Deandra posted a reel using the "POV" trend on instagram. She wrote "POV you only buy indie makeup", but then in the caption of the video she stated that all the make up featured was PR. Which was an odd choice imo. Then she had a weird exchange with a commenter who pointed this out and Deandra broadcasted her on stories as a hater. See accompanying images.
And now today she went on a rant on her stories about how people always start to hate on influencers after they get PR and about how getting PR is so important for her content and how that benefits us, the viewer and how she's never gonna change…etc.
Tbh, I'm just a little baffled by everything. Imo it feels like such a massive stretch to say that someone pointing out an odd choice that misrepresented the makeup as bought, even though it was clarified as PR in the caption, is hater behaviour coming from people that don't want to see her succeed. I honestly think that the whole thing could have been settled less defensively. I understand the desire to participate in the trend, but like saying "use" instead of "buy" would have erased this whole thing. I doubt it was that deep from the commenter, but the situation intrigued me enough to post about it here because Deandra's POV has changed as she's gained influence in the indie space as she's no longer a purchaser, but a user. And I think coming to terms with that is when a lot of growing influencers start to think every piece of criticism is hate. Because I'm not hating on her, I'm a genuine fan of her content and idgaf if its PR, sponsored, etc, I like the content. I just honestly think it was a weird word choice and not being able to express that to a creator without being labelled a hater is how we get Jackie Ainas, and nobody wants that. Also, I know she's a lurker so, hey queen!
by Particular_Chain1691
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Um who is this 💀