*Unsponsored* Temu Makeup Review

Hey everyone, I want to mention that the majority of the comments on this video have been positive and lovely and it warms my heart to know that you watching have a deep understanding of who I am as a person. But I have seen a few comments saying that through this video I am promoting Temu and their unethical business practices, which is a very strong claim and I would like to take a moment and try to explain my perspective and hopefully make myself clear. Firstly, in case I didn’t make it completely clear this video IS NOT sponsored by Temu, it isn’t sponsored by anyone. I did speak to what my motive for doing this review of Temu makeup was in the beginning of the video, but I worry some people skipped my explanation or maybe I didn’t explain it well enough. So I will try again now, because I would feel horrible for anyone to have the wrong idea of why I did this video. Temu is a very popular app, very popular meaning many MANY people shop and spend their hard earned money on the app. People are spending their money on Temu, on products (In My Opinion) that are not that amazing. A lot of times these products being bought are beauty/cosmetic products. I have watched a few Temu makeup reviews on youtube, and I have found a lot of them are sponsored by Temu directly. To be completely transparent with you all, Temu has offered to sponsor my videos MANY times and I have always declined no matter what the $ offer is. I only take sponsorships from brands I genuinely love & believe in. Seeing so many Temu makeup reviews being sponsored led me to wonder if the products really were as good as they seemed in the videos. Which was my motive for making this video, creating an unsponsored Temu makeup review to really show how the products performed for me,, just truly focusing on the products. What I found was that the products DIDN’T perform that well, I would say there was around a 20% success rate on all the pieces, which in my opinion is pretty low. So I thought this video really showed that even if you do not care about the ethics of Temu or the sustainability of Temu, if you just look at the products on their own, even for the low price.. They aren’t that great. I even went on to mention I would link down below cruelty free affordable products I believe in more than the pieces from Temu. I am not the most sustainable person, and I know that about myself but I am making an effort in my everyday life to be cognizant of what and how I do something and how it can affect the world around me. I care about ethical product production.. That is why I always take time in videos to disclose my thoughts on the brands at hand, and try to bring to light the unethical business practices. I do apologize for not touching on that directly in this video, I did make mention in this video that I have spoken about Temu many times in other videos and I have shared my opinion on how unethical/unsustainable I believe it to be but I honestly thought bringing it up in every video may frustrate some of you or even ostracize the people who have chosen that Temu is a brand they enjoy and love to shop on. Because as I said not everyone is worried about ethics and sustainability in their everyday life. At the end of the day everyone has a different check list for products, some only want affordable good products, some people want clean vegan beauty. Everyone is different, and as I have said in many videos major corporations need to be held accountable for creating these pieces, because so much pressure is put on the consumer but I believe if business owners were more forthcoming and transparent we wouldn’t be having these issues. I don’t personally shop on Temu outside of making reviews of products when they are brought to my attention. I felt like an unsponsored Temu makeup review would be useful to bring light to the product's performance. If you are curious about my thoughts on Temu please go watch my other two (not sponsored by Temu) Temu videos where I really get into my thoughts on the brand. I hope that this explanation can help you understand where I was coming from. I will always be genuine and honest about how I feel, and I do apologize if I didn’t explain my motive properly in this video. And if my motive is not justified to you, I am sorry I honestly thought this video would be helpful. Thank you for reading, Love you all so much ❤

As someone with sensitive skin, im terrified of online makeup so PROPS

I haven't even watched this video yet, but i think we should all be thanking Mia for sacrificing her face for us and putting temu makeup products on!!!! I don't think I could ever 😂

For the prices, you would be better off going to the drugstore and getting a known brand that has been vetted properly. Cause these items were honestly quite expensive for a website like Temu and who knows what they put in them! You’re so brave for putting them on your skin haha

she's brave for putting this stuff on her face

Petition to get Mia a roll up/roll down backdrop so she doesn’t have to staple it every time

I would be TERRIFIED to put a Wish/AliExpress/Temu product anywhere near my eyes. You sacrified so much for us <3

As someone who works with customs and receives tumu and shein packages on the daily. They get selected all the time for ingredients and materials used. So please look at all of these things before buying from them. It’s really scary actually.

Let’s take a moment to appreciate Mia for sacrificing her face and her credit card info 😂💖

So excited to announce that the “Charity Bag Fundraisers” final numbers are in! All together with 100% of the sales from the charity bag sticker sheet & digital downloads along with me matching the donations done on the youtube fundraiser… Together we raised $16,514 CAD for Doctors without Borders!!! I can’t believe it!! It makes my heart so full to be able to be a part of this, seriously a dream come true to do this fundraiser! This definitely will not be the last of them! I can only imagine the good work this money will do in the world through Doctors without Borders. Thank you to all of you for watching & to the ones who were able to donate during the fundraiser thank you so much for participating! Love you all so much 💗

Personally I love seeing the background of the room with all the cute decorations! It's like getting to see your personality in the things you or collect each video!❤

petition for mia to make more thrifting videos!!! they're just super fun!!!

While I do not buy from TEMU for...reasons, still I enjoy seeing brutally honest, not sponsored by, but still fun to watch, this type of content from creators like Mia.

“I’m getting too old for this” as she doesn’t use the paint thinner eyeliner is such a mood! No more risky business for me

Thank you Mia for testing these out! On that note, please please everyone don't shop at Temu! They're the Shein of objects, we have no idea how safe the products are for your skin but we know that they're made of lots of plastic and create tons of environmental waste. Plus the workers are underpaid and work under really really bad conditions

I so appreciate how you link affordable cruelty free/vegan products! Companies like temu are so frustrating but you always make sure to put blame on companies and not consumers. You make changing shopping habits approachable!

Mia has now become like the cousin who lives in your city and whom you start to miss if you don’t see them once a week

PSA: That eyeliner applicator she was kind of scared of can actually be used as an accessibility tool. Temu's is probably not the best quality but Selma Blair sells a similarly shaped item for eyeliner application!

Would love to see some clothing, home or makeup reviews on some “sustainable” forward brands. Girlfriend collective, West elm, linen naive…. Would be good to know if the stuff is worth it! Thanks Mia for always being open to helping us learn more about products available.

The "period" after putting the temporary tattoo on had me creasing, love you Mia