Make up Your Makeup; Let’s continue collecting

Make up Your Makeup is more than just about becoming the best makeup artist. Growing and building your makeup collection is one of the most exciting things when you start out in makeup. You test products, you hate products, you find your holy grails and through the hauls and all the trials and errors, youContinue reading “Make up Your Makeup; Let’s continue collecting”

Who is Changing the Game in the Beauty Industry?

The beauty industry has evolved at such a tremendous pace that it can become overwhelming and expensive to keep up with. It is important to know who is in control of the industry to understand how this will affect the future of the beauty industry. Are consumers in charge of the beauty products that areContinue reading “Who is Changing the Game in the Beauty Industry?”

Introducing Make up Your Makeup!

My passion has always been makeup and so Make up your Makeup was born. My intention behind the game was to ideate and develop a game that focused on building a pro makeup artist kit with a play and trade style of game. By collecting the makeup cards /trading the cards, not only are playersContinue reading “Introducing Make up Your Makeup!”

What’s Trending within the Cosmetics Industry?

The beauty and cosmetics industry has grown enormously since my introduction to it in 2014 and the continued growth and change I’ve experienced have shown that there is more growth to come. Currently, the industry is worth $287.94 billion and is expected to see an increase and reach $415.29 billion by 2028 (Jain 2021). ThisContinue reading “What’s Trending within the Cosmetics Industry?”

Let me Peer into your Pitch

Peer commentary tasks are never my favourite, although I do enjoy getting to learn about my peer’s digital artefacts. Rebekah’s DA is focused on the future of her pre-existing dog Instagram and TikTok page. Kathyrn will be delving into the future of the automotive industry. Hannah’s DA is centered around her own future. Critical Self-EvaluationContinue reading “Let me Peer into your Pitch”

The Future of the Beauty Industry

Along with my initial aims for my DA, I wanted to provide a proper outline of what I expect to accomplish during my DA. Below is my Gantt chart or my production timeline. Planning, researching, collecting feedback as well as creating content are all important tasks that I hope to ensure are completed throughout theContinue reading “The Future of the Beauty Industry”

CONTEXTUAL ESSAY – TIKTOK MAKEUP TUTORIALS AND REVIEWS

DA on TikTok: @oliviajlopez This semester for BCM206, I decided to venture out into the world of TikTok. As a devoted user of the platform, I thought it would be best to test out the platform and for once be the creator rather than the viewer. I began to think about what I hoped toContinue reading “CONTEXTUAL ESSAY – TIKTOK MAKEUP TUTORIALS AND REVIEWS”

Kim Kardashian Hollywood

At the beginning of the semester and reading BCM215’s name- Game Media Industries, I already imagined having to study gaming and gamers, something I had never thought of myself as. Although the entire semester looked over the gaming industry and its different areas, I surprisingly enjoyed the weekly topics and the freedom I had withContinue reading “Kim Kardashian Hollywood”

The Grande Experiment

This semester in BCM241, the concept of creating and developing an online persona in our chosen media niche was our goal and throughout the semester, I feel as though I was able to do just that. As the semester and my DA progressed, I was able to develop a humorous persona on my TikTok accountContinue reading “The Grande Experiment”

Peer Review- Beta be Better

Peer feedback is never easy for me. I always end up leaning towards providing good feedback and therefore I avoid providing any feedback that may come across in any way negative. I know how disheartening receiving feedback can be when you felt you had produced something you were proud of. I also struggle with peerContinue reading “Peer Review- Beta be Better”