Well folks, we're 4 days away. On December 1st, a new FTC law will go into effect REQUIRING bloggers and youtubers to disclose all information about products that the publisher mentions including; if the product was given for free, whether they are speaking from their own personal experience with the product, if they have any affiliation with the company, and whether or not they are receiving money for reviewing/mentioning the product. Failure to do so could result in an $11,000 fine.
This is one video that kind of sums up this new law while also offering some opinions on it;
For me, I feel like this new law unfortunately hurts smaller bloggers/youtubers. It is kind of excessive to include ALL information about everything youve used during a makeup tutorial and even include information on clothes youre wearing or things seen in the background if they have particular logos on them. All new, starting-out gurus obviously are not sponsored by anyone (well, not usually, anyway..) and it would be really sad for someone to report them for not mentioning, say for example, a brush they used but didn't think about listing because it was bought with their own money on their own decision. I for one do not intend on calling out everyone who fails to include all of this information. HOWEVER, I think this law is long overdue for people such as "Blair" and "Elle" and all other popular people on youtube. By not telling their subscribers that they were paid (hundreds of dollars) for reviews and even LYING about it when confronted, they are being completely dishonest to their naive, younger subscribers and it is just not right. Many people argue with me, stating that "if you dont like them, dont watch them" or "if you dont trust their reviews, dont buy the product", yeah OBVIOUSLY, but the FTC apparently also finds these actions wrong, thus bringing into effect this law.
How do you guys feel about this?
Additional information;
http://ftc.gov/opa/2009/10/endortest.shtm
http://www.ftc.gov/os/2009/10/091005endorsementguidesfnnotice.pdf
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«Oldest ‹Older 801 – 834 of 834I KNEW IT! lisa"elle" posted the ghd video about a year ago and she said she saved up for it but i suspected she got it for free. GHDs are expensive. I don't know why she pretended she saved up for it.
in her disclaimer in latest video:
FTC Disclaimer:
I recieved both the Coastal scents warm palette and the GHD for free a year ago. Everything else was purchased.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQfNpTAhFUY
hahah here's the video from 8 months ago where she tells how she picked out and bought the ghd and paid 240.00
now that the ftc is making her tell the truth, she admits in todays video she got it for free.
now THIS my friends is why so many people have a problem with her. not lying about her name. but things like this. if she didn't wanna say she got it free, she should have just not said anything about buying it herself. ugh.
Aubreyfafinettex3 pulled the Fake Hacker trick today and deleted all her old videos. I guess to prevent people from confronting her on all the things she got for free. I was pretty sure Amiclubwear.com gave her the last round of stuff and she claimed last night that she's always paid for it. Cover Thine Ass, methinks:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZR7Kq04d-k
Color me disappointed, but never surprised.
I think she faked the whole hacker thing too. What a bunch of sellouts. After swearing on Twitter that Elle and Blair were always honest and would never lie to her subscribers... Elle pretty much got herself caught in a lie.
someone should ask "elle" about the ghd thing. but, she will probably block you. that's what she does. confront her in a lie, BLOCCCCK.
That's EXACTLY what I suspected about Aubrey faking the hacking thing so she wouldn't have to go through EVERY single video and list all the stuff she'd gotten for free! I thought I was just being cynical.. but I guess you just never know these days...
Did Lisa say anything about her clarisonics? "I really wanted a clarosonic but I never got one because they were so expensive. But I finally saved up and got two!" So annoying.
if you go on facebook search elizabeth fowler and click on her profiel pic you cna see how much shes changed after ''fAME''
to everyone against elle and blair please go and watch this video and set this lady straight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HV2rgzgNBYQ
she seems to think that by them not telling people where they work or address is why people are mad at them LOL
Everyone PLEASE PLEASE UNSUBSCRIBE to Queenbeeuty she was the one who oulled the fake crybaby boo hoo feel sorry for me to give me attention and get more views in the first place
NOW YESTERDAY she made a comment on twitter calling Aubrey fafinettex3 a liar.....it doesnt even matter if Aubre really did lie the point is Queenbeeuty should have never ever made a twitter rant about her calling her a liar!
The tweets are now deleted but to see proof please go to twitter and go to the search bar and type in misskalelcullen
you will see tweets from her subscribers saying "how could you call Aubrey a liar after what you went through" and stuff
UNSUBSCIBE and spread the word on this girl she is DYING for attention and she starts all this drama to get it
you guys they dont have to go through every single video from the past and list things they only have to do it on videos from dec 1 2009 onwards
OMG i cant believe kalele did that!
i was on her side ths whole time but now she goes out and calles aubrey a liar??!
i just went and looked at twitter and i saw a bunch of comments from people to her about this o.O
wow i just checked twitter... kalel is a bitch
there needs to be a post about kalel that bitch!!!! how the hell could she call aubrey a lier after what happened with her!
shes a jealous bitch envying all of aubreys supportive comments.
even if aubrey did make this shit up kalel is the true bitch i have never seen aubrey call anyone a lier
on kalels newest video someone copied and pasted what kalel said about aubrey on twitter its by someone named newlife i think and its about midway down the comments page
she said this on twitter:
I'm sorry...I love Aubrey, but I think she's lying. It makes me angry because I'm recei ing a ton of hate for deleting my videos and she's getting nothing but love & support. I could have lied too, but I choose to take the high route and be truthful! I guess people like lies...She said her account was hacked and had been closed, so how did she just post a video from it? And there is NO such thing as a hack that doesn't change the password...seriously!
wow that is really mean of her.
that kalel chick can gdif. i don't even know who she is and really don't care. no one supports your stupid ass, because no one even knows or cares who you are. people subscribed to you for the drama, that is it. i don't follow aubrey either, but she's been around for a hell of a long time, so there's a lot of people who do like her and care about her. suck a dick, kalel.
i personally love kalel. she's one of the few i really like. she fessed up to the minor lies she told and didn't have to. it's not like what she lied about was a big deal. aubrey on the other hand, while she may not be quite as dishonest as lisaelle and elizabethblair, she still has deceived her younger viewers by not disclosing when she got something for free. example: the coastal scents hd foundation. she got SO many comments from people saying they were going to order it that day after seeing her video. had they known she didn't buy it, they may not have done that. fortunately for her, she posted the video before dec 1 so she didn't HAVE to tell the truth. but, she's not near as bad as some of the others.
makeupbytiffanyd and michele1218 are 2 extremely genuine, honest, gurus. people would have to try pretty hard to find something to complain about with them.
i don't like liars. there's no reason to lie. if you're dishonest once, there's a fantastic chance you'll do it again. i don't even know what she lied about and don't care, because i don't even know who she is. she fessed up because someone obviously caught her in her lies and probably said they'd call her out on it. dumb little girls need to gtfo.
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What is Camille such a hateful person? Let's get started!
You mean why....
She is jealous of everyone. I think she has a major problem.
aprilathena7 is such a fake person. kalel just likes drama and getting attention from people.
all i can see is this Kelel queenbeauty chick is jealous that fainette got all positive attention and she didnt
and then she goes on twitter and makes a fool of herself after all the drama she went though and called her a liar then she quicky deleted those tweets so nobody could see shes really a spiteful jealous attention whore
id like to see a post about her
kalel deleting her tweets calling aubrey a liar is no big deal. all it means is that she didn't want to have to deal with all the aubrey worshipers defending their queen. i agree with kalel. i think aubrey did delete all her videos. whatever though. look at both of them and tell me, do you really think kalel is jealous of aubrey? kalel is gorgeous. aubrey, kind of cute. kind of. that's pushing it.
@7:57 kalel gorgeous? she's your average fake blonde, with an annoying as shit personality. aubrey is annoying as shit too, and completely average also. both are also talentless hacks. they should both delete their videos and their accounts and disappear. hate them.
wait why did kalel call audrey a liar im confused?
and kalel is pretty but shes so average looking like I mean there are tons of pretty blondes left and right they all look the same...blonde hair, tanned skin and they will always look pretty to alot of people
and aubrey is pretty too but again nothing spectacular...just like that "average pretty look" if you know what i mean...nothing that really grabs your eye.
heather123 is gorgeous she has that unique almost supermodel look at times not just that average "meh yeah shes pretty but ive seen it all before"
lol go to youtube and type in "the truth about elle and blair" i just watched a video and the person makes up some stupid excuses for them and also makes fun of this blog owner saying they only have 13 subscribers and something about kaylenscreation
ok queenbeeuty is a two faced beezy.
first she writes a blog about elle and blair about how they lied and stuff and now apparently they are "friends" its so stupid how two faced some people can be
like how queenbeeuty made a big deal about her lies and now that shes done some real shit she cant even address that...like that blog on elle and blair...calling fafinet a lier etc
queenbitch more like it
im so sick of her i didnt even know about the whole fafinettex3 thing and i dont even like fafinettex3 but still what a bitch of queenbeeuty after she went on a long rant about peoplecalling her out for lieing
i watched her latest video and apparently if you are a size 5 you are overweight and you should learn to trick your stomach into thinking its full so you eat less
Anorexia 101 1/2 a bananna is a good meal apparently
ughh im kind of upset about this whole kalel drama. she was quickly turning into one of my favorite gurus and even when she came out with her "liar" video, it never changed my opinion about. but when she deleted her videos.. what did she expect? of course people were going to be rude, but it probably would have been worse if had she waiting for someone to call her out on it. and then this whole shit with aubrey? calling her a liar? sad, i used to really like the girl.
i liked queenbeeuty alot. I really actulay liked that she came out with the truth
but now she blocks anyone who asks her about this Aubrey drama
she is trying to hide it...she must have got that tip from elle and blair...delete and hide it and blcok ppl who ask!
and now she has started to moniter her comments and shes doing the whole "comment pending approval" thing.
she should be exposed for the real 2 faced fake she is
wait...i liked queenbeeuty when did she call fafinettex3 a lier????!! if thats true umm my thoughts are very different about her
HAHA BLAIR SAYS IN HER NEW VIDEO CERTI DRY IS PAYING HER
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