Victoria Beckham whips her mane into a towel and dons a silk robe to tease Instagram takeover for Pride… as she proudly shows of Harper’s Black Lives Matter homework
Victoria Beckham teased an Instagram takeover for Pride month on Wednesday.
The Spice Girl, 46, posted a snap wearing a silk robe and her locks whipped up in a towel.
Takeover: Victoria Beckham teased an Instagram takeover for Pride month on Wednesday as she posted a snap wearing a silk robe and her locks whipped up in a towel
The fashion designer also shared a snap of her daughter Harper’s homework, about Black Lives Matter.
In the work, the eight-year-old had drawn two hands holding onto each other, writing on it that ‘we can do better’.
She wrote: ‘Both girls, both 12, both born in the UK.’
She then listed the ‘names society has given us’, writing ‘smart, wealthy, pretty’ next to the white-skinned hand, and ‘poor, dumb, ugly’ next to the black-skinned hand.
‘Kisses from a proud mummy!’ The fashion designer also shared a snap of her daughter Harper’s homework, about Black Lives Matter
‘Do you think this feels fair?’ she demanded in another caption.
Victoria proudly wrote: ‘Harper Seven’s homework. Kisses from a proud mummy!’
The little girl seems to also be making her dad David proud too – donning football boots for a kickabout on Monday.
David, 45, shared the sweet snaps of his daughter on Instagram, captioning them: ‘Bend it like Harper (Beckham).’
Taking after her father: Harper donned a pair of bright football boots for a kickabout on Monday+8
‘Bend it like (Harper) Beckham!’ David uploaded the sweet snaps showing Harper playing football on a greeen turf
The photos showed Harper, wearing an Adidas top and leggings, putting on her boots before she took to the pitch.
Eagle-eyed followers also spotted a nod to Harper’s Spice Girl mother Victoria.
The youngster wore a bracelet with letters which read ‘girl power’, a phrase associated with the 1990s girl band.
The sweet post comes after Victoria revealed that Harper is copying her signature style as she posed in a pair of her over-sized sunglasses in an adorable Instagram snap on Saturday.
The singer and fashionista uploaded the picture showing Harper doing a sassy pose in oversized brown tortoiseshell sunglasses for her 28.3million followers.
She posted the sweet snap alongside the caption: ‘Happy weekend! Playing dress up in Mummy’s sunglasses.’
Not forgetting mum: Harper also had a nod to her Spice Girl mother with a ‘Girl Power’ bracelet
Adorable: Victoria Beckham, 46, revealed that her daughter, Harper, eight, is also getting back into the spirit as she posed in a pair of her mother’s oversized sunglasses on Saturday
Giving further insights into life in Beckham lockdown, on Tuesday Victoria took to her Instagram Stories, to share a hilarious note penned by wrote showing she wasn’t too impressed with having to return to school.
The note read: ‘I do not like school. Can I do art instead?’
Uploading the message, which was written in neon pink on a magnetic glass board, the singer-turned-designer added the caption: ‘Note from Harper.’
Happy weekend: She posted the sweet snap alongside the caption: ‘Happy weekend! Playing dress up in Mummy’s sunglasses’
Express yourself: Victoria recently revealed that Harper was far from impressed with her school lessons on Tuesday, as she left the star a sassy note
Where art thou: Taking to her Instagram Stories on Tuesday, the former Spice Girl shared the handwritten note in question, which read, ‘I do not like school. Can I do art instead’
Also on Tuesday, the star shared a video of herself dancing on a sun-drenched deck with her son Cruz as she donned a pair of short shorts and a baseball cap.
Captioning the fun-filled clip, she wrote: ‘Golden hour ✨ exciting launch coming tomorrow @victoriabeckhambeauty #VBBGoldenHour.’
Victoria has been settling back into a new schedule this week, as she returned to work at her clothing store on London’s upscale Dover Street.
Florida rapper Rod Wave totaled his new Corvette, but he is grateful that he didn’t go with it.
Every day above ground is a good day, and rapper Rod Wave has a newfound appreciation for that sentiment after flying very close to the sun. Rod Wave, who is most popularly known for his single “Heart On Ice,” which went viral on YouTube after its release in May 2019, was the proud owner of a Chevrolet Corvette that is now wrecked.
Details surrounding the incident are scarce but the rapper did take to social media to share a piece of the news, thankful for life, of course. Alongside a photo of the wreckage that is the white sports car, Rod Wave wrote, “Hurt me to my heart the way our love ended,” he said. “Never know what you got till it’s gone it’s cool doe just gone get me badder b*tch still here doe thank god.”
Yo Gotti, who just upgraded his fleet with a series of custom-painted luxury vehicles for his birthday, commented on the post with the prayer hands emoji. Atlanta rapper Trouble also commented, “BIG GOD got u kovered my Boy! Whips replaceaBle our lives aint #ThugLuv.” Warner Records artist Shordie Shordie also took a tip from the accident writing, “n***as keep telling me stop going crazy dis definitely taugHt me sme.”
Rod Wave recently celebrated the release of his sophomore LP Pray 4 Love, which peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 in its first week on the chart. Eight of the titles from that project charted on the Hot 100. According to Billboard, he is one of only 10 artists who have earned that many entries since the start of the year.
The “Heart On Ice” rapper has a performance coming up at a Car Show & Concert in Florida on July 4th. Do you think that event will be nostalgic for him having just lost his Vette?
Denise Bidot and Lil Wayne finally took their relationship public after rumors swirled that they were dating! Now that the couple is Instagram official, here are five things you should know about Denise!
Despite a worldwide pandemic,Lil Wayne has managed to find a new love in his life and her name is Denise Bidot! The stunning model, 34, and rapper, 37, made their relationship Instagram official on June 22, after Lil Wayne snapped a stunning photo of Denise wearing a tie-dye string bikini and making a kissing face while enjoying the cold water of a pool. The “Lollipop” rapper simply captioned the image “All” with an ellipses, leaving his fans to fill in the blanks. Here are five things you need to know about Denise Bidot!
1) She’s a professional plus-size model. Denise’s big break through came in 2014 when she was the first plus-size model to hit the catwalk for New York Fashion Week, walking for CHROMAT and Serena Williams‘ HSN fashion line! Since then, she’s worked with Nordstrom, Forever 21, Old Navy, Macy’s, Lane Bryant and more. During her shoot with Lane Bryant, where she posed up in a two-piece bathing suit, Denise proudly showed off her stretch marks in an untouched photo, making the image go viral in the hours after it was made public. She’s currently represented by CAA in both NYC and LA.
2) She’s appeared in TV and film. Denise might be thinking about pivoting to acting, because she already has quite the filmography to back her up. In 2011, Denise made her first appearance on the reality TV series Curvy Girls for one episode, and later appeared in the 2013 TV movie Habla Women as herself. She’s also appeared on the TV show Fashion Police in 2017 and later that year appeared alongside Danielle Brooks and Christian Siriano in the documentary Straight/Curve: Redefining Body Image.
3) Denise is the creator of “There Is No Wrong Way To Be A Woman.” In the summer of 2016, Denise launched “The No Wrong Way Movement,” inspiring everyone to feel beautiful in their skin. “While the world around us may try to force us into specific categories in order to measure up to a certain definition of beauty, I say I’m in a category all my own,” Denise shares on the official website. “My movement is all about inspiring others to love themselves exactly as they are because our differences are what make us perfect. If we are sincerely ourselves without apology, there’s no way we can go wrong.”
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4) She perviously confirmed her relationship with Lil Wayne. Denise took to her Instagram story on June 15 to make it official with her new beau. “Somehow in the middle of all the madness, something special happened. Us,” she captioned a pair of PDA pics her and the rapper on her Instagram story. As of now, Denise is the only person that Lil Wayne is following on Instagram!
5) She has a daughter. Denise hails from Miami, FL, and is of Puerto Rican and Kuwaiti descent. She has a 12-year-old daughter named Joselyn from a previous relationship who she credits as being the impetus behind Denise’s self-love/ body image movement.
Instagram Influencer who made £1m at 15 ‘filmed herself and sunset’ before fatal crash
By Abigail O’Leary
A social media influencer who made her first £1million at the age of 15 reportedly filmed herself and the sunset before a fatal motorbike crash.
Russian Anastasia Tropitsel, 18, suffered head injuries when she crashed her Kawasaki on the Indonesian island of Bali.
Her boyfriend Viktor Maydanovich, 30, who was on a bike next to her, said she began to “wobble” at around 60 mph and lost control, colliding with a roadside fence.
The viral blogger was reportedly filming herself in the mirror of the bike and also capturing the sunset just before the tragedy, according to Gold Coast Bulletin.
Anastasia had been a blogger since the age of 12 and boasted how she “became a millionaire at 15” from her successful internet presence.
Anastasia had been a blogger since the age of 12 and boasted how she “became a millionaire at 15”
She told her million-plus young followers: “I inspire you to do what you can’t.
“I grow your wings and send you to go freelance.”
Tropitsel – real name Anastasia Zubrina – died soon after buying the new Kawasaki Ninja 250 motorbike and immediately following a public row with her doctor father who warned her that her online success story was turning to failure.
She had stayed in Bali for lockdown after a trip to the island to boost her Instagram.
“Your business is collapsing,” he said.
She was enraged when he told her: “Your team is just having fun at your expense. You do not finish your new projects….
“It is not pleasant to listen to this, but I hope it will be useful.
Anastasia Tropitsel had a huge Instagram followingAnastasia Tropitsel was on a trip to Bali when she crashed while riding with her boyfriend
“You have only fun in mind.
“If it wasn’t for your mother, you would have been left without your pants long ago.
“You have to hold on to your mind and start working if you want to live well.”
He claimed her boyfriend Maydanovich “pulls you down” and told her: “Start working if you want to live well.”
She accused her father of “burning” her emotionally and betraying her.
Her blog urged her followers to overcome fear by immersing themselves in whatever causes fear.
Her boyfriend, from Ukraine,posted: “My beloved girl is not with us.
“Please, my friends, say your last farewell to her with your good thoughts and meditations. It is very important.
“(Anastasia) was moving at a speed of 80-100 kilometres per hour along a major road, where everybody goes at such a speed.
Standing up for herself. When an Instagram user doubted Bethenny Frankel‘s skills and abilities as a chef, the Real Housewives of New York City alum didn’t let the dig go unnoticed.Celebrity Health Scares
It all began on Monday, June 22, when Frankel, 49, introduced her new line of preserves in an Instagram post. “I’m so excited to share my newest @skinnygirlbrand product with you – #Skinnygirl preserves!” she gushed. “There are 5 flavors that are completely sugar free — seriously, you won’t believe it they’re SO good.”
The reality star added: “As a natural foods chef, I love to create healthy alternatives that are delicious AND affordable. Right now, they’re on the shelves at @publix and soon they’ll be online, as well! #staytuned. I can’t wait for you to try these in all 5 flavors! ?????.”
Though the Skinnygirl founder actually got her start as a natural foods chef prior to her reality TV days, this was apparently news to one social media follower. “Bethany. When did you become a chef? In your small NY apartment you used your kitchen for storage. Right?” the naysayer recalled. “Branding and promoting is always a great business practice but please stay true to your authentic self because you are fabulous just being you!!!”Inside Stars’ Meticulously Organized Fridges and Pantries
Frankel kept her retort short and sweet, simply writing back: “Wrong girl.”
The commenter then claimed she confused the New York native for someone else and noted she’s a fan of Frankel’s.
While this jab may have been a mix-up, it’s hardly the first time the Bethenny Ever After alum has had to defend herself, especially in situations involving food.
In May 2019, a fan called her out for eating a seafood tower on an episode of RHONY despite the fact that she suffers from a potentially fatal fish allergy. “I am deathly allergic to fish not shellfish but I have since stopped shellfish because of cross contamination,” she explained of her choice at the time.Real Housewives in the Restaurant Business
The BStrong founder was on the defensive yet again in February 2019 when multiple Instagram users criticized her thin frame. After she posted a video of herself tearing into an ice cream sundae, Frankel preempted trolls by writing on her Instagram Stories: “Yeah I’m skinny. So tell me to eat a burger or that I’m gonna throw it up #f–koff.”
Cher, who appeared on series seven of The X Factor back in 2010, posted a series of sweet photos of her daughter and husband Craig Monk together.
In a rare personal post, the singer celebrated Father’s Day on Sunday (June 21) by wishing her partner a “Happy Father’s Day” on Instagram. “Delilah-Rae loves her Daddy, and so do I,” she added.
Cher married her partner Craig in 2013, and the pair welcomed Delilah-Rae in 2018.
“They gave me a few suggestions but it was just a crazy thing to ask,” she said. “Sadly it still happens. That’s still happening in this day and age — that it’s still OK to try to make a young girl do something like that.”
The X Factor star insisted that she “was never going to be that girl”, calling publicity stunts “messy”. And although she’s now happily married, Lloyd also admitted that her relationship with a “normal guy” angered label bosses at the time.
“You can’t help who you fall for,” she insisted. “I’m sorry to big music heads that I didn’t marry a very successful celebrity to make money for them.”
How To Promote A Spotify Playlist Using Instagram Stories Ads
Brian Hazard of the project Color Theory shares how he recently saw some promotional success with his Spotify playlist by utilizing a classic industry technique: paying for advertising – in this case Instagram Stories ads.
If you were wondering how I found your work, it was through Spotify. I was looking for vocal synthwave playlists. Yours had the most followers and I really enjoyed the first song.
My Spotify playlist is getting a lot of action lately. Not because the search algorithm starting picking up on it, or because it went viral on Reddit. No, I’m growing it the old-fashioned way: by paying for it.
On March 10, it had 1079 followers. As I write this on March 19, it has 3124 followers. That’s 2K followers in two months, for a total of $378.46 in ad spend (click to enlarge).
I learned a lot in those two months, and I’m paying much less per follower now than I was at the beginning. More on that later!
The benefits of owning a popular Spotify playlist
Owning one of the top playlists in your genre offers several advantages:
Strangers are more willing to check out a playlist than a song, album, or artist profile.
You can promote your entire scene instead of just pushing your own stuff.
You can trade placements on other artists’ playlists.
You can place your name (in the description), likeness (in the cover art), and music alongside the biggest names in your genre.
A high follower count legitimizes the playlist and generates more streams due to its perceived authority.
A high follower count attracts higher quality submissions on SubmitHub.
Convinced yet? Here’s how I did it…
How I created my Instagram Stories ads
Instagram Stories ads are 15-second videos with a 9×16 aspect ratio, essentially 1080p flipped sideways. iMovie can’t do it, but it’s a breeze with ScreenFlow.
ScreenFlow is also great for making square videos, which take up more screen real estate on social media. I’m using a really old version that I bought years ago for screen capture, but it still does everything I need.
I’m hyping ScreenFlow so much, I may as well become an affiliate… done! If you want to try it out while supporting the site, click on the banner below:
Note that it’s Mac only. If you know of any good Windows alternatives, please share them in the comments!
I just add my assets to the sidebar, drag them to the video window and/or timeline, resize them to 15 seconds, add text and “effects” (mostly just fades), and export using the following settings:
I’m sure that’s way overkill video-wise, but I love that it encodes audio at 320 kbps!
My winningest Spotify playlist ads
Here’s a playlist with 4 of the 24 ads I’ve tested so far. Remember that Instagram also includes a call to action (“Listen Now”) at the bottom of the screen, with a caret telling the user to swipe up.
FRAME DJ was a huge help in coming up with ideas. He noticed that “scrolling through the playlist” ads like the first were being used to build massive EDM playlists.
He also came up with “imagine the warmth of 80s synth music.” I was skeptical at first, but it outperformed the others at the time.
I’m quite proud of “it’s always midnight somewhere,” featuring the music of The Midnight. Clever, huh?
Still, I was glad that “bask in the neon glow of an 80s that never existed” performed just as well using my own music.
Facebook Ad Library is a helpful resource. There are several expensive courses on Spotify promotion that center around Instagram Stories ads. Rather than pay for them, I just looked up the relevant artists’ ads for inspiration.
Test, test, test! I can’t stress this enough. Try different songs, background images, copy, fonts, timing, you name it! Don’t forget to test which 15 seconds of your track converts best, rather than just starting at the top of the chorus.
I test each ad by letting it run solo for two days, ideally two weekdays because weekends may perform differently.
Remember that followers are the goal, not clicks. Every morning I write down my follower count and track the increase from the previous day. It should scale with clicks, but if it doesn’t, your ad may be confusing users.
I place the song from my ad, typically my own, in the top slot of the playlist so people recognize it immediately and know they’ve come to the right place. Sure, it’s self-serving, but not entirely selfish!
Setting up my Instagram Stories ads
I won’t walk through every step in the ad creation process, because yawn. The campaign objective is traffic, and the sole placement is Instagram Stories.
I mostly targeted US, UK, Canada, New Zealand, and Australia. Once I launched my free CD campaign, which I’ll write about soon, I restricted my targeting to US-only, where I charge $5 to ship a CD rather than $15 internationally.
Eventually I opened it up to Mexico and Brazil, where I’m getting clicks for $0.04, versus $0.11 in the US. The lower cost per follower is offset by a lower payout per stream.
Ultimately I settled on splitting my geographic targeting into two ad groups at $2.50 each per day: US, and Mexico/Brazil. If I kept them in the same ad group, the latter would eat up the vast majority of my budget.
I’m getting about 50 new followers a day, so $0.10 per follower if we attribute all growth to the ads. That assumes that organic growth is canceled out by unfollows.
Interest targeting no more
You may have noticed that I mentioned where I’m targeting, but not who I’m targeting.
That’s because I already spent a few hundred bucks to build a lookalike audience of 75% video viewers — yet another topic for a future post! I know I previously said that lookalike audiences don’t work, but it turns out I was doing it wrong.
You’ll likely need to use interest targeting, in the form of “artists I sound like” or “my genre” plus Spotify. Remember, you want to narrow the audience using Spotify as an additional interest.
Hopefully, there are targetable artists that you sound like, or genres your music fits into cleanly. I’m not so lucky, which is why it cost so much to create that lookalike from mostly non-music-related interests.
Deep Linking with URLgenius
Let’s swap places with our potential fan for a moment. Imagine you see an ad for a cool playlist, swipe up, and are greeted with this screen:
“Wait, don’t I already have the Spotify app?,” you wonder. Yes, you do, and clicking the “download app” button will open it.
We want to avoid this confusion at all costs. The solution? URLgenius.
URLgenius creates deep links that bypass the download prompt and open the relevant app directly.
The first 1000 clicks are free. After that, it’s a penny per click. In this case, a penny spent is more than a penny saved in cost per follower!
Here’s a URLgenius link to my playlist. Now you owe me a penny.
My Spotify playlist results
Do people actually listen to my playlist? Indeed they do!
Here’s my Spotify for Artists data for the top slotted track (click to enlarge):
I’ve got another track in the middle of the playlist, which only generated 436 plays over the same period.
If I consider my playlist campaign only in terms of my two songs, that’s 2K streams for $174. That’s not terrible relative to what you’d pay for Spotify PR, and I know the streams are legit!
SubmitHub to the rescue
When my playlist hit 2K followers, I made the mistake of announcing it on social media. Suddenly I was receiving submissions from every corner of the internet.
Most obviously didn’t fit, because they didn’t have vocals, or weren’t even close to synthwave. Some artists sent me full albums, or worse, directed me to their Spotify profile, expecting me to scour it for any appropriate tracks. It got to be too much, so I turned to SubmitHub:
If you’re unfamiliar with SubmitHub, you can read all about it in last month’s article. It’s a platform where curators of all stripes screen and manage submissions from artists, labels, and publicists.
I’ve always pushed back against claims that SubmitHub was payola and that curators were somehow scamming artists, but now it’s obvious how off-base those accusations are.
Once I worked through 200 submissions I was allowed to raise my price to two premium credits. Now I get $1 out of every $2 submission.
I’m currently receiving 15 submissions per day on average, making $20 per hour while falling behind on mastering and production work that pays far better.
SubmitHub is no get rich scheme.
Keep in mind that the vast majority of curators only charge a single premium credit, which is $10 per hour at my pace.
It has its perks though! Curators can purchase credits at a 50% discount. 45 minutes per day of my time covers both the cost of my playlist ads and my own artist submissions.
Feel free to submit your track to me if it has 1) great vocals (not just vocoder), 2) obvious 80s elements, 3) traditional pop structure, and 4) a synth-driven arrangement. You wouldn’t believe how many people send me instrumentals!
Spotify playlists conclusion
I think that covers the entire ecosystem!
What do you think? Is playlist promotion a viable substitute for artist promotion, at least on Spotify?
It’s definitely a ton of work, but I take pride in my playlist, and genuinely enjoy listening to it. It’s nice to be in a position where I can help other artists, rather than feeling like we’re all competing in a zero-sum contest. I suppose that goes for this blog too.
Do you curate a Spotify playlist? Have you tried Instagram Stories ads? Let’s swap strategies in the comments!
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Brian Hazard is a recording artist with over twenty years of experience promoting eleven Color Theory albums, and head mastering engineer and owner of Resonance Mastering in Huntington Beach, California.
His Passive Promotion blog emphasizes “set it and forget it” methods of music promotion
Instagram models and other social media influencers are all starting to look the same. Known as the “Instagram Face,” the selfie-ready mug is a common look for many female celebrities. It also includes the kinds of features that many cosmetic surgery clients ask for in their appointments. What is the “Instagram Face,” and who has it?
‘Instagram Face’ is on the rise; what does it look like?
Emily Ratajkowski in 2019 | gotpap/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images
What is the definition of the Instagram face? Per writer Jia Tolentino in the New Yorker, it’s “a single, cyborgian face.” She continues:
It’s a young face, of course, with poreless skin and plump, high cheekbones … It looks at you coyly but blankly, as if its owner has taken half a Klonopin and is considering asking you for a private-jet ride to Coachella.
Tolentino continued that while the Instagram face is “distinctly white,” it’s also “ambiguously ethnic.”
A top plastic surgeon, Dr. Demetri Arnaoutakis talked to Showbiz Cheat Sheet about the concept of “Instagram face,” too.
“We’re now seeing uplifted eyes that appear ‘catlike,’ the lips are pouty, and the eyelashes are overly long,” he said. “Plus, the person’s foreheads are typically wrinkle-free.”
The popularity of social media is releasing the “taboo” of plastic surgery and Botox
In search of the social-media-approved face, many wanna-be models are already perfecting their Instagram posts with filters and apps.
“Art directors at magazines have long edited photos of celebrities to better match unrealistic beauty standards; now you can do that to pictures of yourself with just a few taps on your phone,” Tolentino explained. Apps like FaceTune make blemishes a thing of the past. One make-up artist told Tolentino:
“I think ninety-five percent of the most-followed people on Instagram use FaceTune, easily. And I would say that ninety-five percent of these people have also had some sort of cosmetic procedure.”
Kim Kardashian West and Kylie Jenner at the 2020 Vanity Fair Oscar Party in February 2020 | Taylor Hill/FilmMagic
This is why, as he explained, plastic surgery is also getting “trendy—like, everyone’s getting brow lifts via Botox now.”
“Social media has played a huge role in the rise of cosmetic procedures,” Arnaoutakis agreed. He went on to explain why that mattered:
We have access to our favorite celebrity or influencer 24/7 now. And more importantly, a lot of them are open about which treatments they undergo. This has removed the taboo label from undergoing plastic surgery and has made it more commonplace to undergo certain procedures.
Plastic surgeons reveal which celebrities have ‘Instagram face’: the Kardashians, the Hadid sisters, etc.
So, which celebs have the face everyone seems to want so bad?
“When you look at Kim, Megan Fox, Lucy Liu, Halle Berry, you’ll find elements in common,” a Beverly Hills plastic surgeon told Tolentino in the New Yorker. “the high contoured cheekbones, the strong projected chin, the flat platform underneath the chin that makes a ninety-degree angle.”
Tolentino also wrote that the Instagram face “suggests a National Geographic composite illustrating what Americans will look like in 2050.” Well, that is: “if every American of the future were to be a direct descendant of Kim Kardashian West, Bella Hadid, Emily Ratajkowski, and Kendall Jenner (who looks exactly like Emily Ratajkowski).”
Cosmetic surgeons report that the Instagram face features — “high arched brows with Botox like Kylie Jenner or high cheekbones like supermodel Bella Hadid” — are super in right now.
Still, one celebrity, in particular, stood out as the most-requested face at cosmetic surgery clinics.
Bella Hadid, Kendall Jenner, and Gigi Hadid in 2015 | Kevin Tachman/amfAR15/WireImage
“I’d say that thirty percent of people come in bringing a photo of Kim, or someone like Kim,” the surgeon explained to Tolentino. “She’s at the very top of the list, and understandably so.”
Arnaoutakis advised anyone interested in a potential procedure “to seek out an expert in the procedure they are considering having done.” Not to mention, hit the breaks on social media use, when you need to.
“There can be heavy psychological impacts from Instagram, as well. It is such a visual platform with a variety of filters that may, unfortunately, mislead our teenage population,” the doctor said.
You can’t trust everything you see on the Internet.
An influencer from Amsterdam is showing off how camera angles and good lighting can significantly alter how good (or bad) someone looks in a photo. Based on the number of followers she has, it seems that social media appreciates the honesty.
Rianne Meijer has been posting the images to her Instagram account, which has about 678,000 followers. While her account includes a variety of images, including shots from her daily life and even some conventionally posed photos, she regularly includes photos that reveal the truth behind glamor shots.
Many of her photos are actually composites of two photos, placed next to each other. One will show a photo that would normally appear on a typical influencer’s page. These shots are well lit and have perfect angles.
While she’s getting attention for her work now, she’s been doing it since at least 2019. At that time, she said she wanted to show that photos from influencers aren’t ever really real, MSN reports.
According to the news outlet, she also said that she’s found her voice through this project and that she’s building a community around a positive message.
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