Very generalized title. But, a few things to say, I think. I love social media marketing. I like makeup ..? To be honest, I’m a makeup newbie. I love eye shadow and love lip stuff .. but trying to do a full face .. it never looks good .. But I love to play with it. However .. the beauty community .. honestly scares me .. I don’t know if it’s fair to try to go out in general .. like any niche would scare me, or if it’s fair the beauty community in general. For the most part, the people that I am are nice and kind and I even get responses that are kind. I don’t know if I have the personality for this, you know? But at the same time .. do I just need to give myself time? I had fun with the little Instagram post I did, but with every post I got very anxious. I end up not tagging things because I panic that someone will actually see my post, especially when I really don’t know what I’m doing in the beauty community. It’s funny. But it’s hard work. I posted every few days for a while, but life really took a turn for the worse and I haven’t had a chance to mess with makeup at all. I’m not the type to have to wear makeup when I go out. But then Colourpop got the sale and I bought another safe, and OMG, I’m incredibly excited. I’m a bookworm, love having new books … but … to be honest I feel like I get so much more horny when I have new makeup coming in … this which is weird to me. I’m in my 30s and just really found myself, so maybe this is the direction I want to go and it will just be a little bit of work? So … I guess I’m trying to figure out, how much effort will be worth it? How much effort does it really take to put on makeup on Instagram and find a decent place in the community? I’m not necessarily talking about followers… just… friendships? Is it even a thing? can i just love, dive in and hope to find makeup buddies? Or is it really something that I should expect to have only superficial connections? Is it possible to make a profession out of it? Even if he’s not a crazy super influencer? Does anyone want to share their experience entering the Instagram scene? I often see posts with questions like mine, but I’m not sure if I’ve ever seen someone come back as a newbie to the stage and talk about their experience getting in or trying to get into. the community. Any chatter on the subject is appreciated!
I started a makeup Instagram only about a week ago, so I can’t really give any advice but I can tell you my reasoning.
I recently got back into makeup and I wanted to share my enthusiasm and thoughts. I like photography as well and I wanted a place where I could take photos, edit them, and not worry about posting rules.
I’ve only made like 2 posts and I did get a little rush of anxiety after, because it’s not usual for me to share my work online (where people can anonymously rip it apart if they want to). But yesterday I tagged a small brand and they reshared my story and that was pretty exciting for me.
For me, I want to make sure that this remains something I do for fun, so I need to remember that what I post doesn’t need to be perfect. That’s actually one reason I started it now. I’d been thinking about it for a little while but if I waited until I was a better photographer, better editor, better at applying makeup…I’d never do it.
If you want to do it for your own enjoyment, I say go ahead!
This is just my personal experience, but I used to do makeup on Instagram and found that the amount of effort of pushing myself creatively, psyching myself up to take photos, editing, and posting was too much for me personally. It also heavily affected my mental health because I was constantly comparing my skill to others, and ultimately sort of ruined my passion for makeup.
With that being said, I think if you go into Instagram with the mindset of creating a personal ‘diary’ if you will of your experiences and interests, then it will be less effort, more of just you having fun and trying to connect with others. Keep in mind people have to start somewhere, so don’t be too concerned with not “fitting in” to the community.
You can also look into Influenster if you’re interested in what being an influencer can look like on the occasional basis.
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