April 29, 2025

What’s Your Best Interaction with a Beauty Guru, Influencer, or Creator?

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One thing I’ve always find challenging about blogging was keeping up with comments, e-mails, and private messages. It can be a little overwhelming sometimes as I want to be there for everyone and I want to answer everyone but sometimes I can’t. But I try hard to get back to everyone and do my best to interact as much as I can because not only do I appreciate it when someone takes time to like my content, say hello, or to have a little quick chat with me in the comment box but also, because I enjoy it. I don’t think of any of you as fans of followers but more my online friends and family. I’m not the biggest creator around but I have a good deal of interactions with people who enjoy my content and I love it. Just last week I was chatting with someone for an hour on Instagram and it was so nice getting to know the person beyond mere likes and small comments here and there.

One thing I’ll never understand are celebs, influencers, creators, etc…that completely fail to interact. Hey, when you have 100 million followers it can be hard to interact personally with everyone however, I do wish there was a little more interaction. And I think in the case of beauty gurus, Tiktokers, etc..they do have the ability to be a bit more interactive but just don’t bother for some reason.

Here are some interactions I’ve had that are pretty awesome.

Barry Brandon aka thequeerindigo
If you want stunning Instagram reels thequeerindigo is here for that. He’s also here to reply to your comments and be sweetly chatty in dms with you! Every interaction I’ve had with Barry has always been flawless. He’s just a humble glamourous person. I never thought I’d use humble and glam in the same sentence but that’s exactly the best way to describe him!

The Pasta Queen
During the pandemic the Pasta Queen was such a comfort watch for me (she still is for me) and she was absolutely one of the sweetest people to talk with one on one or via her comments. She never failed to slip into my dms and reply to me or interact in the comments. And to this day, after gaining many followers, she’s still one really awesome with her followers.

Donovan
Such a humble and kind man. He not only followed me on Twitter but at a concert I attended with a meet and greet he literally recognized me from Twitter. Truly a Sunshine Superman.

Sah.Van.Girl
A lovely lady living her best life in a van with her husband and just over there making feel good Tiktoks about her simple daily days. She never speaks in her videos and we just get a privy of food she makes, her daily jogs, and small little bits of her life living in a van. One thing she never forgets is to interact with her followers. She’s sweet, kind, quick to reply, and appreciates you joking around with her. She reminds me there are creators on Tiktokers that aren’t toxic.

Funmimonet
A top notch Tiktoker that’s a joy to watch as she grows bigger and bigger daily. I found out via DM one day she followed by blog back in the day and it was a surprise and delight to hear. She’s always super interactive, very sweet, and totally unapologetic about loving fragrance.

Experiment Beauty and Founder Emmy Ketcham
Not an influencer really but Experiment Beauty is always super interactive with their fans. I find this very rare with beauty brands but Experiment is always really super interactive, quick to joke with people in comments, and just an overall unproblematic brand. The founder, Emmy, is just as amazing. She’s always been very supportive of content I’ve done, always quick to dm and thank me, and just a joy to talk to. I found out she was also an old school reader of the blog and I really felt all kinds of flattered she knew who I was.

Thai Actors
If you need fan serving Thai boys are here for you. They’ll repost, like, comment, and slip into your dms to send you a quick heart or a thank you. I started rewatching dramas recently and enjoying new ones lately and of course, like any weirdo fan girl I’m tagging my favs and most of them are so not shy about replying back to me when I do or to watch my stories and like my content. When it comes to interaction they understand the assignment. I think they are just genuinely appreciative of you being a fan and all of them are green flags for being such sports with giddy fan girls. It’s rather wild as celebrities here in the US would never. Bar none the interactions I’ve had with them would be the best I’ve had online. And if you take time out to watch some of their fan event interactions it’s pretty crazy. They are seeing hundred of fans daily during tours and they are just not exhausted by it (They probably are but you’d never be able to tell with the permanent smile on their face!). Fans can be a bit overwhelming during some interactions and asking them to act out something on demand and they do it all with a smile. I saw a Tiktok of one of a girl asking Nouel to act like she was his ex girlfriend and he did it. That’s beyond weird to me (And def steps over boundaries for me personally) but he happily did it for her. Bonus points for Chinese Actors! Simon Lian in particular is such a doll and always patiently replies to me. Extra bonus points to Perth Nakhun Screaigh who has his own youTube channel with very interesting content about the industry and just his nerdiness (although, listening to him speak Thai in a drama is hard on my ears LOL because the Australian accent somehow seems to still come through! ) Very down to earth dude that’s quick to interact with his fans.

Lindsey Kelk
Author, friend, and just an overall amazing person. Lindsey is the type of person that loves what she does and appreciates the people who love it too. She’s always quick to interact with her readers and has always been supportive of me and this blog.

Tarababyz
I’m not really a youTube type of girl but I always make time to watch Tara’s content. She’s always very good with interacting with her following, has always been lovely to reply to me, and just really a humble and interesting makeup lover.

How about you? Who are some of your fav content creators, beauty gurus, or youTubers who have interacted with you on a personal level that you appreciate? Who are some that may have disappointed you with their lack of replies or interaction?

Do share!

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About the Muse

Isabella MuseIsabella is just an average everyday geeky girl who doesn’t blend her eyeshadow correctly, wears too much blush, and hopes she never finds her holy grail products because she likes the thrill of the chase so much. Her mission is to bring you super honest reviews on makeup, skincare, fragrance and all things beauty. She’s in no way an expert on the topic and she sure as hell isn’t a super model. But she’s passionate about makeup and is seeking like-minded individuals that like pina coladas, getting caught in the rain, and ones that enjoy spending hundreds of dollars at Sephora without feeling buyer’s remorse. If you’re that person feel free to reach out and leave a comment or follow me on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Bloglovin‘.

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  • Dee

    You do a great job of replying to comments considering this is blog is not your full-time job. I read your blog every single day and love it. I also love that Donovan knows you! His songs just make you feel so good inside.

    I don’t watch a lot of “beauty gurus” on youtube anymore. There are two I still watch. Mandy Davis is one and she ALWAYS replies to comments. I was traveling for a few weeks and came home to watch a video of hers. I had a question on one of the products she was using and left a comment. Since it was weeks after she put the video up I didn’t expect a response but I got one.

  • Ashe

    You’re my best interaction! The only other I had was Bunny (grav3yardgirl) like one of my comments and it was a “senpai notice me” moment, but you’re so the best to talk to!

    • Isabella Muse

      SNIFFFFFFFF ASHE! I love you! <3 thank you! Oh wow haven't looked at Bunny in years! What's she been up to? 😀 haha I have a lot of senpai notice me moments lol! Pick me, choose me, reply to me 😀

  • Joyce

    My favorite story is you, Muse! I hadn’t commented in years and did again and you said something like “Joyce where have you been?? Good to hear from you!” and I died lol

    • Isabella Muse

      STOPPPP! That’s going to make me cry! Thank you so much Joyce! I always love chatting with you! 😀 Thank you from the bottom of my heart I’m super flattered! I appreciate your being a friend <3!

  • Erika

    You, Christine/Dog Queen, and Marlena in the olden days. You blogger provide a service. And you provide some belly laughs. Influencers are primarily motivated by monetization. occasionally I watch Wayne Lisa or Jackie a. But I have zero interest in interacting with them.

    • Isabella Muse

      awww thank you so so so so so so much Erika! I’m flattered! Truly flattered! Much love 🙂

  • Millie

    One of my memorable beauty guru moments was actually with you many moons ago!
    It was early 2008, around the time I started my own makeup blog. I asked for your advice on how to use a Lavshuca holiday palette from 2007 (https://www.musingsofamuse.com/2008/02/readers-request-lavshuca-winter-make.html) and i squealed with excitement when you answered with a post <3<3<3
    I miss the days of collecting and waiting for new launches from Lavshuca, Majolica Majorca, T'Estimo, Coffret D'Or and Visee to name a few. The brands that haven't been discontinued is now a huge pain to get shipped to Canada, esp after Adambeauty and Ichibankao closed down.

    There were a couple other bloggers who I also had some fun conversations with (Pink/Pam, Fuzzkitty, Stephanie from NYC whom i can't remember what her handle was).

    • Isabella Muse

      I’m dying. Thank you for being here THAT long ;-D The Japanese Beauty Era was so so good back in the early 2000s. I can’t say I feel the same excitement 🙁 I so miss the days of waiting for them to come out especially the Holiday Sets! I can’t even believe both closed down. Etude House has also closed down their website and is now only available on Amazon it’s rather sad. Pam is still around but not active in beauty. She’s on IG. Love her so much!!!!!!!!! I miss those days so much! Thanks for being here Millie and sharing this journey! It means the world to me!