• 00:00

    Introduction and overview of self-care influencer culture

  • 01:06

    Defining self-care as needing numerous products vs actual care

  • 02:01

    Introduction of sponsor ad for relationship app Paired

  • 03:54

    Review of extreme self-care videos and their consumerist nature

  • 19:40

    Critique of a hand care routine being unnecessarily expensive

INFLUENCERS DISTORTING “SELF CARE” TO PUSH OVERCONSUMPTION & CONSUMERISM | Influencer Insanity Ep 11

Summary

The video critiques modern influencer-promoted self-care routines as excessive and consumerist, arguing they promote overconsumption and unrealistic standards. It contrasts these with more meaningful, low-cost self-care practices, emphasizing the need for critical consumption of social media content.

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