Instagram VS Reality - Exposing Brand & Influencer LIES, Filters & Photoshop Fails!

✖ Instagram - @james_s_welsh ✖ Twitter - @james_s_welsh Today I wanted to merge my knowledge of photography and digital manipulation with my life as an influencer and show you just how easy it is for us influencers to cheat our way to perfect skin and perfect proportions. With the overuse of Factetune, awful Instagram edits, and Photoshop fails, today I share how and why it's done, and what tools and programmes influencers use to lie their way to perfect skin and proportions. You may not know but my education and my degree are actually in Editorial and Advertising Photography, where, amongst other stuff, we learned a lot about digital retouching, especially when it comes to the beauty and fashion industry. So I have a keen eye for... lies in photographs and more recently, video. And whilst the purpose of this video and potential series isn’t to name and shame or call people out, I do feel as influencers, we have a responsibility to be 100% honest when it comes to products we are promoting or a lifestyle we are promoting. Especially when we are trying to show the results of a product. But some people just lie there way to a payday. So, I’ll be honest for these people :) Today we have possible filters being used by Foreo, NYX, Charlotte Tilbury and... Fenty?! Kind of! PRODUCTS IN THIS VIDEO (*= affiliate link) ICON MEANINGS: Present - Gifted Item (Product was sent to me as a gift, no money has been exchanged and there is no obligation to feature product(s) on social platforms) AD Megaphone - Sponsored item (Brand has paid me money and I have signed a contract for the item to appear in the video. This may be a quick feature or a whole dedicated product) Chain Link - Sponsored Affiliate Link (The video has been sponsored and an affiliate link to the sponsored product is a requirement in the video. The link used for the sponsored item is tracked by the brand and I make a small percentage of that sale) Dollar Bill - Bought with my own money (Product was paid for with my own money and I have no attachment to the brand in the particular video) Any link to product may be an affiliate link. Please know that products featured in my videos are never chosen with 'selling' or making profit in mind. However, I do make a very small commission from any purchases made through my affiliate links, so if you'd like to support my channel, you can shop via these links! 00:00 Intro 00:41 How I feel about filters 01:29 What The Law Says 02:33 NYX 04:42 Good Example Of A Makeup Video 05:36 Charlotte Tilbury 08:22 WTF Is This?! 09:23 Farmacy 11:23 FOREO 14:24 Men Can’t Photoshop 16:34 Influencers Photoshop Fails 19:16 Outro ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ For more videos about Korean skincare, k-beauty, hair tips and tutorials, skincare routines, products trials, Hauls, reviews, and lifestyle, then be sure to subscribe, and don’t forget to leave your questions down below! ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ Remember that skincare is extremely personal to everybody's skin. What works for me, may not work for you. But I hope my videos give you some good ideas for products, techniques, and Ingredients to try. Also, I'm obviously not a dermatologist or a doctor, so all opinions on products and anything else I'm presenting, are results and findings from my own experience and research. And that's why I'm here, to share my research and my findings that go further than what is said on the bottle or google! But, everything I present is always a discussion for you to join in with :) If you have any serious skin concerns, please see a dermatologist/doctor. ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ Ad Disclaimer: The opinions expressed in my videos are all my own honest feelings. I will only work with brands and products that I truly love and use. Working with brands allows me to invest in my channel and create better quality videos for you guys :)