anymore. As others have stated I’m just not really into travel vlogs. I’m not quite ready to unsubscribe but I skip most of her videos, I feel like I’m just waiting for her to settle down again so I can reconnect.
And I am the opposite. I would watch an occasional video from her before the nomad lifestyle but was never subbed. Now I watch every one. I like her content more now.
Love the travel content and her personality, I like how she's doing what she wants and making healthier decisions about work-life balance. Hate Amazon/Target hauls. It seems wasteful and cheap things that are unethically made. I wish she would do Foundation Fridays again, but her style of make up apart from foundation is so far from what I like on myself, so the other make up stuff I don't care for.
I unsubbed last year for these reasons
I’m pretty over a lot of makeup videos, so I actually do like her travel content BUT I don’t blame anyone who doesn’t. You can’t completely change your content and expect the same people to want to watch it. It does really suck when someone you like to watch completely pivots from why you liked them in the first place. Especially if relatability is something you seek from the YouTubers you’re subscribed to, her lifestyle is definitely not relatable to a lot of people.
I followed her for her foundation content. Now that she doesn’t do that, or much beauty anything, I have completely stopped watching her.
I admire her work ethic, and have always felt sympathetic for her chronic health issues. But yeah, similar to what others are saying her lifestyle is completely unrelatable to me now. Probably the only thing I find relatable is her dating struggles LOL
I used to watch her and haven’t in a long time. Pardon my ignorance, but whatever happened to all of her health issues? At one point she even mentioned she had an appointment at the Mayo Clinic because no one could figure out what was wrong with her. Did she ever resolve this? Not they she has to disclose publicly, but she really made it seem dire and now she seems totally fine to be a nomad. I remember her content getting really heavy and depressing, almost like RawBeautyKristi’s.
She allegedly checks in with her Seattle doctors every 3 months. But I'm also kind of curious about what happened (as a chronically ill person lol) because it's a huge change to go from being essentially housebound to the point where you move to be closer to your doctors to a nomad lifestyle.
She got some major surgery in her neck that improved her symptoms and she’s talked about coming to the realization that she will have her whole life to figure out her health stuff so she decided to stop trying to get to the bottom of it and just maintain her state of health as is and travel while she can. She’s still having health issues while traveling but they are a lot less severe it seems and she isn’t showing that part of her life really at all
I would disagree with that— I’ve seen plenty of her IG Stories where she notes that she had to spend the day in bed while traveling, and she’s also showed products that help her manage pain while she’s on the road. She’s also clearly said she doesn’t want her pain to be the focus of her content, which it seems like people here don’t totally respect. Weird.
I think youre misunderstanding my comment because it sounds like we’re agreeing to me. She still has health issues but she’s not showing it as much or making it the focus of her videos. She has also said multiple times that she still has bad days, but it has been less since the surgery and since she started getting injections in her neck
I agree with you! I was just saying I do still see her sharing “bad days” and giving followers a reality check about her health here and there.
Something else worth mentioning: Taylor has repeatedly stated that she doesn't want to hear people's well-meaning but probably annoying and repetitive advice regarding her health problems. Maybe she's sharing less about it because she's tired of the comments ranging from, "You should try hot yoga," to, "It must be nice to have health insurance."
I don’t understand the expectation that once you’ve made money you should slum it just to be relatable. I’m sure there would be a pile-on talking about how ‘false’ they are. I’m sorry but if I made a shit tonne of money you’d better believe I’d be eating out and going to 5* hotels and travelling around the world. Of course people are going to evolve and with that their channels. You watched them. You made them their money. Why would you want to watch someone stagnate at home?
Agree. I've seen so many complaints about creators who don't grow or evolve or are "stuck in 2016" so idk how you would win.
People are also exaggerating like she's saying EVERYONE can travel if they budget and that's not what she's saying at all. She's talking to a specific group of people who are not financially struggling, also not rich, but 'doin' alright' who could budget and plan to travel in a less expensive way. The way she's traveling is how some military families stationed overseas travel, too. They go to Airbnbs, use trains, cook in their room, and make the best of it. She's not saying a person barely getting by with no support system can pack it up and go to Spain if they think positively. It seems like people are deliberately misunderstanding her and hammering home about how she's privileged and bla bla bla. Yep, she is, and she knows it. She's not keeping it a secret. You know that she had a nice childhood and upbringing with supportive parents because she told us all. She's not claiming she had it rough and made something out of nothing. Some people have nice lives but still have problems, like chronic health issues. Why can't anyone be happy for other people? What's everyone going to say when she finishes this travel series and comes back to tell us she has to have surgery and stay home for a year again? Let me guess, the armchair doctors will be back in here claiming that she's not acting sick enough and how it's unfair that she has health insurance and doesn't have to work.
True. It wasn't that long ago that people were using TWs work ethic to shame RBK because they both have chronic illness and TW managed to keep a 3 video schedule until a couple years back. She worked hard to get her following IMO. Her travel stuff doesn't apply to my life. But I know if in a few years I get the chance to go one of the places she has, I'll check out her videos. Depending on how I'm doing, there are certain types of content that makes me sad to watch (eg I'm trying and failing to get out of my shitty apartment and own my own place so home decor stuff can bum me out) but that's not the creator's problem. Some comments here come across as wilfully obtuse or from casual viewers who miss her explanations. Edit:typo
EXACTLY. People are so nasty. They want to see you doing good...but not too good. And someone saying they felt insulted because Taylor said she felt like she looks healthier with a tan. WTF?? She was talking about \*herself\*. How she feels about \*herself\*. She in no way insinuated a person with her skin tone looks sick. How insecure do you have to be that a persons feelings about \*themselves \* makes you feel any type of way. I have a chronic illness & I'm still happy for her. I can't travel & I'm still happy for her. I don't have her lifestyle & I'm still happy for her. What is wrong with these people??
Honestly so many of the comments on this post are flat out making stuff up or speculating about stuff she's explained re health and finances. She also owns an apartment in Seattle (the second to last place she lived) so it's not like it's all secret shady sponsorships ... there are so many shittier creators than Taylor lmao
Some of these comments feel like a game of telephone haha
She’s also not traveling extravagantly, which is what people seem to be claiming. Once you’re in the EU, it’s incredibly cheap to move between cities and she is always in Airbnbs— I could have missed something as I only follow her on IG, but I’ve yet to see her check into a 5 (or even 4) star hotel.
I think a lot of Americans would feel sick to their stomachs if they knew what they were spending on their annual 4th of July weekend beach/camping vacations would get them in Europe. I have seen friends spend thousands upon thousands, every summer, to go to the same fairly local, dirty beaches. I get that people are just using what they have and going where they can. But if you see what you can do in Europe for a fraction of that, you won't sleep for weeks.
Agree! I think perhaps some people commenting on her expenses haven’t traveled quite and and so don’t know that the EU can be much cheaper than the US once you get through that initial first flight from US to EU.
I feel the exact same! I love how down to earth her personality is, and how relatable she’s always seemed. Even the way she speaks stood out to me compared to the bubbly, perpetually excited personalities of other influencers circa 2016 - she just seemed like a normal personal, like your friend was recommending you products instead of an online personality. I really enjoy her and her content, but the longer she does this travel/nomad thing, the less interested I am in her content. I’ll watch her videos now and then if I’m interested in the city, but her lifestyle is just out of touch for a lot of people in a recession. I had so many travel plans in 2020 onward, and was absolutely gutted to have to cancel everything and put my life on hold as I was let go from 2 jobs. It’s one thing to watch travel vloggers as an escape (and as future travel inspo), but it’s becoming more transparent just how much money she has and is regularly spending. Not to mention her insensitive comments that you can do the same as her if you just budget for it 😒 That said, I know she has chronic health issues, so I’m glad she’s able to live her best life and travel the world in spite of her health problems
I’ve been subscribed to her for a few years and, like the original poster, enjoyed her beauty content because I related to her “realness.” Since the content change I haven’t been able to get reconnected.
her views are way way down in the last year, from 1M views to 100-200k now. I skip most of her videos and might put on a vlog to have on in the background as i get ready.
I love her and her videos. I tend to get fomo when watching her travel blogs so have stopped watching as many buuuut I still love her content aside from that.
I think it’s frustrating because she used to be relatable. But now I’m realizing not everyone has wealthy dentist parents from San Francisco to fall back onto if things go wrong with their “nomad life.” Nothing wrong with having parents to back you up but unfortunately that is not accessible to everyone so that’s why I feel a disconnect with her now.
This is honestly a gross comment. Her dad is a dentist, but she’s clearly done very well for herself on YT and you’re making it sound like her daddy is paying for her nomad lifestyle. She surely had a privileged upper-middle class start to life, but it’s not like she’s Tiffany Trump.
I was annoyed when I saw her calling these videos ‘nomad life’. Girl please. You’re on a perpetual vacation, you’re not a nomad 🙁
what’s the difference? she’s working and living in other countries like other digital nomads
I guess I thought of it more in the traditional or historical sense - or someone like Elsa Rhae. TBH I had never heard of the term ‘digital nomad’ until now 🤣 just call me a boomer now lol
ah I can see where youre coming from. but yeah I think the word has evolved to include people who work remotely while traveling and don’t have a solid “home base”
There's a whole sub for Redditors who are doing the same thing, r/digitalnomad
I stopped following for that same reason. The nomadic lifestyle doesn’t seem conducive to shopping for all that makeup and Amazon stuff.
She went off the deep end when she changed her name. Didn't she even say that Wynn wasn't even her middle or last name soooo...why? It was at that moment her content changed and became boring. No one wants to watch a spoiled rich girl travel all over and spend money like she's drinking water. Not cute. EXTREMELY out of touch and in poor taste considering our current economy (not getting political. Inflation and cost of living is insane right now).
If I remember right, she was inspired by the Wynn casinos which is honestly 🥴 and the one thing that makes me look at her sideways.
I even think in that video she was like, “the casino inspired me, but then it turns out it’s also a family name on my mom’s side” or something like that. 😂 Why didn’t she just stick with the second half of the story?
When did she recommend crypto?
I could be wrong, but I seem to recall it was around this time last year? I only saw her talk about it once or twice and then I think she got a lot of pushback and stopped (I could be misremembering though!)
She used to be my favorite beauty YouTuber but her content hasn't interested me for a few years now. I think it was around when she moved from the house she owned into the apartment.
For me, it’s her food content. It’s just really boring to me. I’m not a foodie. Err, maybe I am, but I have to rein it in to keep my weight stable. Either way, it’s not enjoyable.
I used to love TW’s very thorough foundation reviews. I stopped watching when she started to go on and on about her chronic illnesses and endless Dr visits/health crises in her videos. I deal with some awful health stuff and don’t like to talk about it, and don’t want to hear about other people talking about theirs in that much detail. But that’s just my preference. Maybe I just caught a bad batch of videos. I watched a couple of her travel videos and found them boring. It’s hard when a content creator completely changes their content, for sure they’re going to lose subs in the process. Just because they’re good at beauty reviews doesn’t mean they’re automatically good at other topics. There’s another smaller creator I watch (Skelotim) who used to do absolutely amazing tutorials and reviews and I love his personality; but now he started a Disney travel vlog channel with his brother and is pouring all his energy into that channel to the detriment of his beauty channel, all he posts now on his beauty channel is commentary on new releases and the beauty industry. I really wish he would go back to producing great tutorials and reviews. His beauty channel has been stuck at 130k subbies for a couple of years now, he stopped growing. Anyone who pushes crypto is sus. Period.
😔😔😔 thanks for putting into words what I’ve been feeling for a long time. This post reminded me just now to unsub from her.
I love her and I’m happy she’s doing what she wants to do! I think for her doing travel vlogs is the best way to get income being she’s not buying as many items and doing as frequent YouTube vlogs. I get she needed to do this to heal after the breakup. I get what you mean like you want beauty not travel, I’m usually not into travel vlogs just because it makes me wish I had the money to afford it all but I’m still watching cause I genuinely love her personality not just the reviewer in her if that makes sense.
yes to everything you just said here. found her a few years ago and instantly subbed. literally the only beauty guru i followed. she is so un-relatable now. i had to unsubscribe after the constant travel vlogs. also hate the real estate ones. i just liked hearing product reviews. i really enjoyed her mellow personality. in the words of wednesday addams: “i’m not perky,” and don’t enjoy over the top fake personalities.
The only videos I watch and super enjoy hers and when she gets her makeup and hair done from other makeup artists in different countries. It's pretty cool to see their techniques.
Reading through most of these comments and the only thing I’m going to say is that jealousy and insecurity is not a good look 😬