tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487941295546481635.post1364812997799273008..comments2024-03-21T05:20:47.632-07:00Comments on The Beauty of Life: Beauty Bloggers Seething Over NY Times ArticleJamiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00737031559300484585noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487941295546481635.post-66387695991797113222008-02-01T18:43:00.000-08:002008-02-01T18:43:00.000-08:00Thank you so much for sharing this.Thank you so much for sharing this.Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01064237975558651272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487941295546481635.post-62024738543220528862008-02-01T15:00:00.000-08:002008-02-01T15:00:00.000-08:00You're right, we're product junkies and that's wha...You're right, we're product junkies and that's what keeps us going! I pretty much said the same thing in my post - we wouldn't be doing this if we didn't love it.Hennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09324420832640414117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487941295546481635.post-46869189894575234622008-02-01T07:08:00.000-08:002008-02-01T07:08:00.000-08:00To start: I really love your blog - and don't read...To start: I really love your blog - and don't read the ones you linked.<BR/><BR/>That said, as a former journalist/magazine editor, I *assumed* everyone knew that many beauty blogs shill for free products. When someone is "paid" (gifts or otherwise) to write about a product, then their tone and voice changes (I should know - most magazines keep advertising/editorial separate - some don't - like where I worked, but almost nowhere has the writer doing advertising/promotion). I would much rather a blogger say something like, "FunBeautyCompany sent me a new doo-whacky" to try."<BR/><BR/>Further, the "shill" is pretty obvious when almost every blog carries a review of the same product in about the same week or same span of two or three weeks. However, I still take the recommendations - I trust bloggers not to lie about products (or, as they said in the article, to blog only the good ones).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487941295546481635.post-7549009220413386192008-01-31T14:01:00.000-08:002008-01-31T14:01:00.000-08:00Thanks for posting and defending beauty bloggers e...Thanks for posting and defending beauty bloggers everywhere! It's unfortunate that this article ended up being so lopsided in its portrayal of bloggers.Christina H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06310529047471316014noreply@blogger.com