The Nail Polish Community & Why Cristine Stopped Nail Blogging - SimplyPodLogical #19

Only half way though - but I can relate so much- I’ve been taken advantage of so much no one wants to pay for work. I’d spend hours and days on editing videos yet people refuse to pay for content. So I opened my own site and now I promote the product I sell and what I FEEL like sharing. No longer working for free 🙌🏻 those brands can go ahead and make their own videos.. they’ll fine it’s not so easy 😊

“I have a lot of past lives” Maybe Cristine is really a cat

Cristine doesn't give herself enough credit for her impact, she literally caused a huge upheaval and trend in the nail, fashion, and makeup community and industry. She literally defined a few years of time with holo.

These unprofessional companies are really lucky that Cristine is too polite to name them. She's far too mature to churn up a bunch of drama.

"wHaT DoeS iT jUSt CoMe OuT OF thE cAmERa wITh A wATeRmaRK?"

the way zyler put his paw on ben's hand because he wanted to be pet... 🥺🥺

These podcasts make me regain the brain cells I lost over quarantine

Can we underline that she did all of this WHILE HAVING A DAY JOB!

It's definitely a struggle to know your value, AND having brands accepting that and not trying to take advantage. The nail blogger union was great back in the day, it helped me realize how much I was being taken advantage of, in a world where brands are very quick to say "we don't have a budget for this but we do want all this free content in this specific way, in exchange for some bottles of nail polish/makeup/whatever". It still happens (I STILL get multiple emails daily asking for professionally edited photos or raw video footage for brands to use for their own advertising in exchange for product lol), and the more people who accept PR as payment, the harder it is for everyone to get fair pricing, so it's really important to realize that you are a tool being used for marketing, and you do have a monetary value, and product isn't payment. Of course that doesn't mean you have to get paid for every single thing you do - for me, I don't get paid for the majority of my content, but it's content that I am sharing of my own will and for the love of polish haha - but don't enter into brand deals or contracts, or do anything you wouldn't have done for free anyway, without working out a fair price.

Bens arms crossed in a “dad manner “ don’t mess with dad

O my gohd I just realized it's taco Tuesday

The drama queen inside of me really wanted them to out the brands that screwed them over and the other nail bloggers who bitched about Cristine on Facebook. But the adult side of me can really appreciate how they didn't mention their names.

You know it’s going to be juicy when Ben pulls out the “ I don’t know if you want to talk about this but ...”

I am so glad Cristine addressed this. I've met a major indie brand owner who talked crap about Cristine and told me stuff other indie brand owners have been saying about her. I'm not going to go into details, but it reflected poorly on this brand owner, not Cristine. I have the impression that some people are jealous and frustrated that Cristine has succeeded as highly as she has. They sacrificed so much to start their nail polish companies and frankly struggle and work super hard for years and haven't seen a fraction of the same success and traction as Cristine. They're envious and spread toxic emotions amongst themselves. They think it's unfair. They don't get how Cristine's success was sparked by her YouTube channel. But to make assumptions and talk crap about Cristine is childish and wrong. I was very disappointed to hear it. I told the person that Cristine was the one who introduced me to indie polish in the first place. If it weren't for her channel, I wouldn't have stumbled upon her brand. Sigh.

Anyone else notice the difference on Cristine's face when talking about the struggle with other brands vs. her face when talking about Holo Taco. It really shows how much she cares for her own brand!

I was so relieved that F.U.N and Cirque and Cristine are on good terms haha

This podcast is so good because there are no tricks and buffoonery, it's just a lighthearted but still honest conversation where I really get to know a couple of creators who I really like and relate to 💙

menchie: Sitting politely in the background and respecting bc shes a good girl meanwhile Zyler is flashing his bitthole to the world and annoying ben :

This whole podcast is basically Cristine saying "idk I liked it so I did it and then I was good at it so people paid me to do it" over and over again haha. I think that is what so many people are missing these days. They don't want to take the time to enjoy and get good at whatever it is they're doing. Everyone wants to jump right to having a huge audience, getting free product, getting paid, and a lot quit after they don't get all of that quickly. People don't understand how much time goes into perfecting a craft and building an audience.

My daughter is obsessed with your neon cat sign! She keeps saying "Kitty!" in my ear, but never seems to be looking when Zyler or Menchie walk by lol Update: She saw Menchie and was appropriately excited :)