#c: mikayla

[hernando-valdez]

"Now I know you're going to eat because your mother can do many things but she cannot cook like me." Hernando was clearly at ease and in his element as he moved around the kitchen and made an early dinner for the two of them. In so many ways it felt like his life had been thrown in a blender after losing his father but sitting here on a weekday, making lunch for his niece, things felt really okay for a little while. "I know you're gonna think I'm cheesy but it's never gonna get old seeing you sitting there at my counter. Now make yourself useful and grab some plates and silverware for us. Zeus will help you out," he joked, his dog always stuck to Mikki's side whenever she was over. "Did your mom show you the pictures of the bathrooms I finished tiling today? Pain in my ass that job was but goddamn does it look good now. I had to take pictures it looked so nice." He was grateful to his cousin for giving him something to spend his time on when he had it. It was always nice to work with his hands and with a solid pair of headphones he could work on renovations well into the night. Until he inevitably got a call or a text and had to put all of that away. All of his other time was spent watching out for the guys who worked for him and listening to the voices of the people he worked for. That was life. It was his father's life. And it would be his life. It was just how life was.

"Okay, what do you want to drink? I won't side eye you if you ask for a beer or something." He grabbed their drinks before putting some food in Zeus's bowl. "He'll get jealous if he doesn't get to eat with us. Alright, sientate, let's dig in. I'm fucking starving. Your mother's working me like a dog,"he teased and then apologized to Zeus before joining Mikki at table. "So, how were classes today, preciosa?"

@wefcundwonderland

#c: mikayla #u know theres zero rush on this <33

[sebcox]

University City ; Dottie's Donuts w/ @mikaylatilly

The last interview with Spin that Sebastian and his bandmates took part in, the magazine called him a troublemaker who didn't listen to anyone. However, when his mother made the request that he pick up two dozen donuts for her students that morning, Sebastian put on his dutiful son hat and gave her a yes ma'am and headed out the door. That was how he found himself entering the donut shop. Truth be told, this wasn't a place he frequented since his tastes had a habit of leading him towards dive bars more than anything else, but as soon as he saw the blonde behind the counter, Sebastian began to reconsider his go-to spots. "Hey, can I get an autograph," Sebastian called out as he stepped further inside the shop and headed straight to the counter. Sebastian and Mikayla went way back, in fact, he'd say at one point they both had similar dreams of fame and stardom, hence his cheeky opener. "I guess it's been awhile, huh," He said, almost bashful since it really had been quite a long time since he had seen Mikayla in-person and it was safe to say he wasn't completely disappointed. "How've you been, Mikayla?" He asked, brow raised with a charming smile as he leaned against the countertop.

#c #c: mikayla

[zhsocial]

My personal headcanon VAs for the BB Elite Four:

Crispin- Amanda C. Miller

Amarys- Sydney Mikayla

Lacey- Xanthe Huynh

Drayton- Zeno Robinson

#pokemon scarlet and violet #indigo disk #pokemon dlc #bb elite four #voice acting #headcanon #elite four #blueberry academy #elite four crispin #elite four amarys #elite four lacey #elite four drayton #crispin pokemon #amarys pokemon #lacey pokemon #drayton pokemon #sydney mikayla #xanthe huynh #amanda c miller #Amanda Celine Miller #bb league #bb league lacey #bb league amarys #bb league crispin #bb league drayton #bb league elite four #zeno robinson

[nikodimopoulos]

where: the elevator of the bellagio hotel, las vegas who: @heyymikki & niko dimopoulos

When you have as many cousins as Niko, large celebrations are practically a regular occurrence, and it usually means that he's roped into participating, whether he's up for it or not. This time, it was his cousin Lukas' bachelor party, and, predictably, Lukas wanted to do things the 'American way' and jet off to Vegas. Unfortunately for Niko, his protests usually had some effect within Los Santos, but within his own family, it was a different story. The first part of the night followed the expected script, with Niko keeping a low profile and tagging along with the rest of the guys. However, after a few hours and a steady flow of drinks, Niko found himself starting to relax, engaging in lively conversations and sporting a smile more frequently than usual. Perhaps he wasn't hitting the dance floor or making a drunken fool of himself, but still, he seemed happy-ish for once, which was a stark contrast to his usual demeanor.

By the time the clock struck two in the morning, Niko was more than ready to head back to his room, much to the disappointment of his ten cousins. "Hey, hey, we're meeting in the lobby at ten AM," Niko hollered above the cacophony of his male relatives as the elevator doors slid open. He was determined to make himself heard over their overlapping conversations. "The plane won't wait around, and neither will I. Got it? Καληνύχτα." With a small wave, he stepped into the elevator, noticing an unfamiliar blonde woman standing in the corner. Niko paid her no mind, pressed the button for his floor, and stepped back. He breathed a sigh of relief as the elevator doors finally closed, the quiet that followed a warm welcome. "Jesus," the male muttered under his breath, leaning back against the wall.

#convo #mikayla 003. #c. mikayla beaumont

[oliviaxsinclair]

Closed: @heyymikki – Catching up with Mikki at Spill the Beans.

Spotting the brunette after grabbing her drink and danish, the Sinclair made her way over towards Mikki. "Hey you," she smiled as she joined the woman at the nearby table. "How've you been?" Last she really saw her was in passing at a Friendsgiving. About a twenty-five minute honest conversation they got to have before they were whisked away to games and activities. "I have a question for you...you can think about it if you need to or immediately just tell me no." Mia had approached Liv at the dinner a few nights ago. She was talking about wanting to write a comic after watching Spiderman with her friends at a birthday party. Immediately the young girl thought Mikki could be of assistance. "Mia is on one of her creative spurts and wanted to know if she could write with you?"

#heymikki #c. mikayla 02

[lutherxrex]

Closed: @heyymikki – Perusing through the Book Nook

“Everyone at work thinks I’m ridiculous for this idea, but I think it’s a pretty solid one," he shared with Mikayla. Since they all had staggered shifts, he thought it would be a great way to connect beyond their annoying patrons. To get some suggestions for his venture to the Book Nook, he asked Mikayla to tag along with him. They had already done a team dinner and went out to the lake when the weather was warm, but he believed this would be another solid way to pass the time and connect. "By the way, how have you been? Have you been working on anything cool lately?"

#heyymikki #c. mikayla 01

[juniaships]

Little loonatics things/self care

Lexi wears custom ear protectors and those special migraine headwraps because her super hearing makes her prone to loud noises

Ace uses eye drops his favorite is Visine. He also loves dimly lit rooms as his eyes cannot take bright light

Rev learned meditation from Ace and uses it as a coping mechanism

Everyone sheds fur/feather during winter so they take prenatal, biotin and keratin vitamins to lessen its effects

Slam stretches and does yoga as spinning at his speed involves a lot of flexibility and endurance.

SELF CARE DAYS led by Danger and Lexi! We're talking cucumber/aloe eye masks, gold mud masks

Danger goes swimming a lot because he cannot be away from water and needs a way to exercise on natural instincts

Everyone is careful with bringing grapes & chocolate/flavored foods because Tech can get poisoned from those foods (being a canine and all)

Lexi dislikes carrots, also she wears her ears bc she is actually a flop eared rabbit but they get in her face

Tech took great care to add rubber into their suits to ward off strong electricity especially for Slam

On day offs there's a quiet hour where everyone read books, paint, meditate or stretch. No loud bombastic music or shows. Zadavia participates in it too

Ace also wears cold headwraps because his heat vision leaves him prone to headaches; same with Tech

Slam takes a lot of Vitamin C and ginger to keep from nausea. He may be a Tasmanian devil but he isn't immune to dizziness

Everyone has a journal to write down their emotions if they're particularly frustrated (suggested by Mikayla)

#loonatics unleashed #loonatics #self care #love the idea of a superhero using self care tips to cope with side effects of their powers #i think it should be explored more #looney tunes

[iampikachuhearmeroar]

y'know I really do feel sorry for the younger 20 somethings (and anyone in general tbh) that are suffering from tiktok brain rot around "anti-aging" advice. like the other day, I had a review/reaction video from I think james walsh the beauty influencer in my fb watch feed, where he was reviewing/debunking the bs anti-aging advice that people give on tiktok.

one of the videos he reacted to was from some 21yo beauty influencer or some rando idk, I'm not on there. her piece of advice was to "always sleep on your back like a vampire to reduce fine lines, wrinkles and crows feet. that's how I stay looking so fresh... even though yes I'm 21 which contributes quite a bit but still. be disciplined about sleeping on your back ALL NIGHT, EVERY NIGHT to get the PERFECT SKIN!!!" like im sorry, what???? you're 20 fucking one (21). why the FUCK do you feel compelled to give "anti-aging" advice??? why the fuck do you even care about anti-aging stuff when you're like at least 10 YEARS away from any considerable signs of aging beginning to slowly show??? get the fuck out of the house and enjoy nature or some shit. instead of lamenting that you're "getting so old by the minute so I MUST ELIMINATE laugh lines and crows feet even though im still only 21."

"but but. it's in the name of self care." I can hear some people say. "but but. it shows that as a woman you take high self-care maintenance of yourself if you begin EARLY with seeking out remedies for and eliminating the signs of aging" other people are saying. and finally: "but but. look at zendaya (or some other young 20 something movie star or TT influencer like idek mikayla nougeira). she's promoting revlon anti-aging serums! it can't be that bad!!!"

I raise to people with the first response that: no. having some 21yo condescend to you that you MUST fight to stay younger and sleep uncomfortably on your back stiffly like a vampire is NOT self care. starting to "fight" the signs of aging is NOT being a high maintenance woman in your early 20s. it's just being fucking insanely obsessed with youth..... when like... you're still young as fuck. like yes I made jokes about feeling ancient and old and w/e when i was 21.... but that doesnt mean that i became weirdly focused on trying to eliminate any crows feet and laugh lines....... that weren't even fucking on my face yet!!!!!! or cellulite that's on my legs.

moreover, for zendaya or other beauty influencers that may promote anti-aging products. they get paid either 10s of thousands of dollars or hundreds of thousands or maybe even up to possibly millions of dollars for promoting some bs estee lauder/revlon etc etc anti-age defying gravity super plumping and hydrating hyaluronic acid and idek retonoid vitamins C and E serum fuck shit.... against you, a random 21yo from god knows where in the US (usually).... like idek calabasis or houston or whatever the fuck with fuck knows how many low count followers (im assuming but probs not idek and idc)....

the people who I'll listen to about aging are people who have actually lived a life. like jamie lee curtis. like sandra oh. like leslie jones. like viola davis. idek just people who have ACTUALLY lived a life and are happy with aging, i guess (even if yes, they're famous and kinda unrelateable anyway). not some fucking stuck up rude asf early 20 something whose watched 3 fucking antiaging brain rot videos on tiktok and NOW thinks that they're the utmost expert on anti-aging hacks. and this is coming from someone whose nearly 30. fucking embrace getting older in your 20s. cherish it and use it wisely.

I say this as someone who, in 2020 at 25, nearly fucking died twice after a massive surgery. why the fuck should I give a fuck about crows feet???? laugh lines (ie lines of fucking J O Y)???? my cellulite??? when I'm 28 this year??? (*cue these TT brain rot girlies* EEEEWWWWW OLD HAG WHO DOESNT DO GOOD HIGH MAINTENANCE SELF CARE TO FIGHT THE SIGNS OF AGING EEEEWWWW!!!!!) I'm finally healthy again.... but realisitcally, YOU ARE the one that needs to look in the mirror and realise that being young and looking young ain't that crash hot, really. wise the fuck up and delete tiktok and escape anti-aging brain rot.... when you're still a kid (in a sense) stumbling about in your early 20s... stop giving a fuck about useless shit you can't avoid.

#life #about me #shut up ilona #this has been bothering me for DAYS

[therummonster]

*vibrating intensifies*

so. the monster debacle.

spoiler warning for episode 26 in the Multiverse Tales playlist Redemption of the Were-Jaguar. you've been warned!

from what i've seen all monsters they've become are also a slight reflection of their experiences and self.

EXHIBIT A!!! Vasilia Kuznet

Vasilia becomes a were-jaguar, which of course the obvious is her experience with hunting were-beasts. the second thing can be seen in the above image, she's very confident in just the air around her, but needed to change her own perspective on this other form.

also the finale of that episode was literally Gangadharan was finally trusting Vasilia despite the constant evasion of her fanged form.

EXHIBIT B!!! Astra [Redacted]

Astra becomes a skin walker. she has a tendency to change her identity when in a rough zone. examples: Diamos, Tatyana, and even the dragon form.

although i was a bit confused on why hyena specifically, because before i was researching for this, i mostly saw deer versions of the skin walkers. y'know, like how most people draw wendigos. so here's that info.

EXHIBIT C!!! Charlie/Mikayla Maciel

Bio-MeKayla became a sparking ghoul. the sparking part is obvious, Charlie is a machine based lifeform, and robotics tend to use some form of electricity.

but it's interesting to see that Charlie becomes this twisted version of his worst self, the part of him that's just like every other bio mech they're looking for.

the increased hostility and tendency to control their victims. that parasitic behavior near identical to a symbiote. examples of this behavior: Obi, Emerald Tyrannus, Terror Claw, Fin-Walker, Firecross Dragon.

the controlling part is easy to find in their meeting. he blindly takes control of Kayla and just asks her to try balancing. of course we can mark that up to being completely in a panic at the thought of getting cannibalized.

another fun detail, this corruption also seems to dissolve parts of Kayla to the bone. as you can see with Kayla's corrupt arm. could be a reminder of the slime drake, but without knowing what the leg looks like that is shooting into the dark.

EXHIBIT D!!! Champagne McGregor

champagne becomes a hybrid dinosaur/lizard man. i've already done my reasearch for him a while ago, there's nothing i can pull from mythology. what i can pull is his correspondence.

aka: his job and history. he created monsters of his own that were searching for their next chance of survival, be it food or safety.

heck he even lost his arm to a mutated freakshow of a tyrannosaurus.

exhibit e, the thing giving me the most trouble: Benny Sharp

Benny becomes a jersey swamp skulker. not much to refer to unless you want table top rpg ideas. and even if i do refer to other swamp lurking mythology, there's honestly nada. no fishy abominations i've found from movies are good references either... so we just gotta go off the THREE LINES that gangadharan gives.

this is a human that touched a cursed barnacle. they can propel themselves through the water at extremely quick speeds to the point the best way to hunt them down is to get them on dry land. they also have sharp blades on their forearms. wow. what help.

alrighty, time to bs my way through this... i'm probably gonna move around exhibits so we get me struggling to deal with this guy at the end.

literally what do i pull from???? the monster simply doesn't exist. it is there, it was created for one purpose: and that was a community redraw. hfffffffffff. i even finally tried to check out what swamp skulker is in the ttrpg. it's a sea roomba. with a vague appearence of an axolotl crustacean.

not even kidding. anyways, back to shooting in the dark with a leaf.

obviously the outer shell is there in place of the mech armor he was no doubt wearing. the ability to propel itself at high speeds as to avoid danger could be equal to his tendency to run in the past if things were getting too... dangerous for others.

but my main confusion is: why water? he's honestly never really interacted with it. literally one of his key sayings is basically "if a mech can't fly, it's not worth it." so maybe that shows that he doesn't have any worth in his eyes?????

the extra mouth like cover being of course kinda like a mask, maybe showing the fact he usually is counted as the positive "don't worry, we can win if we go fist fight god!" despite me staring at every trauma past christmas demons.

#popcrossstudios #theory #benny sharp #mikayla maciel #charlie the biomech #astra #vasilia kuznet #dr champagne mcgregor #therum creation

[poeticmikki]

Unfocused

I see that the

sky resembles lilac blossoms—

bruised peach skin in a

permanent state of blushing,

bashful when the moon shows the world

her naked body;

unashamed and exposed.

Stars start to freckle her shadow.

I start to wonder if my eyes are also small cameras

able to focus my pupils, like lenses, on all of

this majesty unfolding.

I’d blink,

capture a million photographs

and relive moments through images;

remember a day just by the colors it bled.

And maybe it’s just because I’m stoned,

looking at the world for the first time

through a kaleidoscope.

How everything seems to mirror each other.

I keep an array in my pocket,

albeit rather distorted.

Because I find

while I may not remember every detail

of the sunsets

of the bruised lilac skies

of the migrating birds breaking the glass

barrier between Heaven and Earth,

perhaps even seeing their reflection

in the mirroring dimension,

I have tomorrow

another sunset

another day ful of bleeding colors.

So let me unfocus my tired eyes

the warmth of sunlight blooming inside

my ice-barricaded chest

and listen to what the world is telling me.

Seeing is not always believing.

I am taking a leap of faith

into the next day

praying

praying

that I’ll get to relive it all over again.

(C) 2023. Mikayla Smith. All rights reserved.

#original poem #female poets #poetry #nature #sunset #naturephotography #nature poem #unfocused #poetsandwriters #writing #creative #spring #spring poem #spring poetry #memories

[sixcostumerefs]

Dreamcast: Six…with Anastasia actors

The other day I did a dreamcast for Anastasia on the West End with all Six actors. Thought it would be fun to do a little switcheroo and cast Six with US Anastasia actors. So without further ado….

Aragon: Mikayla Agrella Boleyn: Lizzy Legregin (also dreamcast as B/H/P) Seymour: Christy Altomare Cleves: Shina Ann Morris Howard: Veronica Stern (also dreamcast as B/H/P) Parr: Elizabeth Ritacco Alt A/B/C: Kaitlyn Jackson Alt A/C/H: Kyla Stone Alt B/S/P: Hannah Florence Chin Alt S/H/P: Thalia Atallah

#six the musical #six dreamcast #my dreamcasts

[opinated-user]

Anyone else find it weird that Bonnie and G appear in Mikayla’s Bingo Love opening?

I thought C!Lily and actual Lily were two different identities (one for the comic, the other for their videos and sh*t spewing on twitter)

Lily made it VERY clear that comparing the two was a stupid thing to do (I don’t have the receipts on hand, but i know she’s said it before. Maybe someone archived it)…yet now she’s using her comic’s counterpart puppet design and also having her hybrid baby appear in her videos?

She’s fusing her fan fiction life with her real one. It’s kind of sad tbh

she always did and indeed, it was always sad. the only reason she tried to make any difference at all is when people started criticizing ComicLO's actions on the comic, so then she can pull the "it wasn't me, it was ComicLO" excuse. if anyone had anything positive to say about ComicLO (outside of the wiki that LO herself writes), then LO would be the first one to take it as praise for herself as a person. it’s very tellng the fact that nobody actually does that.

#lily orchard

[mariacallous]

The latest TikTok trend might make your bank account happy.

Over the last month, beauty influencers ― a group that generally sings the praises of makeup and skin care brands ― have dabbled in deinfluencing. The trend involves TiKTokers urging followers to think twice about impulse-purchasing certain cult-favorite products.

Content creators are throwing everything under the bus, including untouchable, holy-grail products like Olaplex’s shampoos and conditioners and Too Faced’s Better Than Sex volumizing mascara. They’re also warning against spending money on majorly expensive products like Dyson’s $599.99 Airwrap hair styler.

“Here are all the things I will deinfluence you from buying as somebody that spends thousands of dollars on health, beauty, hair products, but loves to save a buck,” TikToker Alyssa Kromelis says in her deinfluencing video, which has racked up over 5.4 million views.

In the video, Kromelis suggests dupes for more expensive products she says are not worth the hype. For instance, she recommends buying Wet n Wild’s MegaGlo Makeup Stick ($4.99 at your local drugstore) instead of Charlotte Tilbury’s $42 Glowgasm Beauty Light Wand Highlighter. (“Horrible, I hate this, never use,” the influencer says of the product.)

Kromelis considers videos like hers “recession-core influencing.” When the price of eggs has increased by nearly 60% over the last 12 months, most of your followers aren’t looking to buy $30 lipgloss; the content you’re creating has to fit with the times, she said.

“As our economy in the U.S. has taken a turn for the worse, people have less and less disposable income to spend on their personal care,” she said. “So by offering more affordable options, or dupes, I’m allowing people to still feel like they’re still part of trends that are going on.”

The same day Kromelis’ video took off on TikTok, beauty content creator @katiehub.org went viral on the app for her brutally honest review of Dior makeup.

“Just because you put pretty packaging over garbage does not mean it’s still not garbage,” @katiehub.org says in her video, which brought in 1.8 million views.

In another deinfluencing video, beauty influencer Rachel Finley walks the aisles of Sephora, dragging beloved items that she says don’t actually work.

“It’s time to leave sunscreen powders in the past,” Finley says, holding up Supergoop’s mineral powder sunscreen as an example. “You’re getting less than 2% of the protection stated on the label. These are not effective sunscreens.”

Non-makeup content creators are getting involved, too. In one video, sustainable fashion influencer Hudi Charin (@thethriftythinker) takes Kim Kardashian’s Skims to task.

“I don’t know why anyone’s still buying from Skims when there are so many better, ethical and sustainable alternatives and they’re literally the same price point,” she says, recommending brands like The Girlfriend Collective and Gaia Garments instead.

“There are literally so many brands that need your support more than a billionaire who doesn’t pay her workers when they work overtime,” she remarks.

The “deinfluencing” trend coincides with MascaraGate ― a TikTok kerfuffle centered around Mikayla Nogueira, a makeup artist who was accused of wearing eyelash extensions in a video touting a L’Oréal brand mascara.

MascaraGate led to a conversation about influencer culture and the glut of fawning, too-good-to-be-true product reviews on TikTok. Critics say content creators will happily put up a dishonest positive product review as long as they’re rewarded with brand deals, sponsorship and a steady stream of freebies.

Given the backlash to influencer culture, marketing professor Americus Reed II isn’t surprised by the deinfluencer trend.

“What we often see in marketing, which is deeply integrated with pop culture, is a constant pendulum of trend and counter trend; an ebb and flow such that when one consumer sentiment goes extreme, there’s a natural course correction to move the other way and towards the ‘middle,’” the Wharton School professor told HuffPost.

The deinfluencer movement is influencer culture self-regulating and course-correcting after years of being clocked as super-curated and lacking in authenticity.

“It’s like the TikTok version of when Dove’s ‘Real Beauty’ campaign dropped [in the early 2000s],” Reed said.

Isn’t deinfluencing a little hypocritical, coming from influencers?

Influencers admit that the concept of deinfluencing is kind of ironic: At its heart, “buy this, don’t buy that” is still influencing and driving consumerism.

Plus, telling someone something is “the worst” isn’t going to be true for everyone, as Kromelis noted.

“I do think the deinfluencing trend is less about how ‘bad’ or ‘good’ a product is, and more about convincing people that not everything is worth the crazy hype,” she said.

Anything that helps people monitor their conspicuous consumption can’t be that bad, said Karen Wu, a beauty content creator who goes by @cakedbybabyk on TikTok.

“We’re constantly fed the rhetoric that everyone needs every single viral product, and audiences are growing tired,” she told HuffPost. “I’ve made several videos on my channel talking about a range of products that I hate, as well as viral products that I won’t even try.”

Wu spends a few hundred dollars a month on makeup and skin care, while the other products she reviews are sent from brands.

“I know that talking about consumerism is ironic coming from a beauty content creator, but I believe there’s a delicate balance that can be struck if done correctly,” she said.

Do influencers like Wu worry that brands might be less inclined to reach out with partnerships and freebies if they’re hypercritical of them?

“I actually think the opposite, to be completely honest,” she said. “There are many brands that value authenticity, and if they don’t, then it’s not a brand that I’d want to work with anyway.”

Madison Potter, an influencer and brand strategist, said smart brands will look at deinfluencing as an opportunity for consumer research, something they’d usually spend thousands of dollars on.

“As a strategist, this information is a goldmine,” she told HuffPost. “Deinfluencing is unique in the way that creators are directly telling brands there’s a lack of trust. It’s a chance for brands to listen to consumers and adjust their marketing efforts.”

Some PR specialists and brand strategists are a little more skeptical.

Alex Paquin, the founder of the ad agency Zerotrillion, told Insider.com that brands may be more cautious about vetting influencers they reach out to.

“Brands have to ask themselves, ‘What is this influencer’s propensity to turn on us in the event that their followers don’t like the content they make for us?’” Paquin told the site. “Influencers need to be careful not to be too quick to use this trend as an ‘oopsie button’ for partnerships they’re mildly self-conscious about.”

Ideally, deinfluencing leads to people getting more educated about influencer culture.

For some content creators, this moment is more about education than about what not to buy or what dupes to swap in.

Monica Ravichandran, a product manager and beauty content creator, wants her followers to give some thought to who they let influence them on TikTok and question whether a cult-beloved product is really worth their hard-earned coin.

In her deinfluencing video, she suggests people ask questions of themselves like: Do I really need to buy this hot new viral foundation when I already own one that works just fine for me? And does this influencer have the same skin type or tone as me? (As a person of color, Ravichandran said she was swayed to buy the wrong products while following mostly white content creators early on her in makeup journey.)

Ravichandran, who gets some freebies but spends about $500 a month on beauty products, also talks about the need for “influencer integrity.”

“To me, influencer integrity means a creator who has built trust and honesty with their community by building a brand based off of authenticity,” Ravichandran told HuffPost.

Not everything is “amazing” or “awful.” It’s usually more nuanced than that ― experiences with any one product will vary.

“I actually don’t believe in a ‘bad product’ and really just believe that the product wasn’t a right one for either your skin tone or our skin type,” Ravichandran said. “That’s why when I review products I don’t like I always mention who that product might work for instead.”

Jessica Clifton, a sustainability content creator who runs the TikTok account @impaectforgood_ , doesn’t necessarily think the trend will result in a massive sea change on the app: “TikTok culture loves product videos too much.”

Still, as someone who has been speaking about the ills of overconsumption culture for years, she said it’s exciting to thousands of people engage with deinfluencing. In the words of overgenerous TikTok reviews, it truly is “amazing” if people are inspired to buy less, Clifton said.

“Embracing simplicity and learning to be content with less is so much better for our mental health, wallets, and the environment.”

[nikodimopoulos]

where: outside the gold dust diner who: @heyymikki & nikolaos dimopoulos

Nikolaos wasn't thrilled to have been put on driver duty, having figured the first time that it was merely short-term until one of the lower-level guys took over -- but then one transport had turned into two, then three. After some time, he'd resigned himself to the fact that he'd just have to be a glorified chauffeur for this assignment. It was far below his stature, sure, but saying 'no' to his superiors wasn't something he typically stood for, and he wasn't about to start now.

He'd timed it perfectly, pulling up to the diner in his sedan as Mikayla exited the Gold Dust Diner. Nikolaos had been informed of when her shift ended, but ultimately, he was pleased that he didn't have to get out of his damn car to retrieve her. "Hey." The capo called out as he pulled in along the sidewalk, leaning towards the opposing window to get a better look at her. "Get in. Rio wants to talk."

#convo #c. mikayla beaumont #mikayla 001. #:))))

[oliviaxsinclair]

Closed: @heyymikki – A reliable friend at the Fire & Ice Charity Ball

“You truly are a godsend. I did not think I was going to ever get out of that conversation,” she said, shaking her head as she squeezed through the crowd. “She wants me to date her nephew.” Lady Wendy, as she prefers to be called, simply because the queen nodded to her when she was visiting England once was a character. They were the epitome of being the town gossip. The woman sought out details from every corner and street of Tonopah Valley. Supposedly, she was trying to keep tabs on the happenings for she was the head of criminal watch of her neighborhood. In reality, everyone knew she spent her days of retirement grabbing intel on individuals and planting very discrete and vague eggs.

“I literally was just passing by and she grabbed my arms! Asked me if I was still fucking fertile. The nerve!” Olivia would rather be lit on fire than marry into that unhinged woman’s family. Quite frankly, she was rather content being by herself. Besides with Mia and the salon, she had just enough to balance on her docket. Dealing with a man was the least of her worries. “You look gorg by the way. How’s your night been going?”

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C R E D I T S

#LeLUTKA Avalon Head @Mainstore 

 Eyes - AG. Glimmer Eyes Pack - Mainstore

 Skin - Bold & Beauty :: Candice (LeL Evo X) - Mainstore

 DOUX - Octavia hairstyle @Mainstore

Nails - #UNIVERSA - Classy Lady Bento Set - Medium - Mainstore

Magika - Hair - Prue Headbands

Orsini Jewelry ALI Ring Bento - Mainstore

Orsini Jewelry Bianca Bracelet

TETRA - Spicy Bralette chain

TETRA - Wrap crop top - 

VOBE - Mikayla Earrings EVOX - Mainstore

[Rezz Room] Fox Adult Animesh FATPACK (Holdable) - FAMESHED